Wall of stories [with video]
Thick trunked and limbless, a gray-brown tree reaches from floor to ceiling against…
Culture
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
30 Days of Night (R, 113 minutes) The hit graphic novel about a savage (but clever) band of vampires who emigrate to Alaska to bask in the extended darkness of the Arctic Circle’s sunless winter hits the big screen. Josh Hartnett (40 Days and 40 Nights) headlines as the small-town sheriff who tries to fend […]
Second chances
"30 Rock"Thursday 8:30pm, NBC I initially wrote off this "Saturday Night Live"-inspired sitcom after its fairly flat pilot. But then I caught a couple episodes toward the end of last season and discovered that it had matured into one of the most delightfully cracked-out comedies on TV. Tina Fey is so damned likable as put-upon […]
Home movies [with video]
Jeff Wadlow, a Charlottesville native and a member of the Virginia Film Festival's board of directors, takes pity on all of the teams involved in this year's Adrenaline Film Project, a 72-hour, hell-on-a-tripod film competition that he helped create in 2004.
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
30 Days of Night (R, 113 minutes) The hit graphic novel about a savage (but clever) band of vampires who emigrate to Alaska to bask in the extended darkness of the Arctic Circle’s sunless winter hits the big screen. Josh Hartnett (40 Days and 40 Nights) headlines as the small-town sheriff who tries to fend […]
Ready for the strike
"Star Trek"Weekdays 6am, TV Land The original "Trek" series only lasted three seasons (1966-1969), but it launched one of the most durable sci-fi franchises of all time. Although the property has been absent from the airwaves since "Enterprise" was dispatched in 2005, JJ Abrams ("Felicity," "Lost," "Alias") is hard at work on a movie prequel […]
First Friday, November 2, 2007 [With Photo Gallery]
Angelo “Postcards from the Beach” by Robin Braun, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs “Memories to Share” by Grace Stark, 6-9pm. BozArt Gallery “Sex and Money” by Flame Bilyue, 6-9pm. The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative “Family Portrait,” recent paintings by Albert Tabackman, 5-8pm. Cassis Restaurant “The Blues” by Katelyn Sack, 5-7pm. Fellini’s #9 Oil paintings by Jack Bell, […]
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
30 Days of Night (R) The hit graphic novel about a savage (but clever) band of vampires who emigrate to Alaska to bask in the extended darkness of the Arctic Circle’s sunless winter hits the big screen. Josh Hartnett (40 Days and 40 Nights) headlines as the small-town sheriff who tries to fend off the […]