Mar 17, 2014
The Film, Video
and Moving Image
Magazine of Northern
California
International Filmmaking
by Doniphan Blair
Degeneres' Oscars was not bad and had many artistic and progressive flourishes.
Without A Clue: The Withoutabox Issue
by Sky Tallone
The festival conglomerator's creative destruction veers towards just destruction.
San Francisco Scene
by Doniphan Blair
From famous directors who love San Francisco to TV series and indies, the City's shoot days increased dramatically.
Venerable Video Store Under Axe
by Doniphan Blair
If Le Video goes the way of the Dodo, we will loose access to a lot of films, particularly of the hard-to-find kind.
Cohen's Cartoon Corner
by Karl Cohen
Blair opens at Disney Museum; Vinton comments on Zaentz; Zynga cuts while ILM hires; and Lucas hasn’t retired!
Film Theory
by Sky Tallone
Our intrepid reporter cracks the code on how to identify a client or co-author who can't write their way out of a paper bag.
Want to Make Movies by the Bay?
by Emmanuel Lee
Film -maker and -writer Lee finds Ellen Altman's Making Movies Throughout the Bay useful to hone skills and connects.
Cinema Family Obituary
by Nancy Denney Phelps
After enduring WWII internment, Jimmy Murakami studied animation, headed a studio and helped start Irish animation.
Filmmaker Interview
by Don Schwartz
Chen has worked production, PR and financing and has offices in SF and Taipei.
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The Jew and the Cowboy: Fantasy’s Unfilmed Tragedy
by Doniphan Blair
Saul Zaentz and John Fogerty created two cultural forces, in film and music respectively, but their partnership was problematic and one-sided.
Celik Kayalar: Man About Many Towns
by Don Schwartz
Local filmmaker, actor and acting school director Celik Kayalar surveys the scene.
Film Market Loses Luster
by Ben Yennie
Although films for 15 million were finding buyers at this year's America Film Market, the same cannot be said for lower ranges.
Spot-On with Hitch Biographer Donald Spoto
by Doniphan Blair
The discrete but indepth biographer penetrates his subjects, including breaking open the Hitchcock story.
Was Hitchcock a Misogynist or a Feminist: See Chart
by Doniphan Blair • Survey by Davell Swan
CineSource asks the experts and then researches the exact number and quality of Hitchcock's female-centric films.
by Doniphan Blair
Saul Zaentz and John Fogerty created two cultural forces, in film and music respectively, but their partnership was problematic and one-sided.
Celik Kayalar: Man About Many Towns
by Don Schwartz
Local filmmaker, actor and acting school director Celik Kayalar surveys the scene.
Film Market Loses Luster
by Ben Yennie
Although films for 15 million were finding buyers at this year's America Film Market, the same cannot be said for lower ranges.
Spot-On with Hitch Biographer Donald Spoto
by Doniphan Blair
The discrete but indepth biographer penetrates his subjects, including breaking open the Hitchcock story.
Was Hitchcock a Misogynist or a Feminist: See Chart
by Doniphan Blair • Survey by Davell Swan
CineSource asks the experts and then researches the exact number and quality of Hitchcock's female-centric films.
Film Manifestos: Hot or Just Hot Air
by Doniphan Blair
Although art manifestos are often flamboyant fluff, their fascinating history shows entrenched ideologies can be effected through 'mere' words.
Oakland Stammer WoManifesto
by Doniphan Blair
Reconciling the contradictions is the object of the Oakland Film Stammer.
The Hitchcock Manifesto
by the HitchCult Collective
Alfred Hitchcock is not The Master of Suspense but simply The Master.
The Antonioni Manifesta
by Davell Swan
Antonioni expresses maximum cinema data through the most minimal means.
by Doniphan Blair
Although art manifestos are often flamboyant fluff, their fascinating history shows entrenched ideologies can be effected through 'mere' words.
Oakland Stammer WoManifesto
by Doniphan Blair
Reconciling the contradictions is the object of the Oakland Film Stammer.
The Hitchcock Manifesto
by the HitchCult Collective
Alfred Hitchcock is not The Master of Suspense but simply The Master.
The Antonioni Manifesta
by Davell Swan
Antonioni expresses maximum cinema data through the most minimal means.
