James Franco stars as Michael Glatze in “I Am Michael””You wanna go to Heaven, right?””Yes….””If you’re a moral person, then…
The partnerships forming between Georgia’s independent film organizations get better and better, y’all, and the team behind Reel Georgia is…
James Franco and Zachary Quinto star in “I Am Michael”The 39th Annual Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) announced their Opening and…
As promised, we return today with a rundown of this year’s Academy Award Nominated Documentary Shorts! Covering an array of…
With only two days to go before the Oscars grace our screens, you’re running out of time to see what…
Seventeen titles compete in Narrative and Documentary categories, including two World Premieres, two North American Premieres and one US Premiere.In…
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has partnered with Creative Loafing to bring you a night featuring local artists, collectible works,…
The next installment in the Homespun Series is fast approaching! Since they began in November 2013, Homespun has showcased solely…
Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in “A Most Violent Year.”From the opening credits, “A Most Violent Year” is hypnotic.…
Jerome Holder, Pauline Collins, Jonathan Pryce co-star in “Dough”International Emmy Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award-winner Jez Freedman began his…
Miles Teller and JK Simmons star in “Whiplash.””Whiplash” was—hands down—one of the two best narratives at the 2014 Savannah Film…
The huge crowd awaits AJFF’s opening night presentation of “Above and Beyond.”For the third year in a row, the Cobb…
Héctor Noguera stars as Jacob Kaplan in “Mr. Kaplan”It is 1937 in Sosnowiec, Poland when young Yankev Kaplan becomes a…
Zabou Breitman stars as Ruth Halimi in “24 Days”Had I read anything about “24 Days” before pressing play, I might…
An image from “Above and Beyond.”Tonight, the 15th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicks off at the Cobb Energy Centre…
Six continents are represented across dozens of narratives, documentaries and short films in this diverse program from the 15th edition…
“Confusion Through Sand” is one of the animated competition selections from the 2014 Atlanta Film Festival. The film comes from…
Fabrizio Rongione and Marion Cotillard star in “Two Days, One Night”It was just two years ago at the Savannah Film…
In our new review column, Cameron and Ali have a conversation and give both of their takes on Clint Eastwood’s…
A pivotal scene on the Pettus Bridge in Ava DuVernay’s “Selma.””Selma,” at least for me, came out of nowhere. With…
Richard Linklater takes top honors for both Picture and Director; “Nightcrawler,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Selma” all take home…
“Birdman” narrowly leads nominations; “Ida,” “Nightcrawler,” “Snowpiercer,” “Under the Skin,” make a splash across the board.Most critics groups have had…
We love Wes Anderson. You love Wes Anderson. The whole world does, really. This man has made some of the…
Jack O’Connell stars in “Unbroken”Watching Jack O’Connell’s performance as the raffish, far-reaching World War II bombardier Louis Zamperini in Angelina…
Reese Witherspoon and her backpack Monster star in “Wild”“Wild” opens with a shot of gorgeous and serene, snow-capped mountains. We…
Jennifer Lawrence stars in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″With every fiber in my being, I believe in the…
Matthew McConaughey stars in “Interstellar”Here’s the first thing I have to say about Christopher Nolan’s newest film “Interstellar”: 159 minutes…
Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne star in “The Theory of Everything.”I’ve been very reluctant to write this review for James…
The unlikely band of heroes that make up the “Big Hero 6.”I saw “Big Hero 6” all by my lonesome…
The Atlanta Film Festival is following-up last year’s successful #Artists2ATL Kickstarter campaign with another aimed to bring filmmakers into town…
Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones star in “The Homesman””The Homesman” was the second film I saw at the 2014…
Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt, Michael Peña & Jon Bernthal star in “Fury”Very rarely do I enter a theatre…
We’re nearing the end of 2014, which means that the 2015 spring festival season is closely upon us. If you’ve…
