Various items of updatery
Here is what’s happening at Eric D. Snider Enterprises these days!
As you may recall, I’m on the Governing Committee of the Online Film Critics Society, and we’re trying to increase the group’s relevance in the lives of people who aren’t film critics. To that end, we have a blog in which items of interest to movie lovers everywhere are recapped, and a Twitter feed that will link to some of the same things. May I humbly insist that you follow @OFCS on Twitter and also politely demand that you bookmark our blog, or subscribe to its RSS feed, or whatever it is you kids do with your websites nowadays? Thank you very much indeed.
While you’re at the Twitter, remember that I can be found @EricDSnider thereat.
My good friend Dawn Taylor (@DawnTaylor666) recently launched a new weekly podcast, called Ham-Fisted Radio, in which all manner of topics are addressed, but mostly movies. She has a guest each week; so far, of the nine episodes she’s done, I’ve been the guest on five of them. I’m practically a co-host!
If you want to hear me and Dawn talk about stuff — and why wouldn’t you? — all the podcasts are archived at her site, where you’ll also find a link to where you can subscribe at iTunes. The podcasts have the “Explicit” tag on them, but that’s really just a precaution, in case somebody uses a salty word or two. The episodes I’ve been on have stayed at the PG-13 level. And in the most recent one, we performed a scene from “The Golden Girls” in which I played both Blanche and Sophia.
Alert readers may have noticed that it is January, and that January is when the Sundance Film Festival is, and that I usually go to the Sundance Film Festival. Sure enough, it starts Thursday night and runs through next week, and I will be there again, for the 11th year, writing reviews and commentary for Film.com and Cinematical.
Ever since 2003, I’ve also written a daily Sundance diary for your amusement (or, if you were not visiting my site in 2003, for the amusement of those who were). It is my intention, as of this moment, to continue the tradition. However, you should be aware that Sundance is exhausting enough by itself, and that writing a daily diary only increases the exhaustion factor, and that I have recently been trying to divest myself of things that add undue mental stress. It might turn out that the daily diary is one of those things, in which case I reserve the right to not do it. Either way, I’ll keep you apprised here at the blog.
January 19th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
So I’m a bit unclear on the purpose of this organization. Say I’m an online film critic. . .what advantage would there be for me to join? Also, doesn’t “trying to increase the group’s relevance in the lives of people who aren’t film critics” basically translate to “we want more hits on our website?”
January 19th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Hank: Well, it’s like any other trade organization. You apply because you want to be part of a group of colleagues for camaraderie, professional advice, shared experiences, etc. As far as tangible benefits, OFCS members get DVD “for your consideration” screeners from the studios at the end of the year, which is handy at awards season. We don’t recruit members, though — there’s an application process, and the idea is to limit it to the cream of the crop, so that saying you’re part of the Online Film Critics Society really means something.
As for the other question, it’s the other way around. We hope people who aren’t members but who are interested in the world of film and film criticism will see that our site has content that appeals to them. For a long time our site has generally been of interest to OFCS members only, and we’re trying to get the word out that that’s changing.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I’ll be bummed if there’s no Sundance Diary this year, I was getting excited knowing it was coming up soon! Maybe if you can’t do a full-day recap you can at least share a few interesting tidbits from each day?
January 20th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I hope that you get to eat somewhere besides Burger King this year. Maybe those of us who live in Utah should coordinate Relief Society-style to bring you meals in tupperware that we don’t need back.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:31 am
One of my wife and my favorite parts about sundance has been to get home from the festival, and read your funny take on the movies and the things that ensue, whether it be about a fellow (lesser and more stupid) critic or your daily trip to Burger King. If there is no diary, it will be missed.
January 21st, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I really hope you do the diary. I’m jonesing for it.