Mark Burger

Quirkiness is the business at hand in “Erupcja,” the latest effort from award-winning independent filmmaker Pete Ohs, featuring an ensemble cast headed by songbird Charli XCX, who managed to fit in the filming during her 2024 Brat Summer Tour.

The 28th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which boasted 178 films (features and shorts) representing 47 countries, wrapped April 25, and by all accounts was a roaring success.

The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem’s production of the interactive musical extravaganza “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” based on Charles Dickens’ last, unfinished novel, will open Friday, June 5, at Hanesbrands

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“Dirty Hands,” which is not a remake of the 1975 Claude Chabrol thriller of the same name (one of Chabrol's lesser films), is a familiar but stylish modern-day film

PICK OF THE WEEK “HOLD THAT GHOST” (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Following the smash success of “Buck Privates” – which became Universal's

Last summer, Winston-Salem's a/perture cinema inaugurated a summer-camp film series for children in an effort to expand its community appeal and impart the love of cinema to younger audiences. The program proved so successful that it's back this year — and it's more comprehensive than ever.

“Sight Unseen,” a low-budget, independent chiller, doesn't break new ground or offer any startling new takes on the haunted-house genre, but serves as a calling card for writer/producer/editor/director Stephen Parkhurst, who makes his feature debut, and the lead trio of Lauren Pisano, Daniel Burns, and Kellie Sill, all relative newcomers to the big screen.

Last month, while the RiverRun International Film Festival was wrapping up, a talented group of independent filmmakers — many graduates of the UNCSA School of Filmmaking — were hard at work shooting an independent short film that explores the subject of gambling addiction.

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