American Teacher: Why are the great ones leaving?
American Teacher is based on the premise that teachers are the most important school-based factor in a child's future success.
Independent Film
Explore the world of independent film with news, reviews, and interviews from a filmmaker’s perspective. This category covers Sundance, SXSW, and the broader indie scene—with a focus on storytelling, creative risk-taking, and emerging talent shaping the future of cinema.
Farmageddon: The threat against small farms
Is government bureaucracy threatening America's access to healthy, locally-grown food? Filmmaker Kristen Canty is out to reveal the truth in this documentary.
San Francisco: 31st Jewish Film Festival opens tonight
The three-week festival, screening in four Bay Area venues, features the highest quality Jewish films from around the world.
Indie film ‘Sunflower Hour’ wins award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Aaron has been a guest of Stark Insider and several podcasts ever since his short, Two Theories, One Stone debuted at Cinequest 2010 in San…
Watch ‘When Harry Met Sally’ outdoors at Union Square
Organizers say, "Bring your own best friend/lover/life partner, your appetite for witty banter, and remember to pack a sweater or you’ll catch a chill."
First Look: Trailer for mockumentary ‘Sunflower Hour’
There is a certain amount of American Pie inspired humor here, plus a dash of good old fashioned Canadian quirkiness - all good things in…
Sneak Peek: Napa Valley Film Festival
Running eighty seconds long the bit features some very – very – enlightened grape crushing techniques. And you were worried about brett and TCA!
Stark Insider TV passes 250,000 views
To put it in perspective, we're still about 129,000,000 (yes that's millions) views short of the "success" that Rebecca Black has achieved with her Friday…
Sunflower Hour: Mockumentaries and NHL talk with Vancouver film-maker Aaron Houston
In this special film-making/NHL hockey-talk Stark Insider episode, Aaron calls in from Vancouver where he is finishing post-production on a film that explores the seedy…
I Know a Woman Like That
The film interviews 14 other amazing women from all walks of life who have no intentions of "going quietly into that good night".