The Filmland 2024 line-up — held from Aug. 15-18 — includes “Daddio,” “Los Frikis,” “Sing Sing” and more.
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Arkansas-connected filmmakers get a showcase at 2024 Filmland fest
The roster of Arkansas-connected films includes “All Happy Families,” which stars Josh Radnor and was co-written by North Little Rock native Coburn Goss.
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‘Eric LaRue,’ Michael Shannon’s directorial debut, will screen at Filmland
“Eric LaRue” casts Judy Greer in the role of Janice LaRue, a mother trying to make sense of her place in the world and her community after her son shoots and kills three of his high school classmates.
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Jeff Nichols’ new movie, ‘The Bikeriders,’ is coming to Filmland
Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, “The Bikeriders” follows the tumultuous ascent of a fictional ’60s Chicago-area motorcycle gang.
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Filmland: Arkansas gets an early screening this weekend
If there weren’t already enough film events happening in Little Rock this weekend (Kaleidoscope LGBT+ Film Festival as well as a visit from Memphis director Craig Brewer), Arkansas Cinema Society will be showing a selection of movies from their Filmland: Arkansas program on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2 at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
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Iris DeMent, LaToya M. Hobbs, Filmland and more amongst inaugural programming at AMFA
Some of the most enticing offerings include a children’s stage production of Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” on May 8-28; a performance by social justice-minded folk singer Iris DeMent (who spent her wee years in Paragould) on May 25; and an artist talk with Dario Robleto, Alison Elizabeth Taylor and LaToya M. Hobbs (who we recently interviewed about her epic woodcuts).
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AMFA partners with Arkansas Cinema Society and Ballet Arkansas
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) has announced that the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) and Ballet Arkansas will be their “partner companies-in-residence,” along with other yet to be unveiled collaborations that are currently in development.
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Filmland 5 lineup announced, including guests David Arquette and Neil LaBute; films from Sam Mendes, Nikyatu Jusu, Kristian R. Hill
Including Kristian Hill’s “God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines,” a documentary about the young Black artists redefining Detroit’s techno scene; Jack Porter Lofton and Jeffrey Dailey’s “The Vous,” about Memphis barbecue joint The Rendezvous; nine shorts and six student shorts to be screened in person, plus more offerings on a parallel virtual version of the fest.
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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.