Tag: film
Pinewood Atlanta’s president wants to make Y’allywood a new media magnet
Frank Patterson envisions the Pinewood campus becoming something of a mini Silicon Valley for new media companies. Think firms devoted to emerging virtual reality or motion capture technology, or a start-up focused on next-generation sound design or video game software.
Free champagne, chocolate statues, and high security: What it’s like to go to the Oscars
From where we sit, I can pick out Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Nicole Kidman, and, in a floor-level opera box, butt-kicker extraordinaire Jackie Chan. Oddly, the two seats next to me remain empty throughout the night. Could someone really not find a babysitter willing to work during the Oscars?
Inside film producer Will Packer’s glam but relaxed abode
Blockbuster film producer Will Packer and his wife Heather’s Sandy Springs home is a sprawling, stylish family clubhouse well suited for their 21st-century Brady Bunch.
The story behind PBS’s new John Lewis documentary
We chatted with Kathleen Dowdey, the director of the project, which airs Friday, February 10.
Janelle Monáe on her Hidden Figures role: “Mary and I both use the word ‘justice’ a lot.”
Atlanta singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe sure knows how to pick a movie script. Her first two forays into film are both considered Oscar contenders: the critically acclaimed indie drama Moonlight and Atlanta-filmed Hidden Figures, a new historical drama chronicling the untold stories of three black female mathematicians whose data allowed NASA astronaut John Glenn to obit the Earth.
Into the Spotlight: Forgotten African American films finally get national recognition
Metro Atlantan Bret Wood's most recent project—Pioneers of African-American Cinema, a five-DVD box set released in July—has been such a welcome surprise, garnering a resume’s worth of superlatives from such publications as the New Yorker and the New York Times.
Atlanta, Stranger Things, Hidden Figures earn Golden Globe nominations
This morning, three locally filmed shows and movies—Atlanta, Stranger Things, and Hidden Figures—picked up 6 Golden Globes nominations.
A brief history of Pokémania
Before you head to Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions at Cobb Energy Centre this weekend, educate yourself on the franchise’s biggest moments.
Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt on Denial, working with Rachel Weisz, and the “post-factual era”
Today as we head to the polls, our heads swimming with whatever was deposited in our social media newsfeeds overnight, the new film Denial is perhaps more relevant than ever. Deborah Lipstadt discusses the importance of getting the story right on film, how she helped Weisz become her on set, and the growing importance of fact-checkers in our current “post-factual” political climate.
19 Atlanta festivals to enjoy in August
Say goodbye to summer with plenty of BBQ, German beer, a mechanical bull, and more.
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