Emma Stone ‘La La Land’ interview at Mill Valley Film Festival (Video)
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Filmmakers on the Rise: Here’s an emerging writer-director to keep an eye on
Ivan Tverdovsky. If you’re the kind of cinephile who enjoys tracking up-and-coming talent, you may want to Google that name and keep tabs on him. The 27…
MVFF: ‘Jackie’ screening added, director Pablo Larraín to attend
More news of interest to indie film lovers in and around the San Francisco Bay Area from the good folks at the Mill Valley Film…
Common at the Masonic: A Fundraiser for Black Girls Code (Review)
Kimberly Bryant, who founded Black Girls Code (BGC) in 2011, has a vision – to increase the number of women of color in the digital…
MVFF First Looks: ‘The Salesman’ leads strong line-up from Iran
Iranian films scheduled for the 39th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (#MVFF39).
MVFF First Looks: The Architect, Death By Design, My Love Affair with the Brain
We've been working through advance screeners, and have some brief capsules on three films that made it through the rotation here on Stark Insider.
Happy Halloween: Watch John Malkovich re-enact famous David Lynch characters (Video)
I didn’t see this one coming. Then again, when you’re talking about David Lynch and John Malkovich the word “predictable” doesn’t readily come to mind.…
MVFF Countdown: Loni Stark in ‘Movie Star’ (VIDEO)
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Shadows and Light: A Gift From Me To You
Meanwhile, I'm trying to create as much as possible, to work my way through, and make at least 39 bad films as quickly as possible.
5 MVFF films with a connection to wine country
Being a fan of wine country, and all the interesting personalities that call the place home (and work), every year I like to skim the…