In the mid-1880s, George Eastman invented a process for coating a photographic emulsion onto a flexible material…put more simply, he invented film. Not only was that a giant leap in the evolution of photography, but the new medium also opened the door for the development of motion pictures. A decade later, Thomas Edison unveiled the […]
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It Took A Village
Build a better mousetrap and the world will be a path to your door. Given that the U.S. Patent Office says there have been over 4,400 patents issued for various types of mousetraps, many people must have taken that epigram to heart. And though, it is unlikely that you will find the mousetrap high-up on […]
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Thank you George Lefont, 85, for our movie moments in Atlanta
When I heard that George Lefont, the man who made Atlanta a movie town for over 40 years, wasn’t doing well, I went looking for some of my old articles on him. After all, I’d been writing about him since the late 1970s.
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As Oscar nominations are being announced, Eleanor weighs in
There are a few sure things scattered among the potential candidate for the 2023 Oscar nominations, so here goes. Please just pretend (as usual) I know what I’m talking about.
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Attracting the wrong kind of attention
In September of 1895 at Atlanta’s Cotton States and International Exposition, Charles Jenkins demonstrated to the world what he called a Phantoscope, an early version of a movie projector. From that moment on, the world would never be the same. The invention of the movie projector led to the emergence of filmmaking as an art […]
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Reflecting on movies that tackle difficult abortion issues
Abortion has always been an inflammatory issue. More now than ever in these days of a conservative Supreme Court and their recent vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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British Academy awards ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’ top honors
Compared to the Oscars, the BAFTAS are mere infants. The BAFTAS, you say?
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In memory of Sean Connery – a charismatic actor with a special twinkle
The name was Connery. Sean Connery. And nobody did Bond better. James Bond, that is.
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Farewell Olivia de Havilland, Wilford Brimley and director Alan Parker
They always say these things come in threes. In the last week we’ve lost Olivia de Havilland, Wilford Brimley and Alan Parker.
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Sleep-themed movies for your sleepless nights
It’s not the best of times. It’s not the worst of times either, as far as we know. At least, not yet. But it’s certainly worrisome times.
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Studio CEO: Georgia’s movie marquee is ‘on the bubble’
The top executive of one of the largest movie studios in Georgia is making a big bet.
Ryan Millsap, CEO of Blackhall Studios, is planning to triple the size of his existing sound stages – from 210,000 square feet to 600,000 square feet, which would make it the largest purpose-built movie studio in Georgia.
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‘The Farewell’ – a Chinese-U.S. tale based on an actual lie
As offbeat and unique as its star, “The Farewell” offers a lot of the shaggy-dog weirdness of a Jim Jarmusch film.
Said star, Awkwafina (born Nora Lum), is an actress and rapper who made her movie breakthrough last summer with the one-two punch of “Ocean’s 8” and “Crazy Rich Asians.”
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‘The Dead Don’t Die’ – most of the movie is ‘watchable’
Indeed, the dead don’t die in Jim Jarmusch’s aptly-titled, “The Dead Don’t Die.”
Neither does the director’s trademark deadpan, which has somehow managed to keep him afloat with movie cultists since his debut movie, “Stranger Than Paradise,” which premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1984.
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‘The Aftermath’ – a post-war love triangle that falls flat
“The Aftermath” is the sort of movie about which somebody will inevitably write, “They don’t make ‘em like this anymore.”“The Aftermath” is a good reason why.Tepid, obvious, uninvolving, “The Aftermath” proves that, yes, in the shadow of World War II, the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans unless, they’re named Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Heinreid and they’re hanging out in Casablanca.
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‘Gloria Bell’ – Julianne Moore stars in thrilling character study
How good is Julianne Moore?So good that even when she’s sitting with her back to the camera, you can’t take your eyes off her.That’s how she’s introduced in Sebastian Lelio’s quietly moving and intelligent “Gloria Bell,” a remake of his 2013 Chilean film. We’re at a seemingly mythical singles bar catering to the middle-aged. Gloria, who’s been divorced for over a decade, goes there often. She likes the drinks, she likes the music and she likes – loves– to dance. If she meets a guy there, well, that’s okay, too.
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‘At Eternity’s Gate’ – Willem Dafoe as Van Gogh is Oscar material
Allow me to share where I’m coming from as I write about “At Eternity’s Gate,” Julian Schnabel’s wildly uneven, ultimately brilliant film about Vincent Van Gogh.
I love Van Gogh’s paintings. I love that his genius went unrecognized during his lifetime. I love that he went nuts.
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Atlanta premier of ‘Maynard’ movie focuses a lens on city’s past
The Atlanta premier of the “Maynard” documentary Saturday night attracted devotees of the late Mayor Maynard Jackson.
The film was a featured presentation of the Atlanta Film Festival, which actually was launched when Jackson was in office.
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‘Megan Leavey’ – an endearing movie of a woman Marine and a bomb-sniffing dog
“Megan Leavey” had me at “Woof.”
Based on the true story of a Marine and her bomb-sniffing dog, the movie is a well-told weepie, especially if you’re a full-blown animal lover (Full confession…me).
Megan (Kate Mara) has a dead-end job and a deadbeat mom (Edie Falco) in a deader-than-dead town. There’s nothing keeping her in this Rust Belt corner of hell, but she doesn’t have any place she especially wants to go.
