Oscar And Jim

August 2009

Courthouse to Firestation

Published By: IW on 28 August 2009 at 13:39

Oscar and Jim is showing tonight (Friday 28th August) in the Courthouse Center for the Arts in West Kingston Rhode Island, as part of a Best of the RI Film Festival programme. On Sunday 30th August O&J is playing alongside The Young Victoria in Windsor, Berkshire, England at the Firestation Arts Centre. Unfortunately for her, the Queen is at Balmoral, so she’ll miss her local screening.

First festival, First Prize

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 20:24

We couldn’t stay for the awards on Sunday and flew back over Saturday night. Jet-lagged and bit deflated on Monday night when this drops in the inbox…

Running mates...

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 20:16

We screened on Wednesday night, in a shorts package called Becoming Human. Of our running mates I particularly enjoyed the bravura directing of Greg Helvey’s Kavi, the tenderness of Marco Gianfreda’s Io Parlo and the pin-sharp polish of Adam Wimpenny and Joe Hill’s Roar. Three good films right there.

The gods

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:42

This plaster fella points us up to our screen at the Columbus

Before...

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:39

How it feels, setting out to attend your film film festival (with thanks to the India Point fun fair)

... during...

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:37

in the middle of all the promotion of competing films…

...and after

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:35

Busman's holiday

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:33

Newport Rhode Island

Witty Graffiti

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:28

There’s an ironist with a spray can at work around Wickenden Street…

Wise words...

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:24

… punched out of the leather doors in the Bell Street Chapel where we saw some GBLT films.

On the waterfront

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:21

An auteur never rests

Pylons

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:18

Totally different pylons in America.

West Virginia?

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:15

North on I-95, sad car entertainment trying to remember 50 states. Which did we miss?

Festival gubbins

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:11

Fliers, DVDs, badges, discount drinks vouchers, map, programme, notebook, camera, pain killers, the Providence Journal, etc.

Poster boy (and girl)

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:06

Unconscious echo of the O&J poster at Alamo rentacar, Logan International Airport, Boston.

On the money

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 19:02

The ‘Roth Five’ - Philip Roth’s portrait replacing Lincoln’s (here shot through a ‘blood filter’ - a finger over the flash). We spent this at a toll booth on Interstate 93, heading South.

In lights...

Published By: IW on 11 August 2009 at 18:58

Canopy of the Columbus Theatre, 207 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island

Across the pond

Published By: IW on 04 August 2009 at 14:18

We’re showing O&J tomorrow night at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Paul, Charlie & I fly out of Heathrow tomorrow morning, should be in Providence for a late lunch. Anybody in New England fancy coming along - we’d love to see you. The details are here.