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I have no idea how all of us managed to miss them, but the people behind Casino Royale have been throwing up slick, short "podcasts" every once in a while, detailing either the current stage of the film's production, or focusing on a small element of the shoot, like filming flight scenes. Apart from the disconcertingly porn-y (or so I hear) soundtracks, they're not bad for studio-made promo pieces -- very short, but you get actual glimpses of footage from the film, as well as brief chats with director Martin Campbell, a rather frisky Judi Dench and Daniel Craig (in lots of different outfits), as well as other Casino Royale personnel. And did I mention Daniel Craig?

The podcasts are up at iTunes; the most recent is installment seven, which is the one about the fighting. (And if this clip gives a true indication of Campbell's directorial approach, he's very much of the George Lucas-style "FASTER!", "LOUDER!" school).

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Great news for those of us who don't live in New York City, home of Film Forum - or even for those who do live there and are just too lazy or agoraphobic to get out much. Film Forum now has podcasts of their Special Events available online. Film Forum has many cool events for film geeks, and its mere existence has more than once made me reconsider my attachment to my Left Coast lifestyle. But now? I don't have to choose! I can live in Seattle, but when I get the urge to feel like NYC film-geek girl, I can slip into my requisite black cinemaphile attire and noise reduction headphones, close my eyes, and it's just like being there.

Recent Special Events at Film Forum have included a Q&A with Our Brand is Crisis filmmaker Rachel Boynton, Q&As with Dr. Alexis Burger and three participants from the film Desert Wind, and Who Gets to Call it Art? - a Q&A with director Peter Rosen and editor Jed Parker. Now if i could only watch the films they show at Film Forum online, I'd be pretty nearly perfectly happy.

We recorded an astounding amount of video whilst in Park City this year – so much, in fact, that we'll still be parcelling some of it out over the next two weeks. So stay tuned, for interviews with Shannyn Sossamon (Wristcutters: A Love Story), Alan Berliner (Wide Awake), and others. In the meantime, here's a guide to the video coverage that we've already posted:

• Is Sundance all about the swag? James sat down with Jono, a professional gift bag artist, to get to the bottom of that very burning question. Jono kindly inspected the one gift bag we managed to collect up to that point, and we thus learned that we weren't going to the right parties.
• We shot a total of four roundatable sessions whilst in Park City, in which we discussed the films, the scene, and the festival at large. In the opening Roundtable, we fittingly discussed the opening film, Friends with Money, starring Jennifer Aniston. Roundtable Two was all about sex: specifically, the missing Katie Holmes sex scene, and the too-twisted-for-buyers sexual subtext of Bob Goldthwait's Stay. Little Miss Sunshine was at the center of biggest sale of the festival, and in Video Roundtable Three, Jason, James and I discuss whether or not Fox Searchlight overpaid for the Steve Carell film. Then, in Video Roundtable Four Managing Editor Kim Voynar joined us for a discussion of the Closing Night Awards, which included honors for Stephanie Daley and Quinceanera. We also discussed the last few films we screened, including Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep, and Alpha Dog, starring Justin Timberlake.
• I had the honor of speaking with Geoff Gilmore, Sundance Festival Director, about his programming process and some of his favorite films at Sundance 2006. Here's a hint: we have one in common.
• Jason moderated a panel on Vlogging, Podcasting and the Right to Free Expression, featuring speakers Susan Buice (Four Eyed Monsters), Mika Salmi (founder of Atom Films), Ken Rutkowski (KenRadio), and SoccerGirl, creator of the wildly popular video podcast. Part 1 and Part 2.
• James interviews Lauren Greenfield, director of the harrowing documentary Thin. Amongst other things, Greenfield discusses the challenge of making a documentary about very sick women with a healthy crew.
• Red Doors didn't play at Sundance this year, but it did play – and win awards – just about everywhere else. Writer-director Georgia Lee served on the Sundance 2006 shorts jury, and she sat down with us to talk about festivals, filmmaking, and the threads dangling in between.
• When director Philip Groening decided he wanted to make a documentary about the Carthusian monks living in the French Alps, the monastary asked him to wait until they were better prepared for an outside visitor. After 15 years, they called Groening up and said, "We're ready." The resulting film, Into Great Silence, won a major award at this year's festival. C.K. Sample talks to Groening about the film, which broke box office records in his native Germany.

We're saying a fond farewell to the tall snow-covered mountains of Park City and now that we're leaving we thought we'd set you off with one final Cinematical @ Sundance roundtable.  In the finale, we finally managed to pull Kim Voynar away from the screening rooms and on to the couch for a word about some award-winning films.  The other regulars are there as well, breaking down the final few days of the Festival.  Now, time to get out of the hills, and back to the real world.

Rundown
02:00 - Alpha Dog
05:05 - The Science of Sleep
06:50 - The Secret Life of Words
08:25 - Sherrybaby
10:00 - Sundance Awards
13:27 - Quinceanera
16:32 - 13 (tzameti)
18:15 - Jury and audience votes lining up
22:07 - Right at Your Door
24:45 - TV Junkie
26:45 - Into Great Silence
28:24 - Eve and the Firehorse
29:07 - Final Sundance thoughts

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I got a chance yesterday to sit down with Geoffrey Gilmore, longtime Director of the Sundance Film Festival. Geoff is all about the films, and through the course of our conversation he talked about everything from his programming strategy, to the potential impact of technology on the festival's future. You can download the file directly here, or scoop it up from the iTunes music store.

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Yep, we're bringing back podcasts, and this time, we're doing things a little differently. On this toe-dipping edition, I review the Kate Hudson horror thriller, The Skeleton Key, and ask a question I seem to be asking a lot lately: does this movie have any idea how funny it is?

We've got a couple of things planned for future podcasts, so please, give us feedback on this one. Tell us what you like and what you'd like to see us do differently/additionally. Thanks, and enjoy!

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