Stark Insider is on location at the Mill Valley Film Festival. In this episode, Brie Larson talks about Room, and losing her (inner) child. "It's very similar to Plato's 'Cave' allegory." Brie Larson lit up San Francisco last night at the premiere for her new film Room. But it wasn't just her...

We've been working through advance screeners, and have some brief capsules on three films that made it through the rotation here on Stark Insider.

Guy Ritchie's 'King Arthur' (Legend of the Sword) opens today. Film critic Jeanne Powell has a first look review for Stark Insider. The new Warner Brothers film based on the legend of King Arthur has potential to be a blockbuster this summer. Directed by Guy Ritchie, the picture clearly targets...

Poehler and friends descend upon Napa Valley to celebrate a birthday party.

51-minutes of Blue Velvet "lifts" were found somewhere in Seattle and recovered.

Alright, alright, alright, it is that time again. The San Francisco Film Festival (SFFilm) is returning for 11 days of groundbreaking films, in-person interviews and community events. After two years of necessary pandemic limitations, some restrictions have been lifted and most of the films will be screened in person at...

As much as I love wine, it alone cannot carry a movie. Where Sideways succeeds, Bottle Shock fails. The difference? The former is about two guys dealing with mid-life crises with wine as a backdrop. Bottle Shock is just about wine, and it turns out to be a boring...

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.

Is the food system setting up low income individuals and families for failure? Is poverty linked to obesity?

The acting is gritty and raw, none of the surreal gloss that covers big budget Hollywood numbers.