Last weekend, Little Rock played host to two drastically different film festivals. At the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) presented a summer film program that included screenings of several Arkansas-connected short films and features; they also brought in filmmaker Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow" and "Coming 2 America") to showcase a couple of his films, and provide a lecture on filmmaking. On the other side of town, the 9th annual Kaleidoscope LGBT+ Film Festival took place at The Studio Theater, celebrating queer cinema by featuring internationally renowned and locally produced Arkansas films by emerging gay filmmakers.
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Last week, the film department at the University of Central Arkansas hosted cult filmmaker Todd Solondz, this semester s artist-in-residence. So, I decided to take a trip to my alma mater to see what words of wisdom this writer/director/teacher had to offer, and maybe get an autograph or two. It s always a bit strange walking back into your old school. A specific saying comes to mind: "The more things change the more they stay the same."
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