Every now and then, a film comes along that leaves me completely stumped regarding whether or not I liked it, and I need to write my way through to figure it out. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest film, “Digger,” is very much that kind of movie. Maybe by the time I finish writing this, ...
The WVU University Arts Series presents “The Great Gatsby,” an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic work as a solo show with actor Simon Rabatin, at 6 p.m. Thursday at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center. “The Great Gatsby” takes place on Long Island and in New York City in ...
Surrealism is not my favorite film genre, but I will make a massive exception if it’s in the hands of Boots Riley. Not unlike his debut, Riley’s latest feature, “I Love Boosters,” (now on VOD) is a weird, vibrant, funny, thoughtful, hopeful thesis on collective action and workers’ ...
The Filharmonic, an L.A.-based a cappella group of Filipino Americans, comes to Morgantown Oct. 3, bringing its unique blend of hip hop, pop and R&B to the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center. Featured on NBC’s hit musical competition “The Sing Off” and in “Pitch Perfect 2,” the ...
FAIRMONT – The third annual Vegetable Man Day will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Squibb Wilson Boulevard. The event commemorates the history of the Reedsville “Vegetable Man,” an alien-like monster discovered by ...
If you decide to see Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” it’s important to remember the title as you watch. Yes, this is a biopic of sorts about Chris Hansen and his work on “To Catch a Predator,” but it is more accurately about the quest for fame and using people’s trauma to attract ...
