The Blind Side
The Blind Side – Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron
An Education – Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard
Planet 51 – Animated; voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
Following is a list of some major DVD releases debuting today. For a complete list, go to www.amazon.com. (more…)
That Evening Sun
SUNDAY, NOV. 15 – The Good Book may have designated the seventh day as a period of rest, but then again, it’s obvious that back in Biblical times, there wasn’t an Asheville Film Festival that needed constant attention. (more…)
Photo credit: Don Fairbanks
SATURDAY, NOV. 14 – When it comes to this annual celluloid event, it’s clear that the times they are a-changin’ – and that was more evident on Saturday than on the fest’s previous two days. (more…)
FRIDAY, NOV. 13 – Today may have been Friday the 13th, but ill omens were nowhere to be found on the streets of Asheville. Instead, filmmakers, film critics and film buffs were all in good spirits as downtown turned into a veritable treasure trove of independent cinema. (more…)
In the immortal words of Curly Howard of The Three Stooges: "I'm trying to blog but nothing happens!"
THURSDAY, NOV. 12 – Well, it wasn’t really Day One, since the Seventh Annual Asheville Film Festival didn’t even kick off until well after the sun had gone down. But you get the gist. (more…)
2012
Pirate Radio – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh
2012 – John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor
An Education
By Matt Brunson
The seventh annual Asheville Film Festival will be held November 12-15, meaning that it’s time once again for Charlotteans not averse to road trips to get excited about seeing a wide range of potentially interesting movies. Over 90 features, documentaries, shorts and student films will be screened over a four-day stretch at various downtown venues.
A trio of possible award-season contenders will be shown out of competition: An Education, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, with Mo’Nique and newcomer Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe; and That Evening Sun, featuring Hal Holbrook. (more…)
Following is a list of some major DVD releases debuting today. For a complete list, go to www.amazon.com. (more…)
The Main Library’s fall film series, “The Master of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock Classics,” continues tonight (Monday, Nov. 9) with a screening of another popular offering from the portly genius. 1951’s Strangers on a Train is certainly one of the director’s most diabolical films, a startling piece in which a tennis player (Farley Granger) meets a peculiar man (Robert Walker) during a fateful train ride and dismisses the stranger’s suggestion that they “exchange” murders. It’s only after the athlete’s loathsome wife turns up dead that he realizes the plan was no joke — and that he’s expected to live up to his end of the bargain by murdering the other man’s domineering father. Walker’s creepy performance ranks among the best found in any Hitchcock film, and several of the set pieces — Walker’s immobile presence among an animated tennis crowd; a murder reflected in the victim’s eyeglasses; the shocking merry-go-round finale — represent the filmmaker in top form.
Strangers on a Train will be screened at 7 p.m. this evening at ImaginOn, 300 E. 7th St. Admission is free. For more info, call 704-416-0252.
