Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer head to the Middle Ages for the engrossing true story of France’s 14th century #MeToo moment.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
All by Bruce Steele
Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer head to the Middle Ages for the engrossing true story of France’s 14th century #MeToo moment.
In which an Asheville Movie Guy recalls his own close encounter with Tammy Faye Bakker, and considers Jessica Chastain’s movie version.
The latest riff on the ghoulish family’s adventures is a road movie with a full-on mad scientist finale. It’s like amusing fan fiction.
This full-on, feel-good musical follows an English teenager who aspires to be a drag queen — including at the school prom.
This satisfying then-and-now dual murder mystery takes actor Eric Bana back to his native Australia.
The Asheville Movie Guys split on this videogame-inspired Ryan Reynolds action comedy, with one vote for entertaining and one for “disaster.”
The stars do their thing, but this bloated, ridiculous action-comedy sequel never escapes the realm of the distasteful.
This TV-quality animated film does the job of turning Netflix’s “Spirit Riding Free” series into a movie, targeted to pre-tween fans. Others should steer clear.
This visually sumptuous and poetic portrait of elderly men who hunt for the culinary delicacy with trained dogs captures a disappearing quirk of Northern Italian culture.
Traylor, a former slave, created an artistic legacy rediscovered in the 1980s by both the art world and the artist’s many descendants.
This Oscar nominee skewers everyone from celebrity artists to refugee advocates in its tale of a Syrian man who is turned into an art object.
This documentary about Pope Francis elucidates his struggle to bend the world to goodness in areas from climate to tolerance — and admits few flaws.
This doc addresses a central Asheville aesthetic — the history of the Arts + Crafts movement — and includes a local expert.
Nominated for six Oscars, this Anthony Hopkins vehicle puts you inside the experience of a older man with growing dementia.
The story of a shy young woman who falls in love with an amusement park ride is a charming fantasy, until it’s not.
This slice-of-street-life documentary follows a stray dog around Istanbul, where she bonds with some homeless teenage Syrian refugees.
Noel Coward’s comedic play receives a suspect new film adaptation.
This visually creative doc introduces the philosophers and pick-up artists who work behind counters at a Brazilian supermarket.
The film is based on a terrific Rolling Stone article. Seek out that story, but skip the clumsily fictionalized movie.