Arts Pick: The Human Hands
Attention, folks: Sam Reider had little more than an accordion, a dream, and his senior year thesis as he drifted from gig to gig, doing research and transforming the American […]
ARTS Pick: Guster
Fan fare: Twenty-five years after Guster formed on the Tufts University campus, the band continues to evolve musically. From the acoustic melodies of 1995’s Parachute to the vibrating bass and hazy […]
Arts Pick: ARTCHO
Art stop and shop: Charlottesville’s creative community has much to show off year-round, but no one can see it all. ARTCHO makes an effort to cram lots of talent into one […]
Changing the narrative: VAFF’s Light House Shorts to feature original film on black male achievement
By Adriana Wells arts@c-ville.com The Virginia Film Festival will screen an original documentary by four local young black men during its Light House Studio Shorts event. This past summer, Daniel […]
In a new documentary, UVA students and residents of a juvenile correctional facility connect through Russian literature
When the great classics of world literature were first being written, they were not meant for students or academics decades or centuries in the future. First and foremost, they were […]
First Fridays: November 2
In the early hours of February 1, John Borden Evans was out for his regular run through Walnut Creek Park when he paused to memorize the landscape before him. He […]
Arts Pick: Frankenstein
Look alive: What better time to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s misunderstood monster than Halloween? Frankenstein received high-def attention in the filming of Danny Boyle’s adaptation at London’s National […]
Beyond Bollywood: Samhita Sunya curates a film series that challenges stereotypes
Samhita Sunya will go to great lengths to see a film on a big screen. The cinema scholar has attended 7am screenings in theaters. When the weather’s nice and the […]
Attention grabbers: Dont-miss documentaries at the 31st annual Virginia Film Festival
At a festival that offers more than 150 films, highlighted by selections that have awards buzz and super-special guests, it can be difficult to choose wisely (and, with the way […]
Classic masters: Peter Bogdanovich puts Orson Welles and Buster Keaton back on the screen
By Justin Humphreys arts@c-ville.com Decades ago, actor/writer/director/film historian Peter Bogdanovich promised his friend and colleague Orson Welles that, if Welles couldn’t finish his work-in-progress, The Other Side of the Wind, […]