Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Jan. 6-12: Business as usual

After last week when nothing opened, we’re looking at four new movies coming our way this week—as well as the return of World Cinema and the Hendersonville Film Society. Assuming you’re prepared to cross the frozen tundra we seem to have turned into (I think a reindeer just went by my window), that affords you six possible movies this week that weren’t here last week.

Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Looking ahead

Generally speaking, the first of the year traditionally means a certain number of films that have simply not made it to the provinces yet—and a lot of junk that the studios dump on us in the dead of winter as a kind of cinematic January white sale. In fact, except for the leftovers, the first three months of the year are pretty grim. This year stands at least a chance of being a bit different.