My day began with the Day of Sight and Sound and Panasonic's P2 presentation, followed by a quick press conference, and then Carl Miller's presentation of his film, Retribution. I always feel that...

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Born in New York, Ra'up McGee gained a love for European Cinema at an early age. After completing his undergraduate work in Film at the University of California, San Diego; he went on to earn his...

On Friday night I was treated to one of the strongest selections of twisted short films I have ever seen, Cinequest's Mindbenders. Not only were these films disturbing and extremely well produced,...

I thought I'd give you a quick run down of a typical day at the Cinequest Film Festival (at least for me).At 9:30 AM I was enjoying complimentary coffee in the foyer of the Rep Theater in San Jose,...

[img_assist|nid=3207|title=Margarethe von Trotta|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=287|height=400]Saturday, March 3-----The Miami International Film Festival has traditionally been a supportive...

Despite every good intention, it is not always possible to attend all the screenings during the ten days of Cinequest (due to real life getting in the way), so it was late in the evening when I...

Thursday, February 22---Korean director Bong Joon-Ho will be feted with a min-festival retrospective of his signature cinema of black comedies, gritty crime dramas and horror thrillers, including the...

[img_assist|nid=3109|title=|desc=|link=node|align=center|width=550|height=252]Tuesday, February 20-----The South Asian International Film Festival and SANA (a professional organization of South Asian...

CINEMA POTPOURRI: February (This is a new monthly segment that will cover a variety of topics -- casting news, movie happenings, and whatever happens to be on my movie-crazed mind)  SUNDANCE(what it...