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Red-Headed Woman

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show Red-Headed Woman at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 25 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…

The Whales of August

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Whales of August at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, 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…

A Foreign Field

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show A Foreign Field at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 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…

Martian Child

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The Story: A science-fiction writer adopts a troubled boy who claims to be from Mars. The Lowdown: Gooey without being effective, saccharine without being sweet, Martian Child is the ne plus ultra of undistinguished ordinariness.

The best of the fest

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OK, it’s time to talk movies. Oh, I know I’m usually talking movies, but it’s time to talk movies en masse, with the fifth Asheville Film Festival upon us. Road rage: Indie horror flick Blood Car makes our list of this year’s “must see” films. By the time you factor in the competition features, the […]

Cranky Hanke talks Southern film and more with Ray McKinnon

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Randy and the Mob — a quirky southern comedy about a none-too-successful entrepreneur who gets in trouble with the mob over some loans and gets some offbeat help from his gay, identical twin brother and a strange mob “fixer” — is one of the hightlights of this year’s Asheville Film Festival. So when I had the chance to grab an interview with Ray McKinnon—who wrote and directed the film and plays the twin brothers—I didn’t hesitate to say yes.

Saw IV

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The Story: The notorious "Jigsaw" reaches out from beyond the grave (maybe) as his fiendish punishments continue. The Lowdown: More of the same as the previous Saw films -- with even less novelty and point.

Dan in Real Life

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The Story: A widower meets the woman of his dreams in a bookstore. Unfortunately, she turns out to be his brother's girlfriend. The Lowdown: A mixed bag of largely insubstantial drama and too-broad comedy that has so little relation to "real life" that its title seems like false advertising.

The Darjeeling Limited

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The Story: Three brothers go on a journey through India to reconnect with each other. The Lowdown: A perfect film from Wes Anderson for Anderson fans. It's as rich and funny and moving as anything I've seen this year, but some will find it too mannered and stylized.

The Searchers

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Searchers at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 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…

The Narrow Margin

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Movie critic and historian Peter Loewer will present a series of films exploring the movies' love affair with trains in Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library. Each film plays at 6 p.m. The Narrow Margin, Monday, Nov. 5; Silver Streak, Tuesday, Nov. 6; The Fugitive, Wednesday, Nov. 7; Polar Express, Thursday, Nov. 8. Admission is…