Monday, April 30, 2007

Delta Axis for May

Join Delta Axis for contemporary art and film programs this month celebrating Memphis In May. And don’t miss the DADA Ball on May 19th!

Friday, May 4
Elizabeth Alley | Please don’t leave anything behind
Opening reception 6-9 p.m.
Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, 639 Marshall Avenue
Exhibition Dates: May 4-June 9, 2007
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-5 p.m. or by appointment
494-6543 or 679-6837

Alley, the featured painter for the Memphis In May fine art poster, was born in Memphis, TN, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to being an artist, she is Director of Public Art at the UrbanArt Commission and pivot for the Legion of Zoom of the Memphis Roller Derby League. She also sketches, makes lists, reads, shows her paintings regularly at Perry Nicole Fine Art, and most recently created the artwork for the 2007 Memphis in May Fine Art Poster honoring Spain.

Artist Statement
Ordinarily my paintings are informed by the people and places most familiar to me – family and friends, or interesting shadows on old Memphis buildings. For this exhibit I stepped out of my comfort zone to offer viewers an exploration of unfamiliar territory. By depicting the small details and intense colors of a foreign country, and by portraying an audacious segment of society, these paintings feel a little off-balance and suspect. The way I’ve painted them, with acrylic and a little bit of oil on gessoed paper, as opposed to oil on canvas, forced less time and obsession spent on each image, and allows for a focus on the whole, rather than the individual pieces.


Wednesday, May 9
Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club #29
7:30 p.m.
Films from Spain
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson, between Main & Front Streets
Admission is free, donations are recommended
The program features:
With What Shall I Wash it? (¿Con qué la lavaré?) María Trenor, 2003, 11 min
Daybreak in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns a living on the streets makes the trek home, sits down, and begins removing make-up. A celluloid tribute to the homosexual artistes of the late 1970s, just after Franco’s dictatorship. Sundance 2005 and Winner of the Teddy Award Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival.

Natural Route (La Ruta Natural) Àlex Pastor 2004 11 min
One of the most internationally acclaimed Spanish short films of the year, including the best short film award at the Sundance Film Festival and Spanish Academy Award nomination, young Alex Pastor shows us his innovative perspective on time and life. Divad wakes up after an accident to find himself lost. His home, his wife... everything is unknown to him. Maybe the answers he needs lie in the past.

The Fence (El cerco) Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín, 2005, 12 min
The best European short film award at the Berlin Film Festival went to this striking and brutal student thesis. It’s the same gory ritual, every summer. Thousands of migrating tuna fish crowd into the Mediterranean on their way through the Strait of Gibraltar. This films has been the only selected short
film at the Sundance Film Festival 2007.

The Body Against (Contracuerpo) Eduardo Chapero-Jackson 17 min 2005 A young woman obsessed with her image takes a journey into the labyrinth of her own perception, turning her body into a prison for the world to see and living the self-destructive dream of becoming what she is not. This incredible sensitive film premiered at the Venezia International Film Festival, and many more followed to that, proving Eduardo as a Spanish filmmaker to watch.

One Too Many (Eramos Pocos) Borja Cobeaga 2005 16 min
When his wife leaves him, Joaquín turns to his son to help him bring his mother-in-law out of a home to do the housework. This hilarious film has gotten the 2007 Oscar® Nomination by the Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences

Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea) Javier Fesser, 2004, 30 min
As part of a collaborative initiative with Unicef, in which Spain’s most notable filmmakers offer their insight and perspective into the lives and minds of children all over the world, this uplifting episode by the highly acclaimed Fesser (Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure, The Miracle of P. Tinto) takes us to the heart of Africa, where little Binta lives with his intuitive father. This film has received the 2007 Oscar® Nomination by the Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences


Saturday, May 19
DADA Ball 2 | Everyday DADA
7 p.m. – midnight
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson (between Main & Front Streets)
A masquerade fundraising party to support Indie Memphis, Power House & Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts
Featuring art, music, dance, poetry and other performances throughout the evening. Costumes encouraged, but not required. Come show your creative side at DADA Ball 2007!
Tickets available at the door:
$10/person for Delta Axis members, $15/person for non-members
Cash bar


Thursday, May 24th
Artist Studio Visit
Elizabeth Alley
6:00-7:00 p.m.
1894 York Ave.
Free for Delta Axis members, $5 for non-members
The Artist Studio Visit program is designed to introduce the public to artists living and working in Memphis and provides a behind-the-scenes look at their environment, their process, and a preview (in this case, review) of their new work. The program includes a light reception and discussion with the artist in her studio at 1894 York Ave.


Showing Through May 31
Matt Ducklo | Touch Tour Pictures
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson (between Main & Front Streets)
Gallery hours:
Thursday & Friday: 12-6 p.m.
Saturday (extended hours beginning in May) 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 1-6 p.m.


The mission of Delta Axis is to present contemporary art and film and link Memphis with global artistic communities.
Delta Axis receives generous support for Indie Memphis programs from the Greater Memphis Arts Council, Tennessee Arts Commission, the Memphis/Shelby County Film & Television Commission, the Tennessee Film Commission, the Goshorn Fund, and the Hohenberg Foundation.
Support for Power House and Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Hyde Family Foundations, Greater Memphis Arts Council, and Tennessee Arts Commission

Support Delta Axis – become a member!
Members receive free admission to our monthly Artist Studio Visit, a free ticket to a screening at the 10th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival in 2007, and invitations to special parties and events. Membership is $50 for individuals and $75 for couples. For more information call 901.494.6543 or email info@deltaaxis.org.

Last Train To Memphis May schedule

Next month marks one year of LTTM's Shorts Fest, and we have had a wild ride. Did you miss episodes 1-11? Not to worry, you can check them out at the main library. We are slowly but surely burning DVDs of each episode and making them available through the newly created Memphis Film Collection on the fourth floor of the main library. Also check out other films made here in the Mid-South.

This month's edition of the fest includes a wide variety of films. From a fairy tale to another installment of the Necktie Trilogy and ending it all with local speed metal band, Cult of the Flag. Our host for this month is the Man of Memphis and the South, David Tankersley. Be sure to tune in!

Previews:

Trailer for Service With A Smile: Director's Cut. http://www.lasttraintomemphis.com/Service%20With%20a%20Smile.html

The Films:

Cabbie- Directed by Donlee Brussel. http://www.myspace.com/arcmovie

Palsy- another Necktie Adventure directed by C.R. Smithmier. http://www.myspace.com/dstanford

A Look In Her Eyes- A film produced by the University of Memphis in 1997. Directed by Bobby Anderson and featuring J.W. Williams. http://www.myspace.com/jwstcb

Music for ending credits:

My IIII's- Performed by Cult of the Flag. http://www.myspace.com/cultoftheflag

Be sure to look for the BONUS FILMS after the ending credits!

Music Videos by Live From Memphis:

Lucero - Banks of the Arkansas. http://www.livefrommemphis.com/watch/musicvideo/media/Lucero_Arkansas
Reigning Music - Bad Man
http://www.livefrommemphis.com/watch/musicvideo/media/ReigningSound_BadMan

The Times:

Sunday- midnight
Thursday- 2:00 a.m.
Thursday- 10:30 p.m.
Saturday- 1:30 a.m.
Saturday- 11:00 p.m.

For more info or to enter a film, go to www.LastTraintoMemphis.com

Check with the Library Channel web site or our web site for scheduling info. This is a weekly schedule that began April 28th.

