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Now playing
Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson” at Landmark Art Cinema. A brother (John David) and sister (Danielle Deadwyler) fight over a family legacy. Adapted from the August Wilson play. Tickets: $15.25 with discounts available. Coming to Netflix on Nov. 22.
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Credit: AP
Nov. 20
Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild” at the Emory Cinematheque. A young girl in the Louisiana bayou navigates environmental disaster and a long-lost mother. Free.
Nov. 21
Atlanta Film Society’s “Locals Only: What Haunts You” at Tara Atlanta. Short horror films on the big screen from Georgia independent filmmakers. Tickets: $15 plus fees.
Nov. 24
Kiara Barnes’ “Black Girls and Fairytales” at Tara Atlanta. A short film exploring the impact of colorism and the journey to self-love. Tickets: Pay what you can.
Credit: Photo: still from "Triggered"
Credit: Photo: still from "Triggered"
Nov. 26
Stanley J. Williams’ “Triggered” at Tara Atlanta. Workplace bonding turns to something more troubling in this short film exploring undiagnosed mental illness. Tickets: $12.50-$25.
Dec. 4
Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “True Detective” at the Emory Cinematheque. Season one of the HBO crime anthology, delving into complex questions of morality, obsession and existential dread. Free.
Dec. 5
Wussy Art House: “Poison” at Tara Atlanta. A trio of transgressive tales by Todd Haynes in the “queer new wave” cinema tradition. Tickets: $16, with discounts available.
Credit: Photo: still from "Vertigo"
Credit: Photo: still from "Vertigo"
Dec. 7
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” at Tara Atlanta. See the Hitchcock classic about acrophobia and obsession projected in 70mm. Tickets: $25, with discounts available.
Pairs well with …
Other events you might enjoy.
Shannon McCollum shows decades of photography chronicling Atlanta’s culture and society at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in “Forever I Love Atlanta” (through Nov. 22). … Shanequa Gay’s monumental installation “Psalms for Black Girls” fills the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center (through Jan. 18).
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Credit: ArtsATL
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