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Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.

Asheville Movies
The Glass Castle
Aug 11

Aug 11 The Glass Castle

Edwin Arnaudin
Drama, Based on a true story

The Asheville Movie Guys are split (cracked?) on the star-studded adaptation of Jeanette Walls' best-selling memoir.

Letters from Baghdad
Aug 11

Aug 11 Letters from Baghdad

Edwin Arnaudin
Documentary

The documentary on "female Lawrence of Arabia" Gertrude Bell is informative but fairly dull on the filmmaking front.

Detroit
Aug 7

Aug 7 Detroit

Edwin Arnaudin
Drama, Based on a true story

Kathryn Bigelow's intense, difficult dramatization of the 1967 Motor City riots is a thoroughly rewarding view.

Landline
Aug 3

Aug 3 Landline

Edwin Arnaudin
Comedy, Drama

The second feature collaboration between filmmaker Gillian Robespierre and star Jenny Slate is immeasurably better than their first.

Lady Macbeth
Aug 3

Aug 3 Lady Macbeth

Edwin Arnaudin
Drama, Literary adaptation

William Oldroyd’s period drama looks great and features a breakthrough performance by Florence Pugh, but has difficulty justifying its existence.

Atomic Blonde
Jul 30

Jul 30 Atomic Blonde

Edwin Arnaudin
Action

Charlize Theron kicks serious butt every which way she can in this late Cold War thrill ride from the co-director of John Wick.

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Jul 30

Jul 30 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Edwin Arnaudin
Documentary

Steve James' latest non-fiction winner chronicles the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges as a result of the 2008 economic collapse.

Girls Trip
Jul 30

Jul 30 Girls Trip

Edwin Arnaudin
Comedy

Tiffany Haddish steals every scene possible in this gut-busting comedy that excels when it doesn't loop in sap and drama.

A Ghost Story
Jul 29

Jul 29 A Ghost Story

Edwin Arnaudin
Drama

David Lowery's meditation on loss and human connection to people, places, and things is often dopey in the moment, but has surprising lasting power.

Dunkirk
Jul 23

Jul 23 Dunkirk

Edwin Arnaudin
War, Based on a true story

Christopher Nolan's sharp first foray into WWII is compact in runtime but broad in scope.

Raising Bertie
Jul 23

Jul 23 Raising Bertie

Edwin Arnaudin
Documentary

Margaret Byrne's objective, six-year study of three underprivileged black youths in coastal North Carolina unearths universal truths.

Maudie
Jul 23

Jul 23 Maudie

Edwin Arnaudin
Biopic, Drama

Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke spread their dramatic wings in this generally unpleasant biopic of Nova Scotia outsider artist Maud Lewis.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jul 21

Jul 21 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Edwin Arnaudin
Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Literary adaptation

The Asheville Movie Guys debate the merits of Luc Besson's return to zippy sci-fi.

The Top 10 films of 2017 (so far)
Jul 16

Jul 16 The Top 10 films of 2017 (so far)

Edwin Arnaudin

Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood invite you to count down the year's best films to date.

War for the Planet of the Apes
Jul 15

Jul 15 War for the Planet of the Apes

Edwin Arnaudin
Action, Adventure, War

The third in the rebooted Apes series carries over many admirable qualities of its predecessors, though the absence of those films' screenwriters is sadly evident.

The Little Hours
Jul 15

Jul 15 The Little Hours

Edwin Arnaudin
Comedy, Literary adaptation

Jeff Baena’s star-studded riff on The Decameron is only a few big laughs removed from being a significant waste of time.

The Big Sick
Jul 14

Jul 14 The Big Sick

Edwin Arnaudin
Comedy, Drama, Based on a true story

The Asheville Movie Guys fall for this fact-based, culture-clash dramedy, but more for the parents than the love interests.

The House
Jul 9

Jul 9 The House

Edwin Arnaudin
Comedy

Funny folks from the Parks & Rec., Office and Veep extended families collide to hilarious ends in this winner from the Neighbors writing team.

Buster's Mal Heart
Jul 9

Jul 9 Buster's Mal Heart

Edwin Arnaudin
Drama, Mystery

An indie darling cast led by Mr. Robot's Rami Malek are largely squandered in this would-be mind$&%*.

Spider-Man: Homecoming
Jul 7

Jul 7 Spider-Man: Homecoming

Edwin Arnaudin
Action, Comedy, Marvel Studios

Thanks to a concerted effort by a talented cast and crew, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man at last has a worthy saga successor.

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