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Asheville-based director Chusy Haney-Jardine took an entirely different road to Sundance: Most of the players in his film had never acted before—anywhere.
By Marc Maximov | 6 Feb 2008

The centerpiece of Harron's stay is what FVD's Screen/ Society is billing a three-night "Mary Harron Retrospective."
By Neil Morris | 23 Jan 2008

With global warming and water shortages keeping the environment on our minds, the ecologically focused films featured in the 2008 Riverkeeper Film Festival seem especially relevant.
By Zack Smith | 16 Jan 2008

Seeing Through the Fence is a documentary about the role of food in modern society and our connection (or lack thereof) to the animals from which much of our food originates.
By Kathy Justice | 2 Jan 2008

"This sign really belongs in a local historical museum," filmmaker Steve Channing says. "Maybe one day somebody will build one."
By Neil Morris | 14 Nov 2007

Even if the rowdy crowds on Front Street were more or less oblivious to its presence, a few blocks away the 13th annual Cucalorus Film Festival was under way, bigger and more ambitious than ever.
By David Fellerath and Kathy Justice | 14 Nov 2007

While the media attention at Camp Casey was white-hot, few people enjoyed the breadth of access as Asheville filmmaker Rebecca MacNeice.
By Neil Morris | 24 Oct 2007

Part political travelogue, part personal diary, Dear Jesse is structured as Kirkman's self-styled "letter" to the renowned anti-gay Helms, with whom he shares a home town.
By Neil Morris | 17 Oct 2007

Highlights of this year's festival include Maniac, Tron, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, In the Shadow of the Moon and The Monster Squad.
By Zack Smith | 3 Oct 2007

"I had more fun when it was illegal to be gay," says Waters, who adds that he's also "anti-separatist."
By Zack Smith | 19 Sep 2007

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