Fall is for film lovers. Enjoy! Monday (10/3) Out on Film Festival 2011 Reel Abilities Atlanta Disabilities Film Festival Tuesday (10/4) The Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse @The Plaza–Night of the Comet–9:30p, $9 Out on Film Festival 2011 Reel Abilities Atlanta Disabilities Film Festival Wednesday [Read More]
Atlanta is on fire this week. There are numerous events, including two film festivals and two film series. Enjoy! Tuesday (9/27) @The Plaza–The Room–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (9/28) Emory Cinematheque/Dark Streets and Dangerous Dames: Film Noir–Sorry, Wrong [Read More]
There’s lots going on this week. Enjoy! Wednesday (9/21) Emory Cinematheque–Lady from Shanghai–7:30p, FREE Thursday (9/22) @The Plaza–Farmageddon–7:30p, $9 Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Dreamworks–Dusk, FREE DocuFest Atlanta Friday (9/23) Films that Matter–Remember The Titans–7p, FREE [Read More]
Fall is in full swing, so it’s time to get your movie-watching done! Enjoy! Tuesday (9/13) Splatter Cinema @The Plaza–The Conqueror Worm–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (9/14) Emory Cinematheque–The Killers–7:30p, FREE Thursday (9/15) Feminist Film Forum–Orgasm, [Read More]
As a programmer for the Atlanta Film Festival, we get many, many emails every week, if not every day, during submission time. It’s an expected part of the job. What’s a little bit irksome isn’t the amount of emails, it’s more often the lack of useful information. Take this as an example: I’m a **********student [Read More]
This week filmmaker George Kuchar passed away. Andy Diztler — the curator of Film Love, an ongoing series of experimental film in Atlanta — knew Mr. Kuchar personally and sent this message out to his email list. I thought it was worth sharing here. Dear friends of Film Love, As some of you have heard, [Read More]
In my four years at the Atlanta Film Festival there are some things, peripherally as communications director and now directly as a programmer, I’ve run into time and time again with submissions. Many are common mistakes (or nitpicks on my part) that several filmmakers are making when they’re submitting their films. Many of them can be [Read More]
Ease on into fall. Enjoy! Tuesday (8/30) @The Plaza–The Room–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (8/31) Emory Cinematheque–Out of the Past–7:30p, FREE Thursday (9/1) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Sex and the City 2–Dusk, FREE [Read More]
Atlanta has some excellent Film Collectives. Obviously, Film Collectives are nothing new, they’ve been around for years and in many places but in Atlanta they occupy a special place in the independent film scene. We’ve had a relatively recent history of success stories that came from film collectives from Atlanta . The thing with [Read More]
The Peachtree Village International Film Festival is this week. Enjoy! Thursday (8/18) Peachtree Village International Film Festival Feminist Film Forum–Gender Rebel–7p, FREE Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–The Social Network–Dusk, FREE Friday (8/19) Peachtree Village International Film Festival [Read More]
The notion that General Orders No. 9 is a ghost was born from the necessity to communicate at once the mystery it preserves, the perspective it exhibits, and the polarized reactions it will continue to yield. For some, this equation reinforces their belief that the film is a transparent spook; they can see right through [Read More]
Enjoy! Tuesday (8/9) Splatter Cinema @The Plaza–The Gates of Hell–9:30p, $9 Thursday (8/11) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Hairspray–Dusk, FREE Friday (8/12) Midnights at the Midtown Art–Jaws Saturday (8/13) The Man with No Name Trilogy @The Plaza– The Good, Bad, and the [Read More]
There’s lots to do at the end of the week. Enjoy! Thursday (8/4) Cine Latinoamericano–Amor y Frijoles–6p, $10 Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Toy Story 3–Dusk, FREE Friday (8/5) @The Plaza–Memphis Heat Friday Night Fright Nights w/ Poem 88–The Seventh Continent–8p, $2 donation Midnights at the [Read More]
Enjoy! Tuesday (7/26) @The Plaza–The Room–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (7/27) Flicks on 5th–Source Code– Dusk, FREE Thursday (7/28) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Westside Story–Dusk, FREE Friday (7/29) Friday Night Fright Nights w/ Poem 88–La Ceremonie–8p, $2 donation Midnights at the Midtown [Read More]
Lots to do this week, including two opportunities to indulge in some burlesque–the Feminist Film Forum will be featuring the film A Wink and a Smile on Thursday and Taboo-La-La at the Plaza on Saturday. Enjoy! Tuesday (7/19) @Charis Books–The Shadow Behind The Rainbow–7:30p, FREE Wednesday (7/20) Flicks on [Read More]
There is so much to get into this week, including films screening as part of the National Black Arts Festival. Enjoy! Tuesday (7/12) Coca Cola Film Festival @The Fox–Cat on a Hot Tin Roof–7:30p, $8 Splatter Cinema @The Plaza–An American Werewolf in London–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (7/13) National Black Arts [Read More]
After you recover from all that BBQ, go see a flick. Enjoy! Wednesday (7/6) Flicks on 5th–Hall Pass– Dusk, FREE Thursday (7/7) 48 Hour Film Project: Best of Show @The Plaza Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–The Wizard of Oz–Dusk, FREE Friday (7/8) ArtivistFilm Festival Midnights at the Midtown [Read More]
There are multiple opportunities to see what has been hailed as the worst movie ever, The Room, this week. So, enjoy! Tuesday (6/28) @The Plaza–The Room–9:30p, $9 Wednesday (6/29) Flicks on 5th–Just Go With It– Dusk, FREE Thursday (6/30) Movies in the Park @Atlantic Station–Grease–Dusk, FREE Screen on the [Read More]
You can meet Robbie Land at a screening of his films Friday, June 24th at MOCA GA. Presented by Film Love. In many ways our daily interactions with Atlanta feel like living in a small town. People mostly move within a small circle of friends, businesses and restaurants. So much so that it always a [Read More]
It’s officially summer this week. Time to see some flicks. Enjoy! Tuesday (6/21) Eat, Drink and B Indie Networking, 7:30p, Wednesday (6/22) Flicks on 5th–The Adjustment Bureau– Dusk, FREE Thursday (6/23) @Landmark Midtown Art Cinema–Fear of a Black Republican–6:30p, $25 Wonderroot Local Film Night @The [Read More]