THERE WAS A TIME when going to the picture show was quite an excursion. Whole families got gussied up for those outings, anxiously anticipating seeing the stars of their day […]
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Film Festival: David Benioff of Kite Runner
SCREENWRITER DAVID BENIOFF adapted the bestselling novel about two boyhood friends in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, into a feature film which screened last week at the Savannah Film […]
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Film Festival: Michael Douglas interview
ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S most successful and dynamic figures both in front of and behind the camera, Michael Douglas lets family life slow him down only a little bit. He and […]
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Film Festival: Charlie Rose interview
FOR ALMOST 20 years, broadcast journalist Charlie Rose has hosted the unique PBS show that bears his name. Interviewing a wide range of newsmakers from every discipline under the sun, […]
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Film Festival: The jury speaks
SOMEONE’S GOT TO decide who wins at the Savannah Film Festival, and that responsibility resides with its jury. Last week I got a rare chance to sit down with all […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]