The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) has released the dates for their 2014 awards.Nominees will be announced the morning of…
Part of the ensemble cast of “Dear White People”I’d been looking forward to seeing writer/director Justin Simien’s feature film debut,…
An local, independent production that we originally posted a casting call for lead actors back in the spring is looking for…
Chloe Grace Moretz and Keira Knightley star in “Laggies”Lynn Shelton has created one of my most favorite movies of all…
Bill Murray and Jaeden Lieberher showing off their moves in “St. Vincent.”Had anyone else coveted the film’s namesake roll, “St.…
Although the 2015 Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is still nearly four months away, the organization has released the first ten…
Steve Carrell, Ed Oxenbould, Jennifer Garner, Dylan Minnette, and Kerris Dorseystar in “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very…
Enough about the middle-of-the-road “The Imitation Game.” We should focus on the best and most deserving films and not just…
Pierce Gagnon, Zach Braff and Joey King star in “Wish I Was Here”I was bouncing with anticipation prior to watching…
Crowds wait below the Trustees Theatre marquee on Broughton Street.The 2013 Savannah Film Festival showcased a few strong films—”The Past,”…
Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent, and this adorable Jack Russell Terrierstar in “Beginners” If heartstrings were things to be actually played,…
Editor’s Note: It is a pleasure to introduce you to the newest part of the Reel Georgia team, Ali Coad.…
Norman Reedus walked the red carpet at the opening night of the Savannah Film Festival. Photo: Cameron McAllister, ReelGA.com #savff…
Earlier this year, the Macon Film Festival announced it would move from February to July for it’s 10th annual festival…
The Savannah Film Festival has added a special screening of the documentary “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me.” The film aptly…
Did you know that in the now 17-year history of the Savannah Film Festival, it has never rained? Autumn in…
The 2014 Savannah Film Festival honorees clockwise from top left:Gena Rowlands, Matt Bomer, Analeigh Tipton, Asa ButterfieldOut of all of Georgia’s…
The lineup for this year’s 17th annual Savannah Film Festival was released earlier this month. While plenty of big Hollywood…
Ukraine-born, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Gleb Osatinski has played the world over with his rapturously beautiful and thoughtful films “Pisces of an…
This will be my third Rome International Film Festival, but this year it is a little extra special. I’ve been…
Telluride’s Mountainfilm festival has become a spectacular event, even going as far to franchise out across the country with various…
A scene from Georg Koszulinski’s “Last Stop, Flamingo”Few American states produce as distinctive an image in the world’s collective mind…
Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane star in “Boyhood”Already one of the biggest critical hits of the year, Richard Linklater’s latest…
With many ups-and-downs, The Plaza has had an interesting 75 years.Atlanta’s oldest continually operating movie theater, The Plaza, is now…
Back in November, Atlanta filmmakers Jon Watts and Brantly Watts launched Homespun Series—a curated local documentary collection that focuses on…
The Atlanta Film Festival is giving away first come, first serve passes to a free screening of Sundance hit “I…
Bridging the gap between the spring and fall legs of Georgia’s film festival circuit, the first annual Milledgeville Film Festival…
Hannah Fierman and Christen Orr star in “The Unwanted””The Unwanted”—written and directed by Bret Wood—is based on Joseph Sheridan Le…
Tye Sheridan and Nicolas Cage star in “Joe”Few directors are able to jump from genre to genre as successfully as…
Georgia filmmakers travel near and far for these ATLFF selected documentaries;”Mayan Blue” (top) filmed in Guatemala, “Limo Ride” (bottom) filmed…
Keith Richards is featured in “Muscle Shoals”Recent scientific research has shown that it is impossible to keep still during the…
Less than two weeks away, the 38th edition of the Atlanta Film Festival is surely the most exciting yet. The…
“Homespun is a series of short character films profiling unique individuals around the metro Atlanta area. Partnered by the Atlanta…
