WTFFFF?

So what do I mean by Furlough Fridays Film Festival (FFFF)? You get it, I'm sure, but I have to post some kind of introduction to the blog, don't I? Well I'm required to take Fridays off without pay (two cheers for the Great Recession), and movie lover that I am, have enjoyed using at least some of that time off to see a film. At first only occasionally, but as the months wore on and the summer movie season hit, even as lackluster as it has been, I've seen a movie every Friday, and the repetition of this makes it feel like it's my own personal festival, my own ongoing weekly series. Looking at the group of films coming in the second half of August (surprisingly strong--I'm optimistic), knowing that New York Film Festival is just on the horizon, and the awards-baiting race to the end of 2009 just beyond that, I realized I could easily maintain, and occasionally increase, this movie viewing pace. I'll post about at least one new film each week, starting with District 9. In between posts about new films I will revisit some of the other films I've seen on past furlough Fridays, and I may take a few other detours along the way.