![]() Most notable filmmakers, from Steven Spielberg to Memphis' own Craig Brewer (whose debut feature, "The Poor & Hungry," encores at the festival), cut their teeth on shorts, so it's possible an influential image-maker of tomorrow is among the Hometowners of today. For especially personal, unusual and even experimental work, check out the various programs devoted to "Hometowner" shorts subcategories include documentary, music video and "After Dark" (weird and scary). ![]() The Z-Bo, Mule Deer and Rendezvous documentaries mentioned above are just three of the many feature and short films that belong to the festival's unique "Hometowner" category, devoted to work created in the Memphis area, generally by Memphis-area filmmakers. Mule Deer himself is scheduled to join the filmmakers for the post-movie Q&A. ![]() #MOVIE SCREEN CURTAIN MOVIE#A real winner, this is one movie by Memphians that is likely to have a healthy festival run and a long streaming-service shelf life. Apparently, Mule Deer is so highly regarded by his peers that nobody said no to Shannon: Onscreen interviewees include David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno meanwhile, the director's offscreen collaborators represent a who's who of longtime local filmmaking talent, including editor Edward Valibus and co-producer Billie Worley. ![]() Shannon's documentary offers an in-depth look at the struggles, triumphs and non sequiturs of the pride of Spearfish, South Dakota, workaholic comedian and former cocaine addict Gary Mule Deer, the once surreal Smothers Brothers associate and Steve Martin roommate who now golfs with Alice Cooper and Johnny Mathis and warms up the crowd at the Grand Ole Opry. 'Show Business Is My Life - But I Can't Prove It' Generally, an online "ticket" provides access to a film for several days. Virtual festivalĭon't forget, if you can't make it to the festival in person or if you remain wary of crowds or enclosed indoor spaces due to COVID-19, multiple films are available for viewing online. Perhaps the most high-profile film at the festival, this semi-autobiographical drama from esteemed writer-director James Gray ("The Immigrant," "The Lost City of Z") brings together Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain - who is cast as Donald Trump's sister, Maryanne. The Grizzlies' regular season starts the same day as the film festival, so it's appropriate that Indie Memphis hosts Michael Blevins' documentary look at 6-9, 250-pound Grizzlies power forward Zach "Z-Bo" Randolph, a once unruly player whose no-bluff attitude him a hero in his new Bluff City hometown. Pouty, zany and exuberant, the two actresses come across like behind-the-Iron Curtain predecessors to "Laugh-In"-era Goldie Hawn. ![]() In making a list of my top 10 movies of all time, I'd have to at least consider this 1966 gem of the Czech "New Wave," newly re-polished (remastered), the better to illuminate the anarchistic antics, surreal flights of fancy, lepidopteral peek-a-boo and skewering of buffoonish male arrogance put on display here by director Věra Chytilová and her twin "daisies," Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová. Movie news: 'Priscilla': Presley movie to be made by Sofia Coppola 7. Memphis authors: 'Black Panther': Memphis writer pens new 'Panther's Rage' adventure for Marvel Boasting a 100 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a triumphant festival run with stops in Venice, Toronto and New York, director Alice Diop's immigration courtroom drama - France's entry for this year's Academy Award for Best International Film - may be the most highly regarded art/foreign-language film at this year's Indie Memphis. ![]()
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