This past Sunday, the Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF) launched a new fall series. Every month, the LRFF will show a different film and host a special event to accompany it.
The series began Sunday, Sept. 14, with a showing of Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” at the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Ron Robinson Theatre in Little Rock. The showing was accompanied with local musicians covering songs from the soundtrack of the film.
Program director Levi Agee has been volunteering for the LRFF for six years. He has gone through hundreds of films and picked the best few to represent what he thinks are the best independent films in the world.
“My goal for this new film series is (to) offer an incentive for people to come to the theater in a time when movie houses aren’t doing so great,” Agee said. “It’s so easy to stay at home and watch your favorite show or movie on Netflix or iTunes.”
Adjunct professor Grant Dillion is involved in the LRFF. He said this is a great cultural experience for students to get involved in with a great cinematic lineup.
“It’s great to have someone like Levi Agee, who is so well versed in the world of cinema, to curate the lineup for you,” Dillion said.
Agee said he plans on showing a different cult crowd pleaser each month. Agee said that cult crowd pleasers can be defined as “films that have a following and are usually critically acclaimed, but are also enjoyable and fun to see in theaters.”
The events regarding this series will take place in the CALS Ron Robinson Theatre in downtown Little Rock. This provides an intimate setting for film lovers to experience the movie.
“We all watch modern movies in a million different ways, many times alone on a laptop or mobile device, yet there’s something amazing about watching classic films in a theater with an audience who both loves and respects the movie as much as you,” Dillion said. “It’s a cultural connection you can’t get any other way.”.
For October, Agee plans on showing a film that goes along with the Halloween season.
“I’m geeking out thinking about all the strange stuff we are thinking of trying, but I think people are really going to love it,” Agee said.
More information on the October showing, the rest of the series and other LRFF programs can be found online at www.LittleRockFilmFestival.org.
