BY ANDREW SWAFFORD When I began wading into the waters of ambient music, one of the first artists I encountered was Fennesz. I listened to his 2004 album Venice – or I should say, I listened to the beginning…
Big Ears 2020 Film Lineup: Rare Experiments from International Auteurs
BIG EARS FESTIVAL 2020 ANNOUNCES FULL FILM LINEUP • Curated by The Public Cinema • • STANDARD DEFINITION, a program of artist cinema from the early digital-video era • Visiting artists JESSICA SARAH RINLAND and LILY KEBER • STEREO VISIONS,…
The Public Cinema at Central Cinema: ‘Varda by Agnès’
By Andrew Swafford 2019 was a quiet year for The Public Cinema, Knoxville’s free-admission, venue-hopping “microcinema.” They screened one new release in April—Christian Petzold's Transit; one classic film in September—Barbara Loden's Wanda; and a series of installation pieces throughout…
Interview with ‘Light From Light’ Director Paul Harrill
By Andrew Swafford Light From Light, opening December 6th at Central Cinema, is the second feature film from Knoxville filmmaker Paul Harrill. In addition to his work making films, Harrill also works as a professor of Cinema Studies at…
A Look Back: Central Cinema’s First Year of Adventurous Programming
Central Cinema celebrates their first anniversary this August, and aside from a few film recommendations here and there, we at Arts Knoxville haven’t covered their programming all that much since interviewing the founders ahead of opening night. But how could we? There’s always so much of it.
Arts Knoxville would like to take the theater’s anniversary as an opportunity to highlight some of the most adventurous programming that Central Cinema has offered to local audiences over the past year.
Downtown West Offers Rare Screening of Surreal Chinese Noir ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’
By Andrew Swafford There are a lot of titles vying for your attention at the movies right now – many of them deserving. At just about every multiplex, there’s Olivia Wilde’s immediately beloved coming-of-age comedy Booksmart, as well as the…
Bigger Than Big Ears: Public Cinema’s Month-Long Installation Program
By Andrew Swafford If Arts Knoxville’s film coverage has been a little quiet over the past couple months, it’s partly due to the fact that Public Cinema has been practically radio silent. After programming extensive slates of three-dimensional cinema…
Preview: Central Cinema Presents Their First Celluloid Feature With ‘Out of the Past’ in 16mm
By Andrew Swafford NOIRVEMBER is coming to a close at Central Cinema — and Knoxville’s newly opened indie theater is ending with a special presentation of Out of the Past projected in 16mm. When Arts Knoxville interviewed Central Cinema co-founders…
Exclusive Preview: ‘A 1928 Night at the Movies’ – A Celebration of the Tennessee Theatre’s 90th Anniversary
By Andrew Swafford The historic Tennessee Theater is having its 90th anniversary this year, and it will be celebrating by becoming something of a time machine. This coming Monday, October 1st, the Tennessee Theater will host a one-time-only event…
Central Cinema: Q&A with founders William Mahaffey and Nick Huinker
By Andrew Swafford After a lengthy process of fundraising and volunteer construction, Central Cinema has officially announced its opening festivities. Self-described as “a community movie house located in the heart of North Knoxville’s Happy Holler neighborhood”, the theater will be hosting a First…
