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

2 do item #400whatever is done - there is now a donate button (look above this post, or scroll to the very top of the blog, if you haven't seen it already) at the blog; so if ya dig the stuff here, go click on the donate button, sign on to your PayPal account & send some support this way. More $s = more blogging. Thanksalot. - Sujewa

DOCUCLUB “IN-THE-WORKS” AT SILVERDOCS - CALL FOR ENTRIES DocuClub is pleased to announce its participation in the 2008 SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival with an “In-the-Works” program. The deadline for submissions is APRIL 18, 2008. SILVERDOCS takes place June 16-23, just outside Washington DC. For more information about the Festival, go to: http://www.silverdocs.com/ DocuClub is currently accepting submissions for an “In-the-Works” program at SILVERDOCS. The “In-the-Works” program offers filmmakers a safe environment to screen a rough-cut of their documentaries before an audience of their peers and lovers of the form. The audience is encouraged to give constructive feedback about the structure, content, characters and clarity of the film in a post-screening discussion facilitated by an experienced filmmaker. Past films that have screened “In-the-Works” include BORN INTO BROTHELS, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and THE BOYS OF BARAKA, which won an Audience Award

Says Anthony Kaufman , check it out, a good read . Art, indie/real indie, foreign movies getting more theater screens would certainly be a good thing; even watching a relatively quiet & low-key indie such as Medicine for Melancholy would be far more enjoyable on a big movie theater screen than on my TV - in my opinion. - Sujewa

Yeah, this movie might suck, but I am gonna check it out, mostly 'cause it's got mammoths & saber tooth tigers:

Even though I am not a regular reader of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard , this long article - " I and My Brother Against My Cousin ", about the book Culture and Conflict in the Middle East by Philip Carl Salzman, was interesting. It offers a view point on a few things related to the War on Terror & the ongoing conflict between Islam and the west. Certainly the Standard article is not the final word on this matter, much more research & thought is necessary - but in my rough ideas re: what I think my question is contains the following - in this world we have several very effective nations with centralized governments, law & order nation wide, & individual rights. We also have many nations with a government in name, but without law & order nationwide or prosperity or access to prosperity for many individuals and without individual rights (rights may exist on paper, but not in practice) or means with which to defend such (fair courts, etc

Another article from Switched , read it here . - Sujewa

A video from Switched:

Check out the article at the Raindance site . - Sujewa

Check out the 7 Essentials For A Press Kit article at the Raindance site. I am sure a lot of us know about some or all of those items, but it never hurts to be reminded. The above article is a part of the 2008 Festival Tool Kit from Raindance. For info. on submitting to Raindance, go here . - Sujewa

For more on the filmmaker James Fotopoulos, visit his site .

The new film Prabhakaran has been getting a lot of press attention in Sri Lanka & India long before its release due to its subject matter & perceived approach by the director. The director Thushara Peries recently survived being attacked by a mob in India. The Sri Lankan government screened the film last month and approved its release. This week a Sri Lankan Tamil politician asked Indian Tamil politicians not to oppose the release of the movie (the release prints are at the moment being held at a lab in India). The film is named after the leader of the Tamil terrorist group LTTE, and the director of the film is described as a moderate, non-communal Sinhala (the war in Sri Lanka, at this point, is between the LTTE - a militant separatist group from the Tamil minority - and the Sri Lankan government - an organization that represents a multi-ethnic but mostly Sinhala population). Here is a description of the film, using some of director Peries's own words, from a Sunday Time

(note: 6:22 PM - if the embedded trailer does not work, try the youtube page ) The entire movie The Cult of Sincerity is on the post below (the makers are releasing it on youtube), here's the trailer:

(note - Wed 4/9, 6:22 PM - if the embedded movie does not play, try the youtube page ) There is a brief intro to the film that explains how the new feature The Cult of Sincerity 's distribution model works (at present it seems very similar to what Four Eyed Monsters did with Spout); the entire movie is below (the trailer looked pretty good), check it out (& of course help the kids out by doing what they request in the intro. :: thanks to GCD for the link!):