Department of Self-Promotion

It’s some­thing I’m going to have to get a little bet­ter at, I’m told. 

So, in keep­ing with that sentiment.…did I men­tion that while at Cannes I joined the indefatig­able Matt Singer from the 6^th-etage bal­cony at 6 la Croisette to do a play-by-play of the red car­pet action for Woody Allen’s Vicky Christina Barcelona? It was a great deal of fun—I felt like John Madden rein­carn­ated as a cinephile—and Matt and I both think the IFC “Cannes Cam” epis­ode that res­ul­ted turned out pretty well. Click the blue let­ters to check it out. 

My buddy Matt Carr, who was shoot­ing the actu­al fest­iv­it­ies, squeezed off a snap of Mr. Singer and myself in action: 

Also, I recently spoke with anoth­er pal, the great James Rocchi of Cinematical, in what some (but not me) would call a Cannes-stylee. Here you may find the post that links to the podcast. 

Early Monday even­ing I’m sched­uled to par­ti­cip­ate in what may be the most intriguing of these “cast” pro­jects, an epis­ode of the infam­ous “ ‘Live’ From Grassroots Tavern,” hos­ted by John Lichman and Vadim Rizov and fea­tured on the exem­plary House Next Door web­site. In this series, Lichman and Rizov and guests dis­cuss the state of cinema whilst ensconced in one of St. Mark’s Place’s most ingra­ti­at­ing dives. I’ll be guest­ing along with SpoutBlog’s Karina Longworth, who bids fair to claim the title of The Dorothy Parker of Blogospheric Film Critics. I’m won­der­ing just how far I’ll be able to push my Foster Brooks imper­son­a­tion whilst stay­ing with­in the bound­ar­ies of a family-friendly format? Or is it really an imper­son­a­tion? And is it really family-friendly? We’ll keep you posted.