I suppose that urban environments, where people live in close proximity and have to figure out how to live together in ways that people in suburban and ex-urban communities don’t have to deal with, understand something about living in public. But somehow the new glass building at the corner of 86th and Lexington, touted as the harbinger of new apartment buildings … (more…)

Yesterday, Sundance announced the rest of it’s feature lineup for the 2010 edition of the venerated indie film festival…  (more…)

(Mark gets on his Soap Box and Talks about Sex and Censorship)

Love in India, IndiePix’s most recent release from the subcontinent, toured through the states last month making successful stops at New York’s South Asian International Film Festival and the International South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco. It was well received in both venues with a particularly intense, audience in the aisles sell-out in San Fran. Director Q gave (more…)

There is something very rewarding about watching a good documentary. The experience allows us an inside view into another experience that is different to our own, or rather a new perspective into the World we thought we knew. Five Docs To Watch (more…)

There is something to be said about love, or rather the idea of love, that obsession that consumes our existence. What is love? Where do we find it? Will we ever find it? What are its limits, or is it as I imagine to be – limitless?

Now you’re probably sitting there wondering why I have decided to explore this exhausted issue, but can we honestly say we will ever truly stop feeling consumed by idealistic notions of love? (more…)

“It’s not random” says founding-father Douglas Walker. “It’s chaotic. Random implies that there is no way to predict anything. Chaotic means that there are elements which can be predicted, but there are so many of them and they are so complicated, that it seems random.” Wise words are being poured into . . . . my ear over the din of karaoke (more…)