Lisa Vandever isn't like most people working the sexual underground. For one thing, she came to her role as co-founder and director of the CineKink Film Festival from the world of legit indies.

Also, Vandever isn't trying to sell you anything. Tickets to Cinekink-which kicks off this coming Tuesday with a party at Remote Lounge before heading to Anthology Film Archives through that Saturday, with an awards ceremony on Sunday evening at a yet undisclosed location-are cheap.

She also has a pretty realistic sense of her preferred genre. The first CineKink two years ago got lucky with the James Spader/Maggie Gyllenhaal comedy Secretary, which made for a splashy festival winner-even if it had already been out for months. Speaking from her suburban New Jersey home, Vandever is refreshingly upfront about the chances of a similar mainstream hit to emerge this year.

"We have a feature on Saturday night at nine with Roger Rees in it," she notes, "so there's an S&M movie with actual good acting in it." (Click here for full article)