Yeah, so all that stuff I said yesterday, I meant tomorrow as in tomorrow talking today. Friday. You know? Good. That’s what I thought. You see, I wanted to start writing last night, but I ended up at a screening of The Producers, which only meant the desperate need for a drink to quell the disappointment afterward, and short of that, a night watching shorts on The Lonely Island thanks to my friend.
So the writing didn’t get done. I did finish, however, two pieces elsewhere, the first being my debut on indieWIRE: “Vera Farmiga, Miranda July and Phil Morrison: Three Breakthroughs in ’05.” I’ve been hoping to write for indieWIRE for some time, so I was very excited when they asked me if I wanted to do this story. I believe I’ll be doing another one for them in January, and hopefully even more in the future. I’ve been a longtime indieWIRE reader, and I’m really happy they’ve entrusted me with writing some of their content. I realized, however, that I really need to finish my draft for myself early to give me more time to step away before coming back to edit it. But oh well … that’s life.
Meanwhile, this is a very busy weekend for new releases, not to mention a typically busy one for movies in general all over New York. I’ve got it all covered over in my weekly “Weekend Movies” post at Gothamist. I’m still working towards getting to a place where I feel comfortable putting together my year-end “Best of” list. I know everyone has been rushing theirs out into the world, but I feel like I’m also further behind many. I’m perfectly comfortable releasing mine in January. My own personal deadline is before the Golden Globe Awards, but I’d like to do it sooner rather than later. With that in mind, however, my goal is to get to at least 10 movies in the theater this weekend, and hopefully even more next week. So I’ll be seeing you at the movies — most likely at the AMC Empire 25 or Loews 34th Street!
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