A ‘long overdue’ night of short film
LAST YEAR, when local movie production company Perpombellar put the finishing touches on their debut effort, a narrative short called The Street Cleaner, they did what most any self-respecting indie filmmakers would do: they submitted it to the Savannah Film Festival. However, it seems there was no room at the inn. The Street Cleaner did…
Running on empty
A few years back, my wife and I went to San Diego on a short vacation. We went up the coast a ways to the Del Mar track to catch a few races and make a few silly bets. I had never been to a horserace before. Like most people, my only encounter with horseracing…
‘A time bomb in the middle of my brain’
When Linda Inglett was diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain aneurysm, she thought at first her doctor was speaking to someone else. After all, she was seeing an ear, nose and throat specialist about a problem with her vocal chords, not a neurologist about her brain. “He said, ‘Linda, I’m very sorry, but you have…
Short stuff
ASK MOST Savannah residents about movies filmed in town recently, and they’re liable to draw a blank. Some might bring up Forrest Gump, The Legend of Bagger Vance, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, (all filmed in the 1990’s) before taking a long pause. As far as big or even medium budget…
That’s a lot of beer
Two men entered an Abercorn Street convenience store and shoplifted $93.92 worth of beer. A store employee called police to report the theft. She said the two men entered the store, went over to the beer section, and removed 5 cases of Busch beer and 3 cases of Ice House beer. The men carried the…
You cannot be serious
Lead Story “Many of my young patients think about getting plastic surgery the way they’d think about getting their hair done,” explained Dr. David Alessi of Beverly Hills, Calif., who is still amazed at women’s willingness to endure “extreme” cosmetic alterations. “Vaginal rejuvenation” (labiaplasty) might be the most sensational procedure, but surgeons also do “forehead…
Napoleon. Dynamite?
How did it come to be that the comedic stereotype of the crazy person is someone who thinks they’re Napoleon? —Doug Frazey For all we know, delusions-of-grandeur gags predate the written word—there may be some ur-joke back there about believing you’re the guy that discovered fire—but it makes sense that they’d find full flower in…
Everything’s coming up roses
Though she says she’s certainly honored by her recent winning of a Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities, Rosemary Daniell does maintain that it’s a little “odd.” “I was amazed by it, really,” says the locally-based best-selling author and nationally-renowned writing teacher. “It’s odd, because my early books were so controversial. This is more like…
The craft of cooking
What a fun way to live an evening. The Kitchens on the Square cooking class has finally arrived and six couples and I are having a ball. It starts with the concept: “Our goal is to share our passion for food. Cooking is all about the tools. The more efficient the tools the easier and…
Blooming Violet
VIOLET may be a musical about a young woman who is horribly disfigured, but it’s by no means gloomy or sad. The musical is being presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design School of Performing Arts beginning May 8. Director Michael Wainstein says Violet, which is set in 1964, presents many serious issues…
New releases: Iron Man, Made of Honor, Redbelt
Iron Man Given their general status as popcorn flicks heavier on the decadent calories than on the nutritional value, I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much care Hollywood studios take when it comes to casting their superheroes in franchise flicks. Otherwise, we’d have had to endure such box office draws as Adam Sandler as Superman,…
Everything else that’s out there
Deception Deception clearly deserves a 3-star rating. To clarify, that’s the other Deception, the 1946 melodrama that’s included in a recent Bette Davis DVD box set. This Deception (no relation) doesn’t merit even half that rating. It’s hard to believe a movie starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, two impossibly charismatic actors, could be so…
Repeat After Me
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Diary of the planet
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The whys and wherefores of vermiculite
Hey, Cecil: My wife and I had a very unpleasant experience selling our house after our buyer’s inspector came back with a report of vermiculite in our attic. After a week of stress and an $80 test, what we had was not vermiculite at all. A second inspector reported the same. All the advice I…
