Top of The Class
The fourth feature from the brilliant, socially conscious and philosophically rigorous director Laurent Cantet is a movie about a teacher in a room full of students.
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Top of The Class
The Class; NR, 128 minutes; Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
The fourth feature from the brilliant, socially conscious and philosophically rigorous director Laurent Cantet is a movie about a teacher in a room full of students.
Who's bad?
“The Unusuals” Wednesday 8pm, ABC Oh, look—another cop show! Oh, but this is a different kind of cop show, mixing dark humor with the typical procedural stuff you can find on almost any channel at almost any time of day. They’re promoting it as a cop version of “M.A.S.H.” but the abundance of quirk has […]
Adventureland loves the ’80s
About that title: Yeah, that’s sort of a joke. But is it being a joke also an excuse for the new slice-of-life, coming-of-age, your-hyphenate-here comedy from Superbad writer-director Greg Mottola to lack a real sense of adventure? Well, conventionality has its charms, too. Amusement rides? Jesse Eisenberg and Martin Starr fight job apathy in Adventureland. […]
Blasts from the past
“100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’80s” Tuesday-Friday 10pm, VH1 A few years back, VH1 provoked my ire by naming Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” as the No. 1 song of the ’80s. As if! But you can’t go wrong with a topic this cheesy. Relive some of the most infectious choruses and atrocious […]
First Friday—April 3
Art Upstairs “A Moment Caught,” oil paintings by Sue Sencer, 5-8pm. BozArt Works by Kathy Kuhlmann, 5-9pm. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative “Bright Face (People You Should Know),” a collection of ecstatic portraits by one-time local Adriana Atema, 6-8pm C’ville Arts “Blooms,” floral and garden-themed works by local artists, 6-9pm. C’ville Coffee “Eight Years/Eight Days,” a […]
Capsule Reviews
12 Rounds (PG-13, 108 minutes) Professional wrestler Jon Cena proves himself the working man’s Jason Statham in this film about a New Orleans cop trying to put an Irish criminal back in the slammer. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Adventureland (R, 106 minutes) Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Opening Friday Confessions of a Shopaholic […]
“Impera et Divide” slideshow
Enjoy this slideshow of images from Second Street Gallery’s current exhibit, "Impera et Divide," co-curated by Warren Craghead. Read more about Craghead and the exhibit here.
March of the dingbats
Gentleman, how many times has this happened to you? After four long years in that prom-night-mishap-induced coma, you’re finally roused by your best pal via baseball bat to the face, only to discover that the devotedly vestal sweetheart with whom you used to tag-team elementary school abstinence seminars has bailed on you to become a […]
They sing, they dance, they act
“In the Motherhood” Thursday 8pm, ABC This new sitcom started its life as a series of webisodes starring Leah Remini, Chelsea Handler and Jenny McCarthy. Unfortunately, none of those women are attached to the network TV version, which instead features Megan Mullaly (“Will & Grace”), Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), and Jessica St. Clair (“Best […]
Take a tour of Starr Hill! [with video]
The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society hosts tours every Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, March 22, Starr Hill neighborhood was the featured area. About 20 people attended the tour, led by Bess Kane. It began at the Jefferson School parking lot on Fourth Street, continued to Fifth and Sixth streets, down Main Street across the bridge […]