In 2019, the middle of my week at the Atlanta Film Festival was interrupted by food poisoning, forcing me to sit out Wednesday and Thursday. Last year, I got to everything I wanted to see, but learned that the movie theatre I had worked at for 19 years was closing permanently. This year, I got into a car accident Sunday, but still managed to see the films I wanted to […]
It’s beginning to feel normal again. The week before this year’s Atlanta Film Festival, the Plaza Theatre had two 70mm screenings of “Lawrence of Arabia”. I attended the second screening for my first indoor theatrical experience since September and “Tenet”. It was quite an experience to return to theatres for. And yet, the opening weekend of the Film Festival may have topped it. How is that possible? Thursday, April 22 […]
**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s after Labor Day, so you know what that means? Time for me to recount my annual trip to Dragon*Con, the genre convention that takes place in Atlanta. Because of the aforementioned strike, things were a bit different, but I loved […]
**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. I wouldn’t say that I love David Fincher as a filmmaker, but the films of his I love, I really love. Of those films, few have my affection more than his 1997 thriller, “The Game”. This is one of those movies […]
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