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Tonight, I'm seeing Raising Victor Vargas, the opening night selection of the New Directors/New Films Festival. I'm excited for a couple reasons: It's from a director my age, Peter Sollett (in fact, my friends graduated from NYU Tisch with him; I'm obviously growing up because I'm not so jealous as I am impressed); it's a great introduction to new films; and it's at Lincoln Center, so close to home.
Elvis Mitchell's review of Raising Victor Vargas
Article from this past Sunday's Times about director Peter Sollett and the making of the film and Lockhart Steele's post about Raising Victor Vargas and the Lower East Side
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Vargas is a great little film.
Some more facts:
It was based on a short Peter did called 5 Feet High and Rising - the short was his thesis project and won awards at many festivals. One such award allowed him to live/work for 5 months in Paris on a feature length script. Tim Orr shot the film on 16mm (it looks amazing). Orr shot David Gordon Green's films (George Washington & All the Real Girls). Vargas was one of the first films in production in New York after 9/11.