The focus of this season's Reel Roundtable's weekly film series is 'popular culture' and film...which includes the world of blogging.

Websites, emails and now...blogs are an extremely effective way in assisting the independent film community communicate and spread the word regarding films, festivals, and events.

We'll be taking a close look at the world wide web, the blogging community and the people behind the blogs.

On Monday December 6th, we are fortunate to have Greg Allen of greg.org join us.

Greg left his career as an investment strategy consultant in 2001 to write and direct films. Greg's weblog, greg.org, was then conceived as both a production blog and a documentation of the influences and inspirations for his work and ended up being named 'best culture' blog of 2003 by Slate.com.

After Life by Hirokazu Kore-eda is the film which Greg has programmed for tonight's event.

After Life, Hirokazu Kore-eda's second feature film, uses unassuming naturalistic and documentary techniques to tell a moving, supernatural story.

A group of bureaucrats in a heavenly way station have one week to help the recently deceased select their single most cherished memory, which they will hold with them for eternity.

Kore-eda's weaving of fact and fiction, interviews and narrative, and non-actor and professional in After Life exerted a significant influence on Greg Allen's Souvenir Series--twelve short films exploring different aspects of memory--and on his weblog, greg.org.

For more information about The Reel Roundtable's film series, check
ReelRoundtable.com - http://www.reelroundtable.com

Definitely check out Greg Allen's website
greg.org - http://www.greg.org

And for more information regarding the movie After Life, visit
kore-eda.com - http://www.kore-eda.com/w-life/afterlife/index.htm