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Hollywood Product: Chronicle

Edward Adams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500

Angsty teens lay waste to Seattle in director Josh Trank's super-powered film debut. by Edward Adams GENRE: Found Footage Sci-fi THE PITCH: Sounds oddly like a joke setup - two jocks and an emo kid with a camera walk into a cave in Seattle � but come out with telekinetic abilities.…

Epic Ring Cycle broadcast comes to a close with G�tterd�mmerung

Andrew Alexander — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:59:35 -0500

Every journey must come to an end (promise!), and so it is with the broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's Ring Cycle. For those of us who have been following the live broadcasts from the beginning, this particular journey started way back in the fall of 2010 with the broadcast of Das Rheingold.…

Madonna playing Atlanta in November

Rodney Carmichael — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:18:18 -0500

First the Super Bowl, then the planet. Instead of basking in her #winning performance last Sunday with a much-deserved trip to Disney World, the Material ~~Girl~~ ~~MILF~~ Madam is going on a 52-city European and North American tour.…

Handel slams Planned Parenthood in sitdown with — who else? — Fox News

Thomas Wheatley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:41:28 -0500

Former Georgia secretary of state and (until this morning) Susan G. Komen Foundation executive Karen Handel spoke with Fox News Pepper Spray Correspondent Megyn Kelly in her first interview since she's been accused of swaying the nonprofit to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

Handel, who resigned her senior vice president of public policy with Komen this morning, says to suggest that she had the sole authority in the controversial funding decision is "absurd."

“Last time I checked, private, non-profit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards in criteria on their own, without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that’s occurred by Planned Parenthood,” Handel said, “It’s simply outrageous.”

Notice the lengths Handel goes to to gush over Komen.…

Twyla Tharp's The Princess and the Goblin hits the stage after 20 years of planning

Andrew Alexander — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500

The legendary choreographer collaborates with the Atlanta Ballet for a new high-profile work by Andrew Alexander If the name Twyla Tharp evokes an image of a twirling pixie of a dancer with eager eyes, a perky smile, and Peter Pan haircut, you've obviously never met her. There exist a few photographs, mostly from the '70s and '80s, in which this superficial vision could be said to match some version of reality.…

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival takes tour of world cinema

Curt Holman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:45:00 -0500

More than 70 films from around the world on view through February by Curt Holman For 12 years, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has programmed movies about Jewish life and culture, yet despite that potential restriction, the event projects a global inclusiveness. Of the 70 narrative and documentary films at this year's festival, a significant majority come from other countries, including France, Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Israel.…

Patterson Hood, John Bell, others rock against Walmart

Gabe Vodicka — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:39 -0500

Above, check out a video for "After it's Gone," a song written by Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood and featuring a group called the Downtown 13 - a crew that includes other Athens luminaries like Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Widespread Panic's John Bell. The song, linked to a group called Protect Downtown Athens, is a response to a proposed development by Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises that would see a brand new Walmart erected on downtown Athens' scenic eastern edge.…

Celebrate Dickens' birthday by watching instantly

Curt Holman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:33 -0500

I think I can say without controversy that if you really want to celebrate Charles Dickens' 200th birthday, the best way is to read one of his actual books. Recognizing that might require more time than most people can commit to in one evening, you could alternatively watch a movie adaptation.…

Kemp says Obama will remain on ballot, makes birthers cry

Thomas Wheatley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:17 -0500

Those thumping sounds you're hearing? Those are birthers across the country pounding their fists in anger against their Dells covered in coffee stains.…

Why you asking all them questions?

Rodney Carmichael — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:39:15 -0500

The dude with the dreads and the crazy facial expressions is Emmanuel Hudson, an Atlanta-based rapper who goes by the name Kosher. But it's his viral novelty-song videos that have been blowing up.…

Review: Latitude

Besha Rodell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0500

Buckhead gets a global option at Phipps Plaza by Besha Rodell Shopping and dining. It was never a concept that held much appeal to me, and yet it's a revered tradition, particularly among ladies of leisure.…

Crispin Glover is fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE

JEFFREY BUTZER — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0500

Crispin Glover is perhaps best known for his roles in blockbusters such as Charlie’s Angles, Alice in Wonderland and of course, Back to the Future. But his scene-stealing characters in films like David Lynch’s Wild at Heart and Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man hew slightly closer to the kind of experience he brings to the Plaza Theatre this week.…

Jones St.' drops today

Chad Radford — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:24:44 -0500

Lyric Jones' debut album, Jones St. drops today, but the release party isn't happening 'til Saturday, February 18 at Apache Cafe, so you've got a full week-and-a-half to learn it, feel it, and go to the show and sing it back to her.

