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Flowers Shall Grow: Edvard Munch exhibition at SFMOMA is stunning, visceral experience (Video)

BY LONI STARK — 08.17.2017

Stark Insider’s newest short film is now playing! Shot on location at the SFMOMA exhibition for Norwegian master Edvard Munch: “Between the Clock and Bed.”…

Film Reviews

‘Step’ will restore your faith in the human spirit

BY JEANNE POWELL — 08.04.2017

Uplifting film documents girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.

Film Reviews

‘Kidnap’ Film Review: Halle Berry is relentless in pursuit of her goal

BY JEANNE POWELL — 08.04.2017

Halle Berry’s latest film causes us to see her in a new light, perhaps in keeping with this summer’s other action films – a woman…

Culture

Video: Backstage tour at ‘Luzia’ by Cirque du Soleil (Now in Chicago)

BY MONICA TURNER — 07.24.2017

Stark Insider goes backstage at ‘Luzia’ by Cirque du Soleil. Learn more about secrets of the show, and see what it takes to become —…

Culture

Latest Videos on Stark Insider: Ziplining, a short doc, EdgeWalk CN Tower, Iceland, Pebble Beach

BY CLINTON STARK — 07.21.2017

Plus some thoughts on the State of YouTube and streaming platforms.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Renovation Exterior

Culture

SFMOMA wants you to text for art

BY CLINTON STARK — 07.19.2017

Text SFMOMA and the museum will text back related artwork from its 34,000 piece collection.

Film Reviews

Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ complex, haunting, impressive (Review)

BY JEANNE POWELL — 06.30.2017

Sofia Coppola received the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival for her film version of The Beguiled, adapted from a 1966 southern gothic…

Mark and Jay Duplass Interview on filmmaking, Jeff Who Lives at Home (Video)

Independent Film

Here’s one way to possibly fund your next narrative film

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.28.2017

Filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass announce new program to help fund up to $25,000 for narrative films made in local communities.

Independent Film

That moment David Lynch put an exclamation mark (!) on his life’s work

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.26.2017

TV reinvented. Again.

Culture

Twin Peaks, streaming and the challenges of old school TV ratings

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.22.2017

In the age of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming services, does things like Nielsen ratings matter anymore?