Watch Sarah Silverman talk dramatic acting, ‘I Smile Back’, Jack Nicholson (Video)
“Great news, we’re gonna make this movie!” Two years later, when Sarah Silverman finally got the email that she thought she’d never get she hit…
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On Location: Mill Valley Film Festival opens with Danish Girl, Spotlight (Recap)
MVFF38 opens with heavy weight films about heavy weight topics.
Opening Night at MVFF: Tom Hooper (Video)
Stark Insider is on location north of San Francisco for the 38th annual Mill Valley Film Festival. “This script made me cry.” Director Tom Hooper…
5 Things I learned from a top Hollywood cinematographer
“Take a deep breath.” Who knew?! Breathing is critical to proper camera operation — at least for the Hollywood pros. Amazing what you can learn…
There Will Be ‘Sacred Blood’
You don’t see horror films too often at mainstream film festivals. And you also don’t see new Coppola films all that often either. Sacred Blood,…
Stark Insider Uncut: Sophie Nélisse (Video)
Film festivals are a creative wonderland. You have the films themselves, thoughtful, and interesting indies, many from far away places, that shed new perspectives, and expanded cultural…
No suppressing creative spirit in ‘Taxi’
A preview of some of this year’s gems at the Mill Valley Film Festival begins with ‘Taxi’ (‘Taxi Tehran’), a banned film shot on the…
Your only chance to see Green Day doc ‘Heart Like A Hand Grenade’
Green Day 'American Idiot' documentary that sat on the shelf for 10 years will finally see day of light at Mill Valley Film Festival.
Stark Insider Uncut: Elle Fanning (Video)
Elle Fanning, on this episode of Stark Insider Uncut! Watch as Elle, as fashionable and as graceful a young star as you’re likely to see,…
Sir Ian McKellen to receive MVFF lifetime achievement award
One of the (many) highlights of this year’s edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival is the presence of a film legend. That, of course,…