Sarasota 09: Voight and Young

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

TIFF 07: The Indie Crew Dines En Français

Some pix from a dinner with the indie crowd in Toronto. [...]

A Little Flickr Action

More pix uploaded to Flickr, including Tribeca and the Sarasota Film Festival BBQ [...]

Sarasota 07: All My Pix

My Sarasota Film Festival pix are (finally) up on Flickr.com! [...]

The Evil Eye

Six seconds from the Sarasota Film Festival Memorial BBQ, 2007. [...]

Sarasota 07: My Filmmaker Magazine Report

My Sarasota FIlm Festival report from Filmmaker Magazine and some pix from the fest. [...]

Finally! I Am Flickr-Enabled!

Ok, so I have finally gotten around to switching from Buzznet (they are SO ’05) to Flickr and am in the process of posting pix, some with witty bon mots, even! Keep checking back, as by the end of next week I hope to have a few years worth of pix loaded, most of which have never been in this blog before and many of which include you. Yes, you! [...]

Sarasota 07: Michael Tully Brings The Karaoke!

One of the things that the staff and guests at the Sarasota Film Festival like to do several times during the fest is gather either at Esca or Cabana, both local bars with, uh, different styles. On Tuesday nights it’s Cabana, a rather colorful dive, complete with the occasional hooker. No kidding. [...]

Sarasota 07: Matt Dusk Is “Just A Gigolo”

The Sarasota Film Festival has become known for excellent musical performances in addition to its film program … crooner Matt Dusk belted out Louis Prima’s “Just a Gigolo” at the opening night party. [...]

Sarasota 07: In the Shadow of the Moon

Regional film festivals all over the world need to take notice of how the Sarasota Film Festival does its thang. First of all, the opening night film, David Sington’s brilliant In the Shadow of the Moon, was fantastic and Tom Hall, director of programming for this fest isn’t the only one who’s noticed. Festival programmers all over the country are opening their events with this film and the audience here was rapturous. [...]