5 Things I learned from a top Hollywood cinematographer
“Take a deep breath.” Who knew?! Breathing is critical to proper camera operation — at least for the Hollywood pros. Amazing what you can learn…
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Welcome to Ilana & expanding coverage on Stark Insider
Welcome Ilana Walder-Biesanz! You may have noticed a new voice on Stark Insider. Ilana spent the last year on a Fullbright Scholarship in Germany watching…
Dear Armen, a show in progress
Armen Ohanian was clearly a fascinating person whose story deserves to be told. A genderqueer Armenian over a century ago, she began life as an…
There Will Be ‘Sacred Blood’
You don’t see horror films too often at mainstream film festivals. And you also don’t see new Coppola films all that often either. Sacred Blood,…
Wine and The Arsonist
Under any normal, rational scenario I’d say — and I’d suspect you’d agree — that an arsonist is not such a good thing. But, when it…
Verdict: Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch
Wrist Wars II. Is the Samsung Gear S2 an Apple Watch killer? Review, plus comparison to Pebble Time, and Android Wear.
Surface Book: Microsoft reinvents the laptop (Video)
Did Microsoft just out-Apple Apple?
Stark Insider Uncut: Sophie Nélisse (Video)
Film festivals are a creative wonderland. You have the films themselves, thoughtful, and interesting indies, many from far away places, that shed new perspectives, and expanded cultural…
No suppressing creative spirit in ‘Taxi’
A preview of some of this year’s gems at the Mill Valley Film Festival begins with ‘Taxi’ (‘Taxi Tehran’), a banned film shot on the…
How to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow right now
It’s Marshmallow day. And that can mean only one thing: a stampede to Google’s Android images pages. There us eager early adopters can find links to…