ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

Whenever people are down about how difficult or impossible it is to build a filmmaking career through self-distribution, I point to Lance Weiler. Lance recently finished a healthy D.I.Y. theatrical run of his new feature Head Trauma , his self-distributed feature #2, & started selling the film's DVD. This article from a couple of days ago briefly mentions Lance's upcoming projects. - Sujewa

From one of Chris " The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah " Hansen's recent blog entries from the Virginia Film Festival: " About 15 minutes before the show, I started counting people. 22. Okay, I was thinking, maybe three dozen will show, a decent audience (if you have low expectations from previous festival experiences. But people kept coming. And coming. And coming." Read the rest here: http://christopherhansen.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogging-virginia-film-festival.html And there's more after that, check it out, Day 2: http://christopherhansen.blogspot.com/2006/10/virginia-film-festival-day-2.html And some more, Day 3, where Chris encounters an unfamiliar kind of Christianity: http://christopherhansen.blogspot.com/2006/10/virginia-film-festival-day-3.html - Sujewa

The Texas indie film Jumping Off Bridges is coming to my 'hood, here's the intro to the event: "November 15th, NIH’s Office of Science Education (OSE) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Montgomery County and the AFI Silver Theatre, will host a special film screening and tribute to Dr. Wayne Fenton , recognizing his love of film and dedication to public awareness and education about mental illness. This Science in the Cinema Special Event will include the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area premiere of the film jumping off bridges. For more information ." I am gonna try to be there. Go here for more info. on the event. - Sujewa

check it out here. comes with a neat/kinda hot still of Parker Posey. - sujewa

In NYC this weekend (11/3 & 4). Read all about it at Indie Features 06 . - Sujewa

That's right, not one but TWO films, telling the story of two episodes of the rebel leader's life. Read all about it at Variety. - Sujewa

ninja at bookstore "Date Number One is quite funny...twentysomethings and occasional thirtysomethings looking for romance recall Richard Linklater's philosopher slackers and Jim Jarmusch's minimalist attention to conversation...also a subtle, thoughtful film...might be understood as the anti-Crash depiction of life in the city...depicts a comfortably multi-ethnic community...I'd happily recommend it." - Chuck Tryon, media professor & blogger, The Chutry Experiment blog http://chutry.wordherders.net/archives/005873.html rupa from "a romantic dinner for 3" "I found the characters and the premise sexy, sexy, sexy." - Jerry Brewington, Hollywood Is Talking blog, on Story 2 of Date Number One http://hollywoodistalking.com/Blog/508/ ninja & missy on their blind date "...witty...often inventive...and, even better, airy: characters are given time and space to spell out