Maggie Nye became obsessed with Leo Frank, who was convicted in one of the early 20th century’s most notorious murder trials. The novel she wrote about it, The Curators, has just been published. :: When Maggie Nye read Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, a reference at the end caught her attention. The Leo Frank…
Are you constantly glued to your TV each week to watch true crime stories of murder and betrayal? The folks at SCAD’s True Crime event explain the allure. Every year, after Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) wraps up its popular February TVfest in Atlanta, Leigh Seaman, executive director of SCADFilm, reaches out to…
Camille Russell Love has spent 25 years as executive director of the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. When she retires later this year, she will leave behind a rich cultural legacy. When Camille Russell Love started her job as the executive director of the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs in 1998, no…
After 56 years in the performing arts, including 32 leading the theater she founded, Anita Farley is ready for retirement. Here, she reflects on the last five decades. In 1968, while working at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatrical Arts, a young woman named Anita Allen looked across the room, spotted a tall, handsome theater…
No one is ever going to mistake the musical Sister Act for a groundbreaking production, but, in the right hands, it can be a lot of fun. As the final offering of Aurora Theatre’s 28th season, it’s crowd-pleasing entertainment that does exactly what it sets out to do. Running through June 23 at the Lawrenceville…
For 15 years, actor/singer Tituss Burgess — who grew up in Athens — has been working on a project that means a lot to him: a musical version of the film The Preacher’s Wife. He started the score even before he officially got the rights to the piece. Now that he has it, he’s been…
A short documentary shares the stories of four Ukrainians who chose Atlanta as their refuge. Now the film is making its way across the festival circuits. Filmmaker Danny Tirmizi had knowledge of the Russia-Ukraine war, mostly from news reports and through updates from his friends living in Ukraine, but, one day, his understanding reached a…
Films from the world over will screen at the Tara and the Plaza this week, giving Atlanta moviegoers a look at European cinema. In a relatively short period of time, the European Film Festival of Atlanta has announced itself as a major spring celebration of international cinema. Running today through May 11 at the…
Actor Jeff Daniels accepted the role of Charlie Croker in Netflix’s new series A Man in Full. Here, Daniels talks about changes in culture and racial relations since the novel’s 1990s publication. :: Throughout his long career, Jeff Daniels has always found a way of sliding under the skin of his various characters. Yet, when…
The announcement might not have been a complete shock, but it was nonetheless seismic. After 19 years with Atlanta-based Turner Classic Movies, Genevieve McGillicuddy — the station’s vice president of enterprises and strategic partnerships who also oversaw the annual TCM Classic Film Festival — was laid off last year by company owners. Following a groundswell…
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