May 3, 2012
The Film, Video
and Moving Image
Magazine of Northern
California
The Adventures of Dan Clowes
The Oakland-obsessed cartoonist-scriptwriter brings big feature to Oakland.
Oakland’s Alive With Fantasy Filmmakers
Among Oakland's many guerilla cineastes of color lurk the little known fantasists.
Alternate Reality Game Stars in Doc
Is it a cult, a glorified game or nothing less than the reinvention of religion?
The Man Behind the Institute: Jeff Hull
What was he actually trying to do?
Oakland Dykes Ready for Their Closeup
Florencia Manôvil tells the untold stories of local lesbians and women of color.
Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Book
Oakland author Goldweber reissues his classic compendium 'Claws and Saucers'.
Oakland Film Fest at Oakland Museum
David Roach's Oakland Festival turns ten and keeps expanding and improving.
Catching Up with Carmen: Oakland’s Premier Indie
Carmen Madden moves to West Oakland and onto her second feature.
Wilson Wu: Hardest Working Man in Film
Hollywood North's hottest Location Manager tells all about Film Commissions, shooting in Oakland, and more.
Youth UpRising Like a Phoenix
Non-prof organization working wonders teaching media to kids in East Oakland.
Nilsson Not Slowing
Despite turning 72, Rob Nilsson already released one doc and one feature this year.
Musician-Filmmaker Searches for Soul
Aside from its recent coup, Joe Conte loves making music and movies in Mali.
Some Students Go to White House; Others Doghouse
Karl Cohen surveys the good and bad in student films and internships.
The Math Filmmaker
Oakland's prolific documentarian George Csicsery does math but so much more.
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The Oakland-obsessed cartoonist-scriptwriter brings big feature to Oakland.
Oakland’s Alive With Fantasy Filmmakers
Among Oakland's many guerilla cineastes of color lurk the little known fantasists.
Alternate Reality Game Stars in Doc
Is it a cult, a glorified game or nothing less than the reinvention of religion?
The Man Behind the Institute: Jeff Hull
What was he actually trying to do?
Oakland Dykes Ready for Their Closeup
Florencia Manôvil tells the untold stories of local lesbians and women of color.
Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Book
Oakland author Goldweber reissues his classic compendium 'Claws and Saucers'.
Oakland Film Fest at Oakland Museum
David Roach's Oakland Festival turns ten and keeps expanding and improving.
Catching Up with Carmen: Oakland’s Premier Indie
Carmen Madden moves to West Oakland and onto her second feature.
Wilson Wu: Hardest Working Man in Film
Hollywood North's hottest Location Manager tells all about Film Commissions, shooting in Oakland, and more.
Youth UpRising Like a Phoenix
Non-prof organization working wonders teaching media to kids in East Oakland.
Nilsson Not Slowing
Despite turning 72, Rob Nilsson already released one doc and one feature this year.
Musician-Filmmaker Searches for Soul
Aside from its recent coup, Joe Conte loves making music and movies in Mali.
Some Students Go to White House; Others Doghouse
Karl Cohen surveys the good and bad in student films and internships.
The Math Filmmaker
Oakland's prolific documentarian George Csicsery does math but so much more.
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The Locations of Northern California • Dennis Hopper: A Wild Life • Predicting the Future: Doctor Caligari
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| Articles of Interest Over the Last Few Months |
Bay Area Sound Stages Are Back
by Doniphan Blair
With the reopening of two large sound stages, 32TEN and @Bayshore, the Bay Area is production-ready.
Cassie Jaye: Making Edgy Gender Documentaries as Fast as She Can
by Don Schwartz
The mild-mannered Ms. Jaye is at it again with a strong investigation into the life of a two-fathered, two-adopted-children family.
Kaufman: As Interviewed by Dalessandro
by Sky Tallone
Phil Kaufman relates languorous literary beginnings, Bay Area business and artistic achievements.
Antero Alli: Film as Mystical Quest
by Steve Mobia and Doniphan Blair
A 59 year-old Finnish resident alien, Alli has made an impressive dozen underground features, the latest a mystical noir named 'Flamingo'.
Laverty’s Oakland-Hollywood Link
by Camilla Stein
One of Hollywood's hardest working bit players stars in the TV drama 'Treasure State' and muses on Oakland.
by Doniphan Blair
With the reopening of two large sound stages, 32TEN and @Bayshore, the Bay Area is production-ready.
Cassie Jaye: Making Edgy Gender Documentaries as Fast as She Can
by Don Schwartz
The mild-mannered Ms. Jaye is at it again with a strong investigation into the life of a two-fathered, two-adopted-children family.
Kaufman: As Interviewed by Dalessandro
by Sky Tallone
Phil Kaufman relates languorous literary beginnings, Bay Area business and artistic achievements.
Antero Alli: Film as Mystical Quest
by Steve Mobia and Doniphan Blair
A 59 year-old Finnish resident alien, Alli has made an impressive dozen underground features, the latest a mystical noir named 'Flamingo'.
Laverty’s Oakland-Hollywood Link
by Camilla Stein
One of Hollywood's hardest working bit players stars in the TV drama 'Treasure State' and muses on Oakland.
Kim Salyer: A Video Arts for All Seasons—the Exit Interview
by Doniphan Blair
A fixture on the SF scene for thirty years, Video Arts did everything from "Mosquito y Mari” to Adidas at the Beijing Olympics but had to close just after their annual Christmas party last year.
Prodigal Talent Returns: The Aurora Guerrero Interview
by Doniphan Blair
Not only did native cineaste and Sundance acceptee Aurora Guerrero return from LA but it was because of a novel reason: her new flick, 'Mosquito y Mari', is getting financing and posting here.
SAN FILMCISCO: The Gate’s Future is Golden, Deep, Wide and Open
by Jay Randy Gordon
They say a lot is happening in this media-savvy city by the bay. Whoever “they” may be, they are unequivocally correcto.
by Doniphan Blair
A fixture on the SF scene for thirty years, Video Arts did everything from "Mosquito y Mari” to Adidas at the Beijing Olympics but had to close just after their annual Christmas party last year.
Prodigal Talent Returns: The Aurora Guerrero Interview
by Doniphan Blair
Not only did native cineaste and Sundance acceptee Aurora Guerrero return from LA but it was because of a novel reason: her new flick, 'Mosquito y Mari', is getting financing and posting here.
SAN FILMCISCO: The Gate’s Future is Golden, Deep, Wide and Open
by Jay Randy Gordon
They say a lot is happening in this media-savvy city by the bay. Whoever “they” may be, they are unequivocally correcto.
