Author Archives: AaronOOF

I know. You don’t really want to read my bitching and moaning every day about how hard it’s been to do this week’s series of interviews or how ridiculously busy I am at work. I’m sure you’re waiting anxiously to read what I thought about Sin City, the one movie I’ve actually managed to seeContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: APRIL DAY FOUR – JON BLOOSTEIN”

One of the more interesting (that’s not really the right word, but I’m going to go with it) things about working at a film festival, especially Tribeca and especially in the kind of logistical position I occupy, is that you can spend weeks planning and preparing certain scenarios only to have it all go poofContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: APRIL DAY THREE – ANNA E. HOUSLEY JUSTER”

Wow. I’m just really getting no sleep. Not good, you know? I was up until about 3 AM again last night transcribing the Gothamist Interview that will run on Thursday, and I still have more editing on the one that will run tomorrow. Oh, and how about the fact that Friday’s interview, as of now,Continue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: APRIL DAY TWO – DAVID HASKELL”

You know what’s a really dumb idea? Thinking that less than three weeks before the start of the Tribeca Film Festival that I would have time to properly do a week of Gothamist Interviews. Even dumber? To think that I can accomplish this while my trusted partner (and more importantly, big time editor) is offContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: APRIL DAY ONE – VINCENT SKELTIS”

It certainly wasn’t intentional. And I by no means want to pop my head in here every now and then to talk about how busy I am. That wouldn’t just bore you; it bores me too. Yet right now, it’s the truth. And it’s hard, you know? Because I have all this crap hopping aroundContinue reading “I BLINK AND TWO WEEKS GO BY”

Oy, a whole week between posts. I’m sorry. The fact is, I’ve been so busy for the past month, that I simply haven’t had the time to write the usual drivel that often occupies this space. Even worse, I’ve had absolutely no time to read all the other great writers I like to spend timeContinue reading “WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AARON OUT OF FOCUS (A/K/A THE STORY OF ME)”

OK, look, I’m never going to criticize anybody for going to the movies, even bad ones, but if people are willing to spend $30-Million on tickets to The Pacifier, they have way too much free time on their hands. First of all, we’ve seen this movie before. It was called Suburban Commando. Talk about recycling.Continue reading “GIVE A LITTLE BIT”

So I’ve been missing for a couple days, for reasons due to this big life/career/job change thing I’ve been alluding to for a few months. Hopefully, at some point in the next week or two I can find time to actually talk about it, but right now I’m working 12-15 hour days (20 hours onContinue reading “WHEN THEATER AND FILM BECOME ONE”

Tonight from 9-11 PM, television brings us all a perfect example of out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new. One of the most important series in TV history will go off the air after a one hour retrospective at 9 followed by its series finale at 10, while on a competing network, the best show of its genre starts itsContinue reading “FAREWELL BLUE, HELLO TAR: THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF TV THIS YEAR … OR AT LEAST THIS WEEK”

I intended to write a bigger recap of both the IFP Spirit Awards and the Razzies, but then I realized, you don’t care, do you? Why should you. The Spirits were a bit too safe and predictable this year, and the Razzies deserve a Razzie of their own. Still, I’ve got these notes, and they’llContinue reading “LACKLUSTER SPIRIT AND A RASPBERRY FOR THE RAZZIES”