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
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Hail Caesar! **** Short Take: A playful homage to 1950’s Hollywood from the Coen Brothers. It may not be one of their best films, but it’s incredibly fun, especially for movie buffs. Reel Take: Hail Caesar! is a satirical look at the oldContinue Reading
Performance: Diana Wortham Theatre ..p4 Amici Music ..p6 Pan Harmonia ..p6 Asheville Symphony ..p7 The Knights ..p7 Magnetic 375 ..p8 Music: The Three Davids ..p8 Zoe & Cloyd ..p16 Colin Hay ..p22 David Holt ..p26 The Green Room Café ..p33 Fine Art: Grovewood Gallery ..p10 Virginia Pendergrass ..p11 MarkContinue Reading
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – 45 Years ****1/2 Short Take: Just before their 45th wedding anniversary a couple receives news that will forever change their relationship. REEL TAKE: 45 Years is a quiet, tiny film. But it seeps into your pores and packs a surprising emotional wallop. It’sContinue Reading
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Carol **** Short Take: Beautifully mounted period piece, set in the 1950s, about a married woman’s relationship with a shop girl and the fallout it causes. REEL TAKE: There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Carol and I’m sure that come OscarContinue Reading
Special Events Hard Candy Christmas 2015 ..p4 Voorhees Family Art ..p4 ‘Tis the Season Holiday Fair ..p4 Asheville Faerie Arts Festival ..p32 Music & Performance: Alison Brown ..p6 Magnetic Theatre; ACT ..p7 Billy Jonas; Joshua Messick ..p8 Jamie Laval ..p22 Bow Thayer ..p29 BMCA ..p37 Fine Art: The WrinkledContinue Reading
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Black Mass **** Short Take: Biopic about the rise of Boston Irish mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his alliance with corrupt FBI agent John Connelly. REEL TAKE: I like Johnny Depp, even when his career is in a slump, but I had someContinue Reading
Dining Guide: Waynesville Craft Beer Faire ..p25 Champa ..p30 Mountain Brew Fest ..p32 Performance: Interview with Charlie Gerencer ..p4 Asheville Chamber Music Series ..p6 Young Artist Series ..p7 Magnetic Theatre ..p8 Laugh Your Asheville Off ..p20 Mountain Dance & Folk Festival ..p21 HART ..p24 Music: Free Planet Radio & TheContinue Reading
Dope **** ½ Short Take: A precocious trio of misfits from ‘the Bottoms’ inadvertently end up with a backpack full of drugs, a gun and a wild ride. Reel Take: Dope is a little movie that may or may not still be in local theaters by the time you readContinue Reading
