While world events swirl around us, world leaders meet in offbeat American cities, and swine flus swoon, films that document those events of our life are being made and shown. You guessed it: My blog post today once again centers on the Hamptons Film Festival. It is, after all, the pivotal event of the fall season in the Hamptons. We love it. And why not: The films are always SO good, all hand-picked by a great panel of experts and all just so well-thought out and well-edited, well-directed and well-written. I have to say there has only been one film in six years of my going that has been really really bad. I won't say its name, lest the director/filmmaker is a faithful reader of my blog here. I remember him well: He seemed a nice guy--was standing in the lobby of the theater passing out sandwiches as audience members streamed in to view. No doubt, he did most of the film himself--all aspects--as that is what it looked like; rather, it looked more like it'd been filmed by junior high schoolers who got loose with mom and dad's video cam. Oy.

Other than that one blot on the CV of the FF, it has a stellar reputation that just gets better with each passing year. I'm looking on the site now to pick out my films. Know any good ones this year? Which should I choose?