Mark O’Brien in Righteous Black & White
There are many things I love about Mark O’Brien’s feature film directorial debut, THE RIGHTEOUS, one of the gems I discovered at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Not the … Continue reading
FANTASIA 25: WHEN I CONSUME YOU
I’ll post the full interview with the four closer tot he film’s release, but for now, here is Blackshear on why he went so dark this time out. And here … Continue reading
Rian Johnson is A Fanboy
When I spoke to Rian Johnson about KNIVES OUT, his scathingly clever, star-studded whodunit, I couldn’t help but ask about whether or not he was relieved to be involved in … Continue reading
THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT. Finally.
It’s taken two years for THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT to finally make it to your local cinema. For more on that, as well as my interview with the director, … Continue reading
Kristen Stewart is the Coolest
Tis the season. Kristen Stewart (pictured with G Allen Johnson, Dennis Harvey, and War Wei) in SF yesterday for the Mill Valley Film Festival screening of Amazon Studios #SEBERG, an incisive, revelatory indictment of fake news, … Continue reading
CAPERNAUM’s Nadine Labaki on Art and Politics.
Nadine Labaki and her star, Zain al-Rafeea received a 15-minute standing ovation after her film, CAPERNAUM, screened at the Cannes Film Festival. It would go on to win the … Continue reading
Mike Birbiglia’s Teachable Moment
Mike Birbiglia’s new film, DON’T THINK TWICE, won’t hit theaters until August 5, but for those in Northern California, there will be a screening at the Rafael Film Center on … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 1/17/16
It’s always a pleasure to join the divine Maureen Langan to talk movies on her KGO-AM radio show here in San Francisco. For this installment, we relished the conspiracy theory … Continue reading
Alan Rickman — Art and Politics and Wine
So little time with Alan Rickman when he was here for Bottle Shock in 2008 (interview here). I did, though, get in a question that mixed two things about which he … Continue reading
Being Anagrammed by Merl Reagle
How did the passing of the great Merl Reagle get by me? The legendary designer of crossword puzzles passed away on August 22, 2015, and the world will be a … Continue reading
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