tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45926055934122247432024-03-12T22:14:52.022-04:00ATL Flick ChickThoughts on film from an Atlanta chick who loves movies with her sweet tea.ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.comBlogger660125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-85955563653562643492018-03-12T10:16:00.001-04:002018-03-12T10:16:02.117-04:00Oscar Speech Denied<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Barry Jenkins recently appeared at SXSW and took the opportunity to give the speech he would have given at the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony for winning Best Picture for <i>Moonlight</i> had the accountants done their jobs properly. The speech appears below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tarell [McCraney] and I are Chiron. We are that boy. And when you watch <em>Moonlight, </em>you
don’t assume a boy who grew up how and where we did would grow up and
make a piece of art that wins an Academy Award — certainly
don’t think he would grow up to win Best Picture. I’ve said that a lot
and what I’ve had to admit is that I placed those limitations on myself.
I denied myself that dream — not you, not anyone else — me. And so, to
anyone watching this who sees themselves in us, let this be a symbol, a
reflection that leads you to love yourself. Because doing so may be the
difference between dreaming at all and somehow, through the Academy’s
grace, realizing dreams you never allowed yourself to have.</span></blockquote>
h/t <a href="http://deadline.com/2018/03/barry-jenkins-sxsw-film-keynote-moonlight-oscars-acceptance-speech-1202334450/">deadline.com</a></div>
ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-55614454479020868712017-08-16T17:07:00.000-04:002017-08-17T14:34:13.234-04:005 Movies to Watch If You Can't Stand Nazis<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2336413b-ecda-8684-f85e-982998d21366" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-56312021749196751512017-06-13T10:16:00.000-04:002017-06-13T10:16:33.188-04:00BOLO--New Documentary AlertBe on the look out for this new documentary called <i><a href="https://languageandlife.org/talking-black-in-america/" target="_blank">Talking Black in America</a> </i>produced as part of the Language and Life Project at North Carolina State University. Screenings are taking place at various universities around the country.<br />
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<i> </i>ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-45871066189932967562017-02-23T09:45:00.000-05:002017-02-23T09:45:26.273-05:00Black Folks & HorrorThe NPR podcast Code Switch had this great episode on black people in horror movies. I've shared the embed below. Enjoy!<br />
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-54717105006738154132016-06-28T16:14:00.000-04:002016-07-01T16:14:32.483-04:00I'm Back with The Fits<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-f67753bf-9898-18b0-fa71-529000bc9c9a" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-82157957413698341942015-07-01T11:34:00.000-04:002015-07-01T14:04:59.019-04:00My Youthful Heart is DOPE<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-52351220-4a35-191b-668d-f62f185f0a1f" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-62925881338517230602015-05-12T19:47:00.000-04:002015-05-12T19:47:00.560-04:00A Chick Has Hatched An E-Book<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've recently published my short screenplay as an e-book for Kindle. Get your copy <a href="http://amzn.com/B00XJVKYTO" target="_blank">here</a>. Enjoy!</span>ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-48453629317846397772015-04-28T16:57:00.001-04:002015-08-15T16:00:41.882-04:00Malevolent Robot<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-9f084f21-01c7-c374-43d6-3bc3343ee9d7" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The first thing I thought after watching </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex Machina</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> was that I needed to disengage myself from all of my social networks. Did I do that? No (of course not). But just what is being done with all that data? Surely there must be a use for it beyond just trying to sell us stuff. What if all that data was being funneled and archived to create the most sentient artificial being imaginable? This question is one of the thought-provoking premises addressed in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ex Machina</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. The story follows Caleb who has just “won” the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a week with his reclusive employer Nathan. Nathan is some sort of coding prodigy who has built a social networking empire called BlueBook. [Really? Facebook much? Not only is this the partial name of a car-buying guide, but it’s also the name of a legal citation guide published by my alma mater. A big fat D for originality on this bit. But I digress.] Nathan asks Caleb to test his latest and greatest creation, Ava, an artificially intelligent robot, to gauge her human-like qualities. But like all dystopian thrillers, Nathan isn’t quite what he seems and neither is Ava. And Caleb, to his detriment, is the last to know.</span></div>
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-28832522077715676022014-12-06T17:12:00.000-05:002014-12-06T17:12:24.173-05:00A Thief in the Night<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the first five minutes of <i>Nightcrawler</i>, we meet Louis Bloom who is in the middle of stealing a wire fence to sell it for scrap. While he's at it, he also attacks and steals a watch from a security guard who catches him in the act. So right off the bat, we know that Louis, as embodied by a eerily emaciated Jake Gyllenhaal, is not the most scrupulous person on earth. Yet Louis is not content with being a petty thief as he repeatedly asks any and everyone he encounters for a job. But no luck--he is a bit creepy and a thief, after all. But then he stumbles upon a profession he actually has a knack for--riding around L.A. at night and trolling the police scanners to get video footage of crime scenes and accidents to sell to a television news producer played by Renee Russo. As Louis gets more successful at "nightcrawling" and his business becomes more lucrative, the lines between documenting the news and creating the news begin to dissipate. Indeed, Louis is not above blackmail, sabotage, obstruction, and murder to get the best footage first. As Louis states, if you see him hovering about, you're probably having the worst night of your life. I thoroughly "enjoyed" <i>Nightcrawler </i>as a dark character study of a talented "twerp" with no moral compass and a perverse view of the world. [Just imagine if Bill Gates had used his genius for evil; you'd get someone like Louis Bloom.] <i>Nightcrawler</i> is also somewhat of a critical social commentary about the television news media. Nina, the t.v. news producer played by Russo, is convinced her viewers only want to see violent suburban crimes with rich white victims and horrific accidents. Is that all we want to see or is that all we're shown?</span></b></div>
