Film festivals are a creative wonderland. You have the films themselves, thoughtful, and interesting indies, many from far away places, that shed new perspectives, and expanded cultural horizons. Then, of course, there are the creative people behind the making of the movies -- the directors, producers, actors, crew. Often, though, it's...

A preview of some of this year's gems at the Mill Valley Film Festival begins with 'Taxi' ('Taxi Tehran'), a banned film shot on the streets of Tehran. Jafar Panahi stars in his own film, as a taxi driver. When a rider recognizes the famed Iranian director -- even in that beret!...

Green Day 'American Idiot' documentary that sat on the shelf for 10 years will finally see day of light at Mill Valley Film Festival.

Elle Fanning, on this episode of Stark Insider Uncut! Watch as Elle, as fashionable and as graceful a young star as you're likely to see, arrives at the Mill Valley Film Festival. We talk film, acting, and female role models including Angelina Jolie, and Glenn Close, before she graciously works...

One of the (many) highlights of this year's edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival is the presence of a film legend. That, of course, would be Sir Ian McKellen. According to organizers, the twice Oscar-nominated (Gods and Monsters, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring), English born great is set...

The countdown continues. In just about two weeks the 38th edition of the highly regarded Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off. In anticipation of opening night, we've been pulling footage from the trusty old Stark Insider vault (floating somewhere in the cloud, surely with bright orange racing stripes), and releasing uncut,...

It can be slightly overwhelming. You're handed a 60-page program guide. In front of you, 170 some-odd films; and a bunch of panels and tributes. Not to mention, shorts, premieres, parties (okay, if we must) and even a children's filmfest -- a festival within a festival. So, like most...

All the details for Mill Valley Film Festival 38.

As we gear up for film festival season, we've pulled some unproduced video footage from the Stark Insider vault. For the first time ever over the coming weeks we'll post some of it here. In these raw, uncut clips we get to see Stark Insider without the edits. In the...

Actress Brie Larson will take time out of her incredibly busy schedule (Free Fire, Kong: Skull Island, Trainwreck) to attend the upcoming 38th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival. There, MVFF organizers say, she'll receive a "Spotlight" award in advance of the screening of her new film Room. Per the...