Cinequest 2015: ‘Afterlife (Utoelet)’
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. […]
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Cinequest 2015: ‘Songs She Wrote About People She Knows’
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’
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’
“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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Cinequest 2014: Cargo
Yes, I can watch zombie films. And every now and then, I’m really glad I do. This is beautiful — a little story of hope […]
An Interview with Kate Kelton
If you’re a filmmaker, Kate Kelton is the type of actress you want to have with you at every turn. Great to work with, funny, […]
Human Stories With Greg Pak
I met Greg Pak in 2002 when he was at Cinequest with a film called All Amateur Ecstasy. It was brilliant and less than 3 […]
