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As Oklahoma City grows, the annual film festival's tendrils creep into additional venues and venture into new programming territories.

deadCenter Lives

Jun 1-14, 2022

Vol. 44, No. 11

The deadCenter Film Festival returns for its 22nd year to downtown OKC with more participating venues than ever.

Future growth

The experience of Black Oklahomans will be expressed with a presentation of the newest OKC Thunder film at deadCenter as well as the Greenwood Film Festival occurring the same weekend in Tulsa.

By Gazette staff

Keeping score

OKC film composer Cory Perschbacher expounds upon his creative process and about writing the score for Out of Exile, which premieres at deadCenter Film Festival June 9.

By KM Bramlett

Breakdown breakout

Filmmaker Christopher Fitzpatrick presents new rock-doc Oklahoma Breakdown about homegrown music legend Mike Hosty at the deadCenter Film Festival this year.

By Brett Fieldcamp

Midnight madness

Mickey Reece has curated a slate of midnight movies for the first annual undeadCenter program during this year’s festival.

By Matt Dinger

Rodeo revival

New leadership and a rebrand are building new life in the Rodeo Cinema Foundation’s locations downtown and in the Stockyards.

By Matt Dinger

Cinema selections

With more than 175 films screening at numerous venues across the city, it’s tough to choose where to be and when, but here are two narrative features and two full-length documentaries that should be on your radar.

By Gazette staff

News

Food & Drink

  • Gazedibles: Charcuterie summer

    For those who grew up in the ‘Lunchable age,’ the adult version of the snack tray holds a particular allure.

    By Berlin Green

  • Dad drinks

    By Gazette staff

  • Beerathon

    The Oklahoma Craft Brewers Association is expanding its second annual Oklahoma Brewer’s Fest as well as launching its Oklahoma Craft Beer Passport for those who want to log their brewery trek across the state.

    By Matt Dinger

Arts & Culture

  • Future growth

    The experience of Black Oklahomans will be expressed with a presentation of the newest OKC Thunder film at deadCenter as well as the Greenwood Film Festival occurring the same weekend in Tulsa.

    By Gazette staff

  • Keeping score

    OKC film composer Cory Perschbacher expounds upon his creative process and about writing the score for Out of Exile, which premieres at deadCenter Film Festival June 9.

    By KM Bramlett

  • Breakdown breakout

    Filmmaker Christopher Fitzpatrick presents new rock-doc Oklahoma Breakdown about homegrown music legend Mike Hosty at the deadCenter Film Festival this year.

    By Brett Fieldcamp

  • Midnight madness

    Mickey Reece has curated a slate of midnight movies for the first annual undeadCenter program during this year’s festival.

    By Matt Dinger

  • Rodeo revival

    New leadership and a rebrand are building new life in the Rodeo Cinema Foundation’s locations downtown and in the Stockyards.

    By Matt Dinger

  • Citizen Spotlight: Aley Cristelli of Pine Pantry

    Aley Cristelli’s love of food led her to sharing it with her community in a new way.

    By Berlin Green

  • The Toe Tag: Script Notes

    Historical records archived in Oklahoma informed Killers of the Flower Moon, the David Grann book that Martin Scorsese used as the basis for his upcoming film.

    By Sarah Atwood-Cotton

  • Cinema selections

    With more than 175 films screening at numerous venues across the city, it’s tough to choose where to be and when, but here are two narrative features and two full-length documentaries that should be on your radar.

    By Gazette staff

Music

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