Rush Beyond the Lighted Stage

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (review)

Geddy Lee sounds like Steve Jobs. And he looks a bit like Lennon with a twist of mystical fu-manchu.
Will Parrinello and John Antonelli. Photo credit Kat Wade

Making Films That Matter with Will Parrinello and John Antonelli at 142 Throckmorton Theatre

142 Throckmorton Theatre will host Making Films That Matter, a conversation with Will Parrinello and John Antonelli, and interviewed by Jane Ganahl. Filmmakers John Antonelli and Will Parrinello, with offices of their Mill Valley Film Group just down the road in Sausalito, are local treasures. But there is nothing...

Canadian filmmaker Aaron Houston on making movies, Cinequest, NHL playoffs

Constant reminder: Sometimes we're not as clever as we think. In filmmaker Aaron Houston's short Two Theories, One Stone two intellectuals discover just that, over breakfast and from the most unlikely of sources. In some ways it's the perfect homage to Quentin Tarantino. Although you'll have to watch it to see...

Deepak Chopra on consciousness, Red Shoes edition

https://vimeo.com/10357827 Deepak, you had us at the first layer of consciousness. As he spoke at the Cinequest Film Festival recently, Deepak Chopra may have sent karma-sized shock waves across the theater, "I could talk about consciousness for two years." And while he didn't manage to go that far, he did...

Aspiring filmmakers on location, post-production – Week 3 Adobe Youth Voices

https://vimeo.com/10189186 The young filmmakers at Adobe Youth Voices (affectionately AYV) and Cinequest Film Camp recently wrapped week 3 on their film projects. Loni was there to capture some of the action, the nerves, and the excitement. It all comes together to spark the creative process. Shortly you'll get to see these...

Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest Film Camp: To the finish line!

The mood was definitely different when I arrived at Adobe HQ for the third and final weekend of Cinequest Film Camp. This was the last weekend before the screenings at Camera Cinema 12 (see Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers) For those of you that...

Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap

Although the closing ceremony and awards took place last night along with the screening of Mother at the California Theatre, Cinequest Film Festival 20 officially comes to a close today. For the first time an "encore day" was added. Audience favorites and award winners will receive a bonus screening allowing...

Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers

Today, we'll get a glimpse of the future of film. Working now for almost a month together, five teams of teen filmmakers will showcase their shorts at the Camera 12 cinema as part of the Cinequest Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices. Imagine the excitement of seeing your...

Opening night with film director Rory Bain

https://vimeo.com/9896593 What's it like watching your own film with an audience during a world premiere at the Cinequest film festival here in San Jose? Director Rory Bain says, "It's such a weird experience because you're in a way presenting and at the same time you're an audience member... very, very unusual." His...

Stark Insider Special features include Google Nexus One, Cinequest, Adobe Youth Voices, Cirque du Soleil OVO

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