“Duran Duran” and the Ordinary World
This weekend the Austin City Limits television show aired the Duran Duran episode that was taped on October 5th of last year, making it a great time to take a look back at the...
Category: festival
FAYE @Nashville Film Festival 2021
by Jason T Sparks It is entirely possible that, 20 or 30 years from now, kids will be sitting in a UCLA Film School class reading their textbooks—assuming that they’ve finally moved on from...
The Soul of America
by Jason T Sparks Perhaps you’ve noticed that we have just lived/are living through an intense moment in American history? A pandemic hovers over everything, as does our recent election, which has weaponized seemingly...
NEVER TOO LATE: THE DOC SEVERINSEN STORY
From our continuing coverage of the 2020 Nashville Film Festival by Jason T Sparks Once upon a time, there was a skinny guy from Nebraska named Johnny Carson, and he was the burning-hot epicenter...
THE MYSTERY OF D.B. COOPER
Coverage of the Nashville Film Festival, by Jason T Sparks Here’s what we know: on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 1971, a nondescript, middle-aged man in a dark suit boarded Northwest Orient Airlines flight...
THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
By Jason T Sparks as seen at the Nashville Film Festival 2020 Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb were not unsung heroes of the music business. They weren’t eccentric geniuses toiling in obscurity, mainly known...
On #SXSW2020
See Anna’s column on the SXSW that didn’t happen, in today’s Dallas Morning News. Click here to read about “Not by Not West.”
Nashville Film Festival: Climate of the Hunter
Nashville Film Festival Coverage via Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville There is a difference between the movies one usually sees at film festivals and the movies that usually occupy the multiplex. For...
Infrequently Asked Questions: Jason Shawhan
Above is a podcast that interviews Jason Shawhan Nashville Film Festival Coverage brought to you by Jason Sparks, Our Man in Nashville The Crypt-Keeper at the Nashville Film Festival Graveyard Shift holds forth on...
What Does It Mean To Go To A Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival coverage provided by Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville Going to a film festival is its own experience. For the most part, it’s a positive experience. By the same token,...
