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Join us for a very special onstage tribute and conversation with acclaimed actor Laura Linney, in which she will go in-depth on her career and process.

Independent Film

San Francisco Film Festival opens with Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’ at Castro, runs through April 23

BY JEANNE POWELL — 04.11.2019

SFFilm Festival has opened its annual two-week run in the Bay area, showcasing films in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. As always, the Festival will…

Independent Film

Refn’s ‘Too Old to Die Young’ Trailer: ‘Neon Demon’ meets ‘Lost Highway’

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.03.2019

Those wondering what Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn has been up to for the past few years, a new purple-y and pink-y trailer has…

Independent Film

‘Dune’ Director’s Cut: David Lynch should get final cut for definitive release of abstract space epic

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.22.2019

A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.

Culture

Video Feature: Go inside iconic Flintstone House w/ home tour, dinosaurs & Fred Flintstone

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.18.2019

Why so serious? Stark Insider was on location late last year to shoot a special video segment at the iconic Flintstone House. See below for…

Elle Fanning - Teen Spirit - Cinequest Film Festival appearance

Independent Film

What’s Happening: Actress Elle Fanning to appear at Cinequest film festival in San Jose

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.12.2019

Breaking news. Cinequest has just announced that actress Elle Fanning will make an appearance at this year’s edition of the film and creativity festival. Per…

Cameras & Filmmaking

3 Days in Sonoma: Producing a short film using 5 years of footage (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.27.2019

A woman in wine country. A woman in trouble. Again.

Broadway Musical Review: Hamilton at SHN Orpheum San Francisco

News

‘Hamilton’ Review: Founding of country was much more difficult than you were taught

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.23.2019

Stark Insider Broadway Review by Jeanne Powell: Hamilton at the SHN Orpheum Theatre San Francisco. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s remarkable Broadway stage musical Hamilton celebrating America’s founding…

Film Reviews

Review: Revisiting ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ at Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.20.2019

As part of the Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco, the English film, Four Weddings and a Funeral, was celebrated with a champagne reception…

Blue Velvet Criterion Lost Footage release on Blu-Ray

Independent Film

David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ to get lost footage treatment by Criterion

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.19.2019

51-minutes of Blue Velvet "lifts" were found somewhere in Seattle and recovered.

Culture

What’s Happening: Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, Tom Rush, more at Montalvo Arts Center

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.01.2019

Montalvo Arts Center has announced its line-up for Spring (see below for all the details). Live improv show Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, artist Tom Rush,…