In "American Son," director Kenny Leon takes the image of a black man out of the picture so the audience is forced to confront prejudices they hold, much like the characters in the film.
Through the publication of subjective pieces like opinion columns and letters to the editor, women at the University were able to criticize the media productions publicly in the student newspaper
For an Arts and Entertainment writer in the late 20th century, the section was a way to distinguish a more alternative student paper from other publications that praised the films they deemed “Hollywood sludge.”
The central theme of the movie is eventually communicated to the audience — the nature of power as a corrupting force and a lack of absolute truth in politics — yet its development is clunky.
In the first part of the sixth and final season of “Bojack Horseman,” Bob-Waksberg and company continue to tell emotionally resonant stories centered around talking animals.
Perhaps, this is Kanye vocalizing how he has changed from seeing himself on the top within his own life and in society.
Madame Tussauds has no wax statue of actor Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti. If this bothers you as much as it should, Wax Paul Now is the movement for you.
Moments of blissful and tragic hope are what drive the film and its plot, but what makes the film are the details.
The Arts and Entertainment section has got you covered with these six films curated to meet all your Halloween needs.
Actor, director and writer Ethan Hawke shared in a screening and conversation at the Virginia Film Festival.
Critics bemoan the invasion of smartphones and technology into everyday life, but not long ago the tech industry was seen as a well of optimism and dreams.
Satirical horror film is arguably the weirdest showing of the 2019 Virginia Film Festival.
The film is a difficult but necessary watch.
No moment captured is unnecessary and no time is wasted in "Waves" — the viewer is inserted into the interiority of the characters and is never released.
Producer Daniela Taper Lundberg and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway discussed the intensity of filming on plantations as the film likely reflected true history that occurred there.
"Western Stars" is everything Springsteen is — eloquent, raw, concise and beautiful.
VAFF nailed it three years ago by selecting “Loving,” and this year, with Bryan Stevenson biopic “Just Mercy,” they have again hit upon the perfect film for the occasion.
One-time University professor Ann Beattie shared her short fiction in an Old Cabell reading and masterclass with MFA students and creative writing undergraduates.
Trent Reznor was changing music by angrily screaming into grungy records decades before his clean, instrumental sound defined a new sound in Hollywood.
Locals were welcome to both pilsners and pirouettes while contributing to the Charlottesville Ballet and enjoying a preview of "The Nutcracker."
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