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Discovering Encuentrate

Discovering Encuentrate

Sundance season has kicked off 2012 for the independent film world but CinemATL is looking ahead with a local production that will be making noise in the near future. Encuentrate is a film about a young woman, Anais, who alienates herself from her family, her culture and her grandfather’s spiritual teachings because of issues she has with her mother. However, The death

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Atlanta Film This Week

Atlanta Film This Week

  Enjoy!   Monday (1/23) @The Plaza–Full Metal Alchemist–Through 1/26 Tuesday (1/24) @The Plaza–Full Metal Alchemist–Through 1/26 Wednesday (1/25) Emory Cinematheque–The Crowd–7:30p, FREE @The Plaza–Full Metal Alchemist–Through 1/26 Thursday (1/26) @The Plaza–Full Metal Alchemist Saturday (1/28) @The

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Atlanta Film This Week

Atlanta Film This Week

    This weekend you have a chance to boogie with Dirk Diggler. Enjoy! Thursday (1/19) Feminist Film Forum–Hedwig and the Angry Inch–6:30p, FREE Friday (1/20) @The Plaza–Full Metal Alchemist–Through 1/26 Movie Mania–The King’s Speech–7:30p, FREE Saturday (1/21) TabooLaLa @The Plaza–Boogie Nights–10p, $10 Sunday

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Reviews

Review: FOOTLOOSE – Diane Ligman

Review: FOOTLOOSE – Diane Ligman

There have been a lot of remakes and when it was originally announced that Zac Effron was going to be filling the shoes of Kevin Bacon in the remake [Read More]

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”

The notion that General Orders No. 9 is a ghost was born from the necessity to communicate at once the mystery it preserves, the perspective it [Read More]

ATLFF 2011: Snow On Tha Bluff – Guest Review

ATLFF 2011: Snow On Tha Bluff – Guest Review

Snow On Tha Bluff is a raw and vivid, hybrid documentary/narrative film that cuts through the hype and mythology to deliver a clear-eyed, uncensored [Read More]

Rebel ‘Deals’ a Potent Punch of Indie Reality

Rebel ‘Deals’ a Potent Punch of Indie Reality

Rebel without a Deal tells the story of Vincent Rocca who shot his first movie in five days for 11K and nearly landed a multi-million dollar deal [Read More]

Features

Discovering Encuentrate

Discovering Encuentrate
Sundance season has kicked off 2012 for the independent film world but CinemATL is looking ahead with a local production that will be making noise in [Read More]

Fake Wood, Reel Talent

Fake Wood, Reel Talent
Atlanta has some excellent Film Collectives. Obviously, Film Collectives are nothing new, they’ve been around for years and in many places but in [Read More]

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”

The Film is a Ghost: An Encounter With “General Orders No. 9”
The notion that General Orders No. 9 is a ghost was born from the necessity to communicate at once the mystery it preserves, the perspective it [Read More]