Some random notes from the last few weeks. I am behind because of festival coverage as well as being very sick for the better part of a week which pushed things back.
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I had a great time at NYICFF.
Thank you to everyone there. It was a blast as always.
I have multiple interviews to get up. As well as Q&As and pictures so keep reading.
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The flood of reviews will slow slightly- but continue to look for SXSW and cinequest reviews this week because I got some films late
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Over the last weekend I had some intriguing conversations with some people I know from festival going. They were giving me the skinny on a couple of festivals around the country that made me wonder what the future holds for them. I will comment further when I see how some things shake out.
(Yes I should not be spreading rumors but at the same time you don’t know which fests I’m talking about)
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I am going to have coverage of New Directors New Films, though not as much as in past years.
Part of it is I didn’t get to press screenings but most of it is that many of the titles didn’t float my boat.
Actually having waded into several titles I have acces to, this is looks, as in recent years, to be largely a festival of art house titles that won't be seen again again out side of the festival.
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Speaking of floating my boat – look for a lot of this year to be less crazy- at least into the fall. Part of it is that the non-writing and watching stuff is devouring my time and part of it is shifts in my day job is going to eat into my time.
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I did enjoy the World Baseball classic.
I did not enjoy the NYC sport talk hosts roasting it because it wasn’t a big deal to them. Despite what they said- everyone else liked it and thought it was something special.
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I am not connected to the New York Mets this year.
Part of it is that the few pre-season games I've seen this year have not instilled me with hope for this season- something that died as the team slid off the table last year.
More to the point the removal of most of the names in moves that seem the wrong sort of calculated distanced me from when the dominoes started to fall. It's not so much that I need to have the same guys year in and year out, but I want to have players I connect to. This is the first year where there is only one player (Lindor) that I have a connection to. Everyone else is cipher or non-entity
I truly believe that owner Steve Cohen wants a winning team but on his terms, which means he wants enough money to build his casino so he'll gut the team to keep costs low.
I will be happy if I'm wrong but I suspect the Mets are doomed this year.
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Yes I will be going to this Aprils Drive In Monsterama at the Riverside Drive In.
Our plans are complicated by the NFL Draft being the same weekend making where we staying something new. What I mean by that is the place we usually stay with $70 ish a night motel is now well over $300 a night. We are farther from Pittsburgh but closer to the theater
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The Mahoning Drive in is dropping their schedule and there is a ton of good stuff. If you can get there check out their schedule- their memorial day Zombie-thon is awesome
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