Drifting: A Director's Log http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/ en-us 2008-05-05T11:23:29-06:00 Five Stars from Film Threat http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/05/a_film_threat_r.html Don R. Lewis just reviewed Catalog for Film Threat. At the risk of being self-aggrandizing, I won't pull any quotes here. Needless to say, I'm touched. Thanks Don!... David Lowery 2008-05-05T11:23:29-06:00 And also... http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/05/and_also.html ...one audience member told me after the second screening that she'd seen my film the day before and had dreamed about it that night. And someone else saw it whose response meant more to me than pretty much any reaction... David Lowery 2008-05-04T23:28:07-06:00 Variety! http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/05/variety.html The Baltimore CityPaper seems to have reviewed every single movie screening at the Maryland Film Festival. And while they make a big factual error in their brief appraisal of my film (does my sister really look twentysomething?), they also give... David Lowery 2008-05-03T00:48:55-06:00 The Lowery/Safdie Special at The Maryland Film Festival http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/05/maryland_film_f.html One festival I am going to, through strange channels of convenience, is the Maryland Film Festival, where Catalog is continuing its string of festival appearances alongside Benny Safdie's The Aquaintances Of A Lonely John. Our films have developed a... David Lowery 2008-05-01T00:17:32-06:00 <![CDATA[<i>The Guatemalan Handshake</i>]]> http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/the_guatemalan.html You'll hear it said that Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake is a special film. Special in a short-bus sort of way. This is true in as much as its humor is so sweetly juvenile, its wisdom so innocent and... David Lowery 2008-04-29T11:14:39-06:00 Portishead http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/portishead.html It's a little past midnight on a cold, rainy Brooklyn night, and I just bought the new Portishead album. I haven't listened to it yet. I'm waiting until I can turn out the lights and put in my headphones and... David Lowery 2008-04-29T00:17:46-06:00 Edwardian Script http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/no_more_edwardi.html A Catalog Of Anticipations generally looks amazing on the big screen - except for its titles, which, rendered in Edwardian Script, look cheap and aliased, no matter how many bits I squeezed into it. I think I first developed a... David Lowery 2008-04-26T22:38:10-06:00 <![CDATA[One More Week Until <i>Iron Man</i>!]]> http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/one_more_week_u.html In lieu of other things I've been meaning to write about, I just want to say that I'm super hyped about Iron Man. Thursday at midnight! It's gonna be awesome. I'm so ready to have a good time that it'd... David Lowery 2008-04-26T18:27:02-06:00 The Pleasure Of Being Selected For Director's Fortnight http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/the_pleasure_of.html If Josh Safdie's hand were in front of me right now, I would give it a congratulatory shake; his exquisite debut feature The Pleasure Of Being Robbed (which I reviewed for Spout way back when) has been selected as the... David Lowery 2008-04-25T10:24:47-06:00 "...a subtle, striking portrait of a media-saturated age." http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/a_subtle_striki.html Short films don't generally get a lot of press at film festivals, so it's nice to see that James' Merrily, Merrily got a great review from Keith Uhlich over at The House Next Door, in his Sarasota Film Festival wrap-up.... David Lowery 2008-04-23T10:58:40-06:00 Marfa Film Festival http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/marfa_film_fest.html Another festival I'm heartbroken to say I won't be attending is the first ever Marfa Film Festival. I've only been to this little town once before, but it was an unforgettable experience, and I can't think of a more... David Lowery 2008-04-22T10:20:39-06:00 The Independent Film Festival of Boston http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/boston_and_mary.html The Independent Film Festival of Boston starts this week. A Catalog Of Anticipations doesn't screen until next Sunday and Monday (tickets here - hey, it's the first title in the catalog!) but there are hundreds of other amazing films... David Lowery 2008-04-21T01:10:23-06:00 The Prophet I Raise Up Out Of This Boy Will Burn Your Eyes Clean http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/the_prophet_i_r.html It feels good to get gone. I hit the sixty minute mark in St. Nick the other night. The scenes are finally starting to flow. I realized at some point the other day that those 30, 40, 45 minutes I've... David Lowery 2008-04-20T00:10:05-06:00 Eastbound http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/eastbound.html It's getting too warm here in Texas. Time to head out.... David Lowery 2008-04-15T00:08:13-06:00 Monday! TFPF Workshop! Poyser! Lowery! Footage! Be There! http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2008/04/monday_tfpf_wor.html I broke down and showed about 45 extremely rough minutes of St. Nick to a friend this evening. He didn't think it was boring, which was about all I needed to know. If you, gentle reader, are wondering when you... David Lowery 2008-04-11T01:24:37-06:00