Reel Change (See you in September. . .)

Filmbrain will be taking a break for the next few weeks. After what will most likely be a madcap week in Berlin, he'll be relaxing on the Baltic Sea in the house pictured on the left. (Filmbrain wanted to be as far from NYC as possible during the Republican National Convention.) The film quizzes are still set to appear every Wednesday -- that is, if Typepad does its thing properly and doesn't swallow the posts (as it has in the past). If time permits, and he's not completely overcome by laziness, Filmbrain might sneak in a post or two -- there's a huge backlog of films he hasn't written about (particularly Takashi Miike's wonderful Gozu), and he may have a thing or two to report about the Berlin film scene. As with every year, Filmbrain is looking forward to autumn -- many new film releases, and of course the New York Film Festival. Please feel free to peruse the list of blogs on the right to keep up with all things filmic. Have a great end of summer everybody!