By Travis Walters “Dare” appears to be a familiar teen movie, but, in the end, offers a lot more. The film follows three high school students going through their final semester. Alexa (Emmy Rossum) is an overachiever who excels at everything, Ben (Ashley Springer) is Alexa’s best f
By Miles Johnson The Film Festival would not be complete without its student films. During the afternoon of Nov. 2, several short productions, two of them from SCAD, were shown at the Lucas Theater. Farewell to the Sparrow How do you cope with the death of a loved one? What if you find out that [&he
By Lee Burbage “Dear Lemon Lima” is an indie comedy that uses all of the successful aspects found in films like “Juno” and “Napoleon Dynamite.” Not to say that the film was bad; the film is an adorable young love romantic comedy. It would seem that the writer and director, Suzi Yoonessi,
By Myrriah Gossett “Young Victoria” directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, is a film about the early life of Queen Victoria and her courtship with Prince Albert. The movie opens with clips from the early life of Victoria, then skipping through time until she is of age. The two main charact
By Ben Wright The Savannah Film Festival showed seven short animated films, all marked by black comedy and intriguing animation, and, on the whole, showcased what animation can explore, both emotionally and thematically. “Gerald’s Last Day” The first film was “Gerald’s Last
By Amy Paige Condon The short film, “Lessons in Self Defense,” opened the first full day of the Savannah Film Festival Nov. 1. It offers a poignant reminder that stories need not be big, bold and epic to convey essential truths. Only 12 minutes long, the Lee Miller written-
By Amy Paige Condon During every Presidential Election, “small-town values” get bandied about by candidates as something to cherish, but they rarely define what these values are, exactly. In some ways, “45365,” a 93-minute documentary directed by SCAD alumni Bill and Turner Ros
By Myrriah Gossett As SCAD President Paula Wallace put it during her opening speech, Savannah has rolled out the “Spanish moss carpet” for the honored guests and attendees on opening night of the Savannah Film Festival. Opening the night was the awards ceremony for both Ben Foster and Woody Harr