AltWeeklies Wire
The Moviegoernew
Robert Osborne, who hosts this month's 31 Days of Oscar on Turner Classic Movies, represents the history of Hollywood. Up next: A new management team tries to shape the future of the Atlanta-based network.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Directed by Charles Burnett' Recalls a Legendnew
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), TCM will reaffirm its reputation for exceptionally idiosyncratic, film-savvy programming when it airs Killer of Sheep and a slate of Burnett's short films: The Horse, My Brother's Wedding, When It Rains and Several Friends.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Burnett
Bruce Willis: The Last Action Heronew
Action star discusses keeping Die Hard alive.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Len Wiseman, Live Free or Die Hard
Billy Bob Thornton: Rocket Mannew
The Astronaut Farmer star soars in whatever role he pilots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Drawing a Crowdnew
Don Hertzfeldt talks about the The Animation Show 3.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Animation Show 3
Getting Offnew
Athens' James Ponsoldt talks about his debut film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James Ponsoldt, Off the Black
Holy Landnew
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival explores Israel and beyond.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Kasting Directornew
For years, Bryan Barber helped shape the visual image of OutKast with his signature videos -- now he takes the duo to the movies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
08-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bryan Barber, Idlewild
Change in the Weathernew
Al Gore heats up the debate in An Inconvenient Truth.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Revival of the Georgia Film Industrynew
Georgia's once popular native filmmaking business has undergone dramatic accelerations and reversals worthy of any car chase scene. A new state law and the work of filmmakers like Ray McKinnon could signal a creative upswing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Randy & the Mob
U.N. General Returns to Rwanda in Shake Hands with the Devilnew
Peacekeeper Romeo Dallaire documents the Rwandan genocide through interviews and personal experience.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Budapest Subway System Is Out of Kontrollnew
The subway trains don't just run on time in the Hungarian film Kontroll. They run in time to a propulsive techno-pop soundtrack and the rhythm of an over-caffeinated heartbeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
Director Tackles Teen Pregnancy in New Filmnew
Director Todd Solondz looks and acts pretty much like you'd expect the architect of some of the ickiest, misanthropic films on the indie scene to look and act.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
Minutemen Documentary Celebrates the Life of Fallen Punk Iconnew
The list of interviewees for this 90-minute documentary reads like an '80s punk A-list, including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi, Greg Ginn and Henry Rollins of Black Flag, and several others.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
04-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Actor/Director Ray McKinnon Revels in the Real Southnew
In 2002, Ray McKinnon won an Oscar for writing, directing and playing the title character in The Accountant, a short film that is one of the best -- and funniest -- movies ever made about the realities of Dixie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Chrystal
