Steven Soderbergh is rolling of his latest film tonight at 6:15p at Eccles for a crowd that is probably just expecting clips and tales of Sex, Lies AND select press... which is selected by Sundance and not, according to the film's distributor Eamonn Bowles, Magnolia Pictures.

So you will read the reviews tomorrow in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, indieWIRE, Cinematical, and anyone else who has a fast pass or whatever that is called. I can't just look around my neck to know, since in spite of having more readers and deeper coverage than all but a couple outlets, we have been passed over by Sundance for this pass. Frankly, it's not been a priority - aside from the embarrassment - becuase I have never had any issue getting a ticket for any screening I wish to attend.

Until tonight.

So now I will me forced to make a real effort to acquire something I haven't needed and only my ego cared about before, wasting more of my time (and the time of others).

It is a good reminder that the politics of it all are as important to some as the myth of independence.