Mill Valley Film Festival – I Want To Be an Actor (Lars Ulrich)
Lars Ulrich and Peter Coyote are a bit of an unlikely duo, hanging at a coffee shop, discussing film, acting and guitar playing.
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Film Review: ‘Nothing Happened’… really
This quirky and funny film brushes us against sexual taboos, and then, with a blink of an eye, returns us back to our conventional lives.
Mill Valley Film Festival line-up delivers star power, global appeal
"The world comes to the Bay Area, and the Bay Area goes to the world."
Rating U2 Live: 360 L.A. vs. Zoo TV Australia vs. Live Aid
One of my favorite parts of the concert is the rare live performance of Ultraviolet (Light my way).
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (review)
Geddy Lee sounds like Steve Jobs. And he looks a bit like Lennon with a twist of mystical fu-manchu.
Making Films That Matter with Will Parrinello and John Antonelli at 142 Throckmorton Theatre
142 Throckmorton Theatre will host Making Films That Matter, a conversation with Will Parrinello and John Antonelli, and interviewed by Jane Ganahl. Filmmakers John Antonelli…
Canadian filmmaker Aaron Houston on making movies, Cinequest, NHL playoffs
Constant reminder: Sometimes we’re not as clever as we think. In filmmaker Aaron Houston’s short Two Theories, One Stone two intellectuals discover just that, over…
Deepak Chopra on consciousness, Red Shoes edition
Deepak, you had us at the first layer of consciousness. As he spoke at the Cinequest Film Festival recently, Deepak Chopra may have sent karma-sized…
Aspiring filmmakers on location, post-production – Week 3 Adobe Youth Voices
The young filmmakers at Adobe Youth Voices (affectionately AYV) and Cinequest Film Camp recently wrapped week 3 on their film projects. Loni was there to…
Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest Film Camp: To the finish line!
The mood was definitely different when I arrived at Adobe HQ for the third and final weekend of Cinequest Film Camp. This was the last…