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<b>The percussion-filled score for <i>Birdman</i> (or <i>The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance</i>) was written by jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez and its sleek cacophony is a perfect companion to this dark dramedy starring Michael Keaton. Keaton plays Riggan Thompson, an aging actor whose main claim to fame was a movie superhero called Birdman. The film follows Riggan as he tries to resurrect his acting career by staging a Broadway play he has written and is directing. Riggan, however, has a loose relationship with reality and is plagued by his Birdman alter ego. Riggan's connection to reality becomes more tenuous the closer he gets to the opening night of his play. What I have described thus far is an accurate description of the movie. But, at its core, <i>Birdman</i> is really about the fear and anxiety that go hand-in-hand with trying to do something that makes us relevant as human beings. Who hasn't wrestled with the voices in their head and the unsteady footsteps that accompany the fear of failure? <i>Birdman </i>writer and director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327944/" target="_blank">Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu</a> does a nice job of juxtaposing the vagaries of the theatre and acting worlds with the magical realism that is the onscreen manifestation of Riggan's psyche. Keaton is a force as are his co-stars Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, and Zach Galifinakis (who plays the most normal person in the film). Just like an astute jazz performance, <i>Birdman</i> is both frenetic and familiar in its pace, leaving you scattered but whole.</b></div>
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What dude wouldn’t want to watch all the ways you can kill gangsters just using stuff you find in Home Depot or Lowes? Sounds like bloody good fun to me. Based on the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088513/?ref_=nv_sr_2" target="_blank">‘80s television series</a> of the same name, Washington plays Bob [sound familiar], some sort of inactive government agent [CIA or B613, anyone?] who comes out of retirement to take on Russian gangsters who are preying on a young prostitute named Teri (played by Chloe Grace Moretz). Before coming to Teri’s rescue, Bob has been spending his “retirement” toiling away in a home improvement warehouse by day and hanging out in the local diner by night when insomnia gets the better of him. It is only by taking up Teri’s cause and helping others in seemingly hopeless situations, that Bob is able to find his purpose and get some sleep. It’s a good vehicle for Washington. Pairing once again with Antoine Fuqua who directed him in </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Training Day</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, Washington is able to be a badass without being a baddie. In fact, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Equalizer</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> reminded me a lot of </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Man on Fire</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in which Washington’s character killed many Mexican gangsters to save a kidnapped girl. Unlike </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Man on Fire</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, however, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Equalizer</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is ripe for a franchise. 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<a href="http://www.emory.edu/home/events/#/?i=1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">@Emory</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Connected by Coffee</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7p, FREE</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=141475" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">@Landmark Midtown Art Cinema</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David Bowie is</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7p, $15</span></div>
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<a href="http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/events/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Emory Cinematheque</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Double Door</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Supernatural</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7:30p, FREE</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wonderroots-generally-local-mostly-independent-film-series-tickets-12961561379" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--9:30p, $10</span></div>
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<a href="http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/events/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinter Fest @Emory</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The French Lieutenant’s Woman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7:30p, FREE</span></div>
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<a href="http://liquidblackness.com/bafc/bafcschedule/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Black Audio Film Collective Screening & Lecture Series</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://liquidblackness.com/bafc/bafcschedule/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Black Audio Film Collective Screening & Lecture Series</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://liquidblackness.com/bafc/bafcschedule/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Black Audio Film Collective Screening & Lecture Series</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.atlantabrowncoats.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Serenity</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> Charity Screening for Atlanta Community Food Bank--6p, $15</span></a></div>
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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-21194612863942105372014-09-09T09:36:00.002-04:002014-09-09T09:36:32.083-04:00Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-1dc4676d-5a9f-ceb5-0f5a-b69e2f72c3f2" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesday (9/9)</span></div>
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<a href="http://atlantafilmfestival.com/atlff-news/2014/8/farm-burger" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">@The Plaza</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hamburger America</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7p, $18 (benefit for Atlanta Film Festival)</span></div>
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<a href="http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/events/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Emory Cinematheque</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mantrap</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Midnight Madness</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7:30p, FREE</span></div>
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<a href="http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/events/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">@Emory</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Servant</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7:30p, FREE</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://blog.atlanticstation.com/2014/08/18/place-table/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">@Atlantic Station</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Place at the Table</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--7:30p, FREE</span></li>
