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Cinequest Film Festival 20 San Jose
Culture

Cinequest Question of the Day with Halfdan Hussey – #1 Gun shots

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2010
Halfdan Hussey, co-founder of Cinequest and executive producer, took an unusual, but now entirely understandable route into the world of film. Find out how gun…
Independent Film

Maverick poses with co-founder Halfdan Hussey at Cinequest HQ

BY LONI STARK — 01.26.2010
This past week, I caught up with Cinequest Film Festival’s co-founder, Halfdan Hussey at his office in downtown San Jose just before the 20th Cinequest…
Independent Film

Gone in 60 Seconds: Cinequest, Coupa Cafe, Bay Area Theater

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.25.2010
Another week in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gone in 60 Seconds. Despite the rain, we hit the streets; downtown San Francisco, San Jose and…
Culture

5 day theater recap: Tragedy, tragedy, orthopedic ménage à trois, tragedy, tragedy

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.24.2010
This is, dare I say, precisely why we write about more than just theater here on SSC. Wine comes to mind. I’m fortunate it too…
Culture

Cinequest film review: Library politics meets goth in dark comedy ‘Shelf Life’

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.31.2009
Who knew a library could be grounds for such wicked office politics? It all starts when a fresh-out-of-rehab goth slacker Nikki Reynolds (Betsy Brandt) takes…
Culture

Cinequest launches marketing campaign for Cinequest Film Festival 20

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.16.2009
Here it is. The sparkling new marketing campaign for Cinequest Film Festival 20 kicks off with this artwork and a teaser video. Posted first to…
Independent Film

An Opera House in the middle of nowhere?

BY LONI STARK — 12.15.2009
I recently received a note from Sandy Scheller regarding Amargosa Opera House. Ever since I watched the documentary on this magical opera house in the…
Film Reviews

Cinequest film: ‘Batad’ a heart-warming story of honor, loyalty and tradition

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.14.2009
We’ve been working our way through the catalog of Cinequest DVD releases leading up to the 20th anniversary for the festival in February 2010. And one…
Independent Film

Sunday espresso: A profound Tiger, Cinequest 20, the ultimate leading economic indicator

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.13.2009
For some crazy reason I thought things around here might slow down, every so slightly, with the holiday season in full swing. Instead, our calendar…
Film Reviews

Movie Review: ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ entertains with tricks in time

BY LONI STARK — 12.03.2009
‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ is another movie amongst several that deals with the theme of true love transcending time. Others in this category include ‘Benjamin…

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