Philomena
When men treat me badly, I try to chalk it up to their being men and think about karma when I want to bash…
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About Time
About Time is a wonderful film, charming, insightful, positive and magical. Critics loved it. Alas, it’s got no violence or car chases so it…
Read MoreNebraska
An old man shambles alongside a busy freeway, strands of wispy white hair straggling in the wind, eyes glazed in defiant determination. This is…
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The evolution of an artists’ collective
Jimmy O’Neal gets a lot of questions about his new mural on the wall of 5 Walnut Wine Bar. And without context, his answers…
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Drawing a Blank (Slate)
“Yohaku no bi” is a Japanese term found in art and architecture, roughly translated as “the beauty of open space.” When artists are presented…
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Urban Silhouettes
In the late 1980s, when Brian Mashburn was barely ten years old, his Chinese-born mother sent Brian and his brother to Saturday classes in…
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A Fractured Image
If the task of an artist is to explain the world to us, then the work of Hendersonville painter Harry Wozniak is a rewarding…
Read MoreAll Is Lost
I saw All is Lost at a press screening with four other local film critics. Only one of the five of us actually liked…
Read MoreBlue Jasmine
At 78 years old, writer/director Woody Allen is going strong. He’s directed 44 feature length films, one a year for many years. Five of…
Read MoreLee Daniels’ The Butler
Lee Daniel’s The Butler was the #1 movie three weeks in a row and has garnered tons of critical raves. Both facts made me…
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