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. […]
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 […]
First Friday — November 6
Angelo “Inspiration within a Paradigm,” works in multiple media by Tracy Verkerke and Annie Runkle, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Gallery “From Sketch Book to Canvas,” mixed-media works by Barbara Wachter, 5-8pm. […]
Capsule Reviews
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 […]
Is Amelia ready for takeoff?
“Flying lets me move in three dimensions,” she says early on. Well, so does standing on an escalator and scooching over to get out of someone else’s way. But flying […]
Nothing to fear
AMC Fear Fest Tuesday-Saturday, AMC The folks at AMC are taking the term “fear” a little broadly for this year’s installment of the annual horror-movie marathon. Now through Halloween you […]
Checking in with Bree Luck
What are you working on? I’m the director of a program called the Voice Project, over at Fluvanna Women’s Prison. It’s a theater and writing program. I took over the […]
Johnny Gilmore
One week after a performance with the jazz trio that bears his name, longtime local drummer Johnny Gilmore died after a fire broke out in the home that Gilmore shared […]
Capsule Reviews
Amelia (PG, 111 minutes) Hilary Swank embodies airborne Earhart in this fall’s hot historical epic. Read C-VILLE’s full review here. Opening Friday Capitalism: A Love Story (R, 127 minutes) Read […]
Checking in with Quentin “Q*Black” Walker
Right now I’m working on making new music with my band while simultaneously working with Zack Orion from Casa De Chihuahua