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On Jan. 24 and 25, producers will be recruiting extras for the new movie “Up In the Air,” starring George Clooney, to be filmed around St. Louis in March and April. It is expected that…
We’re looking forward to the Dec. 5 release of “Cadillac Records,” the movie about Chicago’s pioneering Chess label of the 1950s, because it’s filled with shout-outs to St. Louis. Mos Def plays the great Chuck Berry, and our town’s Cedric the Entertainer…
The 17th annual St. Louis International Film Festival does not officially begin until Nov. 13, when the Tivoli hosts “Humboldt County” (a ’70s-style dope-farming dramedy by former St. Louisans Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky that I heartily recommend). But there’s…
My pal George Hickenlooper, the former St. Louisan whose “Factory Girl” demythologized both Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol, continues to surprise. During the writers’ strike last winter, the long-time conservative came out as a union sympathizer. Now he’s directed a…
Our city’s premier outlet for locally produced cinema is now accepting submissions for this year’s festival. The 2008 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase will run July 19-24 at the Tivoli Theatre. The deadline for submitting short films or (heaven help you)…
When we met for an interview at the Four Seasons hotel this morning, Aaron Eckhart ordered a cup of coffee. With any other actor, that wouldn’t be noteworthy, but Eckhart was raised a Mormon, and if he was still a…
Last week, while I was racing between events at the St. Louis International Film Festival, I heard one of those civic-booster commercials in which the new president of the Blues says what a ânice” town we have. As far as…
