Rust and Bone opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: While many movies are made from fiction sources, we tend to be most aware of the famous ones: Atonement, Harry Potter, The Hobbit. Having an existing fan base for a story is great for financing and marketing the movie, but it also tends to tie […]
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Django Unchained
Django Unchained Opens Tuesday For his most recent film, 2009’s Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino restaged World War II so that his Jewish heroes had their revenge on the Nazis. It ended in an orgy of violence, and I loved it. Likewise, Tarantino’s new film, Django Unchained, is a pulp fantasy of the antebellum South in […]
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Hitchcock is a travesty
Hitchcock opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: I normally take great pains to avoid reviews of films that I’m preparing to write about, but the following tweet from GQ film reviewer Tom Carson, who I used to read regularly, long ago, in the Village Voice, popped up in my timeline before I could unsee […]
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Danish dynasts in A Royal Affair
A Royal Affair opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: In the mood for a tale of passion and tumult in 18th-century Denmark? A new film, A Royal Affair, might be your ticket. It’s concerned with recreating a few chaotic years in the Danish monarchy, when the young king, Christian VII, who was either an […]
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Surviving sobriety in Smashed
Smashed opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: A spoiler alert is required for Smashed, a new alcoholism drama. But the spoiler doesn’t involve the plot details of this affecting, if mostly unsurprising film. Rather, it pertains to the radiant actress at the film’s center. She’s tall and makeup-free, sporting frowsy hair, long skirts, cardigan […]
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Long-lost “brothers” in The Other Son
The Other Son opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: It might seem that a foreign filmmaker with a résumé consisting mostly of television comedies wouldn’t be a good fit for a melodrama about the ongoing conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinian people. And there is a danger of glib superficiality when […]
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Manbites Dog celebrates 25 years with a return to where it started
Seventy Scenes of Halloween Manbites Dog Theater Nov. 29–Dec. 15 Open House Dec. 16, 4–8 p.m. On the northeast side of Durham, at the intersection of Club Boulevard and Roxboro Road, there’s a grimy warren of low-end retail establishments. Aside from a friendly neighborhood grocery store and a quality taqueria or two, it’s an unforgiving […]
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Notes on Quail Ridge Books, Galaxy Cinema and a possible defense against Amazon’s Kindle
If there was any doubt about the huge reservoir of good will Nancy Olson has earned over 28 years of owning Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, it evaporated last Wednesday. When word got out that Olson was selling the store, the reaction was swift. While readers expressed shock and concern on social media, […]
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Triangle filmmakers travel to Wilmington’s Cucalorus Film Festival
Cucalorus Film Festival Downtown Wilmington Nov. 8–11 It’s no secret that North Carolina has enjoyed an unusually high-profile year in the world of film and television production. The Hunger Games, shot in Burke County, was a huge hit last spring, while FX’s Homeland, which is shot in Charlotte, landed some big Emmys this fall. Meanwhile, […]
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Documenting The Other Dream Team, from Lithuania
The Other Dream Team opens Friday (see times below) Our rating: Basketball fans shouldn’t need to be reminded of the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona and the Dream Team of American superstars (Bird, Magic, Jordan, Barkley, et al.) who kicked, jammed, walloped and thrashed every opponent. What is not as well remembered, however, is the country […]
