The term, in case you haven’t heard it, is “sweding.” It comes from Michel Gondry’s mostly ignored film, Be Kind, Rewind. It refers to the act of remaking something from scratch and in a ridiculously inexpensive manner with whatever is at hand. The Internet is rife with sweded films (Star Wars re-shot in someone’s garage, […]
The term, in case you haven’t heard it, is “sweding.” It comes from Michel Gondry’s mostly ignored film, Be Kind, Rewind. It refers to the act of remaking something from scratch and in a ridiculously inexpensive manner with whatever is at hand. The Internet is rife with sweded films (Star Wars re-shot in someone’s garage, […]
The Heritage Repertory Theatre’s vacation from summer performances in 2007 may have been the quietest that Heritage artistic director Robert Chapel has been in his life.
“She’s Got the Look”Wednesday 10pm, TV Land I’m a sucker for a modeling show, and this one has an added heart-tugging edge. Forget those skinny bitches in their 20s; “She’s Got the Look” aims to find the next supermodel over the age of 35. Finally, our nation’s cougars get their due. But honestly, some of […]
Movies playing in town Baby Mama (PG-13, 96 minutes) Tina Fey (“Saturday Night Live”) goes for big screen fame, starring as a workaholic single businesswoman who decides it’s time to have it all and spawn a kid. Sadly, her uterus isn’t in on the plan, and she’s forced to hire a surrogate mother in the […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.
Milton was never supposed to take over Ben Jones’ life. Then again, these things sometimes happen with robots.
The ’50s had monster movies, the ’80s had slasher movies. So far, the 21st century hasn’t quite generated its own clearly defined subgenre of horror films (the “torture porn” category seems to have been thankfully short-lived). But at least we’re starting to see the lineage of what might be the scary zeitgeist of the ’aughts. […]
“Swingtown”Thursday 10pm, CBS Why CBS, you little minx. I didn’t know you had it in you! This new period drama is set in 1976, and follows a cute young couple moving into the suburbs of Chicago and the burgeoning swinger scene. The newbies are torn between a set of straight-laced friends and their tempting, sexually […]
Movies playing in town Baby Mama (PG-13, 96 minutes) Tina Fey (“Saturday Night Live”) goes for big screen fame, starring as a workaholic single businesswoman who decides it’s time to have it all and spawn a kid. Sadly, her uterus isn’t in on the plan, and she’s forced to hire a surrogate mother in the […]
Bikram Yoga Charlottesville “The 26 Postures,” interpretations of yoga positions in various media by local artists, from 6pm.BozArt Gallery “Glimpses,” recent landscapes by Mercedes Lopez, 6-9pm. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative “Standard Operating Procedure,” photos by Nubar Alexanian, 6-9pm. “Face of a Woman” by Joel-Peter Witkin at Second Street Gallery C’ville Arts “Branching Out,” glass art […]