Clinton Stark

Here's a well-made film from Brazil. Called Paulista (Quanto Dura o Amor), the second Cinequest screener that Loni and I have watched, it follows the ups and downs of three relationships. It recently played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Sex, and sexual identity play a big role and...

Fans of Cinequest come from all walks, circles. Ash Kalra, a San Jose Councilmember now in his second term, was gracious enough to spend a few minutes with us talking about the upcoming film festival. Sometimes these can be quite predictable, for all the right reasons: everyone raves about what...

Advertising for this year's Super Bowl is taking on a decidedly social media flavor. I remember about 10 years ago, the buzz created by the 'Dot Com' advertising frenzy, which crescendos with a sock puppet extolling the virtues of online dog food, and ends with a graveyard of flamed-out start-ups, burned...

Throw a billion dollars at a movie, and what do you get? Blue faces, big eyes, explosions, lack of plot, no acting. On the other hand, what do I know. Avatar has already made more money than any other film in history, including Cat Woman. But, even though I haven't...

Okay, so here we go, let the flood of film begin. Exciting times. We're 20 days away from the opening night of the Cinequest 20 film festival, and based on the amount of social media interaction, news, and announcements, it's going to be a great one. Last week we...

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https://vimeo.com/9168351 After seeing Animals Out of Paper (review), a play about an origami protege and the relationships among three fascinating characters, we wondered how such a clever, intriguing story came to be. Fortunately, playwright Rajiv Joseph was on hand to join the cast for a talkback at SF Playhouse. This...

I don't think there are many surprises in the photos, but it doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to picture Google apps running on a tablet—cloud computing nirvana!

https://vimeo.com/9137527 It's hard to believe how fast Cinequest has grown in the last 20 years. Halfdan Hussey, co-founder and executive director, told us the original festival drew about 3,000 fans. Last year, even in a tough economic environment, over 80,000 showed. Being in Silicon Valley I'd say Cinequest itself has...

Like a lot of people, I've been following the latest social networking craze. It's called Foursquare and it allows you to "check-in" using your smartphone when travelling to various venues around town. To date, users could take satisfaction in gaining points and unlocking badges, much like a video game... only...