Culture Vulture Film Festival Offers New Mountain Films, Dinner, Music The Center for Cultural Preservation, WNC’s mountain heritage cultural organization, presents a film festival featuring sumptuous local barbecue, great music and three mountain films including a preview of the Center’s new film on the roots of mountain music. The Culture VultureContinue Reading
Genius (2016) Short Take: The story of the friendship between renowned editor Max Perkins and the larger than life literary giant – and Asheville’s native son – Thomas Wolfe. REEL TAKE: Local readers may recall actor Jude Law’s visit to Asheville a while back to research Asheville’s native son ThomasContinue Reading
In conjunction with my feature article this month on Universal’s Silent Horrors, it’s only fitting that the DVD selection be a film from that genre. Plenty has been written about the original The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the original Phantom of the Opera so my choice isContinue Reading
The Golden Age of American horror films begins with Universal’s Dracula and Frankenstein in 1931 and ends in 1936 with the release of Dracula’s Daughter. While other Hollywood studios made horror films in the 1930s (like Paramount’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Warner Brothers’ Doctor X, and MGM’s Freaks), noneContinue Reading
ROBERT SHAW – MAN OF MANY VOICES premiered in April of 2016, and will be screened in Asheville, NC on Thursday, October 20, 2106 at the Fine Arts Theatre under the sponsorship of the Arts Commission of The Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Village. A documentary film about theContinue Reading
Friday September 2nd, from 6:30-8:30 pm There are too much Martin Scorsese to cover in one tribute — an adventurous and innovative cinema auteur; a knowledgeable film historian; a leader in film preservation; a winner of Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and the AFI’s Life Achievement Award; a documentarian. Scorsese has produced groundbreakingContinue Reading
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
