Around this time of year, most altruistic folks will be thinking about donating their time to shelters or the Salvation Army. Good stuff, that.
However, if you're more of the stay-at-home, cinematically obsessed type, here's the cause for you: AFI Silver's 2009 Silverdocs Festival is seeking volunteers to watch and rate its submissions to help [...]

Let's be blunt: There's not a lot of good cinema out there these days. And considering we're already into Oscar-trolling season, for film lovers that's a picture bleaker than Synecdoche, New York. (Well, maybe not that bad.)
Starting Thursday, however, you'll have some alternatives — and best of all, they're free. The Brazilian Embassy is hosting [...]