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Does Tom Sizemore need to audition? Interview conclusion with film director Jeffrey Goodman

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.22.2009

The juicy conclusion of our interview with film director Jeffrey Goodman. Lots of insider information on film-making. Some of this highlights in the revealing segment:…

Food & Wine

2005 Tin Roof Cellars Merlot, California North Coast (89 pts, $7.49)

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.22.2009

Cherry. Bargain. That’s the two word summary for this Merlot. I’d score higher if it weren’t for just a tad too much cherry. It eases…

Culture

Bay Area theater summer news and updates

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.22.2009

There is still plenty to do even with the summer slowdown in Theater as Clint alluded to yesterday in the weekly digest. Here are…

News

Alfa Dutch beer: Refreshments for a sunny San Jose day

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.21.2009

A little break from wine tasting. Never tried this Dutch one before (from Alfa Brewery in the Netherlands), but have a few tee’d up for…

Culture

Weekly digest #24/#25: The fish never did jump in the boat

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.21.2009

Best line from last week: “The fish never did jump in the boat.” That was Jeffrey Goodman referring to an expression he had heard when…

Culture

Interview with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of ‘The Last Lullaby’ starring Tom Sizemore

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.18.2009

Jeffrey Goodman sat down with Clint for an in-depth discussion about film-making, the business and, of course, his very well received Indie film, The Last…

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Timothy Hutton’s best performance was in this movie…

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.18.2009

I thought I’d write in again (how are you?) with what I consider to be a “true story” movie that stands the test of time.…

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Twitter and revolution, natural partners in Iranian up-rising

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.17.2009

It’s hard not to be amazed what is happening in Iran, on multiple counts. One is the up-rising of the youth that has quickly spread…

Loreto

Life is a highway: Mexico counters recession with $1.6B in infrastructure improvements

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.17.2009

How much infrastructure improvement does $1.6B US buy? If you’re Mexico, it means a whole bunch of new highways and, more importantly, possibly one way…

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2006 Château Haut-Sorillon Bordeaux Supérieur, France (84 pts, $7.99)

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.16.2009

As usual with some of these wines, I taste, and then if it's not exactly lighting the world on fire, I decant over night. Why…