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Melanie Addington's Discussions
Film critics, bloggers, radio hosts, etc - We need you!
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Melanie Addington's Events
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Working to bring good movies and the cool people who make them to our city!
HOUSE OF THRILLS! OR Halloween Havoc OR Transformers 3 at Malco Tupelo Commons
October 28, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm
WEDNESDAY 10/28, MALCO THEATER IN TUPELO - House of Thrills!! OR
House of 1000 WTFs! OR Transformers 3 - a spectacular double-feature of
Glenn Payne's "A Zombie Movie" and Daniel Lee's "It Came From Beyond
Beyond"! (the sequel to OCHO). Mark your ...
FILM SUBMISSIONS WANTED for TUPELO FILM FESTIVAL at The Historic Lyric Theater
October 10, 2010 at 12am to January 15, 2011 at 12am
FILM SUBMISSIONS WANTED
The Tupelo Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 7th Annual Tupelo Film Festival to be held in historic, downtown Tupelo, MS on May 13 - 15, 2010.
We are now accepting submissions in the following categories:...
Hi all,
I am trying to find the contacts for anyone in the state that writes about film for any sort of publication - newspaper, radio/tv, blogs, etc. I have started a Facebook group to get things off the ground but a Mississippi Film Critics Ass...
60th Anniversary Screening of Intruder in the Dust at Lyric Theater
October 2, 2009 from 7pm to 11:45pm
Intruder in the Dust 60th anniversary screening and world premiere of the documentary on the making of the film.
Date: Oct 2
Time: 7 p.m. - midnight
Location: Lyric Theater, Oxford MS
Cost: $35
60th Anniversary Screening of Intruder in the Dust at Lyric Theater
October 2, 2009 from 7pm to 11:45pm
Intruder in the Dust 60th anniversary screening and world premiere of the documentary on the making of the film.
Date: Oct 2
Time: 7 p.m. - midnight
Location: Lyric Theater, Oxford MS
Cost: $35
MS Film Pros needed for Commission Database at North Mississippi, preferably
September 2, 2009 at 6pm to November 2, 2009 at 7pm
The Tupelo Film Commission is looking for people who have previously worked in film to be a part of our new database. The database will be a part of the commission's new website that will be launched later this fall. Please message Sean Johnson (e...
Profile Information
- Website
- http://oxfordfilmfreak.com
- Email
- melanie@oxfordfilmfest.com
- Phone
- 662 801 6007
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- About Me
- I am a full time reporter for the Oxford Eagle. In my free time, I am the volunteer coordinator for the Oxford Film Festival. I also serve on the screening committee. In the rest of my free time, I write about movies for the Oxford Town and my own film freak blog.
- Favorite Films
- Anything independent...and some studio works.
- Favorite Filmmakers
- Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, David Lynch, Coen Brothers, Pedro Almodovar, M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Charlie Chaplin, Tate Taylor, Scott Prendergast, Martin Scorcese, Mel Brooks, Eli Roth, Harold Ramis, Lynn Shelton, Aaron Katz, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Adrian and Roko Belic, Judd Apatow, Peter Jackson, John Waters, Kevin Smith, Harmony Korine, Martin Scorcese, Michael Moore, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Dianne Houston, Gurinder Chadha, Amy Heckerling, Mira Nair, Agnieszka Holland, Diane Keaton, Nora Ephron, Julie Taymor..I know I am forgetting like 100 others..but that is a start.
- Favorite Music
- Soundtracks.
- Education and Work
- Reporter for the Oxford Eagle and Oxford Town.
- Film Experience/Resume
- My experience is limited other than college films that I made with friends, usually behind the scenes. Most of my acting was for theater but I fell in love with the cinema and began studying it extensively in highschool and college and began writing film criticism in 2000.
- Awards or Film Festival Participation
- Volunteer and Media Coordinator with the Oxford Film Festival (2007 - present)
Screening Committee with the Oxford Film Festival (2005-present)
San Diego Film Society (2000-2001)
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I hope all is going well with the Film Fest planning. I wonder what the next event will be? Do you know if there are any more fundraising events scheduled before the Fest?