Yesterday’s Architeaser was one of the terra cotta faces emerging from the facade of the original part of the Pulaski County Courthouse. Designed by Maximilian A. Orlopp in Romanesque Revival style, the building features ornate imagery in the red painted portions of the building which frame the stone work and roof line. The building was built from 1887 to 1889.
Today’s Architeaser is not a George Mann nor a Pulaski County Courthouse face.
June busts out all over as the Little Rock Film Fest programming runs for over 12 hours on Day 4.
The films screened today with filmmakers present will be The Trouble with Truth; Conlon Nancarrow: Virtuoso of the Player Piano; Running the Distance; Go the Distance: Helping End Homelessness; A Sister’s Call; Gimme the Loot; I Am Not a Hipster; Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock; Clean Lines, Open Spaces; First Winter; The List; Supporting Characters; and On Down the Line.
Also screening today are In My Mother’s Arms; Bookers Place: A Mississippi Story; Teddy Bear; The Eyes of Thailand; The World Before Her; Once in a Lullaby; The PS22 Chorus Story; Bay of All Saints; Eating Alabama; Beasts of the Southern Wild; Andrew Bird: Fever Year; and Town of Runners.
The World Shorts which will be screened are (in the Other Worldly grouping) “Golden Ears,” “Man in Fear,” “HWY,” “Animeditation,” “Bunker 731,” “The God Phone”; (in the True to Life grouping) “Mr. Christmas,” “Idle Hour,” “This Is Our House,” and “Beneath the White City Lights.” Filmmakers will be present.
The Ark Shorts screened on day 4 are (in the Road Most Traveled grouping) “Tree,” “John Wayne’s Bed,” “The Proposal,” and “Still Life.” Filmmakers will be present for these as well.
Among the special events are a “Stories for the Web Screen,” a Conversation with Jay Russell; and the Sync or Swim Riverboat Party. There is also an Argenta Arts District Rooftop Party available only to filmmakers, sponsors and Gold pass holders.
May’s penultimate Architeaser was one of the helmeted heads which overlook doors to the Pulaski County Courthouse. Like the May 29 Genies and Union Life Building, the Courthouse and helmeted heads were the brainchild of George R. Mann. The courthouse was an expansion of the original 1880s courthouse which this adjoins. Mann did not try to duplicate the architecture of the original structure but instead built an impressive neo-classical “governmental” building which has a more timeless look than the original structure.
Here is today’s Architeaser.
Day three of the Little Rock film fest starts at 2:10pm with The World Before Her screening at Riverdale and concludes with the Afterparty at the Peabody Hotel which starts at 10:30pm.
In between the following films will be screened, most at Riverdale: Teddy Bear; Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story; Andrew Bird: Fever Year; In My Mother’s Arms; High Tech, Low Life; Booster; and Beast of the Southern Wild.
Also being shown, and with filmmakers in attendance will be: America’s Parking Lot; Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock; Pilgrim Song; My Dog Skip; Future Weather; The Mayor; Journey to Planet X; Planet X: Part II – The Frozen Moon; and It’s in the Blood.
The Little Rock Film Fest features short films as well as features. Many of these filmmakers will be in attendance at the screenings.
The World Shorts which will be screened are (in the Other Worldly grouping) “Golden Ears,” “Man in Fear,” “HWY,” “Animeditation,” “Bunker 731,” “The God Phone”; (in the In the End Let’s Feel Good grouping) “Busted Walk,” “Die Beobachtung,” “Happy Voodoo,” “Chin Up,” “The Assignment”; (in the Closing In grouping) “The Carnival Is on Fire,” “Infinity,” “Abigale,” “Homecoming,” “The Darkness Is Close Behind”.
The Arkansas Shorts which will be screened are (in the Tricks and Treasures grouping) “The Man in the Moon,” “The Birthday Present,” “Chutes and Gates,” “The Bloodstone Diaries, Thief of All Things,” and “Good Guys vs. Bad Guys”; (in the Warm-Blooded Cold-Hearted grouping) “Shattered,” “Cain and Abel,” “Greed,” “Children of the Mother Beaver,” “Fowl,” “Cold Tracker,” and “Ruthless.”
Other highlights will be Matt Owen discussing movie posters, a music video competition and show at Stickyz and a filmmaker reception.
Yesterday’s Architeaser was one of the four genies on the facade of the Centre Place building located at 212 Center Street. The building was designed by George R. Mann and was constructed between 1911 and 1917. In 1981 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Mann’s design was heavily influenced by buildings being constructed in Chicago at the time and also includes Beaux Arts elements (of which the genies are).
Here is today’s Architeaser.
Russell
The Little Rock Film Fest continues on day two with programming at two Little Rock cultural institutions.
At 4pm Little Rock Zoo hosts a zoo keeper chat about elephants. This will be followed at 4:30pm by the documentary The Eyes of Thailand.
At the Riverdale cinemas the first two films will be shown this evening: at 7pm, Richard Linlater’s Bernie will be shown while Daryl Wein’s Lola Versus will start at 7:30.
The Arkansas Arts Center plays host to a reception honoring filmmaker Jay Russell, an Arkansas native. Following the 7:30 reception, Philip Martin will moderate a discussion with Russell at 8pmThe program will also feature clips from some of Russell’s movies. Beginning at 9:15, the Arkansas Arts Center will host a Garden and Gallery party for filmmakers, Gold and Silver pass holders.
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured two people holding a crest over the south entrance of the old YMCA building at Broadway and Sixth Streets. The building was built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Here is today’s Architeaser.
