June 9 – Movie in Birmingham’s Booth Park – Encanto
Booth Park is located on the west side of North Old Woodward Avenue, south of Harmon Street in Birmingham.
VIDEO: Overtime, Sweet Nothings, and Curse of the Pizza Box Win at Wildwood Film Festival
Friends and family gathered at Oxford 7 Theatre to watch the videos and vote for the winners.
June 30 – Ferndale Movie in Wilson Park – Encanto
Movies will be shown throughout Ferndale all summer long in Downtown Ferndale’s Schiffer Park, and city-wide at Wilson Park, Martin Road Park and Harding Park.
Idocracy, Bend It Like Beckham, Respect Among Ferndale Movies in the Park This Summer
Movies will be shown throughout Ferndale all summer long in Downtown Ferndale’s Schiffer Park, and city-wide at Wilson Park, Martin Road Park and Harding Park.
Neighbors Share Memories of the Main Art Theatre
With the closure of the Main Art Theatre in Downtown Royal Oak, these memories have come back for untold numbers of people who found joy, learning, and love inside this place of stories, sound effects, buttered popcorn and silver screen magic.
Main Art Theatre Closed, But Marquee Message Was Mistaken
Todd Fenton, Royal Oak’s Economic Development Director, told Oakland County Times that he’s been in conversations with the property owner, AF Jonna, and that the company did not kick out the tenant.
40,000 Movies in 91 Years, A Holocaust Survivor Shares Cinematic Diary
From his childhood in Germany to the Nazi occupation to post-war Shanghai to his adult life in Metro Detroit, Zydower has loved everything about movies.
50 Shades Movies Mysteriously Hidden, Berkley Library Stands up to the Censor
50 Shades Movies Mysteriously Hidden, Berkley Library Stands up to the Censor (Crystal A. Proxmire, July 3, 2018) Berkley, MI- Someone’s been playing censor at the Berkley Library, hiding copies of DVDs such as 50 Shades of Gray, 50 Shades Freed, and Eyes Wide Shut. Even the documentary Jerusalem was surreptitiously removed and hidden. Staff…
Comedy Central Goes Forward with “Detroiters”
Comedy Central Goes Forward with “Detroiters” (Michigan Film Office Press Release, Jan. 26, 2016) Detroit, MI – In the end, it just had to be Detroit. Comedy Central has selected Detroit as the backdrop for its upcoming series, “Detroiters,” a comedy series that follows the travails of two small-time advertising men who produce low-budget, off-beat…
How the Movie “Parenthood” Saved my Life
How the Movie “Parenthood” Saved my Life (Guest View by Chelsea Marie) When I was three or four years old, my mom took my infant brother to visit her family in New York and left me in Michigan with my dad for the weekend. While she was away, I was riding my bike and somehow…
Library Picks: Kathleen’s Suggestions
Library Picks: Kathleen’s Suggestions (Jeff Milo, FADL Circulation Specialist, Jan.11, 2015) This regular column will provide Oakland County with cultural recommendations, in books, film, music and more, from an undeniably trusted source, one of its area libraries (as well as other community members in the weeks to come). The Ferndale Area District Library is part…
Library Announces Summer Reading Events & More
Grown-ups missing the fun of Summer Reading can now relive their youth at the Ferndale Public Library. This summer, through Aug. 11, readers 18 and up can enter a weekly prize drawing –each book checked out gets you…
M-1 Studios: Makin’ Money Makin’ Movies
But what you may not realize is that it’s yet another Ferndale company working behind the scenes to make those clips happen. From concept to upload, M-1 Studios know how to give small business owners the medium for their message to shine. Plus they have a story all of their own.
The Other Side: Films of Ferndale Reads
Each Monday from 7-9 pm visitors will be swept away with stories nearly as dark and enchanting as Connolly’s featured work. The films have been chosen for their story-telling properties and, hopefully, their ability to inspire the child inside us all to touch base with our own imaginations – and maybe even pick up a book!
Film Festival rolls out Red Carpet – Nov. 4-7
The Ferndale Film Festival is rolling out the red carpet for filmmakers in its second year, celebrating independent film with screenings of a catalog of films including features, shorts, and documentaries from Australia, England, Germany, Canada, and the United States at diverse locations all over Ferndale. Thursday, November 4th marks opening night at the Magic Bag Theatre and the awards ceremony and final screening rounds up the weekend on Sunday November 7th.
Film Fest Next Ferndale Tradition
Ferndale put its best face forward the first weekend in September 2009, with the first ever Ferndale Film Festival. The event, which grew out of the Detroit Film Club and their meetings at Dino’s Lounge 22740 Woodward, featured over 30 films at a dozen locations through the city, along with workshops and discussion groups.
Hollywood Dreams for Vogue Vintage
Vogue Vintage owner Steve Humphreys never had stars in his eyes or Hollywood dreams, but over the past several weeks the world of the rich and the famous has opened up for him. At least a little bit. Humphreys has been working with set designers from major motion pictures, and renting them items from his resale store to be used in the films.