Just a brief note to introduce you to a couple of new SpoutBlog contributors. You may have already noticed that Steven Boone (Big Media Vandalism/The House Next Door) has been popping up here and there for the past couple of weeks. He’s already he’s offered glimpses into the world of halfway house film festivals, a Hollywood production camped out at a Brooklyn housing project, and an alternate universe in which Michael Jackson is an activist filmmaker. Stay tuned for more of Steven every Friday.

Later today, we’ll be debuting a new column from Lauren Wissot, whose work you might have also read at The House Next Door, and/or The Reeler. Lauren, who will be tackling (no pun intended) sexual themes in indie and classic cinema every Wednesday, will begin with a revisionist take on Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie. We wanted to call her column “Art Films To Jerk Off To,” but in the end that might be too limiting––after all, who’s to say what qualifies as art?

So please join us in welcoming Lauren and Steven. We’re also looking for additional part-time columnists, so if you have a topic or a genre that you’re dying to explore in bloggy form week in and week out, do send Karina an email.