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- Interview | October 15, 2015
Ellen Page and Julianne Moore On ‘Freeheld’
Directed by Peter Sollett and written by Philadelphia screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, Freeheld follows the true story of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a New Jersey police officer diagnosed with cancer, who’s blocked by county officials from passing on her pension benefits to...
- Movie | October 15, 2015
Freeheld
Two powerful performances uplift this formulaic gay rights drama.
- Film Festival | October 14, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 6: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut,’ ‘An Act of Love’
After I came down from the McKellen high that had overtaken my body for a good couple of days, I got back into movie-watching mode and watched a pair of very different documentaries MVFF had to offer. The first was...
- Film Festival | October 13, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 5: McKellen Mania
Day five of the festival was the culmination of a three-day Sir Ian McKellen celebration, both on the larger, festival scale and on a mind-blowing, personal scale for yours truly.
- Film Festival | October 12, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 4: ‘Angelica,’ ‘Son of Saul’
At this point in the festival, I was more than a little burned out on movies that made me feel down in the dumps. Every single movie I’ve covered so far has dealt with dark subject matter, from Spotlight‘s Catholic church...
- Film Festival | October 11, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 3: ‘Miss You Already,’ ‘A Light Beneath Their Feet’
Two female-centric features took center stage for day 3 of MVFF, further bolstering the festival’s women-in-film initiative with female talent both in front of and behind the camera. Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke was in attendance to present her new film Miss...
- Film Festival | October 10, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 2: ‘I Smile Back,’ ‘Here Is Harold’
The second day of MVFF38 saw the arrival of Sarah Silverman to promote I Smile Back, the actress’ first dramatic lead. I had the pleasure of meeting Silverman during a private cocktail party set up for the San Francisco Film...
- Film Festival | October 9, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Day 1: ‘Spotlight,’ ‘The Danish Girl’
Two heavy Oscar hopefuls opened the Mill Valley Film Festival last night as Tom Hooper‘s The Danish Girl and Tom McCarthy‘s Spotlight played to packed movie houses surrounded by towering redwoods in downtown Mill Valley and in San Rafael...
- Film Festival | October 8, 2015
MVFF38 Diary Intro
The Mill Valley Film Festival, which kicks off tonight in Marin County, Calif., is the perfect place to movie lovers to collect their festival-season thoughts and look forward to the approaching awards season. Boasting a lineup of some of...
- Movie | October 2, 2015
The Martian
Science is our friend in this surprisingly optimistic inter-planetary dramedy.
- Movie | October 1, 2015
The Walk
The legend of Philippe Petit loses its magic in Zemeckis' unbalanced retelling.
- Movie | October 1, 2015
Sicario
Denis Villeneuve's Sicario is a volcanic drug-war thriller that impresses on every level.
- Movie | September 25, 2015
Stonewall
This scatterbrained tribute to the most defining moment in gay activism history misses the point entirely.
- Movie | September 23, 2015
Black Mass
Mob-movie clichés weigh down this otherwise compelling true-crime thriller.
- Podcasts | September 18, 2015
Way Too Indiecast 37: ‘East Side Sushi’
It's a short-but-sweet episode this week as Bernard chats with filmmaker Anthony Lucero about his indie crowd-pleaser, East Side Sushi.