Area Events: the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival

The Atlanta Film Festival returns this week, kicking off with an opening night celebration this Friday night at Paris on Ponce. Look for some changes this year: lower pass prices, a music video bloc, live joint-venture music performances, and a move back to Landmark Midtown Art Cinema for the majority of screenings, among other things.

Over 175 films (incl. animation, shorts, and indie features) in 10 days. Visit Atlanta Film Festival's website for more info.

New in DVDs: The T.A.M.I. Show

Recently featured on public broadcasting, the T.A.M.I. show is a virtual musical historical document. Filmed over a two-day period in October 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, the concert (Teenage Awards Music International) features performances by Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, the Supremes, James Brown and the Famous Flames, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Leslie Gore and many other top names who've since become music legends. Combined with the mod fashions, minimalist backdrops and the accompanying go-go dancers (look for young assistant choreographer Toni "Mickey" Basil and actress Teri Garr among them), it's a trippy way to travel back nearly half a century.

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New to the DVD Collection

Bruce Springsteen: the complete video anthology, 1978-2000 -- featuring everything from 1978's "Rosalita" to 2000's "If I Should Fall Behind." Brian De Palma, Jonathan and Ted Demme, John Sayles, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn are among the Boss's directors.

The NFL's Funniest Players -- Hosted by Michael Strahan. Profiling hilarious moments, courtesy of the National Football League.

5ive Days to Midnight -- Timothy Hutton and Randy Quaid star in this SciFi channel miniseries about a physics professor who discovers he has only five days to prevent his own murder.