There are so many great documentaries out in NYC this week: AJ Schnack’s Kurt Cobain About a Son, Amir Bar-Lev’s My Kid Could Paint That and Tony Kaye’s Lake of Fire. I haven’t seen Lake of Fire yet but I’ve heard that it is very powerful and thought provoking on the highly-charged subject of abortion and I am looking forward to catching it at Film Forum this week. Kaye funded the film himself and worked on it for 17 years! My Kid Could Paint That, about child art prodigy Marla Olmstead, is a fascinating study of truth and hype and the role of the filmmaker and is a great film to go see with a bunch of friends and then spend hours arguing about it afterwards over frosty beverages. I fell in love with About a Son and can’t recommend it highly enough. Go with no rock bio expectations and just let it pull you in.

Here are some pics from the About a Son party last night. It was so much fun - I felt like I was at a high-school disco.

Sarie Horowitz looking foxy with filmmaker/editor extraordinaire Jeff Israel

Mike Tully and Holly Herick

Me with my lovely friend Lotta Boman and Jeff Israel

David Nugent looking awfully tanned and outdoorsy after his time in the Hamptons and the top of Holly’s head (it was very hard to see in the bar!)

IndieWIRE’s James Israel won the Fender geetar. Lucky bugger!

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