Casting notices for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Jesse Eisenberg watching a Thunder home game with Mayor David Holt seem to indicate Oklahoma’s status in the film world has noticeably improved from the days when the state served as the launchpad for Twister’s flying cow. Earlier this month, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department’s […]
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Mental leap
After premiering in Indonesia in June, a film shot in the Oklahoma City metro in 2016 will have its first public showing in Oklahoma. Lord Finn — which won awards for best actor, director, screenplay, music and ensemble at the Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival & Awards in Jakarta — screens 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 […]
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Cover: Tech boom
For its 19th annual celebration of local, regional, national and world film June 6-9 in downtown Oklahoma City, deadCenter Film Festival selected 140 features and short films. Among the final films announced for this year’s event include director Danny Boyle’s musical fantasy Yesterday, about a world in which the Beatles never existed, and Growing Up […]
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Film five
Mono Deux premiere 9:30 p.m. Saturday The Banquet Cinema Pub 800 NW Fourth St. banquetcinema.com $10 Mono Deux is only a sequel in the loosest sense of the word. With completely different characters and storyline, a (mostly) different cast and — perhaps most importantly — a different team of filmmakers from its predecessor, the new […]
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Striking film
Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart 8 p.m. Oct. 18 Rodeo Cinema 2221 Exchange Ave. rodeocinema.org 405-815-3275 $10 Online movie database IMDB credits Mickey Reece as writer and director on 30 films. The Oklahoma-based filmmaker — whose Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart screens at Rodeo Cinema, 2221 Exchange Ave., on Oct. 18 […]
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Getting credit
It was early 2016 and Oklahoma City filmmaker Nick Sanford was unsure of whether his movie’s Kickstarter campaign was going to reach its funding goal. But then, days before the deadline for his locally made 2016 horror film The Harvesters had to reach a certain percentage of its $32,835 goal, he was contacted by a […]
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Local anthology film Mono features direction from five Oklahoma filmmakers
The film makes its world premiere 7 p.m. Jan. 18 at Tower Theatre.
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Oklahoma Gazette breaks down the best in film in 2017
The past 12 months have been a memorable time for local and national film.
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Director Mickey Reece makes his deadCenter Film Festival debut with a surreal Elvis feature
Mickey Reece’s Alien screens 8:30 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16.
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Mono unites some of the OKC metro’s most talented filmmakers
An open casting call and meetup for the anthology film is planned for April 13 at The Paramount OKC.