You guys know that I try to hit up the local film festival every year... well, this year it's a no go.  And I was fine with it until I saw the list of movies (yeah, they're showing The Void.  How can I miss that?), it just made me wistful.

One big reason is that I'm working a lot (a lot) and I've got a proper holiday coming up, so I can't really justify taking a week off (or on-and-off) to live in the movie theater.  Plus, the schedule doesn't come out early enough for me to clear out single days for single programs.

But the other big reason is that they changed the venue.  For many years past, I could just drive five minutes out of my way and get there, no problem.  But because the theater is being renovated, they moved the festival 20-30 minutes away to a different theater with zero bars or restaurants around.  It's a terrible location, so here's hoping they move back next year.

While I'm sure that the big titles will get some kind of release, it's missing the short programmes that really bums me out.  They're always weird and different, and there's always a ton of crew and creatives there to talk to.