Panel of film industry experts tackle biggest challenges facing filmmakers today at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

UPDATE: Indiewire, which published its own review of Neon Demon by Eric Kohn, has a round-up of early reviews, many of which are very positive. Mission accomplished. In some corners it's been dubbed Dario Argento's Next Top Model. For auteur Nicholas Winding Refn, the Internet has spoken. And -- predictably -- the early...

I thought for a moment it could not be true: a Bollywood movie with no musical dancing number? Say it ain't so. But then again, this was an edgier style of Indian movie, not just a feel good dance fest, so maybe it did suit the occasion to not...

Actor/director Maggie Gyllenhaal ('The Last Daughter') also gets a spotlight at MVFF44.

There is a certain amount of American Pie inspired humor here, plus a dash of good old fashioned Canadian quirkiness - all good things in my books.

https://vimeo.com/9122395 Another week of West Coast living here in the San Francisco Bay Area gone in just 60 seconds. Well, okay, again that doesn't  include the extra blooper stuff at the end, my favorite part. Fans of Cinequest will see a sneak of what's to come in our continuing coverage of...

Recently at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, celebrated film director Spike Lee made an appearance. Favorable word of mouth and substantial press reviews of his latest film, Blackkklansman guaranteed a good turnout for his interview and subsequent showing of the film, already released nationwide. The Castro Theatre is...