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Sunlight spills through smudged windows over a collection of potted plants in the dim hallway on the top floor of The Virginian Apartments.

It’s a modest garden. Green stalks and puckered flower buds lean toward the rays of autumn light.

For David Sickmen and Montana Lautenschlager, the tiny garden is a symbol of life in an apartment building with, at times, a darker past.

In this feature we catch up with Central Virginians who have gained notice in the entertainment world.

The extreme opposites within Kevin Smith’s filmmaking personality coexist in “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” to hit-and-miss effect.