2nd Annual German Gems film festival coming to San Francisco
The festival features new films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Best Film of 2010: The King’s Speech
These marbles are making me thirsty!
Passes now on sale for 2011 Napa Valley Film Festival
The inaugural 2011 NVFF will include more than 50 new films.
Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman headlines Napa Valley Film Festival Launch party
Needless to say, this is looking like an entertainment-filled weekend in Napa.
Opening: 127 Hours with James Franco, Danny Boyle (Interview)
Literally caught between a rock and a hard place, Aron Ralston took extreme measures to extricate himself.
Review: Nicole Kidman stoic in ‘Rabbit Hole’
Grieving and coping with loss are highly personal processes, and surely un-decipherable.
Inaugural Napa Valley Film Festival launch celebration (Interview)
Marc Lhormer, who co-founded NVFF with his wife Brenda, took some time to speak with Stark Insider about the new festival.
Review: ‘Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer’
"After the video ends I just sat there with my jaw on the floor, like 'What the hell did I just see?'"
James Franco on ‘127 Hours’, preparation and being “a little” goofball
"It's an action movie where the hero can't move."
All My Friends are Funeral Singers (including Joaquin Phoenix)
"Its bad luck to say the word pig while fishing at sea."