The 2009 Savannah Film Festival Oct. 31–Nov. 7 Locations: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.; Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Judges: Actress Patti D’Arbanville (“Rescue Me”), actress/producer Rita Gam, writer/director […]
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Extreme closeup: Patricia Clarkson
Today’s movies are full of big–name actors whose faces — and box–office draw — are certified commodities. Then there are the journeyman thespians, whose presence and skill often turn good […]
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Savannah Film Festival: Panel, workshop schedule
The Art of Filmmaking. At 11:30 a.m. Nov. 2. Workshop. Follow the creative process of filmmaking from concept to distribution. Hear industry veterans talk about the financial and creative opportunities […]
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Extreme closeup: Woody Harrelson
In The Messenger, Woody Harrelson plays Captain Tony Stone, a veteran of the Iraq war who handles casualty notifications back home — a job he both relishes and despises. It’s […]
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Extreme closeup: Ben Foster
Since his breakout role on HBO’s Six Feet Under, Ben Foster has appeared in one high–profile feature film after another. He played the mutant Angel in X–Men: The Last Stand, […]
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What’s Next: Big movies, celebs at Savannah Film Festival
Actors Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Emmy Rossum are the celeb honorees who’ll turn up at the SCAD–sponsored 2009 Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 31–Nov. 7 That’s cool news, […]
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Harrelson, Clarkson to be honorees at Savannah Film Festival
Actors Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Emmy Rossum are the celeb honorees who’ll turn up at the SCAD-sponsored 2009 Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 7 Clarkson is […]
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Savannah Film Festival: A reporter’s notebook
ALTHOUGH I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE the opening night of the 11th Annual Savannah Film Festival, I’m told that Darren Aronofsky’s latest critically-hailed offering, The Wrestler, did not disappoint. In […]
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Growing up Warner
MOST SATURDAYS AS A CHILD, Cass Warner accompanied her Oscar-nominated writer/producer father to the famed Warner Bros. studio lot. Now, decades later, she helps run her own film production company […]
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Paper, cut!
FILMMAKER VANESSA GOULD IS THE FIRST to admit that when she began work four years ago on Between The Folds, a just-completed documentary on origami (or artistic paperfolding), she knew […]
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Complete interview with Between The Folds director Vanessa Gould
How did you come to make this picture? Vanessa Gould: It was an idea out of the blue that I had several years ago. I’d heard about physicists and mathematicians […]
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Like Clockwork
ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST NUANCED film actors of our time, since his screen debut in the 1969 British film If…, Malcolm McDowell has amassed an unusually prodigious body […]