This year, the music world witnessed not-so-successful follow-ups from once-successful artists and surprisingly catchy debuts from previously unknown talents.
It's fitting that Merge Records is celebrating its 15-year anniversary after a spectacular year in local music.
Well, here we are. Way back in the August send-home, I promised you we'd get through this. I guaranteed survival. I said there was nothing to fear.
A tastefully half-nude blonde lies on the hood of an antique red convertible. An ominous man clad in a black suit appears in the background.
Just over three week until Myrtle, but let's be honest, you've pulled three all-nighters in a row and your social life has degenerated into trying to get drunk by making cameos at Easter Communion...
It is the morning after the first full dress rehearsal, and Director Harry Davidson is tired.
The atmosphere alone is worth the trip to Talulla's, a Turkish restaurant on Chapel Hill's Franklin Street.
Ten years ago, for reasons still not fully known and from a cause that continues to remain the subject of conspiracy theories, Kurt Cobain's life came to an abrupt and premature end.
I'm a fool. A lovesick fool who almost threw away something special. Damn me for being headstrong and untrusting. I'm embarrassed I doubted my sweet little Janey.
Anyone who has stood behind a camera understands the difficulty of making a movie.
Morgan Spurlock.
Call it an addiction, or maybe a guilty pleasure. No, we're not referring to the 3 a.m. Snickers bars you sometimes sneak from the vending machines; it's "The O.C.
The cheap plastic hotel window shade is pulled all the way to the right, blocking the dank and smoky room from the sun's piercing rays.
John Lee Hancock's The Alamo looked bad from the beginning.
After weeks of string-pulling and days of stalking, Recess writer Corinne Low caught up with Bowling for Columbine director Michael Moore. It was worth it. The king of controversy speaks:.
In honor of its North Carolinian roots, Full Frame will feature five films with Southern themes.
It's the weekend, and you need an intoxicating Russian eye opener.
According to legendary filmmaker Ken Burns, documentary filmmakers "take a vow of poverty and anonymity." Burns' documentary on the Civil War has been seen by over 100 million people worldwide.
Over the weekend, we sent our devoted intern Recess Boy out to L.A. to dig up the dirt on your favorite celebs, and we were not disappointed (like we usually are). The headlines:.