Editor’s Note: Credit for this exceptional piece must go to our partner Charles Judson at CinemATL. If anyone has their…
Last year, Gleb Osatinski’s “The House at the Edge of the Galaxy” was one of my favorite films at the…
Val Lauren and Alicia Minshew star in “Desires of the Heart””Desires of the Heart”Shot on location in Savannah and India,…
Diana Prazak and Lucia Rijker star in “Bittersweet”Motivated by pure ambition and fueled by a fierce desire to win, Diana…
Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner star in “Draft Day”How about a free night out at the movies this Thursday, March…
Ben Rameaka stars in “The Last of the Great Romantics,” winner of theJury Prize for Best Narrative FeatureThis year’s Macon…
By the time the big night rolls around, it always seems like Oscar season has taken an extra long time…
Despite two winter storms forcing the festival to cancel, delay or reschedule several film screenings, the 2014 Atlanta Jewish Film…
An independent short film preparing for a spring shoot in Atlanta is looking for its lead actors!Set in World War…
Short for “Videographer’s Hella-Big Short,” the V.H.S. Film Festival has been giving amateur, aspiring and professional filmmakers a chance to…
Agata Trzebuchowska stars as Ida in “Ida”The 2014 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has drawn to a close, but the films it…
Middle Georgia’s premiere film event gets ready to kick off its ninth year of festivities with film screenings, workshops, celebrity…
10“Frances Ha”Directed by Noah BaumbachReminiscent of some of Woody Allen’s early work, “Frances Ha” is a charming and endlessly surprising…
Sure, we are already into February now. But with years like 2013, it’s never too late to celebrate such high…
The set of “The Cell,” just outside Olivia Morgan Antiques.”Cell,” a thriller adapted from the Stephen King novel, started filming in…
Mohammed Al-Khaldi stars as Ahmed Al Hassama in “God’s Slave”The only problem with “God’s Slave” (released as “Esclavo de Dios”)…
‘Snow Jam 2014’ postponed opening night events until Thursday, but the popular film festival was still kickstarted in style.The beautiful…
Oscar-nominees, Israeli blockbusters, European documentaries and everything in between— Here are 27 films worth checking out at the Southeast’s largest…
“Gravity,” “12 Years a Slave” and the Spike Jonze love story each won three awards; “American Hustle” recognized for Best…
The 9th Annual Macon Film Festival doesn’t start for just under eight weeks, but preparations are well underway in central…
“12 Years a Slave” leads in nominations, but indie films “Upstream Color,” “Short Term 12” and “The Spectacular Now” make…
Ben Stiller stars in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”The not-so-secretly talented Ben Stiller is at it again. “The Secret…
2013 happened to be a very good year for film. Thankfully, whether or not a particular year has been graced…
The Macon Film Festival is getting an early start on its 9th edition. Today, the festival announced its competition lineup…
Geoffrey Rush and Sophie Nélisse star in “The Book Thief””The Book Thief,” director Brian Percival’s first film as a director since…
Atlanta Film Festival director Christopher Escobar interviews Ray McKinnonand the cast of “Rectify” at the 2013 festival.The month-long campaign to…
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler spent much of last summer filming”Blended” near Lake Lanier.It was probably hard to keep track…
The Southeast’s largest film festival is getting ready to blanket the Metro Atlanta area with films for 23 days.Last year’s…
Matthew McConaughey is Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club”“Dallas Buyers Club” is decking the halls with boughs of Oscar buzz.…
As it inches closer to the big 4-0 (the 2014 festival will mark its 38th birthday), the Atlanta Film Festival…
In addition to a host of Georgia-lensed SCAD student work, this year’s Savannah Film Festival screened an assortment of Georgia…
Congratulations to the Macon Film Festival for making MovieMaker Magazine’s Top 25 list of ‘The Coolest Film Festivals in the World.’ The…
Medora, Indiana isn’t small-town America. It’s what’s left of it. Home to fewer than 500…
This Friday night, November 15th, the Homespun Series kicks off with its first ever screening event at The Plaza Theatre…