Making Piracy Pay: The Hypocrites’ Pirates of Penzance
This take on the Gilbert and Sullivan classic tweaks a more than a few bits, with Frederic confused with Frodo, and pilots with pirate.
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‘Ah, Wilderness!’ deserves its exclamation point at the ACT
Above photo: Sid Davis (Dan Hiatt, pictured in orange suit) indulges the Miller family with food gags at the dinner table in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah,…
Uplifting ‘Room’ wins over audiences at MVFF (Award Round-Up)
The votes are in. Organizers say Room was named the overall audience favorite at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson, the film…
The Berkeley Submarine
Within seconds of lights going down, kids in the audience began to burst into irrepressible giggles at the sight of Slater Penney and Jaron Hollander,…
Watch: Carey Mulligan fights to vote in “overdue film” SUFFRAGETTE (Video)
Hard to believe, but it was only less than a century ago that women first earned the right to vote (on the same terms as…
All-star cast propels ‘Spotlight’ (Review)
Mark Ruffalo. Michael Keaton. Rachel McAdams. Liev Schreiber. John Slattery. Stanley Tucci. Together, in one movie? Yes. That would be Spotlight. And it’s a monster.…
Brie Larson is Trapped in ROOM – Interview at MVFF (Video)
Stark Insider is on location at the Mill Valley Film Festival. In this episode, Brie Larson talks about Room, and losing her (inner) child. “It’s…
Indie rockers Family of the Year on Charles Manson, branding & screwdrivers (Video)
Get your California on! In this Stark Insider video feature I’m joined by indie rockers Family of the Year. Most of you will recognize their…
Let X Be the Universe: ‘Proof’ at TheatreWorks
Peter Callender travels the biggest distance as Robert, moving between living and dead, from compulsively filling notebooks with meaningless drivel to one who arrives from…
Film Review: Toni Collette lends ‘Miss You Already’ star power
Director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) said that she wanted to ensure that Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette bonded before shooting began. As she has done so…