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The Fine Arts Theatre will once again serve as the venue for the Asheville Jewish Film Festival. The month-long festival kicked off at the end of April and concludes May 20th. Tickets for the closing night movie and reception are $25 and available ahead of time online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2535106. RegularContinue Reading

by Chip Kaufmann – This year (and in fact this month) marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. It officially occurs on April 23rd (which also would have been Will’s 452nd birthday) and there will be worldwide observances. In accordance with that, this seems the ideal timeContinue Reading

+ Student Film Screenings View the Asheville School of Film’s recent student films at the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company on Merrimon Ave., Sunday, March 6, 2016. Congratulate the students for a job well done! Films will be shown from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. No fee or tickets areContinue Reading

Reel Takes Picks & Predictions by Chip Kaufmann and Michelle Keenan – As far as our feelings on the Oscars this year, here’s an anecdote from Chip that sums it up perfectly: At the start of the 19th century there was a very popular card game called Faro (brilliantly capturedContinue Reading

by Chip Kaufmann & Michelle Keenan Just a few weeks ago we were wondering how we were going to come up with ten films for our critical and personal best lists for the year. We were also lamenting the lack of that one beguiling film, the one that captures ourContinue Reading

Film Festival and Benefit The Best of The Controlled Chaos Film Festival takes place Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in the Highlands. The festival showcases the best of Western Carolina University student films from its Film and Television Productions Program’s annual campus-based Controlled ChaosContinue Reading