CineVegas Blog

SEE “ETIENNE!” IN A CITY NEAR YOU THIS FALL!

ETIENNE!, which world premiered at CineVegas 2009, will have screenings at film festivals across the country this fall. Directed by Jeff Mizushima (who won the Filmmaker to Watch Award at the 2009 fest), the film tells the story of Richard, who spends his days taking care of his best and ...

LIFE AFFIRMING: “TRASH HUMPERS” AND “ENTER THE VOID”

For the most transgressive double-feature of the year, I caught the new Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe films back-to-back in Toronto. I didn’t expect each film’s hopeful enthusiasm for innocent youth. TRASH HUMPERS can be billed as Korine’s return to his early territory of GUMMO... Well, Harmony has always pushed the ...

“HUMPDAY” OPENS IN VEGAS TODAY!

HUMPDAY, which screened in the Sure Bets section at CineVegas 2009, opens in Vegas today at Regal Village Square. From director Lynn Shelton, and starring indie favorites Mark Duplass and Josh Leonard, HUMPDAY is ...

NOTES ON A PANEL: “MEDIA IS THE MASSAGE”

Video games, like films, always starts with story. Or at least the games that get it right. A Penny Arcade Expo 2009 panel, entitled "Media is the Massage," hoped to address this notion with an all-star team consisting of Denis Dyack (President, Silicon Knights), Joseph Staten (Bungie, Creative Director), Tim ...

“HARMONY AND ME” SCREENINGS AT MoMA

HARMONY AND ME, which screened at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival, will return to the Museum of Modern Art in New York - where it premiered in April at New Directors/New Films - for a series of screenings from September 18-24. Director Bob Byington will be present at the September ...

NOTES ON A PANEL: “WHAT IS AN INDIE GAME?”

Seems like no art form is without the argument of "what is indie?" I got a glimpse of this argument in the context of video games at a lively panel at Penny Arcade Expo 2009 moderated by N'Gai Croal (Consultant, Writer, Columnist, Hit Detection LLC). Below are my quick and ...

“STINGRAY SAM” COMING TO SCREENS OF ALL SIZES SEPT 15

Cory McAbee's STINGRAY SAM, a breakout hit from both Sundance and CineVegas this year, is coming to screens of all sizes on September 15. To celebrate this event, STINGRAY SAM will premiere simultaneously in the theater and for free online! The film will have its theater premiere in Los Angeles at ...

WATCH “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRIS MALDEN” FOR FREE ON HULU!

Click here to watch HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRIS MALDEN for free! A world premiere from the 2008 CineVegas Film Festival, the film is the debut feature from a group of filmmakers known as Sweaty Robot. Harris Malden fakes his facial hair, and as far as he's concerned, nobody can tell. Everything is ...

HELP KEEP ROOFTOP FILMS ALIVE IN 2010!

As the 2009 Summer Series winds down, a severe gap in Rooftop Films' budget threatens to drastically shrink their future programming. They must raise $70,000 by October to ensure that they can continue without compromise in 2010. Donations from supporters – whether it’s $1,000 or $100 or $10 – is ...

DON’T MISS “YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN” ON HBO THIS MONDAY!

YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN, which played in the Pioneer Documentaries section at the 2009 fest, will have its television premiere on HBO this Monday, August 31 at 9pm. In the film, an age-obsessed daughter of a plastic surgeon (filmmaker Mitch McCabe) takes a journey through America's $60 billion a year anti-aging ...