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ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-64358020903553679612014-09-06T06:00:00.000-04:002014-09-06T06:00:05.110-04:00Short Film Saturday: White Space<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In this short, a poet makes his debut. It's not what you expect. Enjoy!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This short is from Atlanta-based filmmaker Artemus Jenkins and chronicles the Atlanta response to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. #HandsUpDontShoot </span></b></div>
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h/t <a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-artemus-jenkins-short-doc-about-the-impact-of-the-michael-brown-shooting-united-20140825" target="_blank">Shadow & Act</a>ATL Flick Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15248456030904459784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592605593412224743.post-12282811919703896262014-08-28T17:39:00.002-04:002014-08-29T10:02:23.021-04:00What's a Chick Been Watching?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f0594ab-1e86-a486-bc43-06f23b225d5c" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What’s
a chick been up to besides redecorating her site? Well, I haven’t been
going to the movie theater that much. For me, the summer movie
pickings have been pretty slim and I just haven’t been that inspired to
go see much. Maybe the fall will be better as we move towards award
season. </b> <b>Anyhoo, Netflix has pretty much become my means to stave off
utter and complete boredom during these summer months. Binge watching
tv shows has become a thing and I’ve been sucked in. I usually don’t
write about tv shows, but I’d thought I mention one I just watched
recently--</b></span><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>From Dusk Till Dawn</b> </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>(The Series</b>)</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>.
Apparently this show originally aired on producer Robert Rodriguez’s
cable channel El Rey and is now</b> s<b>treaming on Netflix. Yes, it is based
on the </b></span><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/?ref_=tt_rec_tti" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>1996 movie</b></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>
of the same name which was directed by Rodriguez and starred George
Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, who also wrote the screenplay. And just
like the movie, the story follows the outlaw Gecko brothers, the
kidnapped Fuller family, and the deadly happenings at the </b></span></b></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Titty</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b> Twister
bar. While the movie was all vamps and camp, the series is decidedly
more nuanced, dark, and sexy. First of all, the monsters are not</b> <b>quite
vampires but rather derive their dark powers from snakes. They have the
same blood lust as vamps, but their fangs are decidedly snake-like and
their movements just a bit slithery. The series also adds a
character--Ranger Freddie Gonzalez who is after the Gecko brothers in
order to exact revenge for the death of another ranger and who is
apparently from an ancient bloodline of snake-killers. The chief
baddies are Carlos (played by Wilmer Valderrama) and Santanico
Pandemonium who actually met their end in the movie, but who in the show
play the henchman and the queen of the snake cult, respectively. We
learn that Carlos and Santanico Pandemonium have been supernatura</b></span></span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>lly
orchestrating the movements of the Gecko brothers in accordance with a
prophecy that i</b></span></span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>s only tangentially explained in the 10 episodes that
make up season 1. The show is packed with so much background and
character development that the 9+ hours that make up season 1
essentially leave off right where the 90+ minute movie ended. Are you
intrigued yet? I was. </b></span><a href="http://deadline.com/2014/03/el-rey-network-renews-from-dusk-till-dawn-for-second-season-704571/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Luckily, the show has been picked up for a second season</b></span></a><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. <b>Of, course the bad news is having to wait for the next binge.</b></span></b></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeing the film </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chef</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> reminded me of why I like movies so much. The experience of leaving the movie theater in a better mood than when you entered is so worth the price of admission. Remember that feeling you had when you saw </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117802/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Swingers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and discovered you were so money and didn’t even know it? Well writer, director, and actor Jon Favreau has done it again in this movie. Favereau plays Carl, a Los Angeles chef who has lost his mojo, so to speak. When an angry confrontation with a food critic goes viral over the internets, Carl loses his safe restaurant job and must find a way to start again. He ends up buying an old food truck, refurbishing it, and embarking on a cross-country trip that allows him to reconnect to his 10 year-old son and to his love of cooking. Hollywood should take note that you don’t need superheroes and CGI to make a good movie. What you need is HEART, as well as a good story and good performances. And <i>Chef </i>has HEART in spades. Although </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a relatively small movie, it’s also big on star power: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey, Jr., Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, and Oliver Platt. The music is excellent too. [Look out for a performance by blues musician </span><a href="http://www.garyclarkjr.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Gary Clark, Jr.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">] And if you’re a foodie or just like to eat, you’ll be in heaven. So treat yo’self to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chef</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and be sure to sit through the credits. [Update: This indie gem is getting a nationwide re-release over Labor Day weekend, so get you some!]</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got a shout out in today's Atlanta Creative Loafing. Much love to Adam Carlson who writes the weekly <a href="http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/08/08/atlwood-red-band-society-returns-to-the-high" target="_blank">"ATLwood" article</a>. Adam says I'm one of his most favorite local film bloggers. I'm blushing over here.</span></b></div>
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