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May 9, 2013



The Film, Video
and Moving Image
Magazine of Northern
California






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Video-Rich—New CS Feature

INVESTIGATING THE ALT-FILM SCENE
Skirmishes Along the Avant-Garde
by Jonathan Slon
Filmmaker resurrects his Master's thesis film crucified 35 years ago by his advisors.
FILM FANATICISM
HitchCult: A Movie, a Manifesto & More
by Doniphan Blair
Their dedication to Hitchcock films compelled them to cults and filmmaking.

CineOakland

STATE OF THE CINEMA
Oakland Cooking Cinematically
by Doniphan Blair
Three strong first features, a rise of shoot days and the Film Stammer suggest CineOakland is starting to scintillate.
BIGGEST LITTLE STUDIO IN EAST BAY
Artichoke: An Organic Production
by Doniphan Blair
Oakland's Artichoke Productions has it all—three Red cameras, a stage, a grip truck—now all it needs is a film movement.
A LITTLE SELF-REFLECTION
We’re 5: CineSource Celebrates
by Steven Middlestein
Almost 2,000 articles later, CineSource better than ever but still struggling.

Bay Area Action

CINEASTE FADE OUT
Blank Remembered
by James Dalessandro
A cowboy-poet filmmaker, Les Blank was the esteemed patriarch of Bay Area Docs.
COHEN'S CARTOON CORNER
Bravoman, Disney Around the Bay
by Karl Cohen
CS's esteemed animation maven surveys the Bay Area scene.
FOREIGN CINEMA MAKERS
Adoring SF: French Filmmakers
by Jay Randy Gordon and Doniphan Blair
A trio of French cineastes fell in love with—and are making movies—in California.
ACTRESS INTERVIEW
Bold and Offbeat: Mary-Louise Parker
by Bradley Gray
Ms Parker is a smoking hot babe and a genius to boot.

Tech Takes Off Running

ADVENTURES IN TECHNOLOGY
NAB: Confessions of a Red Junkie
by Paul Kalbach
NAB tech gets even more fanciful with helicopters, steadicam gyros and more.

Philm Philosophy

FILM MANIFESTO I
Oakland Stammer WoManifesto
by Doniphan Blair
Reconciling the contradictions is the object of the Oakland Film Stammer.
FILM MANIFESTO II
The Hitchcock Manifesto
by the HitchCult Collective
Alfred Hitchcock is not The Master of Suspense but simply The Master.
FILM MANIFESTO III
The Antonioni Manifesta
by Davell Swan
Antonioni expresses maximum cinema data through the most minimal means.
LEARNING TO LOVE ANTI-HEROES
Hitchcock’s Suave Villains
by Davell Swan
A sympathetic bad guy enables cinema to challenge where your true sympathies lie.