Atlanta Film Festival is gearing up for its 49th annual festival lineup of 132 films starting April 24 — and this year, more than 30 films and shorts are from Georgia. The popular 11-day festival is set to run from April 24 to May 4, primarily at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre, with other […]
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Remembering Steve Mensch, 62, a thrill seeker and film industry leader
The Sunday before he died in a small plane he had built, Steve Mensch was honored by the Atlanta Falcons as a tribute to all he had done to support Georgia’s film industry. Mensch, 62, was president and general manager of studio operations at Tyler Perry Studios. Mensch was so much more than his title. […]
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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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Reopened Tara Theatre reaches perfection while smash hit ‘Barbie’ falls short
This post has been updated. See note at the bottom. By Eleanor Ringel Cater We all know Barbie is pretty in pink. Her movie, however, is only pretty good. And it’s very pink. The Peptol Bismol pink that drenches Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is actually one of the picture’s best aspects. The production design is knowingly […]
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Atlanta’s Tara Theatre reopening May 25
An Atlanta treasure, the Tara Theatre, will reopen Memorial Day weekend featuring three new films as well as four old favorites. The Tara was able to secure its operating permits – enabling the theater to reopen after being closed since November, when Regal Cinema abruptly closed the popular movie destination. Chris Escobar, the major owner […]
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Appreciating two legacy Atlanta festivals – Dogwood and ATLFF
It’s a tale of two festivals. The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, now in its 87th year. And the Atlanta Film Festival, now in its 47th year.
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Tara Theatre to reopen by mid-May thanks to community support
Success! The community has rallied behind the effort to reopen the Tara Theatre –contributing more than the needed $50,000 to do the basics so the four-screen cinema can start showing movies again.
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Plaza Theatre’s Chris Escobar reopening Tara cinema
Chris Escobar, owner of the Plaza Theatre, announced Tuesday evening at the closing night of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, that he will be reopening the beloved Tara in the near future.
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Closing of Tara Theatre ends an era of Atlanta cinema
Closing any theater is sad – more theaters = more movies usually. However, the Tara seems a special loss.
