“The First Step,” a new documentary about TV personality, author and lawyer Van Jones’ efforts to convince lawmakers to pass criminal justice reform, will screen at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock on Friday.
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A Q&A with 16-year-old North Little Rock filmmaker Corbin Pitts
Pitts’ film “Salad Days” premiered to a sold-out crowd this week, and is available to stream starting today. Here’s how to watch it.
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Arkansas Cinema Society screens ‘The Legend of the Underground’ at Hendrix College
The screening is followed by a Q&A session with the film’s director of photography and co-producer Stephen Bailey, who is a graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service and whose career has included working closely with fellow Arkansas filmmakers Craig and Brent Renaud.
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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ not as inspired as is Chastain’s turn in the spotlight
Chastain’s admiration for her character never waivers, even as we see the older Faye making unsuccessful pitches to C-level TV producers and eating TV dinners by herself with her dog.
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Tammy Faye Bakker’s “radical” sincerity: A Q&A with Jessica Chastain
Chastain came to Filmland to promote “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which she produced, and which is based on a 2000 documentary of the same name.
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An auspicious opening night at Filmland 2021
The good news is that Filmland is back, it’s awesome and it feels safe. The bad news: You’ve missed one of the festival’s greatest film offerings, and possibly the best festival weather.
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Actor Jessica Chastain is bringing new film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” to Little Rock’s Filmland in the Park
Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain is headlining Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland in the Park on Sat. Oct. 2 with her new biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which tells the story of the “rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.”
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Yes, “Minari” really is that beautiful. Here’s how to watch it at home.
The only thing lovelier to us right now than all those vaccine card selfies? Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” a Sundance darling that’s set in rural Northwest Arkansas.
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Arkansas film ‘Minari’ snags 10 Critic’s Choice Awards nominations
Sundance darling “Minari,” set in rural Arkansas, scored 10 nominations from the Critic’s Choice Awards. Arkansas Cinema Society hosts a virtual screening of the film Thursday night.
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Arkansas Cinema Society hires NWA program director; plans to open ACS office in the region
From the Arkansas Cinema Society today comes news that Kody Ford, a Fayetteville resident, UCA/University of Arkansas graduate and founder of The Idle Class magazine, will become ACS’ director of statewide outreach and educational programming/NWA program director.