2012 LAFF: Woody and Two Exceptional Docs

The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival kicked off a week ago tonight with the North American premiere of Woody Allen’s eagerly anticipated To Rome With Love. He’s going to have a tough act to follow, as last year’s Midnight in Paris won the best original screenplay Oscar and was Allen’s biggest box office performer to [...]

“The Invisible War” and the Ongoing Subjugation of Women in America

Congratulations to director Kirby Dick and producer Any Ziering for the pickup of their powerful new doc The Invisible War by Cinedigm Entertainment Group and New Video. I saw the film at Sundance and in addition to being a great film, it’s extraordinarily important in these times of increasing violence against and institutionalized subjugation of [...]

A Bittersweet Return To Sundance: Great Films and an Even Greater Loss

This year, after an eleven year absence, I made my return to the Sundance Film Festival and yes, there were a lot of changes but as the saying goes, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose! There were new hotels and condos, new restaurants and a much better transportation system but there were also [...]

Mynette and Dana go boom! at the Indiewire.com chili party

The first of my Bad Robot Action Movie Sundance mini-films. All fest I am going to be taking little clips of people, places and things and blowing them up, dropping giant rocks on them or rolling cars into them.

Not because I don’t like them, but because it’s fun! For example, I am very [...]

HIFF ’09: The indieWIRE Boys At Work

17 years and counting, the Hamptons International Film Festival is about to kick off….. [...]

SXSW 2009 Music Pix: Janes Addiction Reunion Show

A few pix from the Jane’s Addiction reunion show at this year’s SXSW plus a link to my Flickr set with 60+ pics. [...]

Shatner Plays … Guitaaaaa-aaaarrrrr!

William Shatner poses after receiving the Nashville Film Festival’s 2009 President’s Impact Award, a specially designed Gibson guitar hand-painted by artist Mandy Lawson. [...]

GSRT – A SXSW Road Trip To Lockhart or “Meat or Bust!”

No trip to SXSW is complete without a visit to Lockhart, TX for some BBQ. [...]

Sarasota 09: Voight and Young

Jon Voight and Burt Young at the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival’s tribute to Hal Ashby. [...]

SXSW 09 Film: Texas Film Hall Of Fame Awards

A short preview of the upcoming Texas Film Hall of Fame awards dinner and auction. [...]