Save the Date: Sundown Series Returns Wednesday, May 28th
After a tremendous inaugural event, the Atlanta Film Festival is partnering with the Westside Provisions District again to present Night Two of the Sundown Series.
Atlanta premiere of "Chef" with food, Q&A presented by Taste of Atlanta
Taste of Atlanta and CinéBistro present Dining Out With Chef, A Tasting and Film Screening to Benefit "Chef Terry Hall's Legacy Lives On" Fund.
Opening and Closing Night Films Announced
The 38th Annual Atlanta Film Festival will open with "Joe," starring Nicolas Cage as an ex-con and unlikely role model who meets a 15-year-old boy (Tye Sheridan) and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. Director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express," television's "Eastbound & Down") is scheduled to attend. Closing out this year’s fest is "The Double," a stylish black comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. Eisenberg plays Simon James, a timid man living an isolated existence in an indifferent world until his exact physical double and opposite personality arrives in the form of new co-worker, James Simon. "The Double" is directed by cult favorite Richard Ayoade ("Submarine," television’s “The IT Crowd").
A Story of a Phone Call, Blondie, and Why Jon and Brantly Watts are Homespun
Kristy and I thought for a second, and while we did think a fest screening was an awesome idea, Homespun needed something to standout and to help it stand on its own. We batted around ideas of screening at The Plaza sometime in the fall, once they had the first three films done. The Plaza was a must include in the equation. It was important these films screen in the same venue AKA Blondie had. Its where that feeling of community felt strongest for all of us. If we're going to put the focus on local filmmakers and give people a chance to meet the subjects of Homespun in person, this is where the screening had to happen.
Blood Simple - Death and Texas
Some directors stumble out of the gate and work their way to later greatness. The Coen Brothers came out of the box a near-complete package.
Fall Focus on Directors - Joel & Ethan Coen
We continue our Fall Focus on Directors with a selection of films from Joel and Ethan Coen, screening all this month at Plaza Theatre.
Spielberg at AFI
Steven Spielberg gives a master class in a series of clips from a seminar for film students held shortly after the release of Close Encounters.
See Staff Favorites at Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta Party
Creative Loafing celebrates the best things in Atlanta on Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. in the heart of Downtown Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park. This sensory overload of a party will celebrate the 2013 Best of Atlanta issue by combining pieces of Atlanta’s past, present, and future.
Close Encounters: Spielberg Makes Contact
In which Hollywood's Boy Wonder follows up the biggest movie of all time with a more intimate kind of blockbuster, and takes his first step towards more personal filmmaking.