If you can’t beat them, join them. Taylor Swift took this to heart with the release of her “Blank Space” music video last Monday.
Author Ed Falco bared his creative process in an intimate craft talk at Writer House Friday evening.
Discovering a band at the release of their debut album is like discovering the next great football star right as he scores his first touchdown.
Few audiences would expect to cheer as lines of “brown shirts” stepped before a massive Third Reich flag.
Released at the end of October, Harris remains true to dance-pop and EDM on his fourth studio album, “Motion.” His hit single “Summer” , however, proves to be one of the few memorable tracks after which all the songs begin to sound the same. The album lacks a clear and cohesive theme, as all the tracks seem to simply be created as party mixes for the club.
In his solo career spanning almost 50 years, Neil Young has never been afraid to veer off the beaten path.
One of two groundbreaking shows that premiered on Cartoon Network in 2010, "Regular Show" has received a swath of critical success, earning four Emmy nominations, and winning one.
In his artful adaptation of William Faulkner’s 1929 novel director James Franco pays homage to the tragic fall of the Compson family, employing creative film techniques to draw attention to the book’s central themes.
This year, the Virginia Film Festival got a taste of raw suburban life with the film “Skook,” directed by 24-year-old Connor Hurley.
“The Imitation Game” begins with a Benedict Cumberbatch voiceover — telling the audience to pay attention, and advising them not to miss a single detail.
Director Jeff Preiss’ first biopic “Low Down,” a film based on the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany (played by John Hawkes), was featured in the Virginia Film Festival Friday, bringing together a promising cast and a compelling foundation deeply rooted in the rich jazz culture of the 1970s. Albany’s complex relationship with daughter Amy (Elle Fanning) and his struggles with drug abuse are relayed through the latter character’s perspective.
A name like “The Last Bison” is already so folk it feels like flannel. It evokes something primal, ancient and earthy which remains in the present day.
“Interstellar” — a film of extraordinary ambition, intelligence and heart — marks another triumph for director Christopher Nolan.
The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour came to downtown Charlottesville to share the ancient and sacred relics of Buddhist tradition Oct.
“Foxcatcher” is an intense psychological drama. It serves as a great showcase for its three leads, telling the true story of multimillionaire John du Pont’s (Steve Carell) murder of Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo). After winning gold in the 1984 Olympic Games, Mark Schultz is recruited by John du Pont to be the star of a wrestling team of future gold medalists that du Pont plans to coach.
“The Babadook” shows the viewer how grief can come to dominate a human being. The mind falls into a depression and, suddenly, tree branches become claws, basements turn into cemeteries and shadows evolve into a supernatural monster.
Every fall, University students can expect certain time-honored traditions to return to Grounds: Rotunda Sing kicks off the year, Pancakes for Parkinson’s carries us through the mid-semester slump, and Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn boasts of the largest amount of babies and puppies in costumes on any college campus.
If you have not seen every episode of “Gilmore Girls,” do yourself a favor and binge watch all seven seasons.
Many in New York City have made fortunes with quick fingers, a keyboard piano and a devotion to jazz music.
In early October, the Virginia Film Festival selected short film “Fifth Street” to screen before centerpiece film “5 to 7.” This announcement marked a big achievement for the independent film.
