Rating: 4 Stars Short Take: ‘Inspired by actual events,’ Florence Foster Jenkins is an off-key delight that tells the story of a middle-aged, wealthy heiress and patron of the arts who, possessing no vocal talents, aspires to become an opera singer in 1944. Directed by: Stephen Frears Stars: MerylContinue Reading
The internationally award-nominated, Asheville-based indie noir Quiet River will screen in its hometown on Aug. 4 at the Fine Arts Theatre at 7:30PM. Concerning a woman who returns to her North Carolina roots only to find her troubled brother is caught in a web of crime and deceit, the film was producedContinue Reading
Rolling Down Thunder Road in the Merry Month of May by Michelle Keenan – It’s the merry month of May, dear readers! With the verdant nature of the season ever so intoxicating and baseball season underway, both the good Professor Kaufmann and I were hard pressed to get ourselves toContinue Reading
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Criminal *** ½ Short Take: While Criminal is nothing special, it is well made and harks back to a time when that’s all most movies needed to be. REEL TAKE: Criminal is just one more example (and these examples are recurring with increasingContinue Reading
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
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: The Jungle Book (1967) Now that Disney’s new “live action” remake (see my review this issue) is in theaters and is on its way to becoming a worldwide megahit, it seems only fitting to revisit the original which will turn 50 next year. It was actually completedContinue Reading
To be or not to be [a sequel]? That is the question. by Michelle Keenan – This month we give you a sequel, a pseudo, sequel, part one of a two-part finale in a trilogy, and the start of a new chapter for a DC Comics superhero franchise. I reviewContinue Reading
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – 10 Cloverfield Lane **** Short Take: A woman fleeing from a relationship suffers a car wreck and wakes up in a prepper’s underground bunker in an allegedly post-apocalyptic world. REEL TAKE: Whether you saw 2008’s ‘found footage’ monster movie Cloverfield should hold noContinue Reading
