Local Film

A blast of vintage noir

Blast of Silence, an extremely well–regarded film noir from 1961, doesn’t really have any recognizable stars. The movie was written and directed by Allen Baron, who went on to make a mark, of sorts, as a TV director of such shows as The Love Boat and Charlie’s Angels.

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Close to the 'Bone

Back in the very late 80s, when hair bands were already flat and grunge music had yet to don its flannels, something weird appeared on the bill of my favorite all–ages club in Tucson, Az.

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Two wheels, one world

Shot on location in Zambia, Ghana, India, Guatemala and California, With My Own Two Wheels brings together the stories of five disparate individuals who use the bicycle as a way of making change in the world - "one pedal stroke at a time," as the film's producers like to say.

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Pass the pop culture

Although this year's Psychotronic Film Festival is populated by the usual weirdo cult movies and unfathomable foreign horror yarns, there are a few titles that stick out like a Siskel & Ebert sore thumb. They're "A" films that would not be out of place in Psychotronic Film Society chief Jim Reed's "other" series, Movies Savannah Missed.

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Fred and Fred and Vinnie

Fred Stoller is the archetypical “where have I seen that guy before?” actor. A former standup comedian, the Brooklyn native has been in lots of TV stuff you’ve watched, from Scrubs to Everybody Loves Raymond to Wizards of Waverly Place.

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Big Things in Small Towns

There’s nothing like eating pancakes under the udders of the world’s largest fiberglass cow.

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Bringing up Famke

It’s been 14 years since Famke Janssen was in Savannah, filming The Gingerbread Man with director Robert Altman.

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Savannah Film Festival 2011 Week 2 schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 2 9:30 a.m., Gutstein Gallery Panels & Workshops: Change the World With Film 11:30 a.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "The Bully Project" 11:30 a.m,. Gutstein Gallery Panels & Workshops: Cinema Studies Panel 2:30 p.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "The Late Show" Q&A with Lily Tomlin 2:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre Screening: "In Darkness" 2:30 p.m., Gutstein Gallery Panels & Workshops: Master Class With Ron Meyer 7 p.m, Trustees Theater Screening "A Dangerous Method" Lily Tomlin ...

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The actor's process

With a filmography that includes box office hits (The Dark Knight, Erin Brockovich, The Black Dahlia) and critically acclaimed indies (Thank You For Smoking, Towelhead, In the Company of Men), Aaron Eckhart can pick and choose his projects.

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Bleem changes everything

For his senior thesis, Colin Levy created The Secret Number, a short film that takes the conventions of time, space and mathematics and turns them on their heads.

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A wild ride

If you can only see one movie during the Savannah Film Festival this year, make it the independent feature Take Me Home.

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Savannah Film Festival 2011 schedule

Saturday, Oct. 29 7:30 p.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "The Artist" Sunday, Oct. 30 9:30 a.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "Grow!" Plus Selected Shorts 11:30 a.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "Take Me Home" Plus Selected Shorts 2 p.m., Lucas Theatre Screening: "Barry Lyndon" Post-film discussion with Alec Baldwin and James Toback 2:30 p.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "A Year in Mooring" Plus Selected Shorts 7 p.m., Trustees Theater Screening: "Another Happy Day" Ellen Barkin Tribute At 9:30 p.m., Trustees ...

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Farming is sexy

If sun–kissed cuties in overalls driving tractors through sun–dappled fields sounds like your kind of fantasy, this one’s for you.

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The Lily Tomlin continuum

One ringy–dingy, two ringy–dingys, and there’s that voice on the other end of the line. It’s Lily Tomlin, one of the most prolific and honored comedic performers of the last 40 years.

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'People tend to remember the bad guys'

Ray Liotta comes off like a regular guy. Unlike a lot of actors, in conversation, he uses the word movie instead of the more pretentious film; after 25 years as an A–list star, the New Jersey native’s take on his profession is refreshingly rooted in reality. He refers to himself as a “journeyman.”

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