With only 6 more days to go at the Cinequest film festival, it's time to spend some quality time with the program guide and ensure you hit all the best films before they leave town. It can be a bit of a puzzle mapping out a schedule that gives you...

I admit I'm a little slow on this one. Despite my early adopter DNA and love for all things digital, I have not yet seen Avatar; and I've been upfront about my misgivings for 3D technology in general (see Avatar, you’re no Godfather: 5 reasons why I probably won’t...

With all of the high quality independent feature films now playing at Cinequest, it's easy to overlook the shorts. These guys try twice as hard to earn your respect. And last night at Camera 3 downtown San Jose it showed. To my eyes there wasn't a dud in the...

A comedy about "ex-girlfriends, sibling rivalry and whipped cream," Gabi on the Roof in July premiered at Cinequest to a packed house at Camera Cinema in San Jose last week. We caught up with New York-based Team Gabi, including the "dynamic duo" plus a surprise cast member appearance later, at...

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...

https://vimeo.com/9784218 Film director Seth W. Owen had just flown in to the Bay Area from Montreal, and was enjoying a day or two up in San Francisco, before heading down 101 to dive in to Cinequest, when we caught up with him for this revealing interview. His new film, Peepers...

In 1968 Russian tanks rolled through the streets of Prague and Jan Nemec was in the streets filming. The Ferrari Dino Girl tells the dramatic story of how those shots were made, and the harrowing trip he and his friends made to get the footage across the border to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4rB94SjEM Jessica Rabbit once said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Cullen Hoback adds a new wrinkle with his latest film at Cinequest, FrICTION (review). What if you were scripted to behave badly? In this clever, mind twisting fourthwall film (pseudo documentary?) the line between reality and fiction become...

Can a man really change? Or is he destined to be who is he, despite the best of intentions? In Bank Robbery, Madis dreams of his sweetheart, and what a quiet, honest life might be like living on a farm with sheep. His young nephew Hannes decides to join him...