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Tag: filmmaking

Film

John-Michael Powell on filmmaking and his latest VIOLENT ENDS

(An abridged version of this interview appeared in the our Film Issue.) Arkansas native John-Michael Powell has helped create award winning ...
  • byKody Ford
  • Oct 24, 2025
Fashion

Seams of Continuity: The Art of Costuming in Film

Details matter. In the world of filmmaking, the smallest details have a crucial impact on an audience. Imagine watching a movie and noticing...
  • byIsabella Wisinger
  • Oct 12, 2025
Film

How the West was Redone: Gazing into Tony Tost’s America

For decades, Hollywood polished a veneer over the legacy of Western expansion, churning out morality tales with archetypes like the Hero in ...
  • byKody Ford
  • Sep 16, 2025
Film

‘Godhead’ Explores the Haunting Side of Southern Traditions

Among several films screened at the Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland 2025, “Godhead,” was displayed as a student short film. The mov...
  • bySarah Coleman
  • Aug 28, 2025
Film

Arkansas Film Premieres 3/22 in Eureka Springs

The new Arkansas-made horror movie “The Forest through the Trees” will premier in Eureka Springs at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 22, at The ...
  • byMickey Mercier
  • Mar 7, 2025
Events

ACS’ Filmland 5 bringing hot fall festival hits + classic movies to Little Rock

Actor David Arquette, writer/director Neil LaBute, cinematographer Mark Irwin, and Panavision to attend!  Film screenings include Empire of...
  • byKody Ford
  • Oct 25, 2022
Film

A ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION: Fayetteville’s Rockhill Studios seeks to grow the Arkansas film industry through infrastructure and production.

WORDS / KODY FORD Over the last five years, filmmaking has been on the rise in Arkansas. While Louisiana has turned Shreveport and New Orlea...
  • byKody Ford
  • Jul 13, 2018
Film

PAINTED WOMAN:  A new Western with Northwest Arkansas roots makes its mark in independent cinema.

WORDS / KODY FORD PHOTO / PRISCILLA TRAN The Sunrise Ceremony (na’ii’ees) is an Apache coming-of-age ritual. During the ceremony, young...
  • byKody Ford
  • Mar 29, 2018
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