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1 week ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
This Saturday, as it enters the home stretch, the 27th annual RiverRun International Film Festival will present the discussion “The Art and Impact of Archival Research: A Conversation with Rosemary Rotondi and Monica Berra” at 4 p.m. at Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
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1 week ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
PICK OF THE WEEK BLUE SUNSHINE (Synapse Films): Writer/director Jeff Lieberman’s 1977 thriller has its flaws but also its fans, due in large part to some memorable scenes and a storyline that encompasses political corruption and social commentary within an exploitation framework. Considered a horror film in some circles (for good reason), it’s as much a mystery and a thriller. It’s ragged around the edges, but Lieberman’s ambitions are plainly evident.
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1 week ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
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2 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
This Saturday, the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem will host its third annual fund-raising event, “The Bash,” beginning at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Center, 4573 County Club Road, Winston-Salem. Tickets start at $30 (general admission), with guaranteed Premier Seats for $50. A Premier Table for eight comes complete with a branded (and refillable) wine glass.
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3 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
With a reported price tag of $320 million, making it one of the most expensive films ever produced, it’s a shame that The Electric State (Netflix) isn’t more engaging or engrossing, because it certainly had that possibility. Unfortunately, few of them are realized in this lumpy sci-fi fiasco produced and co-directed by the sibling duo of Joe and Anthony Russo, whose Marvel pedigree (Avengers: Endgame) seemingly would have made them an ideal fit for the material.
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3 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
PICK OF THE WEEKVENOM (Blue Underground): The guiltiest of guilty pleasures. Take Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, and Susan George as perhaps the clumsiest would-be kidnappers in screen history. Add Sterling Hayden (in his final feature) as a retired big-game hunter whose asthmatic grandson (Lance Holcomb) is their target, plus Cornelia Sharpe (producer Martin Bregman’s wife) as the boy’s teary-eyed mother, Sarah Miles as a chic herpetologist, and Nicol Williamson as a hard-boiled police commander.
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4 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
All systems are go for the 2025 RiverRun International Film Festival, which unveiled its schedule of events, screenings, and guests at its annual launch parties last week, the first held Tuesday at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem and the second Wednesday at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro. Advance ticket samplers are now on sale at https://riverrunfilm.com/festival-passes/.
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4 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
Filmed on location in western North Carolina, Appalachian Dog marks a striking feature debut for writer/producer/director Colin Henning, who also makes his starring debut. Working with a tight-knit ensemble of actors, many of them newcomers, Henning has carefully crafted a low-key, thoughtful, character-driven drama that relies almost entirely on its cast to succeed, and to a remarkable extent they do.
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4 weeks ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
PICK OF THE WEEK TOMMY (Shout! Studios/Shout! Factory): Whether by luck or happenstance, the 1975 film version of The Who’s seminal 1969 rock opera fell into the hands of Ken Russell, the quintessential provocateur-as-filmmaker, and the result was a genuinely unique, frequently indulgent, and crazily imaginative saga that put its own stamp on the musical genre, not unlike Richard Lester had done with The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night, Help!) a decade earlier, although certainly with a...
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1 month ago | 
yesweekly.com | Mark Burger
The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem will hold auditions for its upcoming production of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1 at 419 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem. No appointment is necessary, and all are encouraged to audition. There are multiple roles available for women and men (ages 13 and up). Additional details and character descriptions can be found at https://www.ltofws.org/auditions.
