MVFF: ‘Jackie’ screening added, director Pablo Larraín to attend
More news of interest to indie film lovers in and around the San Francisco Bay Area from the good folks at the Mill Valley Film Festival (#MVFF39).
A screening of Jackie has been added and director Pablo Larraín (Neruda, also a selection this year) is scheduled to attend. Jackie is Larraín's...
MVFF First Looks: ‘The Salesman’ leads strong line-up from Iran
Iranian films scheduled for the 39th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (#MVFF39).
MVFF First Looks: The Architect, Death By Design, My Love Affair with the Brain
We've been working through advance screeners, and have some brief capsules on three films that made it through the rotation here on Stark Insider.
Happy Halloween: Watch John Malkovich re-enact famous David Lynch characters (Video)
I didn't see this one coming. Then again, when you're talking about David Lynch and John Malkovich the word "predictable" doesn't readily come to mind. Instead, we've got an insane, cool, weird project unfolding over the next week in a series of daily vignette.
In the web series Playing Lynch...
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MVFF Countdown: Loni Stark in ‘Movie Star’ (VIDEO)
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5 MVFF films with a connection to wine country
Being a fan of wine country, and all the interesting personalities that call the place home (and work), every year I like to skim the catalog and see if any films are about wine itself, are shot on location in the area, or have a filmmaker connection.
My Love Affair with the Brain utterly charming, inspiring documentary (#MVFF39)
"Take away the brain, you take away the person."
Mill Valley Film Festival Line-up Revealed: Neruda, The Salesman, La La Land, Arrival, more
The style might have been more relaxed, but the content was as impressive as ever.
Last night, at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, we got a glimpse into the 39th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival.
For the first time (that I can recall) at the annual press briefing there...
MVFF 39: Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Annette Bening among stars scheduled to appear
Oscar nominee Emma Stone. Nicole Kidman. Ewan McGregor. Annette Bening. Gael Garcia Bernal. Julie Dash. James Franco. Edward James Olmos.
If you're keeping score, that's a whole lot of star power.
As Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal writes, "The 39th Mill Valley Film Festival boasts one of the most glamorous...
‘La La Land’ and ‘Arrival’ to open Mill Valley Film Festival
More indie film festival news to report today.
Organizers of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) have announced that La La Land (Lionsgate) and Arrival (Paramount Pictures) will open the 39th edition of its festival next month.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling "sing, dance and crack wise" in La La Land, a cinematic update to...
