That’s Infotainment : WEB SITE REVIEWS

Independent Film Channel

Address: https://www.ifctv.com

What it is: Pretty standard fare: program listings, contests, a preview of the cable channel’s coming movies and events as well as resources for movie fans and filmmakers (lists and links of film schools, magazines, etc.). Craft Services is a classifieds section for indie filmmakers: Find a partner, find a job, find financing or scout a location, announce a screening, sell some equipment. So You Want to Make a Movie is a virtual round-table of independent filmmakers talking about their craft, which can be a little slow-going but probably pretty cool if you stick with it.

Comments: Maybe the site isn’t as interesting as the cable channel, but don’t write it off yet. As with the indie film movement, give the site a little time to find itself, and it may surprise you. One word of advice--skip the column by Jeff Lipsky. Last month’s was so ... very ... long that I’m not going anywhere near this month’s.

Lifetime Online

Address: https://www.lifetimetv.com

What it is: Recipes, craft ideas, health and fitness advice and parenting tips “for women and the people who love them.” Also the cable channel’s requisite program and movie guides, bios on Lifetime Television stars, sound and video clips of celebrity interviews and chat rooms. Holding the most possibility are the Digital Dramas, monthly interactive serials where users can help determine one of three paths the next month’s episode will take.

Comments: For women who cry at weddings, coo over recipes and just love women-in-peril movies. Lifetime Online can sometimes get a little junky, with too many graphic elements and too much peach. Way too much peach. As for the Digital Dramas, they are something . . . just don’t ask what.

Please send entertainment Web site suggestions and comments to Krissy Harris at haringbat@mobsters.com