Film review: The Campaign
The agenda of director Jay Roach’s new movie is obviously not to mine the finer nuances of American electoral procedures. This might come as a shock or a relief, depending […]
T.V.: “Oh Sit,” “Married to Japan,” “The Inbetweeners”
“Oh Sit” Wednesday 8pm, CW When the fall of Western Civilization comes —and it is coming, I think we all know that —and someone asks you to pinpoint the moment […]
Film review: Total Recall
And so another Philip K. Dick story gets another shot at being another movie. Funny how hard it is not to go in feeling protective and skeptical, as if Paul […]
Summertime thrill-seeking at the demolition derby
Charlottesville has a habit of slowing down during the summer months. Most UVA students and many faculty are on summer break, cutting the population by nearly a third. Some art […]
Jonny Corndawg returns to town with Dawes at the Jefferson
Jonny “Corndawg” Fritz began writing short country songs as a joke, but over the past 10 years — as the Esmont, VA native’s travels took him to Philadelphia, India, LA, […]
T.V.: “2012 Summer Olympic Games,” “Animal Practice,” “Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr”
“2012 Summer Olympic Games” Through Sunday, NBC We’re in the home stretch of the 2012 London Olympic Games, and I think we can all agree on one thing: NBC’s coverage has […]
Film review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
The feature debut from writer-director Benh Zeitlin, working with playwright Lucy Alibar and a New Orleans collective, rides in on a murky flood of festival hype. And what caused that […]
Printer and illustrator Thomas Dean makes his mark in unusual spaces
Mention screen printing in Charlottesville, and one of the first names you’ll hear is Thomas Dean. The musician and artist is a prolific screen printer and illustrator, churning out T-shirts, […]
Josh Ritter talks about songwriting, novels, and the open road
C-VILLE Weekly’s Graelyn Brashear sat down with singer/songwriter and novelist Josh Ritter for a radio interview live on WTJU before his show last night at the Jefferson Theater. Ritter, a […]
Wilco cruises into Pavilion with good vibes
Wilco is in a good place. The band’s near-two-decade slog through the music world has had its fair share of adversity: addiction, line-up shuffles, and a gut-punch rejection from Reprise […]