The Sacrament tells the gripping story of a cult rattled by sudden scrutiny from a couple of journalists from VICE. This latest movie from the talented young director and writer Ti West skillfully uses a documentary technique. We see the…
Author: bill dawers
Will Anthropologie open in Savannah in November?
Anyone who has been downtown lately at night has possibly noticed something we haven’t seen in a long, long time: lights on at the southeast corner of Congress and Montgomery streets. The old site of 606 Cafe has been undergoing…
Savannah Dance Festival presents Alex Ketley’s “No Hero” on Saturday at the Jepson
I’ve written a lot about Savannah’s potential as a hub for modern dance, so I’m thrilled that the Savannah Dance Festival is presenting No Hero, a piece by choreographer Alex Ketley that will be performed by dancers from his company…
“Philomena”: a review from the Savannah Film Festival
Since seeing Philomena last night at the Savannah Film Festival, I’ve been asking myself how it could have been better. And I’m stumped. Philomena is pretty much a perfect film. The story follows the quest of Philomena Lee to find…
“About Time”: a Savannah Film Festival review
The big heart of About Time largely makes up for the movie’s illogic. Films about time travel invariably have plot holes or problems, but About Time‘s characters are so compelling and its pace so pleasant that it’s easy to get…
2013 federal deficit comparable to Reagan, Clinton years
The Treasury Department has released the Final Monthly Treasury Statement for FY 2013. The federal government brought in $2.774 trillion dollars for the entire fiscal year and spent $3.454 trillion, for a deficit of $680 billion. So the 2013 deficit…
“Seduced and Abandoned”: a review from the Savannah Film Festival
Film buffs and industry insiders will likely be enthralled by many of the interviews and clips in the new documentary from James Toback and Alec Baldwin, Seduced and Abandoned. (Toback is the credited director and writer on IMDB, but it…
The time Jeremy Irons met Claus von Bulow . . .
After a screening of Adrian Lyne’s 1997 Lolita on Monday afternoon at the Savannah Film Festival, Jeremy Irons took the stage of the Lucas Theatre for about half an hour of fascinating questions and answers. SCAD prof Chris Auer moderated…
Will billions in East Coast port spending bring more trade through the Panama Canal?
I’ve read a lot and written some over the last couple of years about the likely impacts on commerce of the Panama Canal expansion and the vast infrastructure spending in the U.S. to expand ports. And I’m pretty cynical about…
A few tweets from the Savannah Film Festival – pics of Jeremy Irons, Norman Reedus, Miles Teller
In my City Talk column coming out tomorrow (Tuesday), I write a little about the increasing role of social media in terms of PR and publicity for the Savannah Film Festival. Here’s just a very small sampling of tweets from…
Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska”: a review from the Savannah Film Festival
Alexander Payne’s new film Nebraska starts as a road movie, with a father and son going from Billings to Lincoln. The kind and directionless David (Will Forte) has decided to indulge his father Woody (Bruce Dern), who is struggling with…
Julian Sands brings “A Room with a View” to the Savannah Film Festival
SCAD announced the news quietly last week on the Savannah Film Festival Facebook page, so I’m not sure word has really gotten around that actor Julian Sands is coming to town. He’s not being officially honored like Jeremy Irons and…
Casting agency claims filming for Ben Affleck’s “Live by Night” has been pushed to September
I’ve reported off and on here for months about the likelihood of Ben Affleck filming much of his next film Live by Night here in Savannah. Affleck will be producer, director, writer, and star of the adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s…
Bay Street Theatre’s “The Rocky Horror Show”: #winning
On Sunday evening, there were quite a number of “virgins” at the Bay Street Theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show. The Sunday show was open to all ages, so no surprise that a large number of the young people…