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Film Review: ‘Time for Ilhan’ is about the village, building it, believing in it, sustaining it

BY JEANNE POWELL — 10.18.2018

Of the many fine documentaries featured in the 2018 Mill Valley Film Festival, Time for Ilhan stands out for its sheer excitement and joy as…

Green Book film award Mill Valley Film Festival

Independent Film

Comedy-drama ‘Green Book’ comes up big at Mill Valley Film Festival

BY MONICA TURNER — 10.16.2018

Some indie film news out of San Francisco today. Peter Farrelly’s Green Book has taken home the audience favorite award at the Mill Valley Film…

The Whistleblower of My Lai - Film Review

Film Reviews

Film Review: ‘Whistleblower of My Lai’ a memorable fusion of opera and documentary

BY JEANNE POWELL — 10.16.2018

Jeanne Powell reviews The Whistleblower of My Lai, an outstanding documentary from the 2018 Mill Valley Film Festival. Connie Field is the director of this…

Cal Performances - Ibsen's An Enemy of the People Schaubühne, Berlin

Theater and Stage

Ibsen, with a side of local groupthink

BY ILANA WALDER-BIESANZ — 10.15.2018

Is truth more important than democracy? In Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, a doctor discovers that a spa town’s water source is polluted. He…

BlacKkKlansman - Interview with director Spike Lee

Independent Film

Spike Lee and ‘Blackkklansman’: We cannot move forward until we can agree that the U.S. was built on genocide and robbery

BY JEANNE POWELL — 10.08.2018

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…

SWEAT Theater Review - ACT San Francisco

Theater and Stage

Blood, ‘Sweat’ and Tears at the ACT

BY ILANA WALDER-BIESANZ — 10.06.2018

The world of Lynn Nottage’s Sweat (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco) is unfamiliar to many coastal theater-goers (certainly to me). It’s a steel town where…

Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek Old Man and Gun Film Review

Film Reviews

‘The Old Man & the Gun’: Robert Redford shines in true heist account (Film Review)

BY JEANNE POWELL — 10.05.2018

The Old Man & the Gun is a sweet film, based on the true story of serial bank robber Forrest Tucker. David Grann’s article about…

Loni Stark BTS shooting video for Stark Insider

Culture

The Mission Continues…

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.29.2018

Short films shot on location by Clinton and Loni Stark. The Mission Continues… Stay tuned to the Stark Insider channels on YouTube and Vimeo to…

Culture

Whole Foods delivery service continues to expand, adds Omaha, Jacksonville, Orlando, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Tampa and more

BY MIKE CARRALL — 09.26.2018

Here comes Amazon — again. Today, 10 new cities have been added to its growing grocery delivery business. The e-commerce giant has moved quickly after…

Film Reviews

Fahrenheit 11/9 Film Review: Democracy takes work

BY JEANNE POWELL — 09.22.2018

Filmmaker Michael Moore fears the consequences of a loss of faith in our country, and says it could be the death knell of democracy.