There are 21 article(s) tagged Indie Memphis Film Festival:

• November 2024

  • The To-Do List: Cat paw-ty, coffee culture and Hannibal Lector times two

    This week, learn cocktail science at Lichterman, spend an evening in Paris at the Orpheum and hear IMAKEMADBEATS’ new album — but with lasers.

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jennifer Chandler, Kelsey Bowen November 15, 2024

• October 2023

  • This Week in Memphis: Grizz home opener, Indie Memphis

    Shelby County corrections officers charged in Gershun Freeman’s death make first court appearance, and the Memphis Tigers play their first exhibition game.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 30, 2023

  • ‘The Blues Society’ captures Memphis moment when ‘two fringes’ joined

    “The Blues Society” captures the richness and inspiration of a cultural moment in Memphis, with performance footage of musicians such as Furry Lewis and Rev. Robert Wilkins and home-video footage of bohemian Memphis.

    By Chris Herrington October 26, 2023

  • A viewer’s guide to the 2023 Indie Memphis Film Festival

    Chris Herrington has all the info on the festival’s major features, movies of local interest and the revivals you can’t miss.

    By Chris Herrington October 22, 2023

• September 2023

  • Indie Memphis festival lineup includes Cannes winner, Oscar hopefuls, more

    International award winners, Oscar hopefuls, revived cult classics and regional-interest documentaries — the Indie Memphis Film Festival will check those boxes and more when it begins its nearly weeklong run at multiple Memphis venues next month.

    By Chris Herrington September 20, 2023

• October 2022

  • The To-Do List: Watch movies, buy art, honor your dead

    This week, metalsmiths repair your broken stuff, brewers descend on Cooper-Young and Chicago comes to Memphis.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry October 20, 2022

  • After five years on the grill, ‘The ‘Vous’ premieres at Indie Memphis

    The film, which is about as Memphis as a movie can get, chronicles The Rendezvous’ rise to a world-renowned restaurant.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 19, 2022

  • From Ernest Withers to John Shaft: A viewer’s guide to the Indie Memphis Film Festival

    As Indie Memphis marks its 25th year, Chris Herrington has the festival’s highlights, including two movies about Memphis icons and several notable features making their local debut. 

    By Chris Herrington October 18, 2022

• September 2022

  • Indie Memphis announces fest lineup, new leader

    International prize-winners and a deep array of local-interest documentaries highlight the lineup for the 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival. 

    By Chris Herrington September 13, 2022

  • Ernest Withers doc to open Indie Memphis Film Festival

    “The Picture Taker,” from producer and director Phil Bertelsen, takes on the life and work of one of the foremost chroniclers of Black American life during the early and mid-20th century.

    By Chris Herrington September 01, 2022

• October 2021

  • The To-Do List: Earth, Wind and lots of Fire

    This week’s listing of events is burning hot with Earth, Wind & Fire, Art on Fire, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Spree Wilson and more.

    By Chris Herrington, Elle Perry October 21, 2021

  • Memphis brothers launch production company

    Brothers Caleb and William Suggs have launched Studio Suggs, a Memphis-based film production company.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 20, 2021

  • A viewer’s guide to the 2021 Indie Memphis Film Festival

    More than half a dozen of the most highly regarded new films from festivals worldwide will make their Memphis debut at this week’s 24th Indie Memphis Film Festival.

    By Chris Herrington October 18, 2021

• September 2021

  • ‘Spencer,’ ‘Drive My Car’ highlight 2021 Indie Memphis

    Some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers and some of the year’s most anticipated films will be in the mix at this fall’s 24th edition of the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

    By Chris Herrington September 14, 2021

• August 2021

  • Indie Memphis brings film fest back to Overton Square in October

    Masks will be required at indoor festival screenings, with partial theater capacity for social distancing. 

    By Chris Herrington August 02, 2021

• October 2020

  • Indie Memphis adds high-profile screenings

    “One Night in Miami,” the directorial debut of Oscar-winning actress Regina King, will be the Memphis festival’s “Closing Night” feature, screening at the Malco Summer Drive-In Oct. 29.

    By Chris Herrington October 14, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Best craft beer names, Barrett on the bench and more

    Craft beer naming is an art, or at least an, um, craft, and one that the growing number of Memphis breweries take with proper seriousness. In honor of the Virtual Memphis Beer Festival, we take a spin through local brewery websites to ponder beer names present and past. 

    By Chris Herrington October 01, 2020

• April 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Rites of Spring at Ashlar Hall, Memphis Comedy Festival, Memphis Farmers Market and more

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 3-9.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 03, 2019

• November 2018

  • Dave Godbout’s ‘Charmaine’ wins Indie Memphis Film Festival Pitch Rally

    Dave Godbout is the winner of the first Indie Memphis Film Festival Black Filmmakers Pitch Rally, as well as its $10,000 prize. 

    By Elle Perry November 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • A viewer’s guide to the Indie Memphis Film Festival

    Indie Memphis, which begins on Thursday, contains multitudes, with an endless number of films big and small, feature and doc, across multiple venues and multiple days.

    By Chris Herrington October 30, 2018

• September 2018

  • ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ among 2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival lineup

    The Barry Jenkins-directed adaptation of the James Baldwin novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” will screen as the centerpiece presentation of this year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival.

    By Elle Perry September 26, 2018