Cinequest On Location: Interviews with The Real Revolutionaries of Silicon Valley (video)

Once there were orchards, now there are silicon chips. Everywhere. In everything. Last night at the California Theatre, The Real Revolutionaries, a new film about the pioneers of Silicon Valley, premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival. Like the early days of the Napa Valley, these are the cowboys who...

Indie film marketing: “Douchebag Blend” wins me over Cinequest style

Low budgets combined with passion always seem to bring out creativity and mucho gusto. Tonight at the exquisite Il Fornaio Cinequest soiree, there was much mingling, merriment and celebration for a festival that is going strong. But what caught my eye on this evening was the distinctive marketing by Aaron Houston,...

Cinequest News: Tech and film meet tonight at The Real Revolutionaries, the story of Silicon Valley

It doesn't get any better than this. What could me a more perfect venue than Cinequest and the California Theatre to host the premiere of the new film The Real Revolutionaries, the story of Silicon Valley? The film documents the compelling story of Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and the “Fairchild...

Film Review: ‘The Escape’ (Flugten)

Highly recommended. It's intense, but you may be surprised where this movie goes; it's unexpected, and unique.

On Location: Cinequest opening night, live action, interviews, updates (video)

At Cinequest, you can always expect the unexpected. Clint and Loni of StarkSilverCreek are again on location for an opening night, this time for the Cinequest Film Festival 20. But with CQ there's always something different, and exciting. On this night there were Vivienne Tam models, a giant bird's...

Cinequest opens in San Jose with The Good Heart, frenetic energy

Last night the Cinequest Film Festival 20 opened with wild applause and hollering, dancing, food, and, of course, the premiere of The Good Heart. The rain couldn't dampen the spirits of 1,100 people who enthusiastically arrived at the California Theatre for the entertaining opening night festivities. Later, the party...

Inside Cinequest Film Camp, Adobe Youth Voices – Action!

https://vimeo.com/9695533 Green screens. Zombies created by pollution. Messages about family and gang violence. These are just a few of the highlights from week 2 of the Adobe Youth Voices and Cinequest Film Camp. If the future of filmmaking is one thing, it's inspiring. These would-be Spielbergs, Tarantinos and Camerons have...

Action! Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest film camp enters production

The group which had started working at 9am was in high gear behind computers, in front of green screens and madly cutting out characters and set objects from magazines.

Cinequest Question of the Day: Special launch edition and guide!

Light, camera, action! Or as Halfdan Hussey wrote in an email today, "Turn on the Spotlights." Cinequest film festival, the pride and joy of San Jose, opens tomorrow night. You may also want to use another favorite Hollywood expression: roll out the red carpet. Or perhaps a not-so-Hollywood: bring...

Film Review: ‘Peepers’ a bare butt buffet of laughs

A Fight Club for voyeurs, Peepers takes us into the secret world of roof-top hopping "peepers," where we join alongside a rag-tag group armed with binoculars and walkie-talkies looking for excitement in other people's windows. Fraternizing in the shadows at night, but with office jobs by day, we learn...