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‘Kinky (sex) film festival’ looking for entries: CineKink 2014 (image: ‘Strange Live Acts’) CineKink, which bills itself as "the kinky film festival," is looking for "films and videos, of any length and genre, that explore and celebrate a wide diversity of sexuality." In the last decade, CineKink has screened an eclectic mix of documentaries and narrative movies, camp comedies, and experimental efforts, ranging from the "mildly spicy" to no-holds-barred sexually explicit fare. According to its press release, CineKink is "dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television." Possible topics include "Bdsm, leather and fetish, swinging, non-monogamy and polyamory, roleplay and gender bending, sex work, and sex geekery." At CineKink 2013, entries included Cheryl Dunye’s romantic sex comedy Mommy Is Coming; Mark Mori’s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All; Hunter Stone’s short Getting Off, in which a dying man "struggles valiantly to go out...

Rand and Robyn Miller’s mysterious island world of Myst may soon make it to the silver screen. Not so long ago, a collective of folks called the Mysteria Film Group purchased the rights to the game and book series from its creator, Cyan Worlds. Just today, according to Variety, Roserock Films and Gran Via Productions have been officially brought on as production partners.

Mysteria’s production journal reveals that their film won’t be a directly based on the game but on the second installment of the Rand Miller-authored book series, Myst: The Book of Ti’ana. They’re currently looking for a fresh writer to bring aboard to peruse the first draft of the script and notes and “build” on the work they’ve done over the past few years.

Myst has a fairly rich narrative explored within and outside of the original game. Should they lure...