January 6, 2012
The Film, Video
and Moving Image
Magazine of Northern
California
Prodigal Talent Returns: The Aurora Guerrero Interview
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.
Big Ideas in a Small World: Trapped by Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Animation End of the Year Report
"We were the rebels doing something new," claimed John Lasseter on the PBS Charlie Rose show where he held forth for the full-hour.
Click for Last Month's Articles
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.
Big Ideas in a Small World: Trapped by Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Animation End of the Year Report
"We were the rebels doing something new," claimed John Lasseter on the PBS Charlie Rose show where he held forth for the full-hour.
Click for Last Month's Articles
 
The Locations of Northern California • Dennis Hopper: A Wild Life • Predicting the Future: Doctor Caligari
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Open Letter to Adbusters and Occupy Movement
by Doniphan Blair
I love Adbusters' analysis and look and the spectacular energy of the Occupy Movement it envisioned and advertised.
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
I love Adbusters' analysis and look and the spectacular energy of the Occupy Movement it envisioned and advertised.
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.
Occupy Oakland’s Media Problem
by Doniphan Blair
After the violent police clearing of its encampment in front of City Hall on October 25, Occupy Oakland is back on track.
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.
Straight Shooter: Rose Duignan and the Kerner Closing
by Doniphan Blair
Rose Duignan was at the center of Kerner Optical until spring of this year. Her assessments provide immense insight into the controversy swirling there.
Finally, The Eric Edmeades Interview!
by Doniphan Blair and Eric Edmeades
Eric Edmeades is a fascinating guy who has lived all over the world and worked in a variety of endeavors from tech startups and motivational speaking
by Doniphan Blair
After the violent police clearing of its encampment in front of City Hall on October 25, Occupy Oakland is back on track.
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.
Straight Shooter: Rose Duignan and the Kerner Closing
by Doniphan Blair
Rose Duignan was at the center of Kerner Optical until spring of this year. Her assessments provide immense insight into the controversy swirling there.
Finally, The Eric Edmeades Interview!
by Doniphan Blair and Eric Edmeades
Eric Edmeades is a fascinating guy who has lived all over the world and worked in a variety of endeavors from tech startups and motivational speaking
