BY WYATT ALLISON …An honest, beautifully-shot pandemic drama that fulfills a warm craving “Movies are dead,” is one of those common, overly fraught phrases you’ll see nowadays on social media, specifically Twitter/X, that comes in the wake of…
Film Review: ‘The History of Concrete’ – A visual gag of urban existentialism
BY WYATT ALLISON There’s been a select few individuals in the film space who have dedicated themselves to making pieces of art that deal with political and cultural change in the world by creating idiosyncratic and idealist pieces of…
Film Review: ‘Tony’ – A somber, tight-knit anti-biopic of Anthony Bourdain
BY WYATT ALLISON Ever since I sat down to watch this film in late July, I’ve been on a bit of an Anthony Bourdain kick. The short Instagram clips have always been a part of my algorithm – mostly…
August 16-20: KCPL’s Clarence Brown Film Festival
Knoxville’s performing arts scene crossed a threshold in the fall of 1970 when the Clarence Brown Theatre opened as a part of the University of Tennessee’s theatre program. With the subsequent creation of a LORT professional company as resident adjunct…
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,…