Blown cover: Disaster is in the details for Mortal Engines
If you’re not going to get a good movie for your money, you may as well get a lot of one. So it goes with Mortal Engines, a YA fantasy […]
Familiar and mysterious: John Grant explores the role of flowers in ‘Attraction’
On the cusp of winter, the garden behind John Grant and Stacey Evans’ home is a spectrum of browns, greens, bare trees, bamboo shoots, and naked stems. It’s all askew […]
The journey forward: One-person show Holly’s Ivy heals with reverence
Shelby Marie Edwards still switches between “is” and “was” when talking about her mother. After all, it’s not yet two years since Holly Edwards passed away in early January 2017. […]
ARTS Pick: Lone Rangers ’80s Rewind
Hot stuff: It’s a great time of year to ward off chilly winter nights with a cozy fire at home—or how about a sizzling evening of ’80s cover tunes by party […]
ARTS Pick: Ryley Walker
Pity party playlist: Chicago indie musician Ryley Walker (right) brings sand to the beach when he arrives to play from his latest release—a full cover of the unreleased Dave Matthews Band […]
ARTS Pick: Christmas at the Paramount
With joyful ring: Michael Slon conducts a 90-person chorus for Christmas at the Paramount, which features traditional holiday music and selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat. One of Bach’s most popular […]
ARTS Pick: Dave Matthews Band
Home stretch: Charlottesville’s history is built on many difficult stories, but the formation of the Dave Matthews Band is one of our city’s happy tropes. Formed in 1991 by the band’s […]
Palace intrigue: Sex, humor, and elaborate costumes define The Favourite
The romantic costume drama gets an injection of style and attitude in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite. By its description—period piece from the director of Dogtooth, wartime power struggles, a love […]
Playing it out: Stray Fossa is a new band with a long history
Nick Evans sometimes wakes at “god-awful hours of the night” to find his brother, Will, in the living room, sitting quietly amid microphones, coiled cables, amps, guitars, and drums, his […]
Album reviews: Ella Mai, ing, Jacco Gardner, Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore, and Outrageous Cherry
Ella Mai Ella Mai (10 Summers) Ella Mai declares emotion “a roller coaster” in a brief introductory snippet, spoken in a fetching British accent. And if her full-length debut feels […]