The Film Panel Notetaker

Here’s 10 films I really liked a lot that I saw in 2008, whether they were released theatrically, have no distribition yet, or I just saw them at a festival. There’s a whole bunch of films I still have yet to see, so perhaps this will be revised. I followed no rules here. Agree or [...]

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Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers offers his Top 10 Favorite Documentary Events in 2008 over at the STF Blog. Thom’s #2 (March: Cinema Eye Honors) is similarily my #2 from last week’s Top 10 Favorite Panels and Q&As of 2008.
As a tribute to Stranger Than Fiction, here’s my notes from the STFs I attended in [...]

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Here’s the first nine minutes of Sujewa Ekanayake’s documentary Indie Film Blogger Road Trip. These segments feature interviews with Anthony Kaufman and Tambay Obenson. The full 95 minute documentary (including my interview) will be available at screenings and on DVD in 2009. Enjoy!

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2008 saw the birth of the One-on-One Q&A, where I interviewed a number of filmmakers including Lucia Small and Ed Pincus (The Axe in the Attic), Leah Meyerhoff (Unicorns), Paul Krik (Able Danger), Fritz Donnelly (To the Hills 2), Phillip Van (Come Wander With Me), Sue Williams (Young & Restless in China), Daniel Robin (My [...]

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Over the weekend while visiting my family in Maryland, Sujewa Ekanayake and I met up with Erica Ginsberg, Executive Director of Docs in Progress, at the not-for-profit organization’s new “Documentary House” in Silver Spring, Maryland, just a few short blocks away from the AFI Silver Theater, home of Silverdocs. Erica told us about the open [...]

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