Life (And Beyond) With George A Romero
The founder and president of the George A Romero Foundation on her years with the filmmaker.
By Suz Romero · May 5, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT The author and George Romero
Ironies. Life is plum full of them.
I met George A. Romero in 2005 whilst he was doing post-production on
Land of the Dead. I had never heard of him, nor had I seen any of his films (though I had heard of
Night of the Living Dead). We were introduced by a mutual friend. We got to talking and he invited me to see the rough cut of
New Directors/New Films
Film at Lincoln Center holds the 50th anniversary edition of its film series online. It opens with Amalia Ulman’s
El Planeta and closes with Theo Anthony’s
All Light, Everywhere. The 2021 festival introduces 27 features and 11 shorts to audiences nationwide through MoMA and FLC virtual cinemas, and to New Yorkers at Film at Lincoln Center.
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College Pathways Reporter Jill Replogle hosts a Q&A session with higher education and employment experts to answer questions live about career and workforce changes.
(KPCC)
How To Start A New Career: A College Pathways Virtual Event
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched
When I was a boy, growing up in the North of England, I could take you to the place where King Arthur is buried. He and the Knight of the Round Table slumber under Alderley Edge, waiting for when Albion faces its direst peril.
The story is folklore. It is the wisdom of the people, the common knowledge that there is something arcane just under the surface, and it s that concept that pervades former Alamo Drafthouse/Fantastic Fest programmer and Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies founder Kier-La Jannisse s encyclopedic exploration of folk horror,
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched.
Tuesday, Jan. 12; 11 a.m. PST
The World Is Full Of Terrible People: Shirley Jackson And Female Violence
The London branch of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies begins its 2021 spring lecture series with a focus on writer Shirley Jackson. The online session, presented by Bernice M. Murphy of Trinity College in Dublin, examines Jackson s life and work, including
The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962).
CAAM presents an online conversation with Carl L. Hart, author of Drug Use For Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. (Courtesy of CAAM)
Tuesday, Jan. 12; 5 - 6:30 p.m. PST