✍️ Jane Austen + oddball comedy

Tax incentives May Tax incentives have long been the lifeblood of film and television production they re what gave Georgia such a stronghold in the industry in the first place Since President Donald Trump let loose about tariffs in the movie industry a meager weeks ago it seems like film communities are scrambling to make their incentives better both tax-wise and in other procedures Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in recent times issued an executive order meant to lessen the red tape required to make a movie in Los Angeles California Gov Gavin Newsom continues to push a proposal that would allocate up to million each year for film production in the state The Texas House just passed a bill that would boost the cash available for productions to million every two years for the next decade which would make for billion in total These incentives represent two different pushes from the states a relatively smaller film society trying to keep local productions from leaving and a legacy production juggernaut trying to entice runaway productions back to the land of Hollywood Georgia which like a large number of production hubs in the U S has faced a slowdown over the past scant years now offers tax credits for up to of the cost of the production and in recent months the legislature reinstated a tax credit for post-production expenditures in the state We ll have to keep an eye out to see if Georgia has any sort of response to these incentives coming out of other states Without further ado Action Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie It Was Just an Accident The director was previously arrested in Iran and charged with making anti-government propaganda The Memorial Day weekend box office was the strongest it has ever been this year with amazing opening numbers for Lilo Stitch and Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning Stunt performer Devyn LaBella is suing Kevin Costner alleging that the director put her in an unscripted rape scene without warning or proper safety protocols while on the set of Costner s film Horizon An American Saga Chapter An attorney for Costner denied the asserts More than personal effects including a set of VHS tapes of Eraserhead and a custom-built five-necked guitar once belonging to filmmaker David Lynch have been put up for auction Rangerstop and Pop a convention centering around the Power Rangers is back in Atlanta from June - I may be the only person excited about this but the cast for the th season of Survivor has been released Mike White the creator of The White Lotus will return to the beaches of Fiji This week s newsletter includes a deep dive into the world of Letterboxd a look at a movie shooting in Dunwoody and two movie reviews for Bring Her Back and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Plus what s playing at your local movie theater this week a new episode of my podcast Crash Zoom and specific reading and listening recommendations for your lunch break Enjoy Sammie Midtown Alliance invites you to promotion Black and Caribbean artists makers and small businesses on Sat June from a m - p m along the Midtown Art Walk Enjoy a mix of live music food shopping and creative expression at this free event RSVP here SPONSOR MESSAGEPhoto via letterboxdLocal students talk Letterboxd and creating a film group Letterboxd is a movie-based social media platform where users can log in and review films create lists of films view what their friends are watching and share their top four films with everyone Think Goodreads but for movies and with an infinitely more usable interface Over the past five years Letterboxd has been taking over the movie world But what s really special about Letterboxd is the way it has managed to create a population around movie-watching especially among younger film lovers during a time when it feels more and more like movies are losing their cultural relevance I in recent times spoke with SCAD students about how Letterboxd has affected their movie-watching lives Take a look at what I learned here Construction Materials Westside Design Center is Opening Saturday June SPONSORED BY CONSTRUCTION GUIDANCE Construction Support is proud to debut its flagship showroom at Westside Paper opening Saturday June This -square-foot destination redefines the design experience with luxury home products across categories from countertops and cabinetry to lighting appliances fireplaces and more Explore dozens of stunning vignettes featuring brands like Wolf Sub-Zero Cove Cambria Kohler and Bosch Whether you re a designer builder or homeowner inspiration awaits Visit us and experience the future of design all under one roof Learn more here Photo suppliedHBO series featuring Jason Bateman and David Harbour films in Dunwoody On May Dunwoody caught a whiff of Hollywood for the second time in two weeks when an HBO film crew set up shop in Dunwoody Village and two of its stars were spotted during filming DTF St Louis a seven-episode limited series tells of a love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead according to the online publication DEADLINE Jason Bateman and David Harbour star in the series This is the second such Hollywood-type visit to the same Dunwoody shopping center A limited series lately filmed at Morty s Meat Supply in Dunwoody Village on May Learn more about the shoot here Photo courtesy of A Bring Her Back is all shock no valueWEEKLY FILM REVIEW Bring Her Back is the latest film from horror duo Danny and Michael Philippou who took the world by storm with their film Talk to Me Much like Talk to Me Bring Her Back is quite an upsetting film with particular good performances and the Philippou brothers have a real eye for practical effects and nastiness But there s not too much going on underneath that grimy sheen It s easy to appreciate the Philippous commitment to the visceral and to the creativity of the premise of Bring Her Back But while Talk to Me is about as nasty as it gets this new film is going for something far more sentimental by its end and it doesn t earn the depth of emotion it wants to achieve Click here to read my review Photo via Sony Pictures Classics Jane Austen Wrecked My Life navigates new romance through an old lensWEEKLY FILM REVIEW Agathe Camille Rutherford is the very Jane Austen-esque protagonist at the heart of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Laura Piani s sweet oddball romantic comedy about a woman thwarted by the romantic expectations Jane Austen has thrust upon her She s searching for her Mr Darcy in a world of Henry Crawfords and honestly who among us is not But if Jane Austen does wreck all of our lives just a little bit Piani s movie believes in the power of shooting for that type of romance anyway With strong performances and achingly lovely chemistry between the film s two leads Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is about a woman learning to confront the world as it comes at her and learning that perhaps Jane Austen still has a lot to teach the modern heroine Read my full review here Photo by Jonathan WenkAt the MoviesIf you re looking for a movie to see in theaters this week here s what you ve got to look forward to Movies releasing this weekend Karate Kid Legends pictured Bring Her Back Tornado Special Events The Vanishing Point The Plaza Saturday-Monday The Apu Trilogy in K presented by Chai Pani The Plaza Saturday Arna s Children presented by Resistance Cinema The Tara Friday Farha presented by Resistance Cinema The Tara Saturday My Fair Lady The Tara Sunday-Tuesday Midtown Alliance invites you to backing Black and Caribbean artists makers and small businesses on Sat June from a m - p m along the Midtown Art Walk Enjoy a mix of live music food shopping and creative expression at this free event RSVP here SPONSOR MESSAGEPhoto by Lola Scott design by Aaron StrandCrash Zoom Memorial Day box office and the rise of MUBI Welcome to Crash Zoom a podcast where we take a deep dive into film and entertainment industry news Each week join my cohost indie filmmaker Aaron Strand and me as we explore how things happening at the highest level trickle down and affect the independent artist This week we discuss the death of Cartoon Infrastructure the rise of MUBI various Cannes updates and more Check out the episode here Lights Camera Action If you ve noticed a shift in your television activities lately you re not the only one From farmers looking for wives to a possible reality show about immigrants proving they re the preponderance American television is certainly taking a more conservative right-wing approach in the second Trump White House An article from Jason Parham for Wired takes a closer look at the reasons why Check it out here Paul Reubens more famously known as Pee-wee Herman passed away in July of At that time documentarian Matt Wolf was in the middle of the long arduous and emotional process of making a documentary about Reubens who was intensely private For Vulture Wolf in the last few days wrote about the trials and tribulations of making that documentary and how he was able to express his love for Reubens through it I saw John Carpenter s Big Trouble in Little China at the Plaza for the first time the other night and had an absolute blast The action comedy is a satire that is somehow filled with sweetness a silly stupid action movie with a lot of smart commentary on the tropes that plague movies featuring a white star and a minority sidekick I this instant turned on the Blank Check podcast episode about the film and I implore you to do the same Nowadays s Scene was edited by Julie E Bloemeke The post Jane Austen oddball comedy appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta