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NEWS OF ATHENS’ CINEMA SCENE
Triple Helping.of Tough Noir: Turner Classic
Movies' late-September "Salute to Phil
Karlson"—a Friday night triple bill (plus
the early Marilyn Monroe musical Ladies of
the Chorus, which my DVR somehow failed
to capture) of 1950s crime thrillers from the
acclaimed B-mo'de director—was a perfect
illustration of why it's a good idea to supple
ment your 5-for-5 rentals and Netflix queue
management with frequent, thorough scans
of the TV listings. The indispensable Atlanta
cable channel broadcast Scandal Sheet (1952),
The Phenix City Story (1955) and The Brothers
Rico (1957), none of which are available on
DVD but which all offer ample justification
for Karlson's reputation as a master of gritty,
realistic noir. Location shooting and deep,
bustling studio sets lend an air of realism to
Karlson's grim, claustrophobic worlds. The
Schein's film chronicling the efforts of author
Colin Beavan and his family to live for one
year with as little environmental impact as
possible. Friday, Oct. 9 will bring two events
to Cine: a free matinee of Tapped, a doc
about the bottled water industry, and a panel
discussion and reception for The Cove, Louie
Psihoyos' Sundance Audience Award-winning
documentary about... well, dolphins. It's a
complex story that sounds very captivating.
A panel discussion on End of the Line, Rupert
Murphy's documentary about the dire conse
quences of overfishing, will be held Tuesday,
Oct. 13 at Cine, which will also host the
Geodome Film Project Multimedia Event and
Party on Saturday, Oct. 17, with food from
The National and music by Our New Silence.
There's lot's of other stuff happening as well—
the schedule is very full and very complicated,
The EcoFocus Film Festival series continues with a screening and panel discussion of The Cove at Cin£ on Oct. 9.
director shows a keen touch with actors, too,
eliciting a quietly tortured performance from
the often-overwhelming Broderick Crawford
in Scandal Sheet, as well as some painfully
authentic, hard-worn emotions from depend
able non-stars like Richard Kiley [The Phenix
City Story), Richard Conte (The Brothers Rico)
and Kathryn Grant (both). The Brothers Rico
is especially notable for its deceptively open
public spaces, in which it is impossible for
former mob accountant Conte to hide from
the "friendly" strangers and acquaintances
who track his every move as he scurries across
the country trying to save his brothers from
their inevitable doom at the hands of an all
business, all-powerful syndicate. It's one of
the brightest noirs I've seen, with a deeply
paranoid vibe that can't be dispelled by its
tacked-on happy ending. In Karlson's unyield
ing reality, there is no escape for the guilty or
the innocent, and each can expect equally to
be punished.
A EcoFocus Is Underway: The second annual
EcoFocus Film Festival, sponsored by the
Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, began
the weekend of Oct. 2 at Cine with Robert
Stone's documentary Earth Days and Milking
the Rhino, z documentary about wildlife
preservation in Africa directed by David E.
Simpson. Both continue through Thursday,
Oct. 8. This year's festival is spread over the
entire month of October, with events held in
a number of different venues. Wednesday, Oct.
7 is a free screening at the UGA Tate Center
of No Impact Man, Laura Gabbert and Justin
and I've just plugged the "special events"
here. I recommend very highly that you go to
the festival's website, www.ecofocusfilmfest.
org, to straighten out all the details. Cine's
website will help, too: www.athenscine.com.
Last Bits: Be There for Me: Collective Memories
of LGBTQ Youth in High School, a new docu
mentary produced by UGA professors Corey W.
Johnson and Anneliese Singh that addresses
problems of anti-gay discrimination and vio
lence among adolescents and teens, will have
its premiere screening on Thursday, Oct. 8 at
7 p.m. in Room 148 of UGA's Miller Learning
Center. The film, directed by Jyoti and Rishi
Kaneria, was filmed primarily at Athens'
Clarke Central High School... A scheduling
conflict has eliminated the Oct. 8 screening in
the ICE-Vision series at UGA; the next screen
ing will be Victor Erice's mysterious, sublime
1973 Spanish feature The Spirit of the Beehive
on Oct. 15. The series is held Thursday nights
at 8 p.m. in Room S150 of the Lamar Dodd
School of Art... The ACC Library's iFilms
series presents Copyright Criminals, a doc by
Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod
about the legal ramifications of sampling
throughout the history of hip-hop music, on
Oct. 8, and American Farm, James Spione's
film about his family's generations-long strug
gle to maintain their upstate New York farm,
on Oct. 15. All iFilms screenings are Thursdays
at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the main library
at 2025 Baxter St.
Dave Marr film@flagpole.com
A MONTH OF ENTERTAINING
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FILM 1 FESTIVAL
This Week at EcoFocus Film Festival
Feature length dims starting on Friday, October <?th:
All films will run 10/4-10/15 at Cine unless otherwise noted.
Check Flagpole movie schedule bo* and www.ecofoeusfllmfest.org for details about films, schedules, and tickets.
The Cove
The amazing true story of an elite team of activists, filmmakers, and freedhrers who embarked upon a
covert mission to penetrate the chiding reality of Japanese dolphin hunting. Audience Award Winner at
2004 Sundance Film Festival.
Opening night of The Cove, Friday October 4 at 7pm at Cine. Film followed by video message from the film's
star, Ric O’Barry, panel discussion and reception sponsored by The National. Tickets
Tapped
An unfiinchbig examination of the big business of bottled water and a portrait of the lives affected by the
bottled water industry. All screenings of Tapped are free thanks to the Athens-Ciare County Public
Utilities Department.
On Friday October 4th, a special afternoon screening of Tapped with FREE refreshments and giveaways
End of the Line
Imagine a world without fish. End of the Line reveals the impact of overfishing on our oceens and the
profound implications of* future world with no fish.
On Tuesday October 15th, screening of End of the Line with panel discussion. 7:30pm, Cine.
Short Films
Top films from the EcoFocus Environmental Short Film Competition win be shown in three blocks on
Saturday 10/K), Sunday 10/11, end Tuesday 10/13.
Special FREE Sneak Preview of Addicted to Plastic on Campus
A global Journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there
is so much of it.
Free screening on Thursday October 15th at ffpm in the UGA Ecology Building Auditorium. Addicted to
Plastic will also be shown at Cine: 10/23-10/25. All screenings of Addicted to Plastic are FREE thanks to
the Athens-Clarfce County Recycling Division.
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