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Cinequest 2015: ‘Afterlife (Utoelet)’

February 27, 2015 Ric Bretschneider 0

There’s a subtle difference between a ghost story and a haunting story, but we’re not going to go deep there: this is a haunting story. […]

Cinequest 2015: ‘Songs She Wrote About People She Knows’

February 25, 2015 Ric Bretschneider 0

There’s a familiar sinking feeling, a dread when a film starts with someone undergoing anger therapy who decides to quit the group and deal with […]

Cinequest 2015: ‘Booze Boys & Brownies’

February 25, 2015 Ric Bretschneider 0

When you think about it, the movie musical is a very strange animal. Like any other film, the story is likely humming along with dialog, […]

Cinequest 2015: ‘Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around The World’

February 25, 2015 Derek McCaw 0

“It was like something out of a cheesy Hallmark movie, only it was real!” says a still somewhat stunned Patricia Wilson, executive director of Make-A-Wish […]

Cinequest 2015: Ric’s Daily Film Journal

February 24, 2015 Ric Bretschneider 0

Fanboy Planet started our third year of covering San Jose film festival Cinequest (in its 25th year) with our traditional podcast. It’s still available here for your listening pleasure. Cinequest […]

Cinequest 2015: Dennis Lehane, Maverick Spirit

February 9, 2015 Derek McCaw 0

Dennis Lehane will be receiving Cinequest’s Maverick Spirit Award on Saturday, February 28 at 11 a.m. at Camera 12. Ever since his first novel, A […]

Cinequest 2015: Lawrence Kasdan To Receive Maverick Spirit Award

February 9, 2015 Derek McCaw 0

Lawrence Kasdan will be receiving Cinequest’s Maverick Spirit Award on Saturday, February 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the California Theater in San Jose. Tickets for […]

Fanboy Planet Podcast #385: The Cinequest Show!

February 6, 2015 Ric Bretschneider 0

The Fanboys sit down with Cinequest Director of Programming Michael Rabehl to discuss the preeminent San Jose California film festival running Fanboys cover Cinequest 2015, […]

Cinequest 2014: An Interview with Neil Gaiman

March 10, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

UPDATE 1/13/2025: Though I’m leaving the original text, it is clear that a writer I considered influential and a model hid an extremely dark side. […]

Cinequest 2014: Neil Gaiman To Receive Maverick Spirit Award

February 23, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

Live from San Jose, California, Halfdan Hussey and his Cinequest crew revealed their programming for this year’s Cinequest. We’ll have more on it a little […]

Cinequest 2014: Blood Punch

February 5, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

For years, Cinequest has been a great mix of high art cinema and great midnight movies. It’s never limited itself to one genre. And so […]

Cinequest 2014: ‘Eternity: the Movie’ – the Trailer

January 28, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

We’ll be featuring trailers and pieces on as many of the Cinequest highlights that we think will specifically interest Fanboy Planet readers, though the whole […]