Day: January 10, 2007
Cranky Hanke’s Worst Picks for 2006
1. Little Man. Isn’t it time legislation was passed prohibiting the Wayans Brothers from making movies? At the time of its release, I noted, “I honestly cannot think of anything worse that was made in between the time the Lumiere Brothers photographed a train pulling into a station in 1895 and today.” I stand by … Read more
SEFCA’s 2006 Winners
These are the pictures and performances the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) found noteworthy in 2006. The films voted on were theatrical releases of this past year. SEFCA’s 49 members work for print and radio outlets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The Wyatt award is named in … Read more
Cranky Hanke’s Worst Picks for 2006
1. Little Man. Isn’t it time legislation was passed prohibiting the Wayans Brothers from making movies? At the time of its release, I noted, “I honestly cannot think of anything worse that was made in between the time the Lumi/(R)re Brothers photographed a train pulling into a station in 1895 and today.” I stand by … Read more
SEFCA’s 2006 Winners
These are the pictures and performances the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) found noteworthy in 2006. The films voted on were theatrical releases of this past year. SEFCA’s 49 members work for print and radio outlets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The Wyatt award is named in … Read more
Buncombe County Commission
Man and a plan: Zoning Administrator Jim Coman shows off Buncombe County’s draft zoning maps. photo by Jonathan Welch After fussing and fighting over zoning for decades, Buncombe County residents had surprisingly little to say when confronted with an actual draft plan. Only a few members of the public spoke up about zoning at the … Read more
Pushing the envelope
Asheville’s would-be drug czar: City Council member Carl Mumpower. file photo by Jonathan Welch Carl Mumpower is no stranger to the streets. The Asheville City Council’s lone Republican has made news before with his forays into the city’s housing projects and low-income neighborhoods, and what he’s seen there has prompted repeated calls for a full-court … Read more
Hearing is believing
The voice is the thing: LA Theatre Works specializes in radio plays, including Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Private Lives, the beloved Noel Coward marital farce, is generally regarded as easy on the intellect, asking its audiences only to revel in the pomp and puns of high society. But the LA Theatre Works production which arrives … Read more
A wee bit better than other Celt-rock fusionists
More filling: Enter the Haggis is hardly at home anymore. “Thanks for having some interest in our little band,” says Craig Downie, vocalist, bagpiper and founder of Toronto’s Enter the Haggis. “Little” is a humble way to describe this group, which for the last 10 years has helped fuse the high-energy, Celtic-influenced rock of the … Read more
