Filmmakers At Festivals Getting Coffee: Director Jonathan Burley
Director Jonathan Cenzual Burley (The Year and the Vineyard) sits down with Stark Insider to talk about filmmaking, surviving with zero budget, directing.
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Costa-Gavras and the European idealism of ‘Capital’
Capital takes us into the boardroom, and reveals what life might be like as the CEO of a top European bank. You can judge. Or…
Sean Penn opens noxious documentary at Mill Valley Film Festival (Video)
Sean Penn amped up the star power last night when he dropped in to the Mill Valley Film Festival for the world premiere of The…
Will Forte and the pressure to be funny on set of ‘Nebraska’ (Video)
"It's Will's performance that makes Nebraska work because he was willing not to go for the quick, easy joke ," said Dern."I give him a…
Review: The Human Experiment at Mill Valley Film Festival
Filmmakers Don Hardy and Dana Nachman tell us that the real challenge in affecting change in the use of chemicals in everyday products can be…
Geoffrey Rush opens Mill Valley Film Festival with ‘The Book Thief’ (Interview)
"I like the feel of a book more than an iPad or Kindle," says actor Geoffrey Rush. "It's one of the few places where I…
Stark Insider TV: Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) preview
Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) Stark Insider "Best Of" reel featuring some of our favorite moments. James Franco, Annette Bening, Elizabeth Olsen, Robin Williams, and…
Film Review: ‘Lion Ark’ at Mill Valley Film Festival
"People sometimes ask why bother about animals, when there's so much human suffering. But it's not a choice of one or the other."
Adrift: A love letter to the fog of the San Francisco Bay Area (Video)
Immediately I wanted to know how. How did he do it? How did he manage to capture such vivid imagery... and, of course, what camera…
Best of MVFF: Actor/director Mark Duplass “Be honest. Don’t suck up.” (Interview)
"I want to go down on the ship with my fist raised. But I don't take myself too seriously," says actor and director Mark Duplass.…