For much of August, I sat in the sweltering recesses of Reeler HQ and wondered if anything would ever happen again in New York cinema. Time slows at the end of summer, when everyone flees somewhere dreadfully spacious and cool and the film community seems to collapse under the strain of its immobility.

Really, though, that was just an elaborate deke to throw us off: New York film is back with a vengeance, forcing The Reeler's limbs from their prolonged atrophy and back into action. In the next week alone:

--CMJ's Music Marathon and its accompanying showcases and FilmFest events swamp NYC
--The digital video and animation spotlight RESFEST gets underway down in Tribeca;
--IFP launches both the private IFP Market and Conference and the four-day, open-to-the-public Independent Film Week;
--The Museum of Modern Art opens its Killer Films retrospective with the New York premiere of Mary Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page;
--The 43rd New York Film Festival opens Sept. 23 with George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck (right).

So with all of this in mind, please bear with this one-man operation as it digs holes in its calendar to get you the latest on these events and everything else in between. Please do not forget to send tips on anything else shaking down in the biz or the city at large, and if you are hanging around out there, let me know—it would be great to meet you.