• Douglas Boatwright's work examines "ideas of perception, experience, and learned social acumen," and is also "interested in the effects of media contagion and the seductive qualities of light and aesthetics." Please go check him out on our behalf and tell us what the fuck that all means. [flavorpill]
• The theme of Mortified NYC is "personal redemption through public humiliation," meaning the performers will bare their souls in the hopes of meager applause. Funny, sounds like just another date night to us. [Paper]
• The Film Comment Selects festival kicks off with screenings of Ce Jour-l , Everlasting Regret, Stranded in Canton and Battle in Heaven. It's at Lincoln Center, but you can almost smell the condescension from here. [FSLC]