May 9, 2013
The Film, Video
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Magazine of Northern
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Festival Fun for Everyone
Hot Docs, Dramas & Hybrids at SFIFF
by Tony Reveaux & Doniphan Blair
A triad of films proves the increasing breadth and width of the International.
YOUR MAN ON THE FESTIVAL BEAT
May Now Big Festival Month
by Tom Mayer
An amazing number of film festivals are popping up in the month of May.
Docs Do It In The Road
Woman Who Ran with Cheetahs
by Don Schwartz
Oakland-based Marcy Mendelson is making her first feature documentary—in Africa! about cheetahs!
Click for Recent Articles of Interest
Video-Rich—New CS Feature
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
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
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
NAB: Confessions of a Red Junkie
by Paul Kalbach
NAB tech gets even more fanciful with helicopters, steadicam gyros and more.
Philm Philosophy
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.
The Locations of Northern California • Dennis Hopper: A Wild Life • Predicting the Future: Doctor Caligari
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Transmedia: Overhype or Obvious Fact?
by Jay Randy Gordon
While the details vacillate between commercial and high art, transmedia appears to have arrived.
Netflix Tops Tough TV Market
by Doniphan Blair
Silicon Valley-based Netflix has beat its LA competitor Hulu to quality content, scoring a first for Bay Area television.
iGo to iWorld
by Tony Reveaux
From camera poles to editing programs, lots of fun toys at this year's MacWorld.
Tiffany Shlain: Webmaster, Alt-Filmer or Philosopher
by Doniphan Blair
A diminutive mother of two young girls might not seem like a likely candidate to be dancing on the crest of a hill, waving a banner and wildly gesticulating for us to follow her into the future.
by Jay Randy Gordon
While the details vacillate between commercial and high art, transmedia appears to have arrived.
Netflix Tops Tough TV Market
by Doniphan Blair
Silicon Valley-based Netflix has beat its LA competitor Hulu to quality content, scoring a first for Bay Area television.
iGo to iWorld
by Tony Reveaux
From camera poles to editing programs, lots of fun toys at this year's MacWorld.
Tiffany Shlain: Webmaster, Alt-Filmer or Philosopher
by Doniphan Blair
A diminutive mother of two young girls might not seem like a likely candidate to be dancing on the crest of a hill, waving a banner and wildly gesticulating for us to follow her into the future.
CineSource Film Festival List
by CineSource Staff
With the most film festivals in the world, you need a scorecard to know the players.
How to Choose a Film School
by New York Film Academy Staff
A lot of schools suck. At the top of the suck list might be film schools.
Bay Area Cine Schools: Still Stellar But Some Suffering
by CineSource Staff
With its alt worldviews and many cine institutes, this is THE place to study film.
by CineSource Staff
With the most film festivals in the world, you need a scorecard to know the players.
How to Choose a Film School
by New York Film Academy Staff
A lot of schools suck. At the top of the suck list might be film schools.
Bay Area Cine Schools: Still Stellar But Some Suffering
by CineSource Staff
With its alt worldviews and many cine institutes, this is THE place to study film.
