🎺 Joe Alterman’s WABE jazz show

Queer Propaganda July Happy Friday Hope you had a good Fourth of July and a good break from Scene But we re back and with more film and entertainment news than ever Out on Film may not be til the fall but the LGBTQ film festival has already stated its theme for the festival The theme will be Queer Propaganda chosen as a way to help Atlanta s LGBTQ district reclaim their story through film The festival hasn t revealed its full lineup yet but the first selection is Garrett Abdo s Exit Interviews a movie about a gay man exploring his past failed relationships Out on Film runs from Sept -Oct and passes are already on sale You can find out more information here Without further ado Action Derek Dixon the actor who accused Atlanta entertainment mogul Tyler Perry of sexual harassment and assault in a June lawsuit in recent months spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about his experience Dixon alleges that Perry made unwanted advances against him and that Perry has a pattern of exploiting male actors in his productions A lawyer for Perry has denied the insists Atlanta Pride is partnering with Out on Film for a special screening of Andy Warhol s Lonesome Cowboys along with a region summit The event will take place from Aug - in Decatur Jodie Mack s The Grand Bizarre will play at the film series Off the Wall on July and Two local Atlanta filmmakers Kat Belinfante and Jennifer Zahlit are premiering their new film Friend Divorce on Saturday at Pace Academy On July the Trilith Institute will host Sketchy Business a live comedy showcase full of original sketch comedy short plays improv and comedic shorts A new Netflix comedy show called Free Bert has started filming its first season in Georgia ICYMI although I m sure you didn t Paramount Global paid million to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump over then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris interview on CBS perhaps paving the way toward Paramount s planned merger with Skydance Media An English-language version of Ne Zha the Chinese animated film that rocked the box office to become this year s top-grossing film will open up in the United States in August This newsletter contains an interview with local jazz pianist Joe Alterman about his new radio show an interview with British filmmaker Rebecca Lenkiewicz about her film Hot Milk and a review of the new Superman movie Plus what s playing in theaters this weekend new episodes of my podcast Crash Zoom and certain reading and listening recommendations for your lunch break Thanks for reading Sammie Eddiver Rodriguez s path from a Work-Based Learning pupil to apprentice to future journeyman with Georgia Power is more than one success story It s a model of how schools and industry can partner to solve workforce gaps while helping students who might otherwise struggle to find their path after high school Learn more here SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo provided by WABE Joe Alterman lands new jazz show at WABE Like a great number of native Atlantans jazz pianist Joe Alterman has been listening to H Johnson s jazz show on WABE for years The preponderance exciting thing to me about getting my driver s license when I was was the fact that I could go somewhere on a Saturday night and then leave that place and drive around listening to H Alterman explained He turned me on to so much music that has changed my life Now Alterman has the opportunity to do the same thing On July the first episode of Atlerman s new radio show The Upside of Jazz will premiere on WABE The show will play on Saturday evenings at p m Learn more about the show here Movies on the Town Continues in July SPONSORED BY TOWN BROOKHAVEN Movies on the Town an annual summer movie series at Town Brookhaven continues on Thursdays through July Gather on the green space for this family-friendly activity with movies beginning at dusk Bring a blanket or chair order dinner from one of our restaurants and bring it out to the green space The series includes movies perfect for family nights date nights girls nights or nights out with a minimal friends Look for a DIY movie-themed craft activity and face painting before our screening on July Popcorn is provided by LOOK Dine-In Cinema while supplies last Don t forget you can shop or visit service-oriented merchants before the movies too Learn more here Photo courtesy of Independent Film Company Rebecca Lenkiewicz talks adapting and directing Hot Milk Think Spain in the summer It s beautiful of program But it s also oppressively hot You don t really know anyone The dog next door won t stop barking And your co-dependent mother won t let you breathe This is the set up for Hot Milk the feature directorial debut from British playwright and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz Based on Deborah Levy s novel of the same name the film stars Emma Mackey as Sophia a young woman who takes care of her wheelchair-bound mother Rose Fiona Shaw It s unclear what exactly ails Rose but one summer the duo set off for Spain to meet with a clinician Vincent Perez who might be able to help At the same time Sophia meets the beautiful and mysterious Ingrid Vicky Krieps and strikes up a love affair I spoke with Lenkiewicz about what drew her to the book and why she felt like she demanded this film to be her feature directorial debut Check out our conversation here Photo courtesy of Warner Bros Superman is fun but lacks an emotional core worthy of its hero WEEKLY FILM REVIEW There s a core tension at the center of James Gunn s Superman that you can find at the center of any good Superman movie he s a man stuck between two worlds and in this occurrence he s going up against a villain Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor who firmly believes that he should go back to his own planet Superman has perpetually been an allegory for the immigrant experience and Gunn has been more than open about the fact that this version is no different and if you were confused the way Luthor spits out the word alien should clear things up Gunn s Superman has a sincere heart and as Superman himself David Corenswet embodies that earnestness through and through But as endearing and entertaining as Superman is it tends to shoot for platitudes and allegory over character lacking an emotional core worthy of its hero Read my full review here Photo via plazaatlanta com At the Movies If 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 Superman Skillhouse Special Events Atlanta Braves Presents A League of Their Own The Plaza Friday In the Mood For Love pictured in K The Plaza Friday-Thursday Hotspring Sharkattack The Plaza Friday-Thursday Sundance Shorts The Plaza Friday-Thursday Barry Lyndon in K The Plaza Saturday-Thursday Women The Plaza Saturday-Thursday Silver Screen Spookshow Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger The Plaza Saturday Atlanta Braves Presents The Sandlot The Plaza Saturday Thomasine Bushrod The Plaza Saturday Reel Friends The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in mm The Plaza Sunday Shall We Dance The Tara Friday-Thursday The Superman Cartoons of Max Fleischer The Tara Friday-Sunday Cineprov Rocky IV The Tara Saturday This is Spinal Tap st Anniversary The Tara Saturday-Tuesday While his classmates were filling out college applications Eddiver Rodriguez was learning to splice underground power cables with Georgia Power He s an example of how Georgia s Work-Based Learning venture connects students to careers before they graduate Learn how here SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo by Lola Scott design by Aaron Strand Crash Zoom AI in South Korea and film school Welcome to Crash Zoom a podcast where we take a deep dive into film and entertainment industry news On this podcast my cohost Aaron Strand and I explore how things happening at the highest level trickle down and affect the independent artist But moving forward we ll be switching up our format Each week we ll be releasing two shorter episodes one on Wednesday and one on Friday Instead of covering multiple different news items we ll be diving deep on two stories This week s Wednesday episode covers the Korean company CJ ENM and their new AI show Cat Biggie Listen to both episodes here Lights Camera Action One of my favorite podcasts TCM s The Plot Thickens is back next week with another killer season This time Ben Mankiewicz and the folks at TCM are tackling Cleopatra the film starring famed lovers Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and one of the majority of complicated storied productions in Hollywood history IndieWire has a preview of the season here Blank Check my favorite movie podcast has ended its series on the films of Amy Heckerling and is starting a new director series this Sunday First up for the Coen Brothers Blood Simple You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts If you saw Materialists or read my review of the film from a meager weeks ago you know that the movie isn t really a traditional romantic comedy in any meaningful sense of the term The romantic comedy it seems is in a constant state of evolution and on a newest episode of Critics at Large from The New Yorker the hosts discuss that evolution and how artists are interested in depicting modern love In the present day s Scene was edited by Julie E Bloemeke The post Joe Alterman s WABE jazz show appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta