Screen
"The Greatest Film Series in the World" Returns to The Carolina Theatre This Winter and Spring
For nearly half my life, this series, which launched in the fall of 1998, has been a friend. Read more
Jan. 12, 2022
Winston-Salem Theater A/Perture Cinema, Is One of Sundance Film Festival’s Seven Satellite Screening Locations
The downtown movie house will show eight of the festival’s feature films and three shorts during the last weekend of Sundance, January 28–30. Read more
Jan. 05, 2022
Actor Mahershala Ali’s Star Power Is in Overdrive in ‘Swan Song’
Is this the deepest film ever made? Hardly. But it’s beautiful and thought-provoking and sad. Its central question will stick with you for days after. Read more
Dec. 22, 2021
Dance Film Meets Cringe Comedy in the Latest Chapter of Anna Barker’s Unfinished Autobiography
"I think there’s always some moment of realization of not wanting to be taken advantage of. Sometimes it happens slowly. I am not interested in putting a bow on any of this, right? Because life is not like that. The struggle never goes away." Read more
Dec. 22, 2021
A New Documentary Offers an Intimate Portrait of Julia Child, the Trailblazing Chef Who Elevated American Cooking
The success of Julia is that filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West, the Oscar-winning duo behind 'RBG' and 'My Name Is Pauli Murray,' realized Child’s story didn’t need much dressing to shine. Read more
Nov. 24, 2021
'The French Dispatch' Is Stylish and Easy to Like. But Is it Easy to Love?
The film is jammed with enormously appealing performers, but they’re caught in the exquisite clockwork gears of Anderson’s brain. Read more
Nov. 02, 2021
Scary Movies for the Discerning Halloween Enthusiast
Seven relatively below-the-radar scary movies that do interesting things with the genre. Read more
Oct. 26, 2021
The Local Film Festival Bringing Stories of Immigration and Resettlement to the Big Screen
Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival runs through Sunday, October 24. Read more
Oct. 18, 2021
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Moogfest
But the shared history of Durham’s lapsed electronic music fest and the newcomer Slingshot is more layered than it seems. Read more
Sep. 29, 2021
