Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Wednesday, Sept. 21 Colony Theatre Brazil Friday, Sept. 23North Carolina Museum of Art Call it one of those rare coinky-dinks that two Raleigh movie venues will each be playing a film this week from that famed, cursed filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Yes, I said “cursed.” Is there any other auteur […]
Craig D. Lindsey
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SPARKcon adds comedy to the mix of music, art, fashion, ideas and more
SPARKCON Sept. 15-18 Downtown Raleigh For two years now, Greenville-born, Raleigh-based comedian Caroline Monday has been performing stand-up around the Triangle area. She has found the comedy scene here to be alive and kicking, yet not really getting the full-blown, widespread attention that it should. “There’s a really great comedy community here, but I felt […]
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Good to go: An unlikely rap superstar waits in the wings—but not much longer
Yelawolf performs at the Lincoln Theatre Saturday. Despite what some might have assumed, Yelawolf is not a big fan of comedian Kevin Hart. He doesn’t even know who the dude is. Some might have wondered if the Alabama rapper was giving some love to the in-demand comedian when he dropped the 2010 single “Pop the […]
Posted inFilm & Television
Julie Dash and the ongoing struggle of black women filmmakers
Daughters of the Dust screens Thursday, Sept. 8, in the auditorium of the Nasher Museum of Art. Afterward, Julie Dash will participate in a conversation with Duke art history professor Richard Powell. The event begins at 6 p.m. In the realm of American independent film, Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust is a landmark. Shot […]
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A rogue Irish cop in The Guard
The Guard opens Friday Our rating: You know, when Werner Herzog did that unauthorized, batshit-crazy reimagining of Abel Ferrara’s NC-17-rated crime drama Bad Lieutenant a couple of years ago, people who saw it thought it was untoppable. After all, Herzog’s movie had Nicolas Cage doing his trademark, over-the-top shtick as a manic cop going down […]
Posted inMusic
Jill Scott’s concert for grown-ass people
Jill Scott with Anthony Hamilton, Mint Condition, DJ Jazzy Jeff & Doug E. Fresh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 Kids, when you get older, you’ll find that your body won’t be as strong and sturdy as it is now. Your knees might get a bit sore when you stand on […]
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Learning about white people with The Hold Steady and indie rock
The Hold Steady plays Cat’s Cradle Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $18–$20, and The Donkeys open. I have to say right here at the top of this piece that I am a black man. Otherwise, I’d be left delving into some racial subject matter in this essay, which would leave my fair […]
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Colin Farrell enlivens Fright Night
Fright Night opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: Some of us are starting to enjoy Colin Farrell now that he’s no longer a heavily touted matinee idol-in-training. Lately, he’s doing roles that have him acting like a scenery-chewing loon, and if you’re in the market for these, allow me to direct […]
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Local hip-hop heavyweights discuss the new A Tribe Called Quest documentary
FILM REVIEW Our rating: Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest tells a familiar story—a young musical outfit, mostly fueled by the creative input of two lifelong chums, goes on to revolutionize the scene, only to flame out amid rising tensions and clashing egos. Of course, what makes it different is […]
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The Change-Up banks on our appetite for excrement
The Change-Up opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: Remember that scene in Idiocracy where a movie-theater audience enjoys an Oscar-winning film that’s nothing but somebody’s ass onscreen, just flatulating away? To me, that’s The Change-Up, two hours of Hollywood farting in my faceand the audience around me soaking it up, wanting […]