February 15, 2006

Short shorts, 2/15.

Deadroom Indie Features 06 is a new group blog "where filmmakers will talk about their films in distribution in 06 and other related topics," writes Sujewa (Date Number One). Contributors so far include Chris Hansen (The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah), David Lowery (Deadroom) and Rick Schmidt (Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices), with more filmmakers posting entries soon.

At the Film Experience, Nathaniel R is hosting an "Oscar Symposium": "We're here to amuse you whilst making peace with our feelings about this year's race; what it means and doesn't mean, its cultural detresis. And so on..." The "we" here are NR himself, naturally, Drew, Gabriel Shanks, Joe Reid, Josh Timmermann, MaryAnn Johanson and Nick Davis.

SFBG: Johnny Ray Huston on That Man: Peter Berlin.

Voice: J Hoberman on Night Watch and CSA (see also: David D'Arcy's interview with Kevin Willmott); Michael Atkinson on Battle in Heaven (see also: Jonathan Marlow's interview with Carlos Reygadas) and Film Comment Selects; Leslie Camhi on Sophie Scholl: The Final Days; B Kite on Raśl Ruiz.

City Pages: Matthew Wilder on Robert Towne.

Berlin dispatches will resume tomorrow, but I can already tell you that today was neither terribly disappointing nor particularly spectacular as far as the Competition is concerned. If you're following the Berlinale, you know where to get your fix: indieWIRE.

New blog of note from Jason Jackowski: You Know, For Film.

Online listening tip. DVD Talk's Geoffrey Kleinman talks with John and Janet Pierson about Reel Paradise.

Online viewing tip. Now complete, Jamie Stuart's Sizing-Up Lebowski.



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Posted by dwhudson at February 15, 2006 3:10 PM

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The article you linked to in CityPages about Robert Towne was good, but this jaw dropping roundtable discussion on film exhibition is something else.

http://citypages.com/databank/27/1315/article14117.asp

There maybe some local color talk about the Twin Cities scene, but I have never read a more in depth and interesting report from those in the front lines who are trying to show a movie on a screen in the early 21st century.

Posted by: mark larson at February 15, 2006 8:45 PM

Many thanks, Mark. Seriously. I look forward to catching up with that this weekend.

Posted by: David Hudson at February 16, 2006 11:04 AM