I saw The Fast and the Furious in Savannah on the film’s opening weekend in 2001. I was with Bobby Zarem, the legendary publicist who was still living in New York full time back in those days, and the late…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
UPDATE 10/25: The casting agency now claims that filming has been pushed to September 14th. Click here for the latest post. With the filming of SpongeBob SquarePants 2 wrapping up soon, there’s more good news on the horizon for the…
My Tuesday City Talk column will be about the transformation of Broughton Street for the movie SpongeBob SquarePants 2, so this post is nothing but pictures.
At Talking Heads’ 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band called CBGB owner and founder Hilly Kristal onto the stage. “We want to start where we began,” Tina Weymouth said. “He kept us alive,†Weymouth…
Savannahians who pay attention to the Savannah Film Festival have gotten spoiled over the years by the sheer number and caliber of the stars that the SCAD-sponsored event has brought to town. So there was a little bit of a…
