“I wanted to simply echo the sentiments of Sherry Luft in her May 1 letter regarding the current state of movie reviews at Mountain Xpress [‘Experienced Movie Critics Wanted’].”
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Letter: A vote for new Movies format
“I personally prefer the present mode of reviewing movies, barring the return from the grave of Cranky Hanke.”
Letter: Experienced movie critics wanted
“As a movie fan, I appreciate an educated and critical reviewer who is also a skilled writer.”
Letter: Requiem for the former Movies section
“Recently, in my opinion, each week the reviews contain less content and depth.”
Letter: Whither the Asheville Film Society?
“The continuation of the Asheville Film Society in Asheville (and in a downtown location) helps to enrich our culture here, and its demise would be a sad thing.”
Letter: Less academic film reviews, please
“I’d like to echo a request for more thorough and less academic reviews that are addressed to those of us in the Asheville area who look forward to getting some good ol’ useful, if cranky, advice from reviewers at the Xpress.”
Letter: 2 cents’ for Xpress’ movie reviewers
“These guys clearly know their stuff. I appreciate their reviews, but then I have learned to appreciate my way through life, because it is ever so much more enjoyable when I do, LOL.”
Letter: Missing ‘Cranky Hanke’
“I really do not care how big the reviewer’s vocabulary is, I just want to know if the movie is worth seeing or not.”
Screenings of Ken Russell’s Tommy will honor movie-critic Ken Hanke’s life
When long-time Mountain Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke passed away in late June, the Asheville film community lost an irreplaceable asset. In honor of Ken and his contributions to cinematic culture and criticism, his favorite film, Ken Russell’s Tommy, will be screened three times at the Fine Arts Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Shows start […]
Ken Hanke: A childhood friend remembers
By Marion Thullbery
I grew up with Ken Hanke. He was my best friend in elementary school, and we remained good friends all through high school and into our college and young adult years. During that time, we watched movies — all kinds of movies.
The movie lovers: Remembering Ken Hanke
In 2002, I was 19 and had just gotten a slightly-above-minimum-wage job at “The Carmike.” After my first shift, a Saturday during the opening weekend of the latest Star Wars epic, I went home and considered never going back. I felt uncomfortable there with all those strangers, and the pay was awful. But I knew […]
Ken and Ken at the cosmic movie theatre
One less Crank[e] amongst us: On the passing of Ken Hanke, by Jeff Fobes Out-riffing us all: Remembering Ken Hanke, by Marc McCloud
Letter writer: Remembering the inimitable Ken Hanke
“I feel like I have lost a comrade in arms, a fellow lover of cinema and history, another movie buff who saw something more in those moving images than just stars and simple stories.”
One less Crank[e] amongst us: On the passing of Ken Hanke
The inimitable Ken Hanke died yesterday evening. He had been ailing from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some years and was feeling ill in the last few days. Ken informed, entertained, challenged, irritated and enthralled readers for years with his movie reviews, thousands of them. He was also an inspiring force behind the Asheville Film […]
Letter writer: Spoiler alert needed for movie reviews
“Hey, Mr. Hanke — ever heard of the phrase ‘spoiler alert’?”
Hooray for Hanke
When I moved back home to Asheville after a lengthy sojourn in the [Research ] Triangle, I was thrilled to find that Asheville had its own film critic and that he actually reviewed real movies that played in real movie theaters that real people went to see. You see, in the Triangle at that time, […]
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: What really frightens you?
The topics of “what frightens you” (vice presidential candidates aside) and “have you really ever been scared by a movie” came up in conversation last week and I decided to explore it a bit, and at the same time put out a call to readers to offer their own answers.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Diminishing returns and thwarted expectations
There’s been a lot of talk this summer about how certain disappointing movies—namely Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Star Wars: The Clone Wars—have tainted fans’ enjoyment of the original films.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: A Coen-ucopia of movie delights
I’ve always had a strange relationship with the works of Joel and Ethan Coen.