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NBC Digital began laying off employees this morning. According to insiders, about 4 out of a staff of 80 got the axe. NBC declined to comment. The prelude to the layoffs came two weeks ago when Rob Hayes, Evp Digital Media for NBC, announced a division overhaul, in which four new executives were added to the digital team: Michael Martin, Svp, Product, Technology & Operations; Tom Blaxland, VP, Production; Eddie Lee, VP, Technology; and Ross Cox, VP, Product. In addition to those hires, Matt Allen and Trideev Dasgupta wee upped to VP, Digital Integrations and VP, Digital Business Development & Strategy, respectively, reporting to Ann McGowan, Svp, Digital Business Development & Strategy. Today’s layoffs are the result of that restructuring, insiders say. It’s been a little more than a year since Hayes was named Evp, replacing longtime NBCUniversal digital chief Vivi Zigler who left the company. Hayes was among the former Showtime execs...

The 35th edition of the San Francisco International Lgbt Film Festival, or Frameline35, opens tonight with Rashaad Ernesto Green's Gun Hill Road (image above) and runs through June 26 — Gay Pride Day — closing with Geoffrey Sax's Christopher and His Kind.

Michael Hawley previews eight narrative features and six documentaries, and he's got a top recommendation for each category, beginning with Céline Sciamma's Tomboy: "It's the summer before 4th grade and Laure's family has moved to a new town. When a potential playmate mistakes her for a boy, athletic Laure plays along and becomes Mikael to all the neighborhood kids — a charade that's kept hidden from her parents until just before the start of school. This complex and intelligent tale about gender identity won a jury prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival and it's now one of my favorite films of the year." And in Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva's Angel,...

Year: 2011

Directors: Matthew Bate

Writers: Matthew Bate

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: projectcyclops

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

In the mid-eighties two friends named Eddie Lee and Mitch Deprey moved into a rotting San Fransisco apartment block which they nicknamed the Pepto Bismol Palace, due to it's revolting pink exterior. During their first night Eddie was woken by shouting from next door, two men arguing bitterly, and loudly and having obviously had too much to drink. This became a nightly occurrence and out of desperation, and possibly boredom, they used a microphone tied to a ski-pole to record these drunks screaming at one another and made tapes for their friends; the result became underground sensation without either of the men recorded even finding out.

Matthew Bate's highly entertaining documentary tells the story of one of the first 'viral' hits in America, and how it effected Lee, Deprey and their friends,...

Title: The Red Machine Directed by: Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm Starring: Lee Perkins (Carnies), Donal Thoms-Cappello, Meg Brogan, Mo Byrnes and Eddie Lee Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 98, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 I watch a lot of independent films… I mean a lot. So when I started watching The Red Machine, I thought I was in for another mediocre story with sub-par acting and a whole lot of disappointment. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of indy films are really good, then there are the ones that could be good with the right budget, and we can’t forget the terrible ones. Obviously some are great… I give you The Red Machine. The Red [...]...