This is rather old news but I love this quote from Madeleine Albright after Sarah Palin misquoted her earlier this month: “Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an…
It’s nice having a film-fest take place in your home town. I sat next to Lee in the cinema on Saturday night, caught up with the Brit Doc crew and their fans out in force to support the delightful Larry Charles and ‘Religulous’, then bumped into shooter patron Mike Figgis and friends at Bar Italia in the evening hours following his film and LFF workshop. First things first. The buzz around Palme D’Or Winner ‘The Class’ is more than justified…
I’m at the second and final day of The Conversation today. I’ve been too busy to blog but you can follow updates from me and other attendees on Twitter. I’ll post an update when footage from the panels is put online. Lots of good ideas coming up that should be shared.
Lance Weiler is live streaming from The Conversation which started this morning here in Berkeley, California. Update: You can follow The Conversation blog here – the blog includes links to photos, tweets and other joys.
I feel very very bad that I can never remember the names of screenwriters. I personally think writers should share the same size font and glory as directors. Then again probably so should editors, cinematographers, sound designers etc. Anyway. I feel bad about this. But like most people – I am very aware of Charlie Kauffman – ‘The Writer’. And like most writer/directors, I am in awe of his abilities. And like most in the audience at the LFF, I…
The PaleyDocFest starts tomorrow with a screening of Kristi Jacobson’s Toots, a film about the legendary New York City restaurateur Toots Shor, whose restaurant stood exactly where The Paley Center now stands apparently! I’m personally also looking forward to seeing James Moll’s Running the Sahara on October 24th. This is the unbelievable sounding story of three men who decide to run across all 4,300 miles of the Sahara Desert, averaging 50 miles per day for nearly 4 months without a…
Thanks to Agnes Varnum at Doc It Out for the heads up about this. Frontline’s The Choice 2008 is available to watch free online in its entirety. I’ve only watched part of it so far but it’s definitely vital viewing on the political and personal histories of Obama and McCain and I’m looking forward to watching the rest when I can give it my full attention (although giving ANYTHING my full attention at the moment is proving tricky). Also, women…
Last night was the gala opening of Frost/Nixon (screenplay by Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard). I liked it. I did like it. But I didn’t love it. I should also hold up my hands and say I am a bit of a politico. I read the Huffington Post quite regularly, my friends will contest to how much of a West-Wing nut I am, and I’m (somewhat morbidly and obsessively) fascinated by the upcoming US election. This should have rocked…
I’m really excited to be heading to Berkeley, CA for The Conversation later this week. Partly because I love Berkeley and am always happy to have an excuse to visit the Bay Area, but mainly because The Conversation looks like it is going to be a brilliant couple of days of discussion about new ways of thinking about films, audiences, and platforms. The organizers are Ken Goldberg, Tiffany Shlain, Scott Kirsner and Lance Weiler and participants include Ted Hope, Peter…
Congrats to Sandra Hebron and and all the hardworking folk at the LFF as The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival (really quite a mouthful) kicks off TODAY. I’m planning to go see as much as I can for SP, but only yesterday did I find out that they are screening.. a whopping.. 189 features and 108 shorts. wow. I feel quite overwhelmed. Already. If you’ve heard of anything that’s a must see, I’d love to hear from you. Films…
