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…
Saoirse Ronan stars in “How I Live Now””How I Live Now” is prolific filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s latest film, adapted from a…
Paramount Pictures has released four new character themed posters for “Anchorman: The Legend Continues.” Featuring the franchise’s four main stars—Will…
Domhnall Gleeson and Bill Nighy star in “About Time”Tonight’s mystery Director’s Choice screening at the Savannah Film Festival was truly…
SCAD brought quite the party to Broughton Street for the opening night ofthe 16th annual Savannah Film Festival.Celebrating its Sweet Sixteen…
An annual tradition here at the Savannah Film Festival is a mid-week mystery screening, the Director’s Choice. No announcement is made,…
Pinewood Atlanta Studios as of October 2013.Photo: Pinewood Atlanta StudiosIn April 2013, The Pinewood Group announced plans to break ground…
Ben Affleck to film his next project in GeorgiaAlthough Ben Affleck’s first followups to his Best Picture Oscar-winner “Argo” have…
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels filming “Dumb and Dumber To” atGlover Park in the Marietta SquareThe Farrelly Brothers’ “Dumb and…
Now in its 16th year, the Savannah Film Festival is a distinguished, star-studded jewel on Georgia’s film festival crown. Over…
“THE ODDS ARE NEVER IN OUR FAVOR,” a remnant from the set of”The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in Southwest AtlantaIt…
Jeremy Irons will be a featured guest at this year’s Savannah Film FestivalJeremy Irons has been announced as a special…
The 2013 Savannah Film Festival honorees (from left):Alexander Payne, Natalie Dormer, Terence StampLater this month, the Savannah Film Festival will…
Jennifer Lawrence, Jason Momoa and Jim Carrey are all hard at work on Georgia sets.Leading up to next month’s release…
Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman star in “Prisoners”If 2012 was a banner year for film production in Georgia, 2013 has…
The lineup for this year’s Savannah Film Festival was released this week, revealing an expanded selection for the 16th year…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson star in “Don Jon”For all three of you itching for an “Angels in the Outfield”…
Editor’s Note: Today marks a special occasion for me. I first put a bug in the ear of Lucy Doughty…
A crowd forms outside the DeSoto Theatre for RIFF’s closing night film,”The 25,000 Mile Love Story”The 10th annual Rome International…
P.J. Boudousqué stars in “Coldwater”Since its SXSW premiere, Vincent Grashaw’s “Coldwater” has embarked on a successful festival run, leading up…
Marc Halberstadt and Nathan Blindman appear in “CowJews and Indians”“CowJews and Indians,” as its massive title might suggest, is interesting…
Carol Collier and Phelim McAleer appear in “FrackNation”“FrackNation” is a feature documentary from directors Phelim McAleer, Ann McElhinney and Magdalena…
Bruce Dern and Will Forte star in “Nebraska”The 16th annual Savannah Film Festival has announced Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” as its…
Naomi Watts, James Frecheville, Robin Wright and Xavier Samuel in “Adore”“Adore,” premiering at Sundance with its original title “Two Mothers,”…
The marquee at the DeSoto Theatre during last year’s festivities.Now in its tenth year, the Rome International Film Festival has…
Ryan Jones stars in “Hide Your Smiling Faces”Having heard great things out of Berlinale and Tribeca, Daniel Patrick Carbone’s “Hide…
Starting today, September 1st, at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, you can catch twelve different films from Woody Allen over…
By this time next week, the 10th annual Rome International Film Festival will be underway in Northwest Georgia’s signature city.…
Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker star in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” has a lot going for it.…
Base camp at the Atlanta Civic Center. Photo: @”Kill the Messenger” wraps production this week, but has spent the last several…
A throng of film fans and cat ladies gathers outside Birmingham’s famed Alabama Theatre.Though my father hails from Alabama, my…
After filming in Atlanta last spring and premiering at Sundance this past winter, we’ve waited a while to hear what…
With Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” continuing to expand in theaters across the country, more and more people have been knocked…
Period cars parked on set at Red Top Mountain State Park.Photo: Skip Hammerman”Kill the Messenger” is the latest high profile…
Alan Rickman and company star in “CBGB”One of the more non-traditional Georgia productions of the last year is writer-director-producer Randall…
I’ve spent plenty of time over the last two years talking about Georgia’s film festival circuit, which is much more…
Editor’s Note: I am pleased to introduce a new member of the Reel Georgia team, Christo Stevens. It will be…
Campbell Scott and James Cromwell star in “Still Mine””Still Mine” has been on my radar since premiering in Toronto last…
“Prisoners,” directed by Denis Villeneuve (“Incendies”) and written by Aaron Guzikowski (“Contraband”), is the latest Georgia-lensed production to release a…
Paul Rudd.Photo: Skip HammermanAs more stars pop up in Atlanta to film scenes for “Anchorman: The Legend Continues,” you can…
Will Ferrell on the set of “Anchorman: The Legend Continues” atWoodruff Park in Atlanta. Photo: Skip HammermanMaking use of Georgia’s incredible…
