October 27th, 2008, will, until further notice, be referred to as The Best Night of My Life.  I did not get married, have a baby, or meet anyone famous… but I got to see the New Kids on the Block play to a sold-out, screeching, 99% female crowd at Madison Square Garden.  And let me tell you – it was awesome. 

This weekend, I had the surreal experience of attending a legitimate film festival in my hometown.  I’m not from TriBeCa or Toronto or Cannes and there was no red carpet, but the 9^th annual FilmColumbia Festival of Film (www.filmcolumbia.com) does bring in some big-deal movies to the small town of Chatham in upstate New York.  The Crandall Theater on Main Street was built in 1928 as a vaudeville theater and has only one screen and two toilets, but it can handle being packed to the brim with out-of-towners for four days straight every October.  I am pleased to offer my insider’s perspective and reviews exclusively on IndustryNexus.com, mostly because my mom’s a volunteer and got me free tickets.