BatKid Begins at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose (Highlights)
Heart-warming documentary 'BatKid Begins' set to open Cinequest in Silicon Valley. Read more for highlights of the 25th edition of the film festival. Stark Insider…
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Run-and-Gun Champ: Sony a7S or Sony FS7 Super 35?
Say your budget is $10,000. Do you buy a Sony a7S and build it out, or do you make a squeeze and buy it plus…
Getting views on YouTube a challenge – 100 hours of video uploaded every minute
Not only are YouTube publishers uploading more videos than ever before, they are doing so with higher attention to production values, entertainment values, and personality.
Colbie Caillat to headline inaugural Yountville Live in Napa (Video)
Stark Insider takes a first look at Yountville Live, with concert highlights and interviews with headliners Colbie Caillat and Matt Nathanson. Put your headphones on!
Berkeley Rep Named to 10 Best Theater List: Creative risk-taking trumps all
Berkeley Rep has the highest combined ratings on Stark Insider since 2009. If we were the Metacritic of stage, it would be in green and…
‘Build’ at City Lights: A riveting look at video game developer culture and A.I. (Review)
A play about Silicon Valley that hits close to home. Can two video game developers meet deadline? And will ego, love, and loss render their…
Being Evel, 3 other Sundance films shot on Blackmagic
Blackmagic Cameras star at Sundance Film Festival with four films including Bob and the Trees, The Strongest Man, Things of the Aimless Wanderer.
Watch Lord of the Rings Trilogy with live symphony score in Silicon Valley!
Symphony Silicon Valley announced it will live score Peter Jackson's Academy-Award winning Lord of the Ring trilogy. Two cycles are planned for April.
From Canon DSLR to Sony FS7 Super 35 – A New Era for Stark Insider Video?
Making the jump from a Canon DSLR to a Sony FS7 XDCAM Super 35 camera. The decision, budgeting, spousal drama. What on earth am I…
Grand Dame, Arizona Biltmore is looking good after successful remodel
An inside look at the multi-million dollar reno at the famed Arizona Biltmore. Frank Lloyd Wright, the Rat Pack, and Marilyn Monroe would surely approve.