Dark Shadows And Beyond: No Dark Shadows Here
He idolized Olivier. He could have become the next Karloff. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was almost bigger than the Beatles.
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Cinequest 2021: A Sexplanation
Let’s talk about sex. In documentarian Alex Liu’s mind, we don’t talk about it enough, or if we do, it’s not honestly enough. We may have […]
Cinequest 2020 John Pinette: You Go Now
I have a rule, and your mileage may vary with it. When I want to find the comedians whose work will really stand the test […]
A New Wrinkles To Scary Clowns
“No one was hiring me when I was just a regular clown…” So says an anonymous “performer” in Naples, Florida, who found a unique and […]
Cinequest 2019: Circles
In one of the most powerful films/documentaries at Cinequest, highly acclaimed Circles tells the story of Eric Butler, a hurricane Katrina survivor who teaches restorative […]
Cinequest 2019: Clownvets
“Clowning is a trick to bring love close,” Patch Adams told interviewer Richard Von Busack tonight at the California Theater. The two were there to […]
Cinequest 2018: Pick of the Litter
A good documentary doesn’t have to teach you something, necessarily, but it should provoke some thought. It doesn’t have to make you feel something, but […]
Cinequest 2016: Sight Unseen Recommendations
Now that Cinequest is fully upon us, I need to touch on a small subject of interest to those of you going to the festival. […]
Cinequest 2016:
The Brainwashing of My Dad
A longer commute. Talk radio. A loving father turns into an angry, bitter, obsessive… brainwashed by a poisonous media.
Rock The Block: The Story Of The Cactus Club
Lon Lopez wrote, directed, and produced this documentary about a local rock club that could… until the city said it couldn’t. Christopher J. Garcia also […]
Interview with the My Date with Drew Crew
At the Sonoma Valley Film Festival, I had the honor of seeing My Date With Drew, the hilarious documentary that’s getting released on August 5th. […]
