I can’t help noticing that Sundance tickets have been selling for CRAZY prices on eBay. Really wanna blow your mind? Go to eBay now and…check the completed listings. A pair of tickets for Alpha Dog sold for $910. Is that possible?! And the extra scary part is, it’s not even an anomaly…there are lots of […]

This is the first in a series of Sundance Film Festival entries. I am going to attempt to blog every day I am here. It’s the Sundance Film Festival 2006 and it’s my 5th consecutive year attending. Every year it is different. There’s a delicate balance at Sundance, see movies, but don’t hide in the […]

Here’s something I’ve been dying to know!!

Just a quite note to let you know I will be blogging everyday from the Sundance Film Festival. The festival kicks off Thursday night and starting Friday there will be lots of docs to see, discuss and write about! Be sure to check in often as I’ll be posting photos, reviews and rants. It’s gonna […]

The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards airs Monday. Why is there no documentary category? Why?

I started doing research on docs with distribution playing at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s always an interesting little trip. And I know other people are doing it because I’m getting tons of hits from people searching film titles. After a quick search this is what I came up with and I set it up […]

“Film is art. Art is not a popularity contest. Popularity is often about being mundane. Political correctness is the mundane in action.” — Michael Tucker, director of Gunner Palace.

Slamdance, the infamous counterpart to Sundance, now in thier 12th year, posted their lineup today with only 9 docs in competition.

I saw them all, every Academy Award winning documentary, both features and shorts, from the inception of the category through 1960. Last night was ’59 and ’60. I don’t feel changed. But, I am so glad to be in documentary NOW! Now it is exciting, people have voices. Films are made with passion behind them. […]

I’ll post soon. In the meantime go here.