“I think of my characters as normal,” Waters said cheerfully. “My characters are quite happy with themselves.”

Plot to popcorn, film fest guests cover every base of movie magic

“I did watch the film about two weeks ago, and I was blown away with the cinematography,” band director William Pease said.

Annette Bening has had to cancel her appearance at the Virginia Film Festival as a result of unavoidable scheduling conflicts, the festival announced Monday.

UVa alumni will be on hand tonight for screening of their new “Bureaucracy” film

The University of Virginia’s departments of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, history and media studies will present a film series, “100 Years in Quest for Democracy: The Mexican Revolution, Legacies and Debates (1910-1920)” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Newcomb Theater.

New director of Virginia Film Festival aims to draw community into the action

Just about everybody who lives in Charlottesville knows about the City Market. What people might not know is that they have the Cason family to thank for the cornucopia of vegetables and flowers.

The Virginia Film Festival is offering local, regional and national filmmakers a chance to submit films for this year’s festival, which will be Nov. 5 to 8 in a variety of Charlottesville locations.

If that blissful biking holiday on the French Riviera you’re daydreaming of just isn’t in the budget this summer, how about pedaling over to a Francophile-friendly film party instead?

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Central and Western Virginia Chapter, the Paramount Theater and the University of Virginia School of Medicine will team up for a film screening and discussion to help shed light on Alzheimer’s disease and the research being done to help patients and their families.

Two Albemarle High School seniors have created their own full-length feature film. It’s based on the book “The Magic Circle” by Donna Jo Napoli.

The Paramount Theater has announced its summer movie schedule. Each month has a different theme to appeal to movie buffs.

The 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival, which has “Funny Business” as its theme, will take place Nov. 5 to 8

It’s a daring and exciting approach that’s sure to tickle and provoke purists, while at the same time probably cause neophytes to feel a bit lost.

Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone may try to tell us that greed is still good with a sequel to their 1987 hit “Wall Street.“

The second-year student at the University of Virginia was faced with a pretty daunting task — head up this weekend’s 14th annual Virginia Festival of Student Film.

This is a movie made only for the existing fans, who may very well love it.

A tale of hope amid adversity and squalor in Mumbai, “Slumdog Millionaire” came away with eight Oscars, including best picture and director for Danny Boyle.

Real-life couple Pitt and Angelina Jolie both will be going to the Oscars as nominees. Jolie had a best-actress nomination for the missing-child drama “Changeling.“

That far surpasses expectations, said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution for Sony, which released the movie.

Unlike recent music biopics such as “Ray” or “Walk the Line,“ whose audiences may have been unfamiliar with some biographical events, most “Notorious” viewers will know exactly what comes next.

With four awards Sunday including best drama, “Slumdog Millionaire” emerged as the potential film to beat at the Academy Awards, an unexpected position for a movie with a cast of unknowns and a story set among orphans and criminals on the streets of Mumbai.

Winning every trophy it was nominated for Wednesday at the 35th annual fan-favorite CBS ceremony

Movie buffs planning to attend a tribute to the late Richard Widmark in Culpeper tonight will see a different film than was previously announced.

Aniston and Wilson’s dog tale “Marley & Me” debuted at No. 1 with $37 million in weekend ticket sales and a total of $51.7 million since opening Christmas Day, according to estimates Sunday from distributor 20th Century Fox.

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It’s too bad, too, because “Valkyrie” looks great.

“Seven Pounds” is a clever one, all right, but it might actually be too clever for its own good.

Melissa Ruggieri talks about the top grossing tours of 2008 and Dan Neman previews movies opening this weekend, including Jim Carrey’s “Yes Man.“