Harrison Ford and Nicole Beharie star in “42”Sharing movie houses with expanding arthouse hits like “The Place Beyond the Pines,”…
Colin Farrell, Jon Hamm and Nicole Kidman have all found work in Atlanta this spring.It is certainly no secret that…
Lesley Warren and Cooper Guy star in “Blood of Man”Right from the film’s first frame, as an angry mother washes…
Maria Decotis stars in “euphonia”Perhaps the best example of experimental film out of the 2013 Atlanta Film Festival is “euphonia.”…
Triple Horse Studios has announced plans to build a $100 million movie studio in Covington. The county seat of Newton…
Surya and Rocky Braat star in “Blood Brother”The Atlanta Film Festival has finally announced the Audience Award winning films and…
For nearly a decade, MovieMaker Magazine has been releasing an annual list of the top film festivals worth the prize…
After “Identity Thief” debuted to huge numbers, despite a critical mauling, “42” marks the next Georgia film release this year…
“No Place on Earth” closed out the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival back in February. Janet Tobias’ stirring documentary on a…
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Audience Award winning films will receive encore screenings on April 21st. Georgia Theatre Company at…
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s game-changing adventure film “Jurassic Park,” Universal Studios is re-releasing the film in…
James Ponsoldt walks the red carpet at theAtlanta Film Festival for his film,”The Spectacular Now”In the past two years, James Ponsoldt…
Deragh Campbell stars in Best Narrative Feature award winner,”I Used To Be Darker”Though I’m a bit behind in my ATLFF…
Medient Studios Inc. has announced plans for a 1,500 acre movie studio near Savannah. The company is billing the project…
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More of a showcase for Georgia cinema than ever before, this year’s Atlanta Film Festival is filled to the brim…
Writer-director Andrew Robertson’s feature narrative debut is “The Mansion,” a post-apocalyptic thriller in the same vein as “The Road.” Zombies…
The cast of “Need for Speed” clockwise from top left: Aaron Paul, Dakota Johnson,Ramon Rodriguez, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Imogen…
Tye Sheridan, Matthew McConaughey and Jacob Lofland star in “Mud”Filmmaker Jeff Nichols has made a name for himself crafting nuanced…
Grayson Sides stars in “The House at the Edge of the Galaxy”Although feature films garner most of the attention here,…
From left: Ray McKinnon, Abigail Spencer, James Ponsoldt and Joseph Morganare all set to walk the red carpet at various…
Tina Meier is featured in “Submit the Documentary”As the world bemoans the death of originality– complaining that the entertainment industry…
At nearly 40 years old (37, to be exact), the Atlanta Film Festival has earned the distinction of Georgia’s foremost…
Robinne Lee and Sam Jaeger star in “Miss Dial””Miss Dial” had its world premiere at the Macon Film Festival leading…
The famed Plaza Theatre, home of this year’s Atlanta Film Festival.(Image from www.plazatlanta.com)Only nine more days until Georgia’s signature film…
Clockwise from top left: “AKA Blondie,” “Six Million and One,””Code of the West,” “Death of a Cemetery”For the first time at…
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” doesn’t come out until November 22nd, but the Georgia-filmed blockbuster-in-waiting is kicking its promotional campaign…
Shannon Harper stars in “Welcome to Pine Hill”From the first moment we hear the crickets chirp in the overgrown shrubs…
The Cox Capitol Theatre marquee.The 8th annual Macon Film Festival wrapped up a couple of weeks ago and while I…
“Anchorman: The Legend Continues” is about to begin filming in Atlanta. Director Adam McKay’s sequel stars Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Steve…
The “Videographer’s Hella-Big Show” puts on a quarterly film festival showcasing local, independent short films in Athens. The next event…
Last September, “La Source” struck a cord with me at the Rome International Film Festival. The impressive documentary, centered around…
Dean Tardioli stars in “The Suicide Kid”I haven’t embarked on my filmmaking journey yet, but I can imagine one of…
McCaleb Burnett and Cassandra Freeman star in “How We Got Away With It”You never know what you are going to…
Christopher Denham, Clea DuVall, Kerry Bishé, Rory Cochrane, Ben Affleck,Tate Donovan and Scoot McNairy star in “Argo”Here it comes! This…
The 85th Academy Awards are this Sunday and though you’ve already seen my top 20 films of 2012, I also…
Contrasting portraits of the Big Easy; “Tchoupitoulas” (top)and “The Man Who Ate New Orleans” (bottom)Aside from both being gritty, distinctly…
The 13th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival came to an end last night as the documentary “No Place On Earth”…
Saskia Rosendahl stars in “Lore”Nele Trebs, one of the young stars of “Lore,” was on hand for the film’s east…
Pamela Bowen stars in “Shoot the Moon,” a big winner in MaconThere’s still one day to go here at the…
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller star in “The Spectacular Now”The Atlanta Film Festival will officially announce its lineup any moment…
Shot in Atlanta late last summer, “The Internship” stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as a couple of salesmen turned…
The Atlanta Film Festival has been slowly releasing a few titles at a time, but won’t officially announce the lineup…