Local Color News

The 13th annual event called Take In the Local Color! The Artists' Studio Tour is expected to attract 5,000 visitors over the course of just two days.

"Local Color," a film written and directed by artist George Gallo, will make its North Carolina premiere at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Graham Cinema, 119 N. Main Street.

DANCE FLICK 2.5 stars $39.99. 88 mins. The Wayans family lampoons the endless list of teen dance flicks.

Ten-word review: Young apprentice plus crotchety older painter equals artistic awakening, bliss.

Martial-arts action thriller from 2006, starring Andy Lau. Chinese with subtitles.

Showing: Opens Sept. 4 at Orchard MUSIC BOX FILMS A seemingly oblivious Seraphine gets a visit from her young friend Minouche .

I'd like to spend this blog talking about mentors. I grew up watching movies like THE KARATE KID and always dreamed of having a Mr.

In the summer of 2005, George Gallo had finally convinced enough people that the story of his youth, and of one magical summer getting lost in the beauty of art, was one that people wanted to see.

BANDSLAM. Starring Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens and Gaelan Connell. A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band that competes in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Based on the personal experiences of writer-director George Gallo , "Local Color" follows impatient young-artist-with-potential John Talia as he pursues his local hero, Russian hermit artist Nicoli Seroff .

There were a lot of directors in San Diego for last weekend's Comic-Con. Tim Burton was here.

How is it that a film about the love of art can make art seem so detestable? Years before scripting Midnight Run and The Whole Ten Yards , writer-turned-director George Gallo was first an impressionist landscape painter, and his life-changing experiences from the summer of 1974 apparently resembled Ralph Macchio's leg-sweeping coming of age in The ...