Just a quick few notes from the end of the fantastic New York International Latino Film Festival last week. Congratulations to director Paul Boyd, whose feature VICIOUS CIRCLE won the best film prize. I was at the red carpet premiere of the film (more…)

One of the sweetest men I’ve met (and a talented filmmaker/photographer to boot) — Nate Kensinger — is featured not once, but twice, in today’s New York Times. Kensinger, whose short film Bolerium, (more…)

John Anderson has an interesting article about DIY distribution in the New York Times today (30 July 2008). Following the story of “Bottle Shock” — left standing at the Awards Platform at Sundance with no distributors (more…)

I’m a little late on posting about this, seeing as I was in BritDoc with a broken Blackberry and only semifunctional typing hand, but just a few days ago Filmmaker Magazine announced their always-stellar list (more…)

Though it “only” lasts for 3 days, BritDoc, set on the storied campus of Oxford University (think Pimms clubs and croquet games), was as stimulating a festival I have ever attended. Almost too much went on to recap, from the opening night dinner in the Harry Potter-esque dining hall, where I had the pleasure of (more…)

Outfest, the “oldest continuous film festival in Los Angeles”, featured a whopping 212 films from over 25 countries this year. The fest took place over a lovely thirteen days in summery (more…)