New York and fests.

New York is the festival of the moment and there's no snappier way to catch up with the highlights so far than to run through Aaron Hillis's latest update for Premiere. At his own site, Aaron's free to bemoan the perils of punctuation he has to overcome as he works up these updates. Another quick rundown is Steve Erickson's for Gay City News; The Reeler has a fun entry and Aaron Dobbs has filed his first at the Gothamist.

Blogging ferociously - and well - are Cinematical's Karina Longworth and IFC's Alison Willmore.

The New York Times has, of course, collected all its NYFF-related coverage on a single page. But that's not all. It's also got five NYFF shorts - immediately viewable, right off that page.

Brian: "Shorter days and longer nights are perfect for evening double-bills free of any pangs of guilt for missing out on maximum Vitamin D production. And the Film Noir Foundation has already started announcing the films they'll be bringing to the upcoming 4th Annual Noir City Film Festival."

The Times of London has opened its special section for the LFF (October 19 through November 3).

Grady Hendrix picks highlights from the lineup for the Tokyo International Film Festival (October 22 through 30).

In the Independent, Charlotte Cripps previews the Raindance Film Festival (September 28 through October 9) and Sheila Johnston looks back on San Sebastian.

Looking back a tad further to Toronto are Jim, with his brief and opinionated reviews at dirtynerluv, and David Walsh for the WSWS.

And one last look back at Telluride: Hannah Eaves in PopMatters: "Everyone I spoke to had been making the pilgrimage for years, ten or twenty being the rule rather than the exception."

Posted by dwhudson at September 25, 2005 1:28 PM