Premiere in Gallatin

Premiere of "BUDD" is this week with Jan and Geoff Falk, two stalwarts in our film community:

After humiliating his High School English Class, a psychiatrist must help Budd delve into the past to move into a new future. Starring D. R. Smith, Jesse Moorefield, Geoff Falk, Frank Smith, Jan Falk and Greyson Turner as "Budd." Also featuring Paige Trewhitt as "Dr. Hendrickson", Valri Bromfield as "Mother", Desiree Markella as "Bashran" and Jennifer Wallace as "Sheila"

The Palace Theater, Gallatin, Tennessee, Thursday May 3rd at 7PM

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Agent at Lisa Lax class

Abby from Colors Talent Agency will visit Lisa Lax's acting class this Monday night at 7pm. Scenes will be performed for her.

Lisa says: This is an awesome opportunity for your agent to get to know you better, so I'm thrilled she's coming out. And, for those of you who need an agent she will be looking at you as well.

Please make a reservation for this class.

actlink@aol.com

Monday, April 16, 2007

Grim Sweeper: Got your tix yet?

The Memphis indie film Grim Sweeper will play at Malco's Studio on the Square in Midtown Memphis on Thursday April 19th.

Here's Beifuss on the upcoming screening and a short interview with Edward Valibus Phillips.

This was screened at last year's Indie Memphis Film Festival and the place was packed. It's a highly entertaining feature by a group of University of Memphis grads and well worth your time. And I'm not saying this just because I'm in it.


There will be TWO screenings that night.

1st Screening at 7:10 PM

2nd Screening at 9:35 PM

Tickets are $6

Open casting call

This info was passed along -- I have no further info:

Feature Film: "LiL Homeez" 2 (Summer Vacation)


Casting Call For: Kids,Teens and Adults

When: Saturday April 28th 2007

Where: Peabody Hotel - 149 Union Ave. Memphis, Tenn.

Time: 12 noon to 2pm

Bring: Any photo of yourself

WWW.LILHOMEEZ.COM

Tim Greene will also be holding filmmaking workshops as part of the Memphis Black Writers Conference and Southern Film Festival:
For workshop information call The MBWC at (901) 281-6157/392-0632
THURSDAY April 26, 2007 9:00 am - 12 noon
Location: Muvico 22 Theater- Peabody Entertainment Center 150 Peabody Place
(Grades 1-6)
FRIDAY April 27, 2007 9:00 am - 12 noon Location: Muvico 22 Theater- Peabody Entertainment Center 150 Peabody Place
(Grades 7-12)

Tim will also screen 73 year old "Rappin Granny's" award winning parody Ya Grandma's A Gangsta. Granny received over 24 million votes on "America's Got Talent" TV Show . Tim Greene produced the parody film.

Highland - Walker Spring Fest

The 2007 Highland - Walker Spring Fest is closing Walker Street for the 3rd year this Saturday (April 21). The Festival will have 8 Live Bands on the Main Stage. The free, open to the public event starts @ noon and goes till 11 pm. University District local businesses invite you to show your True Blue, Tiger Spirit, come enjoy lunch and dinner in our district restaurants and, browse our local shops. Special events will be scheduled through out the day so, bring your family and friends.

For details, go here.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Acting classes sponsored by Colors

BASIC ACTING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
SPONSORED BY
C O L O R S A G E N C Y


TUESDAY NIGHTS
6pm-9pm
2509 Harvard St.

Ages 16+
5 Min/20 Max


PAYMENT INFO AND DEADLINES:

CLASS FEE
$35 per night
due by Monday at Noon before Tuesday class

SEMESTER FEE
$385 for 12 week semester (Guest speaker no charge)
due no later than Wednesday, April 25, 2007


Cash and check only.
Checks made payable to Colors Agency

PLEASE CALL
901-726-9300 or email abby@...
for information, to make class reservations, and to get location information



Week 1
May1 AUDITIONING WITH A FOCUS ON ETIQUETTE
Basic audition techniques concentrating on communicating and
interviewing with agents, casting director's and director's and general
preparation.

