Is Frank Khalfoun a MANIAC? – an interview with the director
Disclosure: This interview was done late October 2012 and I have waited to post it until it comes out on Video On Demand, iTunes, etc....
Read MoreAtlanta Film Fest MUD-dies the waters on Day 1
Last night the 37th annual Atlanta Film Festival started at the recently renovated Plaza Theatre. The opening film was recently shown at...
Read MoreSoon we will all be able to drink in the Hemlock Grove
One of my favorite bits in film is when Chris Knight in REAL GENIUS (played by Val Kilmer at his smart-assed best) says: I was thinking of...
Read MoreDo I really expect my childhood back? – Thoughts on new STAR WARS
I don’t know how old you are, but I saw THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK three times on opening day. I was a nine year-old girl. I went with my...
Read MoreInterview: PAPERMAN’s Academy Award WINNING writer/director John Kahrs
I was able to sit down with (now Academy-nominated) director and writer of Disney Animation’s excellent short film, PAPERMAN during...
Read MoreAfter 40 years — it’s time to WAKE IN FRIGHT
I recently got the opportunity to see a new old film set in the brutal Australian Outback made by a polite Canadian who has waited forty...
Read MoreWhy I am glad to be ignorant — and maybe you should be too.
I am SO close to knowing. After months of avoidance of such tricky topics as THE AVENGERS and PROMETHEUS I am so close to knowing just...
Read MoreFrankenweenie opens Fantastic Fest 2012 in black & white style
Holy Shatner! I knew going into FANTASTIC FEST in 2011 that it was going to be awesome. I went for the first time and: made many new...
Read MoreBring the s’mores — We’re going camping at MOONRISE KINGDOM!
It is HOT (see photo right) in Atlanta. Like Neil Simon movie-quotes hot. But if you’re going to spend a cool few hours out of the heat...
Read MoreHow I decided to GET THE GRINGO with Mel Gibson – and how you can too!
by: H. Blain Recently I hosted Atlanta’s first AIN’T IT COOL screening (in partnership with Atlanta’s own DRAGON*CON) at the Regal...
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