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Written by Charles Judson
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 |
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The two high points of my life career wise have been working for the Atlanta Film Festival and writing for CinemATL. For the later, I never got paid to do it. In fact, I still have CinemATL debt sitting on my credit cards from tickets, trips and equipment.
What we did at CinemATL was and has remained unique. Although we did reviews and coverage on major releases, we were one of the few online publications that made covering local film and filmmakers our primary focus. Long before THE SIGNAL was accepted to Sundance, we covered it. From Urban MediaMakers to the Rome International Film Festival (aka RIFF) to MondoHomo, we were covering local events and giving our perspective. Seeing a void, Eric Bomba-Ire and Martin Kelly started an entity that in under two years became a beloved and respected go to resource in the ATL community.
Founded in the summer of 2005, with our first issue going live in
October of that same year, CinemATL will soon be 5 years old. While in 2005 CinemATL was needed, I believe now in 2010 CinemATL is required. As Atlanta's film industry continues to explode we still have to grow the community and Atlanta's film culture. Someone needs to be pushing and encouraging great conversations about film and filmmaking from an ATL perspective. Someone needs to be highlighting who's who and why you should give a damn.
To those ends, we're working on a new site design and a new format. At the rate we're progressing you should see the new version as soon as next week. With the new format you'll see some old faces return to grace us with a few words from time to time. Hopefully, we will also add some new voices who will augment and expand the dialogue and keep you in the know.
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Written by Charles Judson
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Saturday, 05 June 2010 |
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Russell Brand’s Aldous Snow was one of the best parts of 2008’s FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. A recovering drug addict and alcoholic, the acerbic Snow was the very definition of the Nightmare Next (the a-hole who dates your ex after you). He’s super-awesome at sex, he’s a world famous rock star and worse, he’s likeable. Even as he’s berating all around him with one-liners, part of you wants to punch him in the face the other half hopes he invites you to the after-after party. A spinoff more than a sequel, GET HIM TO THE GREEK, moves Brand into co-lead with Jonah Hill, who also was in MARSHALL playing an entirely different character. Fortunately, Snow’s mix of ass-holiness, rock star god prowess with an inner-core of regular dude has survived the transition. |
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Written by Charles Judson
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Saturday, 22 May 2010 |
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Thirty years have passed since The Blues Brothers hit theaters. In that time 10 more Saturday Night Live movies have gone from sketch to screen. It goes without saying that the critical and box office track record has been abysmal. The assumed mediocrity of SNL movies has now joined the likes of Star Trek's Odd Numbered Movies Bad/Even Number Movies Good, and Multiple Villains ruin Superhero Sequels theory, as recognized Pop Culture law. MacGruber, SNL film number uno uno, does little to correct that thinking. |
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Written by Charles Judson
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 |
 In my day job at the Atlanta Film Festival, I was looking for some links to use for the 48 Hour Film Project, when I stumbled across the old CinemATL blog. The particular portion I hit was from my first Sundance and the first Sundance we covered in 2006. Among the posts, is one in which I wax a bit about two women who hadn't been to the movies in years, $4.50 tickets was when they had last seen a movie, and an in theater survey asking people would they pay $29.99 for DVDs to own them day and date. It's fascinating to flash-forward 4 years and to see how little the issues about what's driving people to see or not see films at the theater, and what will those same folks pay, have changed. If you didn't know any better, at some point you think I had stolen the words out of Ted Hope's blog. |
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Written by Charles Judson
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Saturday, 15 May 2010 |
  E arlier this week the announcement that the City of Atlanta was close to signing a deal with Screen Gems to convert a long dormant portion of Lakewood Fairgrounds into a studio, spread like viral wildfire on Facebook and Twitter. After a year and a half of explosive growth in Georgia's film industry, it was not only a sign of the industry's current strength, it's a sign that entities are taking Georgia as a film hub serious enough to invest in having a permanent presence.
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Written by Martin Kelley
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Monday, 12 April 2010 |
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 The Things We Carry is the debut feature of the Lobit Sisters. Athena Lobit produces while Alyssa Lobit wrote the script and stars in the movie directed by Ian McCrudden.
The film tells the story of Emmie (Alyssa Lobit) revisiting home after the death of her drug-addict mother. She reluctantly reconnects with her estranged sister Eve (Catherine Kresge) as they search for a mysterious package from their mother. The journey renews old wounds causing clashes between them about their different approaches to life. |
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Written by Stephen Hart
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 |
 A new Battle of Atlanta is brewing at the AFF! Whether a coincidence or a tongue in cheek programming decision, two films with the word “battle” leading the title are screening on the same day within hours of each other! Twice! Ironically, both films have a civil conflict of sorts as part of the plot. Will this be the mother of AFF wars, or just a minor skirmish? Choose your side!
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