Film Section

• IN MEMORIAM | Julia Reichert’s legacy in truth, film

  By YS News StaffDecember 16, 2022

  

  Julia Reichert work in film will be remembered for holding a megaphone to the voices of women and the working class — a thematic thread that ran through many of her most important works.

• Oscar-winning filmmaker, Yellow Springs resident Julia Reichert dies at 76

  By YS News StaffDecember 2, 2022

  

  Longtime villager, filmmaker and activist Julia Reichert died Thursday, Dec. 1, at her Yellow Springs home after living with cancer. She was 76.

• Paul Laurence Dunbar documentary debuts at festival

  By Cheryl DurgansSeptember 23, 2022

  

  “Paul Laurence Dunbar: An American Poet,” produced by the Xenia-based Caesar’s Ford Theatre and directed by the theater’s project manager and playwright, Kane Stratton, will debut at the Dayton Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 23, at the Neon theater between 7 and 9 p.m.

• Villager debuts ‘Una Great Movie’

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 30, 2022

  

  Jennifer Sharp’s film “Una Great Movie” debuted digitally this month on Amazon. The film, which the village native wrote, directed and edited, was shot primarily on an island in Mexico to which Sharp has strong personal ties.

• Dave Chappelle documentary comes home

  By Carol SimmonsApril 6, 2022

  

  “Dave Chappelle Live in Real Life,” which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the rural outdoor comedy shows presented by the locally based comedian against the catastrophic backdrop of summer 2020, opened at the Little Art Theatre on Thursday, March 24.

• ‘A Powerful Thang’ returns to Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsApril 1, 2022

  

  On Saturday, April 2, “A Powerful Thang,” which was shot in large part in the village, will screen at the Little Art Theatre, where it debuted upon its release more than 30 years ago. Filmmaker Davis will make her return to the village for the screening.

• Review | Nostalgic politics and pitfalls in ‘Licorice Pizza’

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 18, 2022

  

  Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s recent blockbuster film “Licorice Pizza” wants to remind us of all the thrills, seductions and dramas of adolescence.

• Review | ‘Nightmare Alley’ and the long con

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 20, 2022

  

  Benecio del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” revives the carnivalesque narrative to remind audiences that deception has its consequences.

• Review | The tweedy pastiche of “The French Dispatch”

  By Reilly DixonNovember 11, 2021

  

  “It is, after all, both in form and reference, a love letter to The New Yorker and some of its past luminaries.”

• Little Art Theatre’s new managing director settles in

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 10, 2021

  

  As the Little Art celebrates nearly 92 years of operation, Kristina Heaton, its newly hired managing director, is making it her personal mission to continue building a legacy that reflects the values of the theater and of the Yellow Springs community.