Gallery Listings

Galleries Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 923-3900. Through November 29: “From Sketch Book to Canvas,” mixed-media works by Barbara Wachter. BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through November 29: “Toward the Light,” paintings by Phyllis Koch-Sheras; benefit “Art for Alzheimer’s” exhibition. The Bridge/Progressive Arts […]

Capsule Reviews

2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack fees fine. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Amelia (PG, 111 minutes) Hilary Swank embodies airborne Earhart in this fall’s hot historical epic. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Astro Boy (PG, 94 minutes) […]

Pirate Radio rocks the boat

The movie formerly known as The Boat That Rocked was made to change its name for American audiences, and now goes by Pirate Radio. It should not be confused with the 2006 documentary Pirate Radio USA. In France, it is called Good Morning England. In Italy, I Love Radio Rock. Germany: Radio Rock Revolution. To […]

Puppet masters

“So You Think You Can Dance” Tuesday-Wednesday 8pm, Fox This season is cursed. Between dancer injuries, a huge drop in ratings and a constantly shifting schedule, the first fall season of the venerable summer talent show has been disastrous. This week—more than two months into the show—America finally gets to vote for the first time, […]

Checking in with Jesse Dukes

What were you doing before we called? I was trying to learn the guitar part for “Surf Rider” by The Lively Ones. Tell us about your day job. I work three days a week, part-time, for the radio program “With Good Reason,” which is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.   In addition […]

Capsule Reviews

2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack fees fine. Opening Friday Amelia (PG, 111 minutes) Hilary Swank embodies airborne Earhart in this fall’s hot historical epic. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 The Box (PG-13, 115 minutes) Cameron Diaz and […]

Checking in with Rose Hill

What are you working on currently? An Uncle Remus mosaic mirror. What were you doing just before we contacted you? I don’t remember. From illustrating scenes from The Story of Little Black Sambo to her seen-on-“Oprah” “Little Colored Girls” plate series, Rose Hill continues to engage historical representations of African-Americans with her work. Catch her […]

Dude, where are the Coen brothers?

As an exercise in futility—a Coen-brothers-appreciation primer if ever there was one—let’s imagine what might have happened had A Serious Man been made by gentiles or, Hashem forbid, by Arabs. Under those circumstances, it might be called the most anti-Semitic film of the year. Over the line! Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg, right) goes through a […]

Hide your hamsters

“V” Tuesday 8pm, ABC One of my earliest TV memories is watching that lady alien devour a hamster whole on the original version of “V” from the 1980s. (My parents also let me watch the original Alien movie when I was 6, and A Nightmare on Elm Street not long after that. Hello, sleep terrors!) […]