Portrait of the Artist as a Glam Rocker
It’s not unknown for a creative artist to work in two very different media. But it’s remarkable when an artist achieves success in both. …
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Film Imitates Art Imitating Life
Tryon film fans and art lovers are marking a red-letter day at the end of July. The historic Tryon Theatre, closed for months for…
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A Monstrously Good Buddy Movie
Thor: Ragnarok, the third outing of Marvel Comics’ God of Thunder, is the best in the series and perhaps the silliest, most preposterous, most…
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Equus Film Festival in Tryon
At the third Tryon International Film Festival this month, horses will quite literally be prancing in the streets. Six equine performers and their trainers,…
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Roses and Lies
For almost 80 years, Tryon, NC, population 1,646, has had its own movie theater — a rare architectural and cultural accomplishment in small-town America….
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Melting the Competition
True story about champion jumper is full of miraculous twists and turns If ever there were a perfect pairing of movie and audience, it’s…
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Southern Gothic Revival
For lovers of Faulkner, Flannery, and Welty — or even for people who don’t read classic short stories but know their way around a…
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Carter Family Documentary is a Must-see for Roots Music Enthusiasts
They were descended from a long line of dirt farmers in the appropriately named Poor Valley near Maces Spring, Virginia: three untrained musicians who…
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