SXSW 07: It’s Raining Again….

The weather here at “South by,” as the locals and regulars call it, has been pretty hit or miss, with 2 dreary days in amongst 4 pretty nice ones. During one of the particularly monsoonish nights…there were parties! [...]

I Am A Dick or “Go See Cocaine Angel Today!”

I, ladies and gentlemen, am an asshole. That’s right, an asshole. I promised my friend Mike Tully that I would blog about his film Cocaine Angel that is screening at the Pioneer Theater… [...]

Some Great (Some Not) Missing Comments

So apparently I had the junk filter on my blog set a little bit too high and several legitimate comments were deemed junk by the filter and thus were not emailed to me for approval. I am generally of a mind to publish them and then respond to them, if needed. Thus, I apologize to Claire (the bigot), Tully, Dickmac, Manohla Dargis, Richard Schenkman and others whose comments were inadvertently left off the blog. As a bit of a “make good,” I will post them all in full here, complete with links to the original posts and I will, over the next day or so, reply to some of them on the original posts, themselves. Even Claire’s Anti-Semitic rant (whose email address I was extremely tempted to post…) [...]

An Alt-Man With Altman: Tully Living Large!

Michael Tully, fimmaker, world traveler, blogger, former roomie and knower of all music alternative & indie and all around mensch was at a special dinner for director Robert Altman… [...]

IFFR Review: Cocaine Angel

So my Rotterdam experience is over and tomorrow begins Berlin. For those who’ve read my indieWIRE article on the subject, you’ll know it was somewhat of a mixed bag for me but there were definitely some gems to be found amongst the costume jewels and Michael Tully’s Cocaine Angel is one. [...]

Proud Filmmakers

Cocaine Angel’s lead actor, producer and writer Damian Lahey (left) with the film’s director and producer Michael Tully before last Friday’s film’s world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. [...]

The Road To Rotterdam and Berlin: Part 1

This year, as in each year since 2001, I will be eschewing the sycophants, snow, Sturm und Drang of Sundance and instead making my way to Northern Europe. In fact I will be doing my favorite fest double header and making the scene at both Rotterdam and Berlin. Stay tuned faithful readers, this is only the beginning! [...]