Revenge of the single-screen fest
On NPR, Dina Temple-Raston profiles FilmColumbia, Chatham, NY's 10-year-old fest where Girl Scout cookie vendors replace klieg lights and paparazzi:Chatham's FilmColumbia is a different kind of film festival. And while one could dismiss the atmosphere as down home or even quaint, this film festival is neither. Over the course of three days, it sells more than 6,000 tickets. The movies screened here are first-run. Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Atonement all premiered here in recent years.
Sense a theme? Screenwriter and Focus topper James Schamus has a house not far from Chatham.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
