Sad, but true - there will be no CineVegas this year.  When I ran into Trevor Groth during the Sundance Film Festival, (after complementing him on upgrading the films selected for Sundance in 2010), he stated that CineVegas will not be happening this year.  Besides being one of two Festival Directors for the Sundance Film Festival, Mr. Groth is also the Artistic Director for CineVegas - a presitigous festival held in Las Vegas, NV.  The sponsors for the CineVegas Festival pulled out due to ...

by Marla LewinI spent almost an hour with Robert Koehler who has gone from a top movie critic for Variety, to Artistic Director, Programmer of the AFI Film Festival and he gave me a look inside how he approached putting together this years festival and where it is going.Marla: Congratulations,  Robert, this is your second year programming the festival, How different is it from being a critic? How is it going? Robert: I was at the Los Angeles Times, and started in 94 writing for Variety, w...