Week 2
May 8 AUDITIONING WITH A FOCUS ON COLD READS
Basic audition techniques concentrating on interpreting and delivering
in a short period of time.

Week 3
May 15 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COMMERCIALS
Learning techniques to make yourself stand out when auditioning for
television commercials and basic information involved when hired.

Week 4
May 22 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CORPORATE FILMS
Learning techniques to make yourself stand out when auditioning for
corporate films and basic information involved when hired.

Week 5
May 29 TELEPROMPTER AND EARPROMPTER
Learn fundamentals using a teleprompter and earprompter

Week 6
June 5 IMPROV
Strengthen improv skills and learn to use them in a scene or audition

Week 7
June 12 COMBAT
Learn fundamental combat skills including basic hits and falls

Week 8
June 19 SCENE STUDY-SCRIPT ANALYSIS
Learn how to break down a script to enhance auditions and
scenes

Week 9
June 26 SCENE STUDY-COMEDY
Learn fundamental comedy technique

*July 4th falls on a Wed so no class that week

Week 10
July 10 SCENE STUDY-IMPROV
Use improv skills as applied to scene work

Week 11
July 17 SCENE STUDY-DRAMATIC
Learn fundamental dramatic technique with an emphasis on
crying on cue

Week 12
July 24 GUEST SPEAKER
Interview with guest to be determined


INSTRUCTOR'S
Abby Elzemeyer studied acting at Interlochen Arts Academy and NYU focusing on
the
Meisner technique.
Phil Darius Wallace recently returned from LA with 20+ years acting experience.
Currently
producing and directing independent films.
Combat and Prompter class instructor's to be announced.

Casting call repost

CASTING CALL for independent movie being shot in and around the
Memphis area. All ages needed.

For anyone who submitted info before April 1st, would you please
call me. My computer caught a virus and I lost the March material.

Open auditions to be held at the Germantown Community Theatre, 3037
Forest Hill Irene, G'town, Saturday April 14th and Sunday April 15th
noon-5pm. Call backs April 16 & 17. Note: GCT is not affiliated
with the production. They are only kind enough to let us use their
space.

Appointments for auditions on April 14-15th are available between
noon and 2pm. Call Jo Galiata (901) 482-1726 to schedule. Open
call is at 2pm-5pm.

CHANGE: Children's auditions will be on APRIL 23rd from 4-8pm with
appointments available from 4-6pm. Appointments are highly
encouraged.

Due to budget constraints, this will not be a paying job, although
full consideration will be given in the credits.

SYNOPSIS: A family man loses everything after the brutal murder of
his wife. He begins abusing alcohol and prescription drugs and
slowly self-destructs and he begins hallucinating and witnessing
bizare murders. He struggles to pull himself together and learns
the awful truth about his life.

Parts being Cast:


Allen Clay mid 30's, husband and writer
Joyse Clay mid 30's, wife and mother
Chris Clay 6-12, girl/boy Allen and Joyce's child
David Nichols mid 30's, husband and father-Allen's sarcastic friend
Lacy Nichols mid 30's, David's wife, Lacy's friend
Nat Nichols 6-12, girl/boy, David and Lacy's child, Chris's friend
Car Dealer any age, sleazy we-tote-the-note manager
Landlady mid 50's+, crass slumlord
Evan mid 40-60's, nepotisstic warehouse janitor
Keith mid 20-30's, Evan's lazy nephew
Cheating Busines man
mid 30-40's
Secretary mid 20's, sarcastic and aloof
Ellen mid 40's+
Ray mid 20's, landlady's son

There are also several minimal speaking and non speaking parts
availabe. Also, many extras are needed.

Contact Jo Galiata for further information: 482-1726

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

"Other Way Round" screening

Brian Pera's "Other Way Round" is finished and will be showing for the cast and crew and assorted friends on Wednesday, April 25th, at 9 p.m. at Studio on the Square. If you can, and would like to bring friends, I'll need to know how many people you'll be bringing, so I can plan accordingly.

