Movies that start late.

Going to see two docs tonight Pele Forever and Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock. Saw the opening night film last night Walk the Line, not a documentary, a biopic, but still quite good.

I truly hate when people walk into a movie theater late and then are angry that there are no “good” seats left or no seats left together. Especially when I got there an hour early to score the good seats…together. Unless it’s me walking in late and angry…then it’s okay.

Last night I went to pick up my badge for AFI Fest. This year they’ve got a rooftop village on top of the parking garage at Arclight. Pretty cool. Really looking forward to the films this year. I’ve highlighted about 25 films I’d really like to see. I’ll report back with how I do on […]

Snoring.

Cricket. Not the sport (although if people were playing cricket in a movie theater while I was trying to watch a movie that would be annoying too), the bug. Last night there was a CRICKET IN the movie house! You could hear him.

I never thought I would say I was looking forward to a nature documentary. After all – I like personal journeys, real stories, real life but… Propaganda war films have never been my bag. Yet attending this Oscar’s Docs series has had me spending 4 Monday nights – long nights – watching documentaries, 4 or […]

I’m busy writing an article for International Documentary magazine about reality TV. It will be in the December issue of the magazine. Over the past couple of days I’ve done some really great interviews with some of the most inspiring people in the doc/reality field. But the fun part is over and the deadline is […]

Just looked at the weekend box office. It’s hard to not notice March of the Penguins still hanging on in the top ten after 13 weeks in theaters. The film has grossed over $70 million now. Dang. I wish I knew how much they spent on P&A.

Last night I saw Dead End at the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown LA. It’s a play, not a documentary, but it is the MOST like documentary, a play I have ever seen. It originally premiered on Broadway in October 1935. It was an incredible hit and after Eleanor Roosevelt saw it three times it became […]