At The Movies: The Messenger
Carolina Cinemas is again on my Good Theatre list for being the only theatre in town that’s taken the risk to show The Messenger–not…
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Edge of Darkness
The movie opens like a fairy tale. A full moon over lovely treetops shines like a silvery wand. Then three dead bodies float to…
Read MoreA Single Man
Male figures move languorously in milky blue water. Are they marble statues? Unborn angels? Ah, they’re live men, but what is happening? Is this…
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The Reel Deal
Sunday afternoon just before 2 o’clock. The weekly meeting of the Hendersonville Film Society (HFS) is about to begin. The filmgoers have walked through…
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Outside the Lines
When the art world discovered Grandma Moses over 70 years ago, it struggled to avoid sounding patronizing about the simple images and colors of…
Read MoreSherlock Holmes
f you think the current Sherlock Holmes movie presents merely an updated version of Basil Rathbone’s arrogant, cerebral puzzle solver, you’re going to be…
Read MoreAvatar
Avatar is one of the most exciting films I’ve ever seen. It’s not a perfect film–read on–but what it did more than any other…
Read MoreThe Book Of Eli
When we first meet Eli (Denzel Washington), he is sending an arrow into a cat who’s trying to eat from a fallen human body…
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Popcorn with Moonshine
Everyone knows movies and popcorn go together, but a new film series kicking off in January begins with a documentary about Popcorn. The Last…
Read MoreUp In The Air
Every American should see Up in the Air. It’s a brilliant dark comedy, ultra-contemporary, full of chuckles from the gut and heart-tugging insights. Alas,…
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