There will be a 7 o'clock showing advertised for the larger public, so please don't get that confused with the cast and crew showing at 9.

'Nobody' screening this Thursday @ Brooks

The excellent documentary "Nobody" is being screened Thursday at the Brooks museum as part of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

The festival is also Sunday April 15th at 9:15 a.m. in Durham, N.C. The New York Times and indieWIRE call Full Frame, "The premier documentary film festival in the United States."


Nobody is one of 10 films selected for the Full Frame/ Emerging Pictures theatrical digital extension which happens around the country April 12th - 15th. Below are the times and locations where Nobody is scheduled to play so far.


There will be an Audience Award given to one of the ten films. Alan Spearman and Lance Murphey would greatly appreciate your vote for Nobody as favorite film.

Full Frame / Emerging Pictures Digital Extension-Nobody screening times

**Memphis TN: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Thursday 4/12 @ 7pm**

-Martha’s Vineyard MA: Capawock Theatre, Sunday 4/15 @ 4pm
-Hudson NY: Time & Space Limited, Sunday 4/15 @ 2pm
-Scranton PA: Endless Mountains Theatre, Sunday 4/15 @ 11:45am and 6p.m.
-Wilmington DE: Theatre N at Nemours, Saturday, 4/14 @ 4pm
-Fort Lauderdale FL: Cinema Paradiso, Saturday, 4/14 @ 5pm
-Lake Worth FL: Lake Worth Playhouse, Saturday, 4/14 @ 4pm
-Key West FL: Tropic Cinema, Thursday 4/12 @ 8pm

Spread the word about it to as many people as possible. Please feel free to pass this information onto any organizations, churches, interested groups and urge your friends that live in the cities where Nobody will be screened to attend the digital extension.

Learn more about the Full Frame Film Festival at http://www.fullframefest.org/

Monday, April 09, 2007

Delta Axis for April: come visit

Here's info on events this month presented by Delta Axis. This organization has brought cutting edge art and film to town and we're all better for it. Check out its site, join up and drink it in.

And I'm not saying this just because you can get a tour of my wife's studio (April 26, see below).



Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club #28
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson (between Main & Front Streets)
Free Admission, Donations Recommended
Selections from the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

* Phone Call From An Imaginary Girlfriend: Ankara and
* Phone Call From An Imaginary Girlfriend: Istanbul
o Don McKellar, 2 minutes each
* Man Feel Pain
o 2004, Dylan Akio Smith, 11 minutes
* Ryan
o 2004, Chris Landreth, 14 minutes
* Why the Anderson Children Didn’t Come to Dinner
o 2003, Jamie Travis, 17 minutes
* Unwritten
o 2005, Kaare Andrews, 10 minutes
* At the Quinte Hotel
o 2005, Bruce Alcock, 4 minutes
* Desastre
o 2004, Jay Field, 23 minutes



Friday, April 13
Matt Ducklo | Touch Tour Pictures
Opening reception 6-8 p.m.
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson (between Main & Front Streets)
Exhibition Dates: April 13-May 31, 2007
Power House Memphis is pleased to announce an exhibition of six new works by Matt Ducklo. He is a photographer who captures a moment that is usually staged but in reality is an unusual element of an American institution: from the presentation of the news in TV studios to a new series of works that explore the "Touch Tour" - blind people touching works of art in museums. In these new works his subject is the blind experiencing sculpture by touch. Looking at somebody experiencing something with a different sensibility, the photographs contemplate people, "in the act of seeing." This series includes photographs made in the Metropolitan Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC and for the Power House Memphis a commission to make new photographs at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Ducklo is a native Memphian, this will be his first solo exhibition in Tennessee. Matt Ducklo received a MA from the University of Tennessee in 1996; and his MFA in photography from Yale University in 1999. He currently lives and works in Queens, NY.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I am interested in communication and what can be known by looking and how touching can function as seeing. This project is about the limitations of art. A lot of my business in New York City is done in the area around 23rd street and Sixth Avenue. I buy film on 18th Street and have it processed on 22nd Street. I rent equipment on 21st and I print on 27th. I began to notice a lot of blind people in the neighborhood before I realized that the Associated Blind Housing is located on 23rd between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. I don't recall ever encountering a blind person growing up in Memphis. I wondered if Manhattan was probably the best place in the United States for a blind person to live in part because most of the city is on the grid and public transportation is common and accessible. About the time I noticed the Associated Blind, I was making pictures of local newscasters that were related to the sides of buses and the idea of looking for information. I began thinking of other kinds of ways to lead and I found myself making pictures of seeing-eye dogs and their owners, which lead to this current body of work.


Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
Net Impact presents a special film screening
Iraq for Sale
Power House, 45 G.E. Patterson (between Main & Front Streets)
The mission of Memphis Net Impact is to strengthen the network of professionals in the Memphis area who use the power of business to create a better world through targeted social, intellectual, and professional activities.
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of corporate greed in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private security companies making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so. RSVP required to rsvp@memphisnetimpact.org.


Thursday, April 26th from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Artist Studio Visit
Maritza Davila
3233 Waynoka Cir.
Free for Delta Axis members, $5 for non-members
The Artist Studio Visit includes a light reception and discussion with the artist, Maritza Davila, in her studio.

Maritza Davila is Professor of Fine Arts at the Memphis College of Art. For the past 24 years she has taught drawing and printmaking. Davila has exhibited around the world and has works in collections in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. She has received awards in the U.S., Puerto Rico and France.

ARTIST STATEMENT
The thread that runs through my work is the collection of experiences that, through blood and culture, make me who I am. My work reflects these histories and choices bound up in the qualities of my essential self. I use frames within frames, house shapes, arches, doorways, lace patterns and the landscape as metaphors for home and the journeys in life related to ancestry, memories, family, politics and the spiritual. I interpret these elements using diverse print techniques and in a variety of media. These expressions lend themselves especially well to original multiples, which are inherently flexible and well suited to propagating my ideas. In artwork that celebrates the past, creates in the present and records for the future, time thus becomes the element that binds medium and concept.


Showing Through April 28
Paul Behnke | Sallynoggin Drawings and
Dwayne Butcher | Art Made With a Ring
Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts
639 Marshall Avenue
Gallery hours: Saturday 1-5 p.m. or by appointment


Coming in May:
DADA Ball 2007 | Everyday DADA
A masquerade fundraising party to support Indie Memphis, Power House & Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts
Saturday, May 19, 7 p.m. – midnight at Power House
Featuring art, music, dance, poetry and other performances throughout the evening. Costumes encouraged, but not required.
Come show your creative side at DADA Ball 2007!
Tickets available at the door: $10/person for Delta Axis members, $15/person for non-members
Cash bar

The mission of Delta Axis is to present contemporary art and film and link Memphis with global artistic communities.

'Grim Sweeper' on April 19

The Memphis indie film Grim Sweeper will play at Malco's Studio on the Square in Midtown Memphis on Thursday April 19th.

This was screened at last year's Indie Memphis Film Festival and the place was packed. It's a highly entertaining feature by a group of University of Memphis grads and well worth your time. And I'm not saying this just because I'm in it.


There will be TWO screenings that night.


1st Screening at 7:10 PM

2nd Screening at 9:35 PM

Tickets are $6 and are sure to go fast so make sure you buy them in time. We will be handling ticket sales ourselves so do not contact Malco about advance ticket sales. You can however email us at grimsweeper@gmail.com about buying advance tickets.

Collectible limited edition Grim Sweeper t-shirts will also be on sale for $10! All the cool kids have em! You should too! Proceeds will help fund Corduroy Wednesday's latest film project. (If ya buy a shirt, I'll let you in on the goods about the next film!)

