“I know I would certainly appreciate and enjoy reading those reviews more than the obscure offerings I see each week through your present offerings.”

“I know I would certainly appreciate and enjoy reading those reviews more than the obscure offerings I see each week through your present offerings.”
“Thank God for Jerry Sternberg! Mr. Sternberg, you are a commonsense breath of fresh air in our murky world.”
“By the way, I’m glad that there has been a diversity of movie reviewers in the Xpress. Good to get different viewpoints, especially women’s.”
How did Xpress readers process all the local news and changes this year? Here’s a look at the topics that generated the most commentaries, letters to the editor and online comments in Xpress in 2019.
“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’].”
“I personally prefer the present mode of reviewing movies, barring the return from the grave of Cranky Hanke.”
“I mean, it’s the Mountain Xpress for gawrsh sakes, not Cahiers du Cinéma!”
“I personally believe the community was best served by those ‘one or two authoritative reviewers,’ as anyone can have an opinion about a movie, but very few know what they’re talking about.”
“As a movie fan, I appreciate an educated and critical reviewer who is also a skilled writer.”
“Might it be possible to restore The Story and The Lowdown that started reviews in the past?”
“Why should we continue to gain our astrological insight from the heavy-handed authority of Rob Brezsny?”
“Recently, in my opinion, each week the reviews contain less content and depth.”
“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.”
“Lots of insight into helping us transplanted urbanites comprehend the ongoing support for our current president, whom many of us consider an amoral charlatan, even when they are voting against their own interests.”
“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.”
“Two male film critics joined by a third. Color me dismayed.”
“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.”