As promised…Plugs.

* El Gringo from He Shot Cyrus is hosting the My Best Post blog-a-thon between today, October 3rd and October 5th. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“Everyone should participate because you’ve already written your post!

Pick your BEST post, the one you’re most proud of, and send me the link between the 3rd and the 5th. I’ll post the link and everyone can start checking out each other’s goods.

Full details can be found at: He Shot Cyrus, which is where the shindig will be going on.”

* LAMB VP of Production Nick (of Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob) has a blog-a-thon in the works. Here’s the details:

“It’s going to be the Saw Blog-A-Thon. It’ll start the Monday of the week the next one comes out, and one review will be posted a day (in other words, Saw on Monday, Saw II on Tues, Saw III on Wednesday, and Saw IV on Thursday). Then, after I see Saw V on Friday, I’ll post a review for it then.

However, I want a bit more participation, as I know not everybody is as big into the series as I am…and some people might even…*gasp*…have different opinions. So what I plan on doing is giving my review, then linking to anybody else’s review for each respective movie and start off by saying whether or not it’s a positive, negative, or neutral review (much like the LAMB MOTM). That way, I get in my review, and everybody else who wants to participate in my blog-a-thon will get links to their posts, as well. It’ll be a smorgasbord of reviews!

So if anybody is interested, I would need all reviews in by October 19, because the movie comes out on the 24, and the post for Saw goes up on the 20th. Nick can be reached here.

* Rob of Natsukashi just has this for you:

“I would like to invite any bloggers who are interested in participating in recalling a film from their past for Natsukashi, if they are so interested.”

Here’s the About page for Natsukashi with more details.

* Cinema Viewfinder will be providing coverage of the 46th New York Film Festival. Author Tony Dayoub was invited to cover it, and will have reviews, press conferences, and possibly some interviews up daily. The Festival started on 9/26 and continues to 10/12.

That’s right - the LAMB has a presence at the NYFF!

* If you’re lucky (unlucky), you’ve been visited by a commenter that goes by the name of “EVIL CLOWN” (his caps, not mine). What you might not have figured out is that it is none other than our own Piper of Lazy Eye Theater, which has undergone a transformation similar to that of it’s author’s. Here, I’ll let him tell you:

“Lazy Eye Theatre has gone through a terrible and painful transformation and is now Evil Eye Theatre. Stop by every day for new and increasingly wicked posts.”

* New York ain’t the only place the LAMB is at. We’ve gone international. Here’s the word from Colleen:

“Its Vancouver International Film Fest time, and Marina from Row Three and myself, Colleen from 353review have been covering the festival.

Approximately 40+ films to be reviewed between the to of us, plus podcasts, interviews with directors…etc.”

* Like Hitchcock? You’re in luck - Shawn of Deadpan is running a marathon of Alfred’s work, with guest bloggers and all. Here’s the post that kicks it off.

* Finally, Marilyn at Ferdy on Films, etc. will begin her annual coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival, which runs October 16-29. Look for pre-festival reviews to start Sunday, October 11, and continue through to the end. There might be some special-event coverage as well.

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I guess the pressure is on me to cover the Phoenix Film Festival next year. Where are our French LAMBs to cover Cannes?

Thanks for all plugs, guys and gals.

URL: http://www.rowthree.com/

Site Name: Row Three

What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?
Hmmm, a tough one. I guess discussion is the key focus of the site. With half a dozen contributors posting everything from reviews, podcasts, news items, columns on genre (Vampire, Overlooked Sci-Fi, revisionist westerns) as well as specific filmmakers (John Carpenter for instance) as well as little articles on significant and/or interesting scenes from movies (“Finite Focus) we tend to have a bit of a kitchen sink approach to delivering content, although all of it is in service of getting a good conversation going. Want to know how to get from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story to Au Hazard Balthasar; or from Starship Troopers to Gerry? How about a 15000+ word digression on the water plot device in M. Night Shayamalan’s Signs? You’ll find that at Row Three.

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
All of the contributors previously used to either run their own blog, contribute to other blogs out there in the blog-o-verse or spend an inordinate amount of time commenting on blogs. So why not join forces and form our own little community? The goal is to have a ‘back room’ where folks can offer film suggestions, trade knowledge or get in a fun argument about just about anything film related. The more we grind against each other the smarter and more informed everyone gets.

Do you prefer an interactive ‘community’ for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
If we are the teachers, we sure get chastised a lot by our students. No, really the posts and columns are a springboard for a variety of savvy film goers to bounce suggestions and opinions off one another. At the end of the day when the dust settles, we’d happily go for a beer if we were not scattered willy-nilly across the planet.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
Most of us have been blogging for 5+ years on film (amongst other subjects). Rowthree.com has been around since November 2007 when we decided to amalgamate of sorts. Between the group there is half a dozen or most posts a day, and usually a screen-shot quiz. Any and all of these allow for the conversation to be always ongoing in the comments sections. Folks there can go from earnest to arch to feisty to surly on a dime. It’s a jungle.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
The Conversation, The Maltese Falcon and Big Trouble in Little China; films about lonely men behaving badly, but oddly enough, with the best of intentions.

How did you hear about the LAMB?
Colleeny of 353 Haiku Movie Reviews contributes to one of Row Three’s several podcasts (After the Credits)

Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
5 Favorite Quotes about cinema?

“The miracle of artifice is miracle enough” – Robert Coover
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl” – Jean Luc Goddard
“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” – Pauline Kael
“Cinema is lies at 24 frames per second” – Michael Haneke
“F*ck it Dude, Lets go bowling” – Walter Sobchak