See ya Thursday April 19th and spread the word loyal Sweepers!!!

Blood, brain, guts, and stains, and even a little bit of skull, the police and coroner have come and gone but who's going to clean up this mess? Grim Sweeper, that's who.

Hal Ridley and Rod Azner are the guys that do the dirty work. They make those stubborn bloodstains disappear. They pick up every piece of mangled flesh, bloodied organ, and shattered bone. You wouldn't even know a triple homicide took place after these guys get done. Day in and day out Hal & Rod face grieving families, disgusting locations, and awkward scenarios. One day the boys are called to clean up a shotgun suicide. Hal meets the victim's sister, Leslie Howard, and the two start dating. But can love really be found in the aftermath of death?

Enjoy the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3duF7RoV4Y

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival @ Brooks

April 12 - 15
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Purchase your film pass online
Brooks members: $28 for a festival pass
(8 films total) or $4 per film
Non-members: $35 for a festival pass or $5 per film
Recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by The New York Times, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film. Many of the films shown at the festival have gone on to be Academy Award nominees and winners. Dorothy K. Hohenberg Auditorium

Thursday, April 12
- Nobody, 7 pm (Local: Memphis filmmakers Lance Murphey and Alan Spearman won the best narrative feature award at the 2006 Indie Memphis Film Festival for this bold, innovative film about one vagabond spirit who finds the Mississippi River a salvation.)
- The Hands of Che Guevara, 8:30 pm

Saturday, April 14

- Welcome to Nollywood, 12 pm
- Angels in the Dust, 1:30 pm
- Uganda Rising, 3:30 pm

Sunday, April 15
- Knee Deep, 12 pm
- Seeing Sally: A Psychic’s Tale, 1:30 pm
- Revolution ‘67, 3:30 pm

For film descriptions click here

TiVo time: LTTM schedule for April

This month's edition of the fest includes everything from premiers to vintage indie films, plus a trailer for the soon to be released feature film, Curbside Confessions! Our host for this month is J. Lazarus Hawk; the filmmaker who directed the multi-award winning, Craig Brewer produced, Morning Ritual.

Previews:

Trailer for Curbside Confessions, a Cowboy Up Production. http://www.cowboy-upproductions.com/
Trailer for Divine Manipulation of the Threads, a Rusted Sun Film. www.RustedSunFilms.com


The Films:

Cherry Blossom- Produced by Cowboy Up Productions and directed by Arnold Edwards II. A film about how all men live by an unwritten code. The specifics of that code will differ from man to man, but the basic remains the same. http://www.cowboy-upproductions.com/

Kiss Off- directed by David Liban and produced by the University of Memphis in 1998, Kiss Off was the first project of its kind done at the university. It went on to win the Bronze Award, at the Worldfest Flagstaff- in the Performing Arts/Film/Video category. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=153780290

In An Instant- directed by Arnita Williams and produced by Be About It pictures, IN AN INSTANT tells the story of a close knit family as they all become suspects in the mysterious death of a twin sister's pro-ball playing husband. www.ArnitaWilliams.com www.MySpace.com/Arnita

Music for ending credits:

Save Our Soul- Performed by FreeWorld featuring the voice of James Govan. www.listen.to/freeworld.net

Be sure to look for the BONUS FILMS after the ending credits!

A preview trailer of Sharon Jones's art show, A MASQUERADE, at "TEAR IT UP", right beside/behind CELTIC CROSSING. It is scheduled to be on display thru the month of April. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=26026642

The Times:

Sunday- midnight
Thursday- 2:00 a.m.
Thursday- 10:30 p.m.
Saturday- 1:30 a.m.
Saturday- 11:00 p.m.

For more info or to enter a film, go to www.LastTraintoMemphis.com

Check with the Library Channel web site or our web site for scheduling info. This is a weekly schedule that will begin on March 31st.