By Joe Brown

For two weeks out of every year, people come to Las Vegas to go to the movies.

Starting tomorrow, the CineVegas film festival moves the action away from the noise and neon and into the dream-filled dark.

By Carol Cling

X marks the spot -- and the occasion -- tonight as the CineVegas film festival begins its 10-day, 10th-anniversary run at the Palms.

By Mark Bell

Ten years. Part of me wonders how dry the cinematic landscape in Vegas must have been before the weird and wonderful world of CineVegas made its mark, and the other part of me is too busy enjoying the festival to even entertain the notion of a world without CineVegas, whether it be past or future.

By Andrew Barker

Now entering its 10th year, the CineVegas Intl. Film Festival is still a newcomer to the festival circuit. But considering its provenance, a city in which the sounds of demolition form something of a leitmotif, its longevity is singularly impressive. Impressive, too, is its ability to grow steadily throughout the decade. Last year the fest attracted 25,000 attendees. Media attention reached a crest last year as well, with a program heavy on both left-of-center indies and lavish red-carpet screenings.

By Todd Longwell

CineVegas has never been for stuffed-shirt cineastes.

The film festival -- running today through June 21 at the Palms Casino Resort and other Sin City venues -- boasts a screening of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's animated short "Planting the Seeds" on the Lake of Dreams waterfall at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel. A midnight filmmakers bowling party is planned at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino.