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(01/08/16 12:00pm)
In 1929, the “new woman” style is flourishing in Melbourne, Australia. Jazz and whiskey are flowing in equal parts. The Great War has been over for a decade, leaving many emotional wounds on Australians, a large number of whom gave their lives to the Allies’ cause. “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries,” a gripping crime show created by Deb Cox and based on novels by Kerry Greenwood, sets this scene and throws a woman detective into the mix.
(11/04/15 2:30am)
One might think of “iZombie” as a frivolous continuation of the zombie obsession that has infiltrated American culture in the past eight years or so with the creation of “The Walking Dead,” “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” “Warm Bodies,” “Zombieland,” “Shaun of the Dead,” etc. However, the show is actually a suspenseful and empowering examination of the life of an intelligent 20-something woman as she attempts to find meaning to her existence after becoming undead. The show is loosely based on a comic book of the same name written by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred.
(04/24/14 7:43pm)
Because one person’s experience with a disorder may vary greatly from another’s, mental health issues are difficult to portray in movies. The notion of “accuracy” would require concrete categorization of illnesses which often have blurred lines and overlapping symptoms. Perhaps in part for this reason, few feature films even attempt to broach the subject. Those that do often use mental illness as a device to further the plot — particularly romantically.
(04/03/14 9:08pm)
Comedian Mike Birbiglia has gained critical acclaim from past standup tours “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” and “Sleepwalk with Me” — the latter of which was transformed into a film of the same name, which Birbiglia both starred in and directed. With critics and Birbiglia himself both deeming his latest routine, “Thank God for Jokes,” the funniest he has ever performed, Charlottesville is ready to welcome the funny man, along with special guest Chris Gethard, to the Paramount Theater Saturday.
(02/28/14 3:22am)
As part of the University’s commemoration of Black History Month, the University Program Council’s Cinematheque Committee partnered with the Office of African-American Affairs and the University chapter of the NAACP last weekend in presenting a double feature of “Fruitvale Station” and “12 Years a Slave.” The films focused on images of violence against African-Americans and the systematic marginalization of African-Americans in the United States in disturbing and poignant ways.
(02/17/14 12:08am)
Most 57 year-old women cannot belt improvised vocals, dance the “Pony” and the “Mashed Potato” on stage, and bring hundreds of people to their feet while wearing a bright silver dress with black fringe. Even fewer can accomplish all these feats while battling pancreatic cancer.
(11/11/13 4:44am)
Though Will Forte is best known for his spot on “Saturday Night Live” and his goofy spin-off movie “MacGruber,” he shows off genuine acting chops in “Nebraska,” a poignant story about a father-son relationship. The film, directed by Alexander Payne (“The Descendants,” “Sideways”) follows David Grant (Forte) and his father Woody (Bruce Dern), who receives a notice suggesting he won $1 million and wants to travel from Billings, Mont. to Nebraska to claim the prize. Despite the clear false pretenses of the notice, Forte’s character agrees to drive his dad to Lincoln. They stop in Hawthorne, the small town in which Woody grew up, which provides the setting for much of the movie and reveals the humorous idiosyncrasies and drama of the Grant family.
(10/30/13 8:49pm)
When the credits rolled at the close of Paul Greengrass’s thrilling “Captain Phillips,” based on the 2009 pirate hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, the audience breathed a collective sigh of relief. No more suspense. Your life will never be that stressful. Everything is going to be okay.
(10/23/13 9:16pm)
If you’ve seen a headline about Kanye West in the last several weeks, I bet the headline included the word “rant.” West’s passion on his BBC Radio interview with Zane Lowe have spurred parodies like Jimmy Kimmel’s skit making fun of the new Kardashian dad. Just to fuel the fire, West’s Twitter reaction and follow-up interview on Kimmel’s talk show have spun around the media sphere so fast we’re dizzy. The irony is that these interviews were actually thought-provoking, considerate, and sincere. Both interviews included a discussion about professionals in the fashion industry shooting down West’s ideas because they did not think he belonged in that particular creative realm. Both showed his frustration for being written off as arrogant when he is trying to be honest with himself and reach his fullest potential. Both showed a side of Kanye that is typically not conveyed by tweets like “I love me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” or “YOUR FACE LOOKS CRAZY… IS THAT FUNNY? … OR IF I HAD A KID SAY IT WOULD IT BE FUNNY???” Instead, during these interviews he said CRAZY, angry, outrageous things like “I’ve got ideas that can mean something if I can put the proper production around them,” and “I understand paparazzi, I understand you need to get money; it’s hard out there, but let’s have respect for each other.”
(04/24/13 3:43pm)
Every summer needs a playlist to fit the mood of your long road trips, cramped plane flights, pool parties and meadow picnics. These songs will hopefully quench your musical thirst.
(04/03/13 3:18pm)
Multiple clips from popular TV show The Big Bang Theory recently went viral on YouTube and Tumblr — but not due to their scintillating humor. Each clip had its laugh track removed, revealing the irritatingly unamusing and eerily overdramatic elements of the show’s script. The main revelation, though, is that you will not laugh.
(02/21/13 2:40am)
When Ben Thornewill, the vocalist for the Philadelphia-born, Brooklyn-based trio Jukebox the Ghost, abruptly stopped playing piano mid-song during the group’s Feb. 10 concert at The Southern, I had not noticed that his bandmate’s guitar had become disconnected. As Tommy Siegel, the second lead vocalist, tried to fix his instrument, Thornewill looked out to the audience with a laugh and proclaimed, “Now we’re at the bridge,” seamlessly continuing the song “Victoria” without audible guitar, demonstrating his improvisation abilities and genial demeanor. Even with less than cooperative instruments in the first half of the set — a curse from the “Grammy Gods,” according to the band, for having a concert on the same night — Jukebox blew the roof off The Southern. For a relatively obscure group, many die-hard fans were in attendance, including, but not limited to, a couple that had traveled alongside Thornewill, Siegel and Jesse Kristin (the drummer) all the way from Connecticut.