First Fridays: November 2
In the early hours of February 1, John Borden Evans was out for his regular run through Walnut Creek Park when he paused to memorize the landscape before him. He […]
Arts Pick: Frankenstein
Look alive: What better time to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s misunderstood monster than Halloween? Frankenstein received high-def attention in the filming of Danny Boyle’s adaptation at London’s National […]
Beyond Bollywood: Samhita Sunya curates a film series that challenges stereotypes
Samhita Sunya will go to great lengths to see a film on a big screen. The cinema scholar has attended 7am screenings in theaters. When the weather’s nice and the […]
Attention grabbers: Dont-miss documentaries at the 31st annual Virginia Film Festival
At a festival that offers more than 150 films, highlighted by selections that have awards buzz and super-special guests, it can be difficult to choose wisely (and, with the way […]
Classic masters: Peter Bogdanovich puts Orson Welles and Buster Keaton back on the screen
By Justin Humphreys arts@c-ville.com Decades ago, actor/writer/director/film historian Peter Bogdanovich promised his friend and colleague Orson Welles that, if Welles couldn’t finish his work-in-progress, The Other Side of the Wind, […]
Decades in the making: Reflections on film and reality with Menace II Society’s Allen Hughes
By A.D. Carson arts@c-ville.com I remember, now, waking up the night my aunt came to tell our mother about Tony. My brother and I were asleep in the bedroom of our […]
Album reviews: Kurt Vile, Kikagaku Moyo, Pip Blom, Ethers, and Mountain Man
Kurt Vile Bottle It In (Matador) Caveat: I was a big fan of Kurt Vile’s 2013 album Wakin on a Pretty Daze until I went to his show and watched […]
ARTS Pick: Mary Chapin Carpenter
On Sometimes Just the Sky, Mary Chapin Carpenter takes measure of her 30-year career through fresh renditions of songs from her original studio albums. Carpenter curated gems from her catalog […]
ARTS Pick: In the Forest, She Grew Fangs
Lucy knows about the sharpness of teeth and claws—years of high school torment have left her hollowed and unseen, even in the eyes of her concerned grandmother Ruth. After new […]
Writing past wrongs: Author Jocelyn Johnson looks for new American truths
When local author and teacher Jocelyn Johnson started receiving Twitter direct messages from literary giant Roxane Gay, she thought to herself, “Something good is going to happen.” Just like that, […]