Something different on ‘The 39 Steps’
The killer comedic timing of Neuenfeldt, Ward, and Noble keeps this fast-paced spy thriller, which serves more as a Brit equivalent to Get Smart!, than…
Culture
Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
Stark Insider TV: OneBeat Project – International diplomacy through music (Video)
Can music change (save) the world?
It’s a Wrap! Mill Valley Film Festival sets attendance record (Video highlights)
Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) sets record with 61,000 attendance. Watch highlights: Elle Fanning, Hilary Swank, Kristin Davis.
Die Mommie Die!
Joan Crawford: your play is ready. Divas unite.
London’s Calling: ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Review)
Ayn Rand might find Studwell's transitions to the iconoclastic demon barber of Fleet Street so effective that she’d just have to get over the central…
Only The Best: The Nights of Madrid
Leave it to a group focused upon historically informed Baroque music – the same stuff that could be voted most likely to be museum pieces…
Kristin Davis on elephant crisis, new documentary – Mill Valley Film Festival (Video)
Elephants could become extinct in 10 years, says actress Kristin Davis (Sex And The City), if we don't stop poachers from gunning them down for…
A look at the rag trade… by the Ives Quartet
Harrison’s remarks about Bolcom feeling like an un-selfconsciously American composer apply here because Bolcom’s confidently letting parts of the European musical toolbox (like serial sequences)…
The Waltz, the Waltz… Do you Hear a Waltz?
This comparison of European and American attitudes toward marital fidelity suggests that while Americans aren’t as sophisticated as we like to think, we were far…
Elle Fanning gives Stark Insider the ‘Low Down’ (MVFF Video)
"I think this is the first time I've played a real, live person!" Watch as effervescent actor Elle Fanning arrives in style at the Mill…