Fests and events, 9/24.

"The UK's largest independent film festival will this week become the first to simultaneously show its movies via the web, claiming the initiative could help establish a new revenue model for independent filmmakers," reports Owen Gibson for the Guardian. "The Raindance Film Festival in London has done a deal with broadband provider Tiscali to make six of its films available to all via the web at the same time as they premiere in London cinemas." Tomorrow through October 7.

And Mick Jones - yes, that Mick Jones - explains why he's looking forward to serving on the jury: "Looking back, it strikes me that the Clash were always a very cine-literate group. We'd seen all the right films and knew all the references. People always talk about punk as this Year Zero thing, whereas all popular culture is always stealing from itself, feeding off itself - like Soylent Green."

The Mumble Without a Cause series rolls on at the Northwest Film Forum through October 3 and, at the Siffblog, Kathy Fennessy's caught up with Hannah Takes the Stairs. Well, she's not won over: "I didn't find the scenario implausible. Nor did I think the acting was terrible. I just didn't care."

Reports from San Sebastian keep coming into Variety's Circuit.

"Once again, the Hollywood Film Festival granted Film Threat the opportunity to program and curate their Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy film festival sidebar, and we took to the task with rabid glee," writes Mark Bell, presenting the a target="_blank" href="http://hollywoodawards.com/horror.html">lineup they've put together. Dates for the festival: October 17 through 22. And the sidebar: October 19 through 21.

Online viewing tip. For later, that is, 1 pm ET, September 28 through October 5. IFC News will be broadcasting live from the New York Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at September 24, 2007 3:23 PM