Premiere Night Film and Gala presented by Fiore’s Cottonwood Ristorante Toscana Thursday, 7-11 p.m., $40 per personFilm at the Diana Wortham Theatre in Pack Place, with Gala immediately following The 2006 film festival will kick off on Thursday evening with The Architect. Following the film, ticket holders will adjourn to the lobby of Pack Place … Read more
Opening Film: The Architect not in competitionPremiere Night Film and Gala presented by Fiore’s Cottonwood Ristorante Toscana Thursday, 7 – 11 p.m.Diana Wortham TheatreReception immediately following film (81 minutes) Starring Anthony Lapaglia in the title role along with Isabella Rossellini and Viola Davis, this film is a harrowing and ultimately human story of two very … Read more
Bound not in competitionSaturday, 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – upper (109 minutes) In one of her best and most nuanced (not to mention bravest) performances, Jennifer Tilly plays Violet, the mistress of mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), who seems blissfully unaware of his girlfriend’s interest in other women — something that comes to … Read more
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted The Actress Saturday, 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – lowerNorth Carolina Premiere (91 minutes) Centering around a 20-something, hormone-charged Perth, Australia household, the film features Tom — the desperate-for-a-girlfriend supermarket manager, Kevin — an office administrator with a constant itchy right hand, … Read more
• A Saturday afternoon tour of a few galleries after the season’s last downtown crawl was less than inspiring. Work at Push was edgy, (some curtained off with a sign saying only those 18 and above could enter) but most everything else was tourist-oriented and safe, or a little less-than-ready for exhibition. Artemisia fared as … Read more
Campaign calendar • Thu, Nov. 2: “Judge for Yourself: Election 2006” featuring all 12 appellate-level judicial candidates and presented by the N.C. Center for Voter Education and UNC-TV, will air statewide at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV. • Sat, Nov. 4: One-stop voting ends at 1 p.m. Until that time, early voting is available at 10 … Read more
