Duel on Sunset Boulevard
American filmmakers have been equally as infatuated with the car as the rest of the country. It’s been a key player in hundreds of films, no more so than Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950)...Two decades after Sunset Boulevard, 25-year-old Steven Spielberg and writer Richard Matheson would similarly use the nation’s love affair with the open road in constructing Duel, an ABC TV movie of the week into a taut thriller.
Get a taste of "An Evening with Pinky & the Brain"
Pinky and the Brain are coming to Atlanta for a live show! Get a taste of the fun we'll have by watching an episode of voice actor Rob Paulsen's podcast.
ATLFF Alum OUR NIXON Takes On Nixon Speechwriter Ben Stein
Ben Stein, former Nixon speechwriter and actor--best known for his role in Ferris Beuller's Day Off--has seen Our Nixon and wasn't pleased. Our Nixon co-producers Penny Lane and Brian Frye responded with a point by point rebuttal.
With HDCAM on the way out, what formats do festivals want from filmmakers?
HDCAM tapes – once the standard projection formats of festivals worldwide – makes way for newer (and sometimes less reliable) formats. Which one should you choose?
Kickstarter Has Biggest 3 Months Ever For Film. Why The Complaints? Why Aren't We Focused On The Big Picture?
It's critical that we expand our view beyond Spike Lee's personal bank account. Fretting over millionaire filmmakers is by no means useful or assists us in examining how we can use crowdfunding to bolster and sustain the entire lifecycle of an independent film, going beyond just getting the film made.
Internet reacts to Ben Affleck as Batman
Winston Carter, Brand Rackley & Mark Potts from Cinema Six (ATLFF 2013) help us make sense of the "Ben Affleck as Batman" news.
You did it. Fulton County rejects proposal to slash arts funding
The measure before the Fulton County Commission to eliminate funding to the Department of Arts & Culture has been defeated. We mentioned this proposal earlier this week, and many of you responded.
Finally, an excuse to write about cake.
Ordinarily we don't post pictures of cake -- this isn't a food blog or CakeWrecks. But since Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche (the voices of animated mice Pinky and the Brain, respectively) are coming to the Plaza Theatre in ten days, we now have an excuse to post a picture of this awesome birthday cake.
Memories of Romeo + Juliet
It’s not often we can recreate those feelings that we felt so strongly when we were younger, but watching Romeo + Juliet brings me back to such a naïve and delicate age. I can only imagine what those who grew up in the '80s felt at our August screening of Heathers.