I have been awake for the past 40 minutes and am still not ‘awake’ if you see what I mean. I know I managed to sleep well last night but I feel like… well a zombie! Oh, but no mention of zombies today as yesterdsay was horror day  I actually had some cracking meetings yesterday! You can’t beat a productive meeting Anyway, I hear Black Swan is supposed to be great, can’t say I’m surprised as the trailer looks fab, and Requiem for a Dream is a superb film of the directors....

I wrote yesterday about 2 films receiving a lot of buzz, then felt a little worried they wouldn't meet up to my high expectations... too often the case when you hear about the best of the fest. SO- it was such a relief to emerge from the LA Film Festival cinemas yesterday and say yes, those films deserved all that buzzing. 'Where Are You Taking Me' took me to Uganda with a sincere observational eye that simply lets the magical moments unfold before you, untouched except by Kimi Takes...

Monday, April 23----The Palm Beach International Film Festival is presenting a number of thematic programs to bring a sharper focus to its diverse programming for attending audiences. This past weekend, the Festival inaugurated its Weekend of Shorts, an eclectic program of American and international short films screening at the main Festival venues of the Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park and the Muvico Parisian 20 at Cityplace. The program featured an exciting group of short fiction and documentar...