Feb 6, 2012
The Film, Video
and Moving Image
Magazine of Northern
California
Tim Partridge Leads Return of Marin FX
When Kerner closed, the talent didn't go anywhere; indeed they've resurrected in the same spot as 32TEN Studios.
Bingham Ray, Film Society Head, Dies
Ray's passing at Sundance, a 2nd untimely SFFS death, sparks author's rumination.
Bob Nelson: An Alt-Filmmaker Passes
Bob Nelson, who brought whimsy, narrative and political satire to art films, died in the north woods at a ripe old age.
Laverty’s Oakland-Hollywood Link
One of Hollywood's hardest working bit players stars in the TV drama 'Treasure State' and muses on Oakland.
SF Green Festival
Only natural in SF but Rachel Caplan had to come from London to do it.
Interview with Coincident’s Gilles
"By 2015, there will be 15 billion devices to watch [Internet] video," says Gilles.
MacWorld: So Many Video Phones
A seismic sea change has come due to the 100s of millions of video phones.
Cohen’s Animated Observations
Alligator Planet, Tippet Studio, and Cañada College animating forth.
Vertigo: The Underworld Descent
In Hitchcock's endless spirals, although Stewart is scammed by Novak, they still slip and slide into love.
Click for Last Month's Articles
When Kerner closed, the talent didn't go anywhere; indeed they've resurrected in the same spot as 32TEN Studios.
Bingham Ray, Film Society Head, Dies
Ray's passing at Sundance, a 2nd untimely SFFS death, sparks author's rumination.
Bob Nelson: An Alt-Filmmaker Passes
Bob Nelson, who brought whimsy, narrative and political satire to art films, died in the north woods at a ripe old age.
Laverty’s Oakland-Hollywood Link
One of Hollywood's hardest working bit players stars in the TV drama 'Treasure State' and muses on Oakland.
SF Green Festival
Only natural in SF but Rachel Caplan had to come from London to do it.
Interview with Coincident’s Gilles
"By 2015, there will be 15 billion devices to watch [Internet] video," says Gilles.
MacWorld: So Many Video Phones
A seismic sea change has come due to the 100s of millions of video phones.
Cohen’s Animated Observations
Alligator Planet, Tippet Studio, and Cañada College animating forth.
Vertigo: The Underworld Descent
In Hitchcock's endless spirals, although Stewart is scammed by Novak, they still slip and slide into love.
Click for Last Month's Articles
 
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Big Ideas in a Small World: Trapped by Alfred Hitchcock
by David Carren
Environment is a key feature in all films but it is wielded no where more masterfully than by Hitchcock, both in expansive scenes and confined spaces.
Why Me: An Investigation of Hitchcock’s Vertigo
by Davell Swan
Hitchcock decoder Davell Swan tackles the symbol and structure of one of the masters' craziest and sexiest pictures, built around collapsing inward spirals and set in San Francisco.
Hitchcock’s The Birds: Why?
by Davell Swan
Many people consider Marin County, just north of San Francisco, to be a wonderland where gorgeous nature is perfected by proximity to civilization—not Hitchcock!
by David Carren
Environment is a key feature in all films but it is wielded no where more masterfully than by Hitchcock, both in expansive scenes and confined spaces.
Why Me: An Investigation of Hitchcock’s Vertigo
by Davell Swan
Hitchcock decoder Davell Swan tackles the symbol and structure of one of the masters' craziest and sexiest pictures, built around collapsing inward spirals and set in San Francisco.
Hitchcock’s The Birds: Why?
by Davell Swan
Many people consider Marin County, just north of San Francisco, to be a wonderland where gorgeous nature is perfected by proximity to civilization—not Hitchcock!
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.
Kerner Collapse: Hubris, Hustle or Outright Scam?
by Doniphan Blair
The end of August also brought the end of an august film institution, Kerner Optical, in a cinema scandal worthy of its own film noir.
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.
Kerner Collapse: Hubris, Hustle or Outright Scam?
by Doniphan Blair
The end of August also brought the end of an august film institution, Kerner Optical, in a cinema scandal worthy of its own film noir.
