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

Was kind of under the weather this weekend, took it easy, home & in bed pretty much the whole weekend, watched a lot of The Office; good show to watch when you are not feeling too well :) No, really, there is hope for Hollywood/mainstream TV when it/them can turn out a pretty decent show like The Office. So, to show my appreciation, here is some Office related blogging. Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor in The Office) interview at Radar Online . Also, Kaling blogs here (as Mindy Ephron). - Sujewa

Read about it at the Wild Diner Films blog . - Sujewa

This week's Washington City Paper has an article in which a judge of the DC Shorts film festival tells us about his experience. Here is the first paragraph from the article: "When I tell people I judged films for this year’s DC Shorts Film Festival, their first reaction is, “Cool!” Their second reaction is more circumspect. I don’t own a television. Or any movies. Why was I qualified to judge?" Read the rest here . Lots of inside-film-festival entertainment for those who may be into that kinda thing. - Sujewa

Lots of videomaking tech news, tips at the Videomaker blog . - Sujewa

Tyler Perry 's film Why Did I Get Married? sounds a tiny bit like the Dogme 95 film The Celebration or the Lawrence Kasdan film The Big Chill . From the Variety review of the flick: "At a fateful dinner party, the camera circling ominously, Angela, outraged that Mike has brought along his mistress (Denise Boutte), triggers an avalanche of aggressive secret-telling that leads to disaster." From Armond White's review at the New York Press: "He convenes a group of thirtysomething professionals, psychologist and relationship expert Patricia (Janet Jackson) and her friends: criminal attorney Dianne (Sharon Leal), esthetician Angie (Tasha Smith) and plus-sized housewife Sheila (Jill Scott). They rent a winter cabin in Pemberton, Colo., for a weekend marriage retreat with their husbands,..." Might be interesting. Here's the official website for the movie . Playing in lots of theaters now. - Sujewa

a few time consuming things to do over the next 2 weeks, not too exciting, check out the brief version of the list here . be back around 11/1 (unless "something film related that must be blogged about" comes my way). for Burma stuff & other non-film stuff check out the Year 200007 blog. there are a couple of things that i need to post there in the coming days. - Sujewa

check one out here . and then explore the site for more. funny. - sujewa

Nice to see Laura Bush taking an interest in the situation in Burma. Here's the first paragraph of a long Post article re: the First Lady's work on behalf of the Burmese people: "It's a long way from the broad expanse of Texas to the lush forests of Burma , from the boots-and-broncos rodeo in nearby Waco to the bloody crackdown against barefoot monks in Rangoon . Yet that troubled faraway land somehow has gotten under the skin of a former librarian from the Lone Star State and vaulted toward the top of the U.S. foreign policy agenda." Read the rest here . - Sujewa

Read about the new independent movie by a dependent 27 year old, at The Onion . Thanks GreenCine Daily for the link :) Also check out Filmmaker Mag blog re: the Onion article. - Sujewa

Found these today, looks interesting & promising, check 'em out: Can We Make A Movie With You? Art House Queen Sun In Libra, Moon In Taurus - Sujewa

On YouTube . Buy the film Ten Minutes Older , which contains Int. Trailer. Night & other short films by different directors, here . Jarmusch talks a bit about the short in this GreenCine interview . - Sujewa