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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Film / Film News Charlotte Talks about monsters
Posted By Web Editor on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Creative Loafing Film Editor Matt Brunson and other guests will join host Mike Collins on Charlotte Talks at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 22, on WFAE 90.7 FM. Brunson, UNCC Film & Theater Professor and author Jonathan Crane (Terror and Everyday Life: Singular Moments in the History of the Horror Film), and award-winning makeup and FX artist Conor McCullagh will discuss the allure of horror flicks and also promote this upcoming weekend's Mad Monster Party.
The episode will then be archived at the station's website here.
Film / Film News GayCharlotte Film Festival begins tonight
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM
The Fourth Annual GayCharlotte Film Festival kicks off this evening with a 7 p.m. screening of Circumstance, a drama about an Iranian family whose members include a lesbian daughter and her brother, a religious zealot. All told, the festival will present seven features and four shorts through March 24. Most of the screenings will be held at the Mint Museum Uptown, although a couple will take place at other venues around town.
Other movies on the schedule include Spin the Bible, a locally filmed (i.e. Charlotte and Lake Norman) short that mixes lesbians, preachers and anti-gay politicians; another Carolina-centric title, From Hollywood to Bollywood, about gay twins from Goldsboro who try to meet Dolly Parton; and Longhorns, a comedy centering on Texas frat boys and promising "beer, steers ... and a whole lot of queers!"
Admission is $8 per film; admission to the short-film block on Saturday, March 24, is free. For complete details, including titles, times, venues and ticket orders, go here.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Film / Film News The Tintin show on DVD
Posted By Matt Brunson on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Folks who were fans of Steven Spielberg's motion-capture epic The Adventures of Tintin — or, given the animosity displayed in some quarters, folks who were not fans of Steven Spielberg's motion-capture epic The Adventures of Tintin — should be pleased with the new DVD release of the second season of the popular animated series that aired in the early 1990s.
The Adventures of Tintin — a joint production of Canada and France — originally aired for three seasons in 1991-1992; in the U.S., it ran on HBO (and later Nickelodeon) before making its way to video and DVD.
Shout! Factory released the first of the three seasons this past November. While the second season hits stores this week, there's no word yet as to when the final collection might be released.
The Adventures of Tintin: Season Two (as well as Season One) can be ordered through the Shout! Factory website here or through Amazon here.
Film / Film News Charlotte Film Festival Preview: Ghost of Old Highways
Posted By Adam Frazier on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:51 PM
By Adam Frazier
As the Charlotte Film Festival begins its third week, we’re taking a look at one of the selections shot in North Carolina.
Ghost of Old Highways is a short film written and directed by Dan Bush (The Signal), based on a song by Ben Lovett from the album, Highway Collection. It won two of the festival's awards, for Best Music and Best Cinematography in a Narrative Film
What started as a simple music video became a 15-minute short that features an original score by Lovett, who also stars in the film as a man stuck in the purgatory of his own fractured consciousness.
Lovett describes the film as “Terrence Malick meets Frank Miller,” a combination of graphic novel hyper-realism and sweeping scenic views of stunning North Carolina landscapes. “There’s no dialogue — it’s strictly an audio/visual experience," he says.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Film / Arts Solaris shifts reality
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:00 AM
In honor of the Ulysses Charlotte Spring Arts Festival, co-titled "The Majesty of Russia and the Music of Tchaikovsky," The Light Factory continues its From Russia With Love film series which spotlights on Slavic films that have shaped the history of cinema. This week's screening is Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 deranged space film Solaris. Kris Kelvin (Donata Banionis) stars as a widow psychologist who is sent to a space station that’s orbiting a planet called Solaris. While there, he must investigate the mysterious death of a doctor and the overwelming mental problems of the crew. Questions about the nature of Solaris come into play when he notices his own increasing behavioral changes — he sees his dead wife, etc. — and strange perceptions of reality. Free admission. March 18, 2 p.m. UNC Charlotte's Center City Building, 320 E. 9th St.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Film / Film Reviews Weekend Film Reviews: 21 Jump Street; The Lorax; Friends with Kids
Posted By Matt Brunson on Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- Roadside Attractions
- Friends with Kids
Click on the link to be taken directly to the review.
Film / Arts Sleeper or snoozer?
Offbeat Sleeping Beauty screens at The Light Factory
Posted By Matt Brunson on Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Writer-director Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty is perhaps the most controversial film that’s been presented by The Light Factory since the venue hosted Antichrist back in March 2010. It’s a point worth noting, since Leigh reportedly told her Sleeping Beauty star Emily Browning before shooting commenced to study Charlotte Gainsbourg’s performance in that Lars von Trier drama. Browning plays the title character, who obviously bears little similarity to the chaste Disney heroine. Here, the role is reconfigured as an Australian college student who works various jobs to make ends meet; the most radical requires her to be drugged with her consent so she’ll fall into a deep sleep, at which point elderly men pay to do anything they like to her naked body (short of penetration). The film has nothing on Buñuel’s Belle de Jour or Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (both of which it sometimes resembles), but fans of offbeat fare might want to check it out. $7. March 16-17, 7:30 p.m. The Light Factory, 345 N. College St. 704-333-9755. www.lightfactory.org. — Matt Brunson
Film / Arts My Architect: A Son’s Journey documents Louis Kahn's life
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM
In 1974, a man was found dead in a Penn Station restroom, his body left unidentified for days. This man was the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Despite being highly respected in his field, many of the people who Kahn crossed paths with felt his death was sadly fitting to the secretive life he led. Just a few of his scandalous achievements included fathering children with three different women along with a rumor that he once had a fling with Swedish beauty Ingrid Bergman. Doesn't it sound like a movie script?
The intimate details of his personal life remained much of a mystery until his son Nathaniel wrote, produced, and directed My Architect: A Son’s Journey. The documentary — screening as part of the Architecture + Film Series at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art tonight — attempts to project the real Louis Kahn, through the eyes of his son Nathaniel who sought out other folks from his father's life to fill in the gaps.
A short presentation will precede the screening. Tickets include access to museum galleries, light bites and one drink ticket. $15. March 16, 6 p.m. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, 420 S. Tryon St. 704-353-9200. www.bechtler.org. — Tricia Bangit
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- Sony
- 21 Jump Street
Being Flynn - Robert De Niro, Paul Dano
Casa de mi Padre - Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal
Jeff, Who Lives at Home - Jason Segel, Ed Helms
21 Jump Street - Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum
Monday, March 12, 2012
Film / Film News Charlotte Film Festival Preview: Bailout
Posted By Adam Frazier on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM
By Adam Frazier
An attorney stops paying his mortgage and heads to Las Vegas in a Winnebago, with some unemployed friends joining him to help blow stacks of cash partying and gambling.
While this may sound like a pitch for The Hangover Part III, director Sean Fahey’s film isn’t a fictional narrative. Bailout is a finalist for Best Documentary at the Charlotte Film Festival.
Bailout examines the various frauds committed by major banks on the American middle class. Executive producer and lead writer John Titus, a native of North Carolina, wanted to showcase the film in the shadow of Bank of America’s headquarters.
“If there’s a bank responsible for more illegal foreclosures than B of A, I’ve never heard of it,” said Titus. “The only thing propping up the biggest welfare baby in Dixieland is a completely corrupt political process.”
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