Still Working 9 to 5 at the Nashville Film Festival Back in 1981, Dolly Parton’s theme song snagged an Oscar nomination for the film 9 to 5. (Her song lost to the theme from “Fame”). Some 42 years later the ...
Nuisance Bear I signed on to see the “New Yorker” documentary at The Nashville Film Festival about a polar bear who was known as the “Nuisance Bear.” Thousands of people flock to Churchill, Manitoba, to watch bears wandering around at ...
“Jacir” screened on Friday, September 30th, at the 53rd Annual Nashville Film Festival. It is the story of a refugee, Jacir, as he flees Aleppo (Syria) and tries to assimilate into the ghetto (Memphis, Tennessee). Written and directed by Waheed ...
Initially, this “thriller/fantasy” 223 Wick film caught my eye because it was very moody and scripted by Melanie Clarke-Pettiella and Jess Byard. I’m always in favor of letting more females write horror, as a former active voting member of the ...
“Wannabe” is a 13-minute 33-second short written and directed by USC graduate Josie Andrews that will screen at the Nashville Film Festival on September 29th, Opening Night. It’s playing opening day in the “Next-gen: program 1” block on Thursday, Sep ...
Armie Hammer is now working as a time-share salesman in the Caymans. I never thought I’d type that phrase, but I’m guessing that Armie Hammer never thought he’d become a timeshare salesman, either. I met the actor at SXSW 2018 ...
The documentary The Last Movie Stars at SXSW from CNN Films and HBO Max is helmed by Ethan Hawke. He is approached to take an in-depth look at the life and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Joe Rudge ...
Maika Monroe, the blonde star of “It Follows” (2014), has 33 credits, to date. I first became aware of her work in “Hot Summer Nights” at SXSW in 2017, when shooting on the Red Carpet with many young actors who ...
I just finished watching all four episodes of DMZ with Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt available on HBO MAX. In Austin at SXSW, the first episode, which I saw at the World Premiere on Sunday, March 13th, was dynamite. ...
The documentary by David Siev entitled “Bad Axe,” which focuses on the Siev family of Bad Axe, Michigan, is a chronicle of the pandemic and its effects on this small Michigan town. The film was awarded Special Jury Recognition for ...
To Leslie Synopsis: A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and drinks it away just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she returns home to confront her past, ...
Pitcher Nolan Ryan is now 74 years old. His family members, especially sons Reese and Reid, collaborated on Facing Nolan at SXSW directed by Bradley Jackson that showcases the achievements of the pitcher of whom Rod Carew said, “There will ...
