Watch This: A Teacher
I have a confession to make, and if anyone from Sundance is reading this, I apologize for my momentary lack of good judgement. But I don’t regret it! You see, though my role at the festival didn’t grant me the privilege of viewing the films in advance (a blessing reserved only for the most senior or most directly involved staffers), it did grant me management of the press DVD screeners submitted by filmmakers. And one Friday just before the festival, with the very real threat of snow on its way, I took the discs home (with my manager’s permission!) to be able to organize them from there should we all…
Documentary Times Three
It’s been a bit since I’ve been to the movies. Like, a week and half or something? Which is forever in my world. But I went to a whole handful of flicks in very quick succession for a week or so…so I guess it evens out. And now, I’m finally posting about what I saw. Let’s call it better late than never. One Saturday a few weeks ago, I booked myself a documentary double feature: Blackfish and Twenty Feet from Stardom, in that order. Which is worth mentioning, because had it been the other way around, I definitely would not have enjoyed myself as much as I did. While both…
