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18 Nov 2009
An Education sweeps us along as a teenage girl makes dangerous choices that are completely understandable in the emotional context of the film.
18 Nov 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
Cucalorus, the state of N.C. filmmaking and the Superkiiids; plus, the Carrboro Film Festival
18 Nov 2009
(Film: Film Beat)
11 Nov 2009
There's $200 million up on that screen, folks, and about midway through 2012's 158 excruciating minutes, I found myself wishing the screen itself would explode and put me out of my misery.
11 Nov 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
14 Oct 2009
Lynn Shelton's Humpday, one of the year's best films, begins with a premise that followers of American indies may recognize.
14 Oct 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
23 Sep 2009
All season long, Martin Rennie's team has been a model of consistency, always among the top three in the 11-team first division of the United Soccer League and never losing more than two games on the bounce.
23 Sep 2009
(Sports: Soccer)
16 Sep 2009
The first thing I learned about jury duty, that most unloved of civic obligations, is that the state of North Carolina has rebranded it "jury service."
16 Sep 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
Lorna's Silence is an appealing mixture of moral inquiry, social realism and crime melodrama.
16 Sep 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
9 Sep 2009
In this year's Fall Guide, we decided to look at arts groups doing more with less.
9 Sep 2009
(Special Issues: Fall Guide)
19 Aug 2009
Not since R.W. Fassbinder (and Godard) has a filmmaker shown so much clever, creative interest in how the Third Reich attempted to put mass culture in the service of mass slaughter.
19 Aug 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
5 Aug 2009
Rudo y Cursi may be unsatisfying in the way that misanthropic movies are, but it nonetheless leaves an impression.
5 Aug 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
There's enormous pleasure to be had in the spectacle of Meryl Streep grabbing a beloved, larger-than-life character and chewing the scenery (and the Sole Meunière) for all it's worth.
5 Aug 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
29 Jul 2009
« Cover story Jul. 29, 2009
In our 20th go-round of Indies, we are in no danger of running out of fine artists and arts organization in the Triangle.
29 Jul 2009
(Special Issues: Indies Arts Awards)
22 Jul 2009
Summer Hours is a mournful yet clear-eyed and unsentimental look at how modern global culture pulls traditional culture apart.
22 Jul 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
15 Jul 2009
Or: Why Triangle farmers' markets should accept food stamps
15 Jul 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
8 Jul 2009
With only a single live actor on the spaceship set for the entirety of the film, Moon is a laudable attempt at a return to the low-tech sci-fi films we used to have, before George Lucas came along. It's also pretty dreadful.
8 Jul 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
1 Jul 2009
Last Thursday in Chapel Hill, while billions around the world hovered over their Facebook updates and Twitter feeds that spat out endless variations of #RIPMJ, an 82-year-old theater quietly played its last movies for the foreseeable future.
1 Jul 2009
(Arts: Casual Observer)
17 Jun 2009
Easy Virtue may be a country manor movie for people who don't like them very much.
17 Jun 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
The final screenings are Thursday night at 9:20 and 9:30.
23 Jun 2009
(Film: Film Beat)
10 Jun 2009
It's hard to find the fresh exuberance of the original A Chorus Line in this documentary.
10 Jun 2009
(Film: Feature/ Review)
The RailHawks have a dangerous, multi-pronged attack, and its beating heart is the center of its midfield.
10 Jun 2009
(Sports: Soccer)
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