A few of these songs have already leaked out onto the Internet ("Trapped In The City Lights," "Gotta Go," "Loss On Repeat"), but in the context of the whole album, Jones' talents come into full view.…

If you love him, insist he make his own sausage...or something

Cliff Bostock — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:00 -0500

The countdown to Valentine's Day has begun. There's all kinds of amazing chocolate around town, but you have the opportunity to give your man a gift that will keep on giving all year long, possibly reduce your workload at home, and save lots of money.…

Karen Handel resigns from Komen over Planned Parenthood debacle

Thomas Wheatley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:41:00 -0500

Karen Handel, the former Georgia secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate who's been blamed for pushing the Susan G. Komen Foundation to stop awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, has resigned from the cancer fundraiser.

Peach Pundit points us to a resignation letter by Handel, who had served as Komen's senior vice president of public policy, posted on a Wordpress blog that's apparently dedicated to explaining the events behind the brouahaha.…

Tracklist: Bob Marley docu.. you know how sometimes it's like ... wait what we were talking about

Spencer Sloan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:39:35 -0500

>> Madonna announces 2012 MDNA world tour dates. (keep scrolling!)

>> When Jay-Z played Carnegie Hall.…

Feds get involved in homophobic beatdown investigation

Gwynedd Stuart — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:32:00 -0500

The horrifying video of three guys jumping another young man outside a Pittsburgh convenience store would appear to leave little room for debate about the attack's motive: He was beat up because he was presumed to be gay, a "faggot" as his attackers repeatedly put it.

According to WSBTV, the victim, a teenager, came forward and spoke with investigators about the incident, which he says took place on Saturday.…

Marietta's Top Shelf plans two 'League' books for 2012

Curt Holman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:00 -0500

Last week's announcement that DC Comics would publish prequels to Watchmen, against the wishes of original author Alan Moore, drew attention to Moore's work with famous fictional characters in Lost Girls and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Yesterday, Moore engaged in a two-and-a-half-hour webchat to raise funds for Cleveland's Harvey Pekar Library Statue, and as io9 reported, announced a new League project for this year:

In the 48-page one-shot comic Nemo: Heart of Ice, which takes place in Antarctica in the 1920s, Jules Verne will collide with H.P. Lovecraft.…
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First Slice 2/7/12: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?

Eric Celeste — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:29:24 -0500

1. An overflow crowd of parents from across the district voiced complaints to the Atlanta School Board last night about the redistricting options they've seen.…

The Atlanta sushi void

Besha Rodell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:25:00 -0500

Is it possible we took MF Sushi for granted?

I got an email yesterday from a reader asking for a restaurant recommendation.…

Oscar Prediction Countdown: Sound mixing & editing

Curt Holman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:29 -0500

In advance of the Academy Award ceremony on Feb. 26, Screen Grab will predict the winners in all categories over the next three weeks.

Sound Editing: Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, War Horse.…

Theatrical Outfit's Red paints intense portrait of Mark Rothko

Curt Holman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0500

Rothko play has audiences seeing Red, in a good way by Curt Holman In 1958, abstract expressionist Mark Rothko agreed to paint a series of murals for a new Manhattan luxury restaurant, the Four Seasons. The $35,000 commission confirmed Rothko's rise as a major painter.…

5 things today: Dirty Hotel Sunshine, Sonic Generator

Wyatt Williams — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:21 -0500

1. ~~Attractive Eighties Women~~ Dirty Hotel Sunshine play 529
2.…

5 things today: Dirty Hotel Sunshine, Sonic Generator

Wyatt Williams — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:08 -0500

1. ~~Attractive Eighties Women~~Dirty Hotel Sunshine play 529
2.…

Sy Smith: Fast and Curious

L. Michael Gipson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500

Smith's fifth LP truly is her greatest to date by L. Michael Gipson Rhythm is a dancer on Sy Smith's latest, and her fifth LP truly is Smith's greatest to date. Awash in a new wave '80s sound, the album needs a warning label: "May cause flashbacks to neon necklaces, ripped sweats, and 'Max Headroom.'" Still, with Smith and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe at the helm, the neo-throwbacks prove loads of fun.…