Yesterday was Monday, and while it marked day 5 and the middle of the festival for folks that started their TIFF experience on the first day, I wanted to start my first full day off early. So with a few hours sleep under my pillow I shot out into the world at 8:30 for the […]

If you haven’t left for Toronto yet, bring a jacket and a scarf for that matter!

Sunday at 3:44 in the morning after a 3-hour nap I started in Los Angeles and ended up in my hotelroom in Downtown Toronto at 7:00 at night. It was a long day with not much to show for it but a couple episodes of This American Life that I listened to on the plane […]

It’s just passed midnight and I am making time to write (there must be an easier way…) another update rundown for docs. The Emmys were last night. I didn’t watch ‘em, but, while I was eating a Fatburger for dinner at 11:30 I read the LA Times coverage (again, there must be another way…). Non-fiction […]

I booked my trip to Toronto for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. I’ll be there September 12-16. Everyone I tell that to says, “Ooooh…that’s late.” So maybe I won’t be breaking any news that late in the festival, but with Miramax already picking up the Dixie Chicks doc before it has its premiere at […]

TRUE/FALSE GOES NEW YORK Aug. 21 & 22 @ the IFC Center Sneak previews of three new and noteworthy films http://www.truefalse.org/TFNYC.htm “An intriguing young film festival aimed at embracing the changing face of documentary.” – indieWIRE Now entering its fourth year, True/False (based in Columbia, Missouri) has quickly become a must on the film festival […]

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is playing once day through Thursday at the NUART in Los Angeles. Tickets are ONLY available at the NUART box office. NUART Theatre 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway West Los Angeles, CA 90025 August 18 – 24 Sun, 8/20 at 11:00am Mon – […]

In between opening Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? for it’s theatrical debut in St. Louis, MO and going to San Diego Comic Con to work the booth for DKE Toys (I’m married to the owner, so it’s a week of toy mongering and hanging out with cool people), I made a film sale, […]

Check out At Risk Films playing in your city… Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? Plays Thursday, July 27 through August 3 in St. Louis, MO at the Tivoli. Tickets here. More cities coming soon! Homemade Hillbilly Jam Opens the Rural Route Film Festival at the Anthology Film Archive in NYC this Friday, July […]

Wednesday afternoon there was an incredible audience for Mario’s Story. It was the second screening of the competition doc, but it still felt like a home-town crowd. The film follows Mario Rocha, a young man sentenced to life in prison for a murder he did not commit. The filmmakers have been following him for 7 […]