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

Well, one of these is not a director interview but a director playing a character doing an interview type bit in Annie Hall, but, maybe close enough: - Sujewa

From ACLU : "DHS travel abuses include: 1. A terrorist watch list with over one million names on it, growing by twenty thousand names per month. 2. Security agents that seize laptops, cell phones, and PDAs as Americans enter the United States, with no suspicion of wrongdoing. 3. Invasive airport scanners that let agents conduct virtual strip searches of passengers. 4. A proposal to have every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission." Go to the ACLU webpage re: this matter for more information & take action. - Sujewa

Check out the help wanted list post at ProBlogger . - Sujewa

On the bright side, this planet had a nice several billion years long run. Check out the large hadron collider story at Gizmodo . - Sujewa

At Horror 101 Armando Valle (one of the bloggers featured in my doc Indie Film Blogger Road Trip ) gets us caught up on the current state of the horror film industry, poses problems and solutions, and talks about the challenges facing indie horror filmmakers. From the article : "We’re not gonna lie to you, fans. Things are bad all over for quality horror cinema. A recent article at Moviemaker.com pointed the current ills of the genre, but let me expand on just how bad the problem is and possible solutions to the problem. As the article pointed out, young horror directors are having trouble cracking the horror audience, the old guard directors like George Romero (although beloved by this commentator) can’t put butts on the theater seats, and Hollywood doesn’t care about the discerning horror fan instead delivering forgettable, terrible PG-13 horror flops one after another. Americanizations and remakes are disappointing fans all over the board. And for the enterprising indie horror

I thought filming on Indie Film Blogger Road Trip was done about a week ago, but not so, heading back on the road - to NYC - to interview Anthony Kaufman next week (along with anyone else on my list who may be available). I've started editing the blogger doc; expect to have it finished by the end of this month or early next month. So next week's road trip will definitely be the last filming session for IFBRT . - Sujewa

This should have been included in the previous post, but here it is: - Sujewa