Some news and notes from around the world of local film:
Winter’s Bone Sticks Around: A lot of the time platform release films — indies, docs, foreign flicks, etc. — come and go so fast for their local runs that it can be hard for some interested filmgoers to find the time to see them. Not so Winter’s Bone, the Ozarks-set 2010 Sundance winner that opened at Malco’s Ridgeway Four on Friday, July 16th and begins the seventh week of its run today. Winter’s Bone might be my favorite film of 2010 so far, an appreciation that comes through in my initial review of the film. I’m thrilled it’s stuck around so long, but the run can’t last much longer, so if you haven’t seen it yet, do yourself a favor this week.
Here’s the film’s trailer:
Indie Memphis News: The Indie Memphis Film Festival is scaling back its length this year, its 13th festival running over a long weekend October 21st-24th. But it’s expanding its geographic footprint. In addition to its central home at Studio on the Square and satellite location at the Brooks Museum of Art, Indie Memphis recently announced it would be adding festival programming at the new Playhouse on the Square, within the same few-block radius of Studio and the Brooks, at Union and Cooper. The Playhouse’s 348-seat auditorium will be used for screenings and the venue will also be used for festival workshops, panels, and the “Festival Café,” which will host live music throughout the festival. The combination of the compressed weekend schedule and expanded but very manageable festival layout (especially if the Hi-Tone Café remains as a post-screening party site) should make Indie Memphis an even livelier affair than it already is.
