LISTEN UP PHILIP Opening Friday Listen Up Philip is a film that plays like a book, which is usually not a good thing. Books and movies have different durations and rhythms, and it’s tricky to beat-match them properly. But in the hands of talented young writer-director Alex Ross Perry, this smart, wicked indie succeeds as […]
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Halloween special: Bonus Materials picks view-on-demand films for a scary movie night at home
Watching scary movies at home is a time-honored Halloween tradition, but needing to plan ahead at Blockbuster is a thing of the past. Now, if you’re a Netflix subscriber, hundreds of horror movies are instantly available online. Here are 10 recommendations for streaming Halloween chills, focusing on relatively under-the-radar selections that are worth digging up […]
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Go ghost hunting with Haunted NC
In 7th grade, it was my entirely serious and somber intention to become a parapsychologista scientific investigator of paranormal phenomena. I was heavily influenced by a series of Time/Life books, “Mysteries of the Unknown,” that was relentlessly advertised on television. Children of the 1980s may remember this. For the low, low price of $19.99 per […]
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Film review: Children experience the ancillary horrors of WWII in The Notebook
THE NOTEBOOK 1/2Opening Friday Twin 13-year-old boys endure the ancillary horrors of war in THE NOTEBOOK, a relentlessly grim WWII drama by Hungarian filmmaker János Szász. Shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Academy Awards, it’s an admirable piece of craftsmanship if you’ve got the stomach for it. Anyone expecting a remake of […]
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An offensive bourgeois quest for meaning in Hector and the Search for Happiness
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS Opening Friday
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Bonus Materials: David Lynch, nightmare membranes and Eraserhead
Thirty-seven years after its initial theatrical release, David Lynch’s debut feature film Eraserhead has been reissued and upgraded to U.S. Blu-ray format in a gorgeous package from the stalwart archivists at the Criterion Collection. The reissue includes a full 4K digital restoration, six additional short films and the usual generous assortment of new and archival […]
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Adorable flippers in Dolphin Tale 2
DOLPHIN TALE 2 Opening Friday For parents of younger kids, quality family films are a precious commodity.
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A good old time in Land Ho!
LAND HO! Opening Friday As a rule, movies are dominated by the young. So LAND HO!, a gentle Icelandic import about the adventures of two 70-something men on an impromptu walkabout, is refreshing.
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Simulcasts bring TV, theater and more to cinemas
The movie theater: It’s not just for movies anymore. With the advent of digital distribution in cinemas, exhibitors have a wide range of options for screening events this fall. Most theaters in the Triangle have switched to digital, and many now host simulcastsby way of live satellite feedsof sports, concerts and cultural events, from boxing […]
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Bonus Materials: Bullet trains and class rage in Snowpiercer
The brutal and visionary South Korean science fiction thriller Snowpiercer made a splash a few weeks back when it finally got a wide release in U.S. theaters after an extended tussle with distributor Harvey Weinstein. That dispute almost kept it out of theaters here. Details are too complicated to go into, but the upshot is […]
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