Reel Georgia is now part of Georgia Film News. Reel Georgia was founded in 2011 by Cameron McAllister as a leading outlet for film professionals covering festivals, movies and news. Cameron is Vice President of Content and Special Projects for Georgia Film News. Cameron @ GeorgiaFilmNews.com.
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“The Women’s Balcony” – Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Review (4 of 5 Stars)
If this were the only film that I were to see in this year’s Atlanta Jewish Film Festival lineup (and at this point, it is), I would consider the 2017 AJFF a smashing success.
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#GAfilm Review: “Fist Fight” (3.5 of 5 Stars)
The new film starring Charlie Day and Ice Cube does just that. It pits the aptly named Strickland, Cube, against the passive Campbell, Day.
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Finding the Holocaust Funny: “The Last Laugh” – Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Review (3 of 5 Stars)
The immense suffering prisoners in Auschwitz and other concentration camps faced is not funny. There is nothing funny about it, but Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Lisa Lampanelli, Gilbert Gottfried, and Rob Reiner are hilarious.
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“20th Century Women” – Review (4 of 5 Stars)
Writer, director Mike Mills set the bar as high as the clouds with “Beginners,” the triumphant and beautiful mostly-autobiographical story of his father, a man (played by an unencumbered Christopher Plummer) who, after a long and hapless marriage, announces he’s gay the very week he’s diagnosed with cancer.
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“90 Minute War” – Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Review (2.5 Stars)
Before walking into my screening of The 90 Minute War I read a brief synopsis of the film. When I discovered the movie was a mockumentary style comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian War I was instantly on board.
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2017 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off with “Alone in Berlin” from Director Vincent Pérez
The 17th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) kicked off with a bang on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. While the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre has been the opening night venue for the last several years, this year’s gala and film presentation brought forth a mixture of AJFF tradition and new elements.
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“Silence” – Review (4 of 5 Stars)
“I pray but You are Silent. Or am I just praying to nothing?” This question, asked in a whisper, hovers throughout Silence as we, and our lead character, attempt to grapple with the answer.
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A Triumphant Story of Perseverance and Progress: “Hidden Figures” – #GAfilm Review (5 of 5 Stars)
Using precise mathematical calculations, the real women behind the Hidden Figures use a man in a rocket to shatter the glass ceiling in 1960s America. Hidden Figures is a magnificent movie in the vain of Stand and Deliver and it’s more than the sum of its parts; it’s an instant classic that teachers will use to inspire their student for years to come.
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“I Am Not Your Negro” – Review (5 of 5 Stars)
Raoul Peck brings to fruition, the goals James Baldwin had for the book he never finished, chronicling the journeys of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Remember This House.