indieWIRE continues its monthly series with Apple Store - SoHo that presents indie film professionals discussing various aspects of the filmmaking process.
WHEN: Friday, December 16th, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Apple Store - SoHo, 103 Prince Street, NYC
indieWIRE is pleased to bring together some of it's favorite film bloggers to discuss their corner of the blogosphere. As film blogs become more and more popular, meet the people behind these blogs that cover indie, foreign and Hollywood films.
Bloggers confirmed so far include: Karina Longworth (Cinematical), Scott Macaulay (Filmmaker Magazine Blog), Alison Willmore (IFC News), Andrew Grant (Like Anna Karina's Sweater), Aaron Dobbs (Out of Focus), S.T. VanAirsdale (The Reeler) and Michael Koresky (Reverseblog: The Reverse Shot blog).
The event will be moderated by indieWIRE Editor in Chief (and blogger) Eugene Hernandez.
In Xiao Jiang's "Electric Shadows," a man's encounter with a disturbed young woman leads to a recounting of their past and their shared passion for movies.
Isabel Coixet's "The Secret Life of Words" is about the developing relationship between a woman and the injured worker whom she's caring for out on an oil rig.
Tommy Lee Jones directed and stars in "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" as a ranch-hand who keeps a promise to bury his friend in his hometown in Mexico.
In her documentary "The Grace Lee Project," filmmaker Grace Lee examines Asian American female identity by talking to other Grace Lees.
In "Pretty Persuasion," directed by Marcos Siega, a high school girl looking to be famous accuses one of her teachers of sexual harassment.
On Tuesdays at 10 p.m. this December, the PBS program Independent Lens will air a documentary per night, hosted by Edie Falco. The first doc, Lisa Sleeth and Jim Butterworth's "Seoul Train," about the plight of North Korean refugees, will run on December 13. On December 20, John Hanson, Jack Lind and Tom Livingston's "Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community," featuring two years in the life of a group of nuns, will air. Five short films will be shown on December 27 under the collective title "Short Stack: Lost & Found." The connecting theme is pivotal moments in friendship, and the docs include Christopher Newberry's "Agora," Shira Avni's "John and Michael," Dong Hyeuk Hwang's "Miracle Mile," Keith Bearden's "The Raftman's Razor" and Angelique Midthunder's "Reservation Warparties."
Believing only a miracle will bring his mother out of a coma, 14-year-old Ralph sets out to win the 1954 Boston Marathon in Michael McGowan's "Saint Ralph."
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is presenting An Evening with Ralph Fiennes on Monday, December 12. The evening will begin with a screening of Fernando Meireilles' "The Constant Gardener," in which Fiennes stars as a diplomat whose activist wife (Rachel Weisz) is murdered. A discussion with the actor will follow. The event will then conclude with a screening of Neil Jordan's "The End of the Affair," in which Fiennes' character tries to understand why his affair with a married woman (Julianne Moore) abruptly ended.
The Method Fest Independent Film Festival has extended its early entry deadline to December 12 for Indiewire subscribers. Non-subscribers can still submit their feature films or short films by the late entry deadline of January 26, 2006. The Eighth Annual Method Fest, which recognizes the Method form of acting, will take place March 31 through April 7, 2006, in Calabasas, Calif. For more information, visit the festival Web site.
