Film Festival: Some Apologies
STUDENT FILMMAKER Adem Weldon’s seven-and-a-half minute short Some Apologies delves into the dynamic between two brothers. Though shown onscreen as children, the film is a Rashomon-style series of flashbacks trying to get to the bottom of what really happened long ago. We spoke to Weldon last week. You go to the University of North Carolina…
Baroness music video producer brings a short to the Festival
IF ALL GOES according to plan, you’ll soon be able to see Joshua Green’s music video for the local band Baroness. But in the meantime, you can enjoy his work at the Savannah Film Festival with the 15-minute short Dinner. We spoke to Green a couple of weeks ago. What’s up with Dinner? Joshua Green:…
Film Festival: Animating old school
IT’S ONLY A few minutes long, but Jahmad Rollins’ hip-hop inflected student entry Slum Noir packs in a lot of action. The young filmmaker, a Philadelphia native, spoke to us from his home in L.A. So you drew all this yourself in traditional animation, without using digital techniques? Jahmad Rollins: I handdraw everything, 24 frames…
Robin’s world
Attack of the Ten Foot Woman Saturday night was a little slower than usual at Sweet Leaf Smokery & Eatery on Abercorn Street. The mellow evening gave server Caleigh Dinello time between refilling iced teas to talk about her chalkboard interpretation of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” that’s graced the specials wall of the…
New releases: American Gangster, Reservation Road
American Gangster *** Ever since 1990’s one-two punch of GoodFellas and Miller’s Crossing, it’s been mostly downhill for the mob movie, and even acclaimed efforts like Donnie Brasco and The Godfather Part III couldn’t light my fire (and, despite the insistence of friends over the years, I have yet to be stirred enough to tackle…
Exhibits and Openings
‘she may be a jedi’ — Recent paintings by Katherine Sandoz at Rosewood Contemporary Art, 113 E. Oglethorpe Ave., through Nov. 24. Reception Fri. Nov. 2, 6-8 p.m. ‘Finely Feathered, Fairly Weathered’ — An exhibition of new bird paintings and mixed media works by Juliana Peloso showing at The Black Orchid Gallery 131 Drayton St.…
You do the math
A drama about mathematical geniuses that unfolds like a gripping mystery novel — Proof is that and more. It will run Nov. 1-4 at Mondanaro Theater. “It’s a wonderful play that won the Pulitzer Prize several years ago,” says Savannah College of Art and Design theater professor Sharon Ott, who is directing the production. Written…
Showdown
Talk about sibling rivalry. True West is a play written by Sam Shepard about two brothers who are definitely at odds with each other. These two have had fraternal differences their entire lives and sibling rivalry has been a way of life for them.. One of the brothers, Austin, has grown up to be a…
Everything else out there
Things We Lost in the Fire *** Hot from helming last year’s After the Wedding (an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign-Language Film), Danish director Susanne Bier returns with her first film in the English language. But if there was any worry that Bier was “going Hollywood,” this somber and mature drama immediately quells that notion.…
Diary of the planet
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Keep separating those powers, people Editor, “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.” — Edmund Burke, Speech on the Middlesex Election, 1771. While constructing the greatest nation ever known to man, our forefathers displayed amazing wisdom by putting in place a balance of power between the three branches of government. The checks and…
Rock me, Milos!
DESPITE HIS CZECH ROOTS, Milos Forman’s distinctly accessible and emotional style of filmmaking has made him one of America’s favorite directors. His popular and critically well-received films include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Man in the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and of course the 1984 Oscar smash Amadeus, the full director’s cut…
Film Festival: Knife Grinder’s Tale
DESPITE SEEMINGLY having a leg up on other Festival student entries, R.L. Hooker —who not long ago had a high position with legendary producer Harvey Weinstein — decided to go to film school. The University of Southern California grad student chose as his thesis project a 15-minute adaptation of the short story “The Knife Grinder’s…
Push it real good
STEPHEN STANLEY’S entry in the Savannah Film Festival sounds it might also be at home as a skit from the Dave Chappelle Show. His lovingly satirical 15-minute homage to the long-form music vids of the early MTV era involves a toy store and a popular late ‘80s R‘n’B group. We spoke to Stanley recently about…
Film Festival: Deacon’s Mondays
SAN DIEGO IS only a two-hour drive from L.A., but sometimes it can seem like a galaxy away. Less trendy and fairly conservative (by west coast standards, anyway), San Diegans generally prefer riding a bike to driving a convertible, and tend to get more excited about a great day for windsurfing than gawking at celebrities.…
Richard Leo Johnson scores The Bottom
SHOT IN AN abandoned roadside gas station near Brooklet, Ga., the 24-minute student competition entry The Bottom is a complex melange of Greek myth and Americana. It was scored by local music legend Richard Leo Johnson and features a lead performance by young Bubba Lewis of Bulloch County, better known for his roles in Flags…
Diary of the planet
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“Together at Last”
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Driving him crazy
Officers who were called to a residence on Shad Road on a report of an accident with injuries found a man who apparently had been struck by a car. When they arrived at the scene, paramedics were treating the man for severe intoxication and superficial scrapes. He was unresponsive due to his level of intoxication…
Strange but true
The Continuing Crisis This past summer, two capital-murder inmates (who might have been executed, regardless) were put to death after curious court policies failed them. Luther Williams’ execution was carried out in Alabama in August after the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to stop it, despite his plea that the state’s lethal injection procedure was unconstitutional.…
Shofar so good
Oy vey, there’s goes my waistline — again. You might want to forget that diet, at least on Sunday, Oct. 28. The Shalom Y’All Jewish Food Festival is returning for its 19th year with delectable foods such as latkes, hot corned beef, pastrami, brisket, stuffed cabbage and cholent. Oh, and the egg creams will be…
Pop! goes the new TV season
A month into the 2007-2008 TV season, there are few bright spots. Fall isn’t nearly as important as it used to be, as spring now brings major hits like 24 and Lost and the former no man’s land of summer has become the training ground for more experimental fare. But fall debuts get the most…
Eye of the Tiger: Pics from Ogeechee Seafood Fest
Our friend Ross Blair was at the Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival in Richmond Hill. All you Survivor fans — the band, not the TV show — rejoice: Here are a couple of Ross’s pics for ya, from the band’s performance at the J.F. Gregory Park Oct. 20 during the 9th Annual Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival.
