Cinematical Invades Mississippi! Again!
Filed under: Oxford Film Festival
If you happen to live anywhere near Oxford, Mississippi and you feel a gnawing desire to talk movies with a whole bunch of great flick freaks, you could do a whole lot worse than to trek over to the Oxford Film Festival this weekend. Aside from esteemed colleagues like Lisa Rosman, Jennifer Yamato, John Beifuss, Kim Voynar, and Jeffrey Wells, the festival will also be attended by Eric Snider, James Rocchi, and (yep, me) Scott Weinberg. We'll be there to do all sorts of panels and juries and impromptu arguments and such...Oh yeah, and we'll be seeing some movies. Festivals are always good for that stuff. Debuting at Oxford before skipping over to SXSW will be two cool-sounding films: Crude Independence and Make-Out with Violence, both of which I'm hearing some really cool things on. Fresh from its Sundance splash is Prom Night in Mississippi, which promises to be a documentary full of pretty young southern women. Sign me up. And of course the genre bin is filled with titles like Night Crawlers, Interplanetary, and Psycho Sleepover -- so you know I'll have a good weekend. (Check out the full Oxford slate at Bside.com.)
And let's give it up to the Oxford Film Festival for their stellar taste in guests. Seriously, though, we're flattered to have several of our staff members earn the invitation. I've never even BEEN to Mississippi before! (Do they have Wendy's there? I just get antsy without a Wendy's nearby.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-04-2009 @ 9:01PM
Eric Aitala said...
Dude, avoid Wendy's go to Ajax (on the Square), Newk's, any of the Mexican places, Bofield's, McAllister's Deli...
Matter of fact, avoid all the chains and eat in the local places. You won't be disappointed.
I lived in Oxford for 15 years.... so I know...
Dr Eric.
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2-05-2009 @ 11:18AM
Carson said...
There are a couple of Wendys in Oxford, but if you want good food, I second Eric Aitala's comment with the addition that if you have time for a good sit-down meal, go to Yocona River Inn (I'm somewhat biased; I worked there until this past December) which is about eight miles out of town -- directions are on the website http://www.yocona.com -- and/or City Grocery, which is on the Square. You will be glad you did.
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2-05-2009 @ 2:02PM
Eric said...
I would also recommend Yocona River Inn - ate there a number of years ago. Very good.
Dr E.
2-05-2009 @ 11:50AM
Nightravyn said...
I third the notion to go to Ajax. Newk's, Bofield's, McAllisters, City Grocery, all excellent. But yes, if you MUST have Wendy's, they have them there. Also, if yer in a reading mood, you can hit up Square Books if yer at the square, or you can go to Paint & Pen, a bookstore/art supply store out West Jackson near the Wal-Mart. Both are excellent bookstores, although I frequent P&P more. ;)
Oxford's a great town with a lot more to see than people outside the town think. :D
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