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

Between this month - June - and December 15 or so, I need to get a DVD out, do some screenings, & make a new movie or two; so, I think a lot of my blogging for the next few months will happen, as things get done, at: Wild Diner Films blog Date Number One '08 site/blog Actress Movie site/blog Capital City Microcinema site/blog With major items being linked to from this blog or being mentioned at this blog in some length. When the weather gets cold & or when things slow down for the year end holidays, I should be back blogging a lot once again at this blog; covering all kinds of indie film & other stuff. Of course will blog about SilverDocs '08 when the fest happens later this month. Other than that, will be busy with lots of WDF stuff while the weather is good. See ya around. - Sujewa

Here is the trailer for the new film Able Danger; pretty good as entertainment (as for the 9-11 conspiracy angle, nothing I have not heard before - a lot of smoke; but a good starting off point to an at times campy but generally engaging noir type drama), great photography; saw that movie at the opening night of the 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival - at a great/very interesting venue called the Lyceum, on Fri 5/30 night. Able Danger trailer: - Sujewa

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Got this today; good news, Matt is back as a critic (though not in print), & the indiefilmbloginterwebcosmicbrain just regained the bit of intelligence & soul matter lost from Matt's departure a few weeks ago, very cool: "Hi, folks-- Although I have more or less quit print journalism to focus on filmmaking -- and will be shooting a science fiction feature in Dallas this summer -- I intend to continue being a critic. From now on, the work will just take a different form. The first example can be found at the link below. http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/2008/05/ten-steps-away-at-death-house-door.html I intend to do a lot of these video essays once I perfect the format and get up to speed. They will be posted to YouTube and other Internet video sites; they will also be featured on the film and TV criticism blog The House Next Door, which I founded in 2006 and recently turned over to my friend Keith Uhlich: http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/ If you would like to

Update 7/20/08 : working on 3 movies (Indie Film Bloggers, Actress, and Date Number One DVD release), and will be busy with distribution on those next year, so, producing a film fest is out for '09, perhaps later/at some other year. I have read, at some point far back in one of my history of art classes, of painters putting on group shows ( example ); basically several painters get together, exhibit their work, with all the attendant press, details (food, music, etc.) in tow, and also sell their work at this event. Maybe this idea can be adapted to the real indie film world because; - film festivals, most of them (or at least many of them), as we know them now, draw significant attention & attendance from the general public but are not events whose primary mission it is to enable filmmakers to receive money from the public directly, at the event, for their work (either from screenings or DVD sales) The event could include indie filmmakers as the primary organizers but significa

A blog comment conversation at Spout blog re: the value of Sex and the City movie made me think of Sullivan's Travels (1941). Here's a clip:

This year marks the first appearance of the Austin Asian American Film Festival . From the fest's site: "After years of hard work, the Austin Asian American Film Foundation has arrived. Our unique foundation promises to bring the best in Asian and Asian American cinema to Austin. Texas may seem like an odd location for an Asian film foundation, but we are the fastest growing minority in an already lively and vibrant Asian community. We are supported by the University of Texas, Austin Film Society and many Asian organization. This October we are proud to present: The 1st Annual Austin Asian American Film Festival will be held on October 9-12th, 2008. Our four day event will have exciting screenings, thought provoking panels, great parties and many filmmakers in attendance. This year we are proud to announce our festival will be held at the Alamo Drafthouse. Recently voted “Best Theatre in America”, the Alamo takes our festival to the next level!" I have a perhaps a difficu