On Friday, Brooklyn’s BAM Rose Cinemas will begin screenings for a mini film fest that pays tribute to IFC Films, the New York-based distribution company owned by the Independent Film Channel, the New York Post reports. Seven recently released and forthcoming indie features will be screened through March 6, including It’s a Free World, a 2007 documentary about “the plight of Eastern European immigrants in the U.K.,” which will be shown at least once each day. The opening night will also feature a preview screening of Paranoid Park (trailer above), Gus Van Sant’s Cannes Film Festival award-winning skateboard drama that’s set for a March 7 U.S. release.  read more »

There's nothing like your first time.

“I’m not going to go into mine,” actress Keri Russell told us last night, referring to the birth of her son, River Russell Deary. (What did you think we were talking about?) She paused, flashed a toothy grin and added: “But it was great.”

Bundled in an oversized jacket and looking much younger than her 31 years, the Felicity star (and Brooklyn resident!) was milling about at the after-party for a special screening of The Business of Being Born at the IFC Center in the Village.  read more »