About a month and a half ago, we received the list of films selected for the Derby City Film Festival, the region’s most renowned celebration of independent cinema. The time is now nigh: the festival occurs this weekend at the Clifton Center, running from Friday, February 17^th to Sunday, February 19^th.

You know who Lance Henrikson is. You may not recognize the name, but if you have watched movies or TV at any point in the last forty years, you have seen him. You may have seen him in small roles in films like “Network,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” You may have seen him play larger roles in several early James Cameron films: “Piranha 2,” for instance, or “Terminator,” in which he played Detective Hal Vukovich.

The 3rd Annual Derby City Film Festival rocked the Clifton Center this past weekend and helped to expose the work of several local and regional actors, directors and filmmakers amongst national competition.
Dozens of films in multiple categories were shown and judged throughout the three day event.

Louisville native Greg King and New Albany, Indiana filmmaker Ray Cart took honors, as well as Cincinnati’s Michael Maney, who wowed with a 24-minute film about a meth addict that cost a mere $3000 to create.

Papa John’s has set quite the precedent for giving back to the community from whence it sprang.

Whether or not you like the pizza, there is no arguing that Mr. Schnatter and company have done quite a good job of maintaining an open and giving relationship with the Louisville community – whether it be in the form of massive donations to the zoo, the presence of a certain giant structure that looms next to I-65, or localized investment in the under-the-radar sport of cyclecross.