For those of you who haven’t had the chance to battle the crowds and check out a real, live film festival, check out the Babelgum Online Film Festival, judged by both professionals like director Spike Lee and visitors like you. [more…]
April 9, 2008
March 17, 2008
CIFF Report: Day 4
There are some people who take the entire film festival week off and see 30-some movies. I overheard someone yesterday saying it was his 36th. In 11 days. For those of you who aren’t all that good at math, that means going to three or four movies every day for a week and a half. And that, my friends, is insane. Of course, my husband did point out yesterday that these people aren’t actually writing about these movies later. They’re not frantically taking copious notes between movies, trying to keep track of details and form intelligent opinions of each one. And, well, three movies a day isn’t all that bad. And even if you see four, you get to take a break in the middle. But, if you ask me, it’s still insane. [more…]
March 16, 2008
CIFF Report: Day 3
When I got back to the hotel on Friday night, my husband, Paul, was already here—so there were two of us to get ready and out the door on Saturday morning. Fortunately, we also had an extra hour to catch breakfast, so I figured we could get up at 8 and still make it to the festival in time to park and meet up with John and Jing before our 11:45 movie. [more…]
March 15, 2008
CIFF Report: Day 2
Okay…now that the hotel Internet seems to be working again, I’m good to go for my report on yesterday’s film festival happenings.
I made my way down to the festival at about 10:15 on Friday morning, hoping to get in there early enough to take the shuttle in and meet John before our 11:30 movie. John had been in town since 8:30, since he can’t seem to sleep past 4 a.m., and he claimed to have gotten about the last parking space in the lot at that point, so I pretty much figured I’d be hopping on the shuttle from the overflow lot again—and I was right. By the time I finally got inside, it was 11 or so, and we had just enough time to make our way into the theater, check the dailies, and get to our first movie of the day. [more…]
March 14, 2008
CIFF Report: Day 1
I had all kinds of problems with my hotel Internet connection this morning, so I finally gave up, wrote up my post of the day, and left. But now that I’m back to the hotel for the night, it looks like things are finally up and running. So let’s talk about Thursday, shall we? [more…]
March 12, 2008
CIFF Report: Day 0
Okay, so I haven’t left for Cleveland yet, but today is still a big day. Today is Last-Minute Preparation Day. It’s the day to finish up some work while doing my final planning. For instance, I spent much of today looking for a new bag to take with me. [more…]
March 10, 2008
This Week at N&W.com
In just a few days, I’ll be heading north for the Cleveland International Film Festival, which began last Thursday. It’s my second year attending the festival, so I already know what to expect. [more…]
