The Story: A TV crew and a few firefighters and cops are quarantined with the residents of an old dark apartment house when a mysterious disease that turns its victims into killers breaks out. The Lowdown: Another film that uses the camera jiggle-a-thon shtick to convey mayhem, but with a handful of fairly effective thrills…

The Found Footage Festival, the acclaimed touring showcase of found videos, will make a one-night only appearance in Asheville as part of its 2008 North American tour. Hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, whose credits include The Onion and the Late Show with David Letterman, will present their unique blend of video clips and live…

The Story: Two rather mopey high-school kids find themselves thrown together, discover awkward chemistry and have various adventures in New York City over the course of the evening. The Lowdown: Michael Cera and Kat Dennings (in roles they could play in their sleep) keep this uninspired teen flick barely afloat.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Cats at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. (From Asheville, take I-26 to U.S. 64 West, turn right at the third light onto Thompson Street. Follow to the Lake Point Landing entrance and park in…

The Story: This mildly satirical comedy catalogs the misadventures of a socially disastrous British journalist, who hits the big time when he receives an offer to work for a New York City celebrity magazine. The Lowdown: Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst -- and a number of agreeable bits and pieces -- elevate this slightly flat…

Pack Memorial Library will show Chocolat on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. in Lord Auditorium. Kilwin's of Asheville and the French Broad Chocolate Lounge have kindly donated chocolates and fudge to make the event indulgent. Info: 250-4700.

The Story: A pair of lawmen for hire come to the western town of Appaloosa to "clean up" the place. The Lowdown: A western that is both traditional and untraditional, Appaloosa is solid filmmaking with some unusually strong characterizations and performances, as well as a sense of moral and psychological complexity.

The Story: A spoiled chihuahua is lost in Mexico and has to find her way back to Beverly Hills through much danger. The Lowdown: Admirers of talking dogs and those not bothered by rampant (and of variable quality) CGI may find this passable. Everyone else, be warned.

The Story: Bill Maher travels around the world trying to get people to explain religion to him. The Lowdown: Deliberately provocative and confrontational, Maher's irreverent look at religion -- primarily Christianity, Judaism and Islam -- is often wildly funny, thought provoking and apt to offend a lot of people.

Two episodes of The Prisoner, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Story: A mysterious epidemic of blindness occurs in a city, causing the authorities to try to contain the situation by quarantining the victims under barbarous conditions. The Lowdown: A powerful -- and powerfully unpleasant -- allegorical work that's definitely worth a look if you're up to its grim, unflinching portrait of the events at…

Two episodes of The Prisoner, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Why of Tai Chi plays for one show only at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at Fine Arts Theatre.

The Story: An unhappy wife and a doctor with issues share the experience of surviving a hurricane in a beach house and fall in love, but can happiness be possible for them? The Lowdown: Nice to look at and certainly well made and performed, the film is, at bottom, absurdly plotted and never as affecting…

The Story: A film that follows the efforts -- and eventual success -- of French tight-wire walker Philippe Petit to walk a wire between the tops of the World Trade Towers in 1974. The Lowdown: An altogether brilliant film that's as deft at walking the line between drama and documentary as its subject.

The Story: A sex addict tries to overcome his problem (none too strenuously), while dealing with his dying mother who holds the key to his identity. The Lowdown: A faithful -- and outrageously funny -- adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel; it just misses being great by never going beneath the surface of its bizarre story.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show That Hamilton Woman at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. (From Asheville, take I-26 to U.S. 64 West, turn right at the third light onto Thompson Street. Follow to the Lake Point Landing entrance and…

The Story: Three soldiers home from Iraq end up going on a cross-country driving trip when no flights are available. The Lowdown: An enjoyable, if predictable and somewhat muddled, little movie that's held in place by its cast, but ultimately seems lacking in point.

The Story: A fireman whose marriage is on the rocks enters into an agreement to follow the dictates of a book that might restore his marriage. The Lowdown: A faith-based drama that's strictly for the faithful.