Fests and events, 2/8.

Following a flurry of quotations on the work of Peter Tscherkassky, Johnny Ray Huston, writing in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, decides "random thought collage doesn't come close to the Tscherkassky effect, which these days completely transforms a single source. Tscherkassky has built at least two films — the comparatively sedate 2001 Freud-out (and Man Ray tribute) Dream Work, and his amazing 1999 masterpiece, Outer Space — from shots within Sydney J Furie's 1981 The Entity, about a woman (Barbara Hershey) who is repeatedly attacked and raped by an invisible force." Alternative Visions: Films by Peter Tscherkassky is scheduled for Tuesday, February 14, at the Pacific Film Archive Theater.

Just because Sundance is long over doesn't mean the reviews aren't still coming in. Take a look at Hollywood Bitchslap's collection, for example.

IndieWIRE fires up its Berlinale section. Related: Ray Pride made me laugh.

And for Screen Daily, Lee Marshall previews festival competitor Crime Novel: "Though dogged by problems of pacing, especially in its second hour, this Italian Goodfellas has a confidence that comes through in quickfire editing, a peppy pop soundtrack, and fine performances by Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino and Claudio Santamaria."

Home, the directorial debut of New York Press critic and blogger extraordinaire Matt Zoller Seitz, will be screening at the Pioneer in NYC March 2 through 8.

The "Show Me" Missouri International Film Festival will be taking place for the first time at the Moxie Cinema in Springfield (that independent cinema with the blog chronicling its establishment through its opening to current goings on) from March 2 through 5.

"In preparation for the 2006 SXSW Film Festival, some filmmakers are making the rounds with the media." Matt Dentler spotlights a few appearances.

Posted by dwhudson at February 8, 2006 2:18 PM