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If you happen to be at a world premiere screening at the Toronto Int. Film Festival for a film that is going into the fest with available domestic rights, there is a distinct chance you might run into the VIPs of the acquisitions world: the Weinsteins, Focus' James Schamus, Fox Searchlight's Ray Strache, IFC's Arianna Bocco, SPC's Michael Barker & Tom Bernard, Magnolia Tom Quinn and Summit's Michael Schaefer.

Co-directors Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski wisely zero in on the man himself and have created Lemmy, a documentary about Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, a fascinating individual in his own right who just happens to be the singer/bass player of Motorhead. Lemmy Kilmister is a man who doesn't see the glass as half empty or half full, as long as he gets to drink it and order another one.

I just loved insects; I would pick anything up. So I knew that interested me, but I knew I didn’t particularly want to be a scientist. I didn’t want to focus too minutely on one particular thing, which is sort of the way academia works these days. So, when I was 14 I saw David Attenborough’s PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS, and it was a eureka moment for me, and I realized “I’m meant to make movies about this!

Magnolia Pictures have done some late Sundance shopping, grabbing the rights to Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's The Extra Man, a comedy that I managed to miss in Park City due to a conflict in my schedule. I'll have to wait until late July or show up at the Sarasota and Boston Film Festivals if I want an advance screening.

For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism, and illustrated it all with a stunningly lyrical language inspired by his upbringing in Missouri. His characters were real people, with hearts and blood and soul, and it changed American theater forever. His plays, living on all over the world nearly 25 years after his death, gives credence to the fact that he is one of the most “alive” playwrights ever.