Checking in with UVA's Judith Shatin
What are you working on right now? Right now I’m working on two projects. One is Jefferson, In His Own Words, which is a piece for narrator and orchestra that […]
Oh, Brothers, where art thou?
In Brothers, a cadaverously thin Tobey Maguire plays an upright Marine gone missing and presumed dead in Afghanistan, leaving his wife to be looked after by his delinquent kid brother. […]
Going Gaga
“Barbara Walters: 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009” Wednesday 10pm, ABC News maven Barbara Walters unveils her annual list of people she deems “fascinating.” This year’s selections range from the […]
Capsule Reviews
2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack feels fine. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Armored (PG-13, 88 minutes) In this […]
Checking in with Wendy Hsu
I’ve got a few projects going on. The newest one is this band called Dzian!
An Education’s lessons in class
What a mixed blessing that Carey Mulligan’s stardom should begin here, with the transitory pleasure of an awards-season dido, veiled in the nostalgic mist of inevitable Audrey Hepburn associations and […]
Down the rabbit hole
“Alice” Sunday 9pm, Syfy Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is super-hot right now, between the anticipated Tim Burton/Johnny Depp flick coming out next year and this mini-series premiering this […]
First Friday — December 4
December 4 Art Upstairs Gallery An all-members show, 5-8pm. BozArt An all-members Christmas show, featuring works in multiple media, 5-9pm. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative The “Anniversary Wall” is on display, […]
Capsule Reviews
2012 (PG-13, 158 minutes) It’s the end of the world as we know it, and John Cusack fees fine. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6 Armored (PG-13, 88 minutes) In this […]
The apocalypse less traveled
At last, the long-delayed, Viggo Mortensen-intensive adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel, about a man and his young son wandering through a glumly gritty post-apocalyptic world, has arrived. Just in time […]