Over a career that spans 60 years, and still continues today, Williams has established himself as one of the true giants in motion-picture scores. He has won five Academy Awards (Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, ET – The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List).

The theme of this year’s competition is “From Dream to Screen,� and this year a record 114 cities worldwide will be participating in the event. This event has grown in popularity over the years, and North Carolina is one of the few states to have two cities in the running: Greensboro and Asheville.

In less than 20 years, the School of Filmmaking has established itself as one of the nation’s premier institutions of its kind.

Executive director Andrew Rodgers estimated Saturday night that ticket sales for this festival were above last year’s. Of course, exact figures have not yet been tallied.

It’s been too long — six years, to be precise — since filmmaker Fred Schepisi’s last project, and he’s not arguing. “Absolutely,� he said, “I agree with that!� He’s hardly been inactive during that time, but it was the screen version of Patrick White’s 1973 novel The Eye of the Storm.

The closest I ever came to seeing them perform live was at beautiful Veterans Stadium (ha!) in Philadelphia, but we only got as far as the parking lot. With no tickets in sight and drenched in rain (a “Box of Rain,” you might say), we returned home — but not before picking up a couple of sixpacks and some cheesesteaks.

The “Mighty Marvel Mondays� screenings will be held 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Admission is $6, $5 for students with valid ID. Advance tickets can also be purchased through the Carolina Theatre’s official website: www.carolinatheatre.com.

There’s very much a UNCSA flavor to the proceedings this year, with a number of featurelength and short films made by current students and graduates, many expected to be in attendance during the festival. In addition, the Emerging Master Award will be presented to actor Paul Schneider, a UNCSA graduate who made his first two films, George Washington.

Although there have been constant updates in the media recently that the US economy is on the rebound, a lot of people aren’t so sure — having been stung financially in the past. With so many confronting their own economic situations — good, bad or otherwise, especially during tax season — the issue of money is foremost on many people’s minds.

“I appreciate that,� she said. “That was what I wanted — those challenges. It wasn’t about the money, it was about the work. I never really had a career plan.

Among the roles be cast are: a doctor (any age adult), Helen’s mother Kate Keller (age 20s-30s), Helen’s father Capt.

This Sunday’s ceremony marks the 84th Academy Awards, held at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre, and Billy Crystal is back at the helm as host (after Eddie Murphy and producer Brett Ratner dropped out). Sometimes it seems as if I’ve watched all 84 Oscar broadcasts, but I’ll likely be watching again.

Murphy, an American Air Force engineer stationed in Africa, is literally at Ground Zero for a sudden, unexplained outbreak of a virulent plague that causes the dead to rise and feed on the living. Panic has quickly set in, as the entire continent (and perhaps the entire world) is overrun by an unstoppable army of zombies.

The group will meet every Monday night through Aug. 6 except April 9 and 16, and May 28. A half-hour “meet-and-greet” will take place at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. screening time. After the film, audience members are encouraged to participate in an informal discussion regarding it.

I wrote a column about the visit for the newspaper I then worked for. It was one of my most popular — and, I daresay, one of my best — resulting in a flood of positive e-mails and phone calls from Glenn Ford fans who voiced their appreciation.

Set in and around a community recreation center in a small Pennsylvania town, the story focuses on a group of men (Asner, Kehler, Cariani and Wells) who gather on a regular basis to play cards, shoot the breeze, bust each other’s chops and, occasionally, offer sage and sympathetic advice to each other.

This three-hour event will open with filmmaker Kevin Smith and frequent co-star/longtime friend Jason Mewes hosting their popular podcast, “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old,� in which they reflect on their relationship both on and off the screen, as well as a variety of other topics.

This international filmmaking experiment is perhaps the ultimate tribute to George Lucas’ classic 1977 space opera as conceived by Casey Pugh, an innovative web developer and designer who took 15-second clips from the original Star Wars and...

The show absolutely swept the Tony Awards in 1965: Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography (both for Jerome Robbins), Best Producer of a Musical (Harold Prince), Best Author, Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Featured Actress...

For the last several weeks, SEFCA members — and critics everywhere — have been tearing through screenings and screeners of eligible films. There are those who think being a film critic is fun. They would be correct. There are those who think being a film critic is easy.