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Monthly Reel Inspired by Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger, our Chip Kaufmann has written an epic article about The Lone Ranger at 80. So I’ll keep this month’s cinematic thoughts and ponderings short, sweet and to the point. 1. I want to be Helen Mirren when I grow up. TheContinue Reading

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by Chip Kaufmann It has been 80 years since The Lone Ranger made his debut on radio. 55 years since Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels last rode off into the sunset, and 32 years since an ill-fated attempt to the resurrect the character, The Legend of the Lone Ranger disappearedContinue Reading

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Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Sergio Leone’s 1968 Western Once Upon a Time in the West is a multi-character, multi layered film. The principal story concerns the expansion of the railroad into new territory as presided over by a greedy railroad baron who usesContinue Reading

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Before Midnight **** Short Take: The third chapter in the lives of Jesse and Celine in the Before Sunrise trilogy. Reel Take: For those of us of a certain age, the characters of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julia Delpy) in Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise, epitomized true love. Although theContinue Reading

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Asheville Community Theatre will hold their annual fundraiser, DramaRama, an entire week of unique, affordable, fun events that benefit the downtown theatre. Seven events will take place from Sunday, July 7 through Saturday, July 13, and include a fashion show, a sing-a-long movie, and the return of BARK! The Musical. TicketsContinue Reading

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Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Much Ado About Nothing (1993) It’s always instructive (not to mention a lot of fun) to compare a new film adaptation to an earlier one. Sometimes, as in the case of The Great Gatsby, there is more than one major version out there. This often happens whenContinue Reading

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Grand Illusion (1937) Having just seen the new French film Renoir (reviewed this issue) about the last years of the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his son Jean who would become a world famous filmmaker, and the woman who inspired both of them, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of JeanContinue Reading

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The Great Gatsby **** Short Take: Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel is a Roaring Twenties extravaganza and assault of the senses, befitting Fitzgerald’s own world of excess. Reel Take: A little leeway must be granted with any film adaptation of a great novel. In the caseContinue Reading