Craig D. Lindsey

Evocateur plays Aug. 23–25 at Carolina Theatre People have forgotten how much Morton Downey Jr. contributed to our aggressively patriotic, bully-boy culture. For a brief, crazy time in the late ’80s, the multi-moled rabble-rouser came up with the mad dog formula that Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck and the entire Fox News Network continue […]

I’m So Excited opens Friday Those who have been saying that Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited is a step down for Spain’s brilliant provocateur have forgotten about those raunchy, outrageous comedies he did in his wild youth, such as Labyrinth of Passion (gay terrorists), Dark Habits (gay nuns) and Matador (gay bullfighters).

Fruitvale Station opens Friday As deplorable and upsetting as the George Zimmerman verdict was for many, at least one good thing came out of it: a well-deserved publicity boost to Fruitvale Station, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Twenty Feet From Stardom opens Friday There’s both joy and sadness in watching Twenty Feet From Stardom, a rousing yet melancholy tribute to the background singers whose harmonious voices are all over 20th-century popular music.

Stories We Tell opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: In the documentary Stories We Tell, Canadian actress-turned-director Sarah Polley points her camera at the people in her life to get the skinny on her late mother, Diane. Deemed the life of the party by family and friends, Diane died from cancer when Polley was […]