Live from Cinequest: 3D cinema, filmmakers follow the money (and hype)

So you decide to throw a 3D Super Bowl. But what happens when 15 friends show up and you only have 14 pairs of 3D glasses (and they're not even designer!)? That, and sourcing equipment and skills, were just a few of the problems discussed at today's Cinequest Maverick Artist...
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Stark Insider TV: Cinequest Film Festival opening night

Mayor Chuck Reed had one of my favorite lines of the night when he implored the standing only room crowd at the California Theatre to "leave broke".
Sundance Film Festival

Sundance 12 Kicks-off – Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Spike Lee among stars to attend

"It's no secret times are grim," Redford told an assembled group of media, film writers, and industry press. But, on the bright side, he told us, artists will be not hold back here at Park City, in exibiting a sense of "place" with their content.

Mill Valley Film Festival Announces Tribute to Academy Award Winning French Filmmaker Costa Gavras

Costa-Gavras is a Greek-born naturalized French filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes.

Stark Insider TV: Gia Coppola brings teen nihilism to big screen thanks to James Franco (Video)

First time director Gia Coppola (PALO ALTO) sits down with Stark Insider to talk about meeting James Franco at a deli, the willingness to fail and ... cheeseburgers.
Spotlight - Mill Valley Film Festival

On Location: Mill Valley Film Festival opens with Danish Girl, Spotlight (Recap)

MVFF38 opens with heavy weight films about heavy weight topics.
MVFF 39 Press Conference - Dolby Labs, San Francisco

Mill Valley Film Festival Line-up Revealed: Neruda, The Salesman, La La Land, Arrival, more

The style might have been more relaxed, but the content was as impressive as ever. Last night, at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, we got a glimpse into the 39th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival. For the first time (that I can recall) at the annual press briefing there...
A scene from Rahmatou Keïta's THE WEDDING RING, playing at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 5 - April 19, 2017.

SFFILM: ‘The Wedding Ring’ a welcome and joyous remembrance (Review)

Stark Insider indie film review: The Wedding Ring (original title: (HAWSA) ZIN'NAARIYÂ!) which recently screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM). Director Rahmatou Keïta has given us a delicious and timeless film in The Wedding Ring. It is a 2016 release from Niger, Burkina Faso and France under the original...

Stark Insider Interview: Director Petra Volpe, ‘The Divine Order’ and Suffrage

"God doesn’t want women to be in politics. God has created the world with clearly assigned roles and if we mix up that order it’s the apocalypse.”
Ask for Jane film review - Napa Valley Film Festival

‘Ask Jane’ a riveting independent film based on true events

Ask for Jane is a riveting independent film shown recently at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Written and directed by Rachel Carey and produced by Caroline Hirsch, the movie tells the story of a Chicago-based underground collective which provided pregnancy terminations for thousands of middle-class women in the late...