The Arts  

A long look at art and artists that live in Beaufort County and those that choose to entertain us here within our borders, and within our region, and on occasion, from outside our region.

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Even though this film has its comedic moments, Cancer is a serious subject, so you best bring your "big boy pants" to watch this one.
Those were different times in a desperate South, and consequently, this is a story that aches to be told.
Mary Surratt may have been a loving mother, but it would eventually kill her. Regardless, President Lincoln was murdered and retribution must be exacted, irrespective of the accused's culpability.
Yes, it is true that Lipbone Redding and the Lipbone Orchestra did "return for a second helping at the Turnage Theater."
This remake of the 1939 film by Director / Actor Gary Sinise, of John Steinbeck's classic novel, communicates well lengths men will go to survive, and yet retain some semblance of dignity.
For some mysterious purpose, some broken men may only find themselves when hanging on by a thread.
A collection of Dubstep dancing featuring NONSTOP, IGLIDE, and GHIBI from Youtube...
Depressive tragedy plays out to its conclusion, and finds an entire community in a quandary of rotten choices.
A few minutes into the movie and I got a little worried. The dialogue, especially during the first few scenes really made me want to cringe.
The new year, 2011, rolled around and while one may well wonder - will the the Turnage Foundation their financial ship - one could be at least thankful for the wonderful shows booked for presentation later in the year.
Filmmaker Woody Allen has often dealt with different historical periods, with ancillary interlopers, with varying degrees of success.
For the few years that the Turnage Theater did operate as an ongoing concern, they did book at least one Christmas show each year. In 2009, they booked, and I did attend "Christmas the Cowboy Way, featuring the Riders in the Sky.
I worked on this with some friends I met when I was billeted in Savannah, while I was stationed at Tybee Island, USCG station. The producers of this film short were students at Savannah College of Art and Design.
I made this short for Ken Wyatt’s Advanced Post Production Techniques class in the winter of 2011 with the help of my friends in Washington, North Carolina.
Chapter II is the continuation of a series that began with The Turnage Theater in Images: a Retrospect in Melody - Chapter I.
Director / Screenwriter J. J. Abrams's film, "Super 8," reminded me of "Close Encounters" meets "E.T." meets "Goonies," and even though this chemistry in celluloid sounds like one giant cliché, the film worked, and it worked quite well.
The renovated and recently revived Turnage Theater has fallen on some pretty hard times as of late, and is being forced to shutter its doors.
Director Mark Pellington crafted a Glenn Porter screenplay, which employed four good actors, into a film that did not have to be made.
"Forrest Gump" is one of the five best films ever made. It is the best of American art ... in scope, in tone, in message.
Recently, I reviewed "The Beaver," which was a purely dark comedy regarding the debilitating effects of chronic depression, resulting in severe schizophrenia. "It's Kind of a Funny of Story," which dealt with institutionalized mental health patients, was much lighter fare.
This film, by Actress Jodie Foster who also directed, was produced during the time when Actor Gibson was having his last round of domestic skirmishes in his own home, and public opinion for the celebrated actor was at an all time low.
Just today, November 17, 2011, I am witness to those zany Target commercials, with the maniacal Black Friday shopper for the 3rd year now, and I'm still laughing. Maria Bamford really cracks me up.
Many of you that see this film will not like, or even try to understand it. That is completely understandable, and you will be in the majority.
On Wednesday Night, October 19, 2011, the Beaufort County Arts Council presented to their patrons and members an exclusive exhibit of the work of many artists, representing multiple mediums.
Actor / Director / Screen Writer George Clooney tries his hand at the inside game of politics with varying degrees of success.
The Good Lovelies, three young, talented, and yes, they are lovely in their essential togetherness of spirit and harmony, made their one night stand at the Turnage Theater, and made their indelible, however transitory, mark upon the history of the theater's best musical moments.
Turnage Theater Announces Two Shows: One for children, the other a sing-along.
What could be cast about as a "slasher movie" meets mindless college coeds one drunken weekend in the high hills of West Virginia is, actually, just one well written, well-paced dark comedy that is more funny than grotesque, and let's be clear about this: The film is maddeningly grotesque.
Remarkably, John Brennan is also a regular guy, with a regular life, with a regular job, but also he possessed an irregular sense of propriety towards those that he loved, governed by an impressive and overwhelming sense of honor.
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder yet again, he discovers a larger room where he meets an angelic looking man with a beard.
The BoCO Summer Concert Series has concluded, and was fun for the participants: The performers and the patrons. The summer series just needed more patrons, and on occasion more performers.
I mostly love "Indie Films." As an film aficionado, I get to root for the underdog production and enjoy the tale told well in celluloid all at the same time.
This year is sure to continue the tradition and fellowship of Eagle's Wings, Janet Cox and Le Moulin Rouge de Danse, and the entire community of Beaufort County.
Director Darren Aronofsky employs the tragedy of full blown schizophrenia to allegorically expose the duality of raw emotional conflict within the hyper-creative process that is the backstage confluence of ballerinas and their bosses.
Some call it Whole Foods, others "Whole Paycheck." And some folks just want to make it out of the parking lot in one piece ... with some measure of dignity still intact.
The exposition of the hard edges of a bad time, in an otherwise thoughtful world, is the best of "Water for Elephants."
What if the Rapture is not to as it has been alluded to in Thessalonians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible?
Director Michel Gondry took a lame script by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg to build an unbelievable film, devoid of all emotion or the ability to elicit any palpable audience empathy.
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