Fests and events, 7/5.

At the House Next Door, Odienator celebrates "movies about adulterers, perverts, lawyers, criminals, liars, wimps, snitches, drunks, and any combination from that list," which is to say, the "Essential Wilder" series at Film Forum running through July 20. "Also present are numerous shots of the old New York, so many that Wilder should be mentioned in the same group of NYC directors as Lumet, Scorsese and Lee."

Hollywood Bitchslap's Erik Childress proposes "10 Ways To Reinvent The CineVegas Film Festival."

European-films.net is all over Karlovy Vary.

Michael Guillen follows up on his coverage of Frameline 30 with a piece on two docs, Meth and Rock Bottom: Gay Men and Meth and Emily Hoyer's take on Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner.

Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks wrap the Los Angeles Film Festival at indieWIRE; AJ Schnack looks ahead to Outfest, opening tomorrow in LA and running through July 17.

Jeremy Knox previews the Fantasia Film Festival (tomorrow through July 24) for Film Threat.

Posted by dwhudson at July 5, 2006 8:18 AM