Interview – Filmmakers Blake Wellen & Julie Rubio on “The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival”

The Drive on 95.5’s Daedalus Howell and Rialto Cinema’s Joe Mulcaire interview producer Blake Wellen and writer/director Julie Rubio about their documentary The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival. The film is a visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through…

Cinemas at True West to open in Healdsburg

True West Film Center, the non-profit film organization, today announced its opening dates for the Cinemas at True West, the newest destination for North Bay movie goers. The cinemas are the focal point of the film center’s James Redford Campus located at 371 Healdsburg Avenue. Cinema doors will open to the public on Friday, October…

Healdsburg Film Fest Seeks Housing for Filmmakers

The Healdsburg International Short Film Festival (HISFF) is looking for volunteers to provide housing for the filmmakers attending the 2025 festival, which takes place September 26-28. Hosts will enjoy meeting a remarkable collection of creative artists from all over the world and they’ll receive passes to individual screening blocks of the riveting collections of work presented…

2024’s Top Torn Movie Tix

I’ve always loved the movies. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of being dropped off at the American Theater in Pittston, PA to see such films as Tales of Terror, The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, and The Aristocats. When my father moved the…

On discovering the magic of film festivals

I have loved the idea of film festivals ever since I moved to Northern California in autumn of 1981 and ‒ while applying for a job in downtown Mill Valley ‒ saw a stack of programs for the upcoming Mill Valley Film Festival. What is now a world-renowned, 10-day-long cinematic showcase was then celebrating its…

KSRO Interview – Joshua Goldstein & Oliver Stone

Award-winning scholar Professor Joshua S. Goldstein and legendary three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone joined Harry Duke on The Drive on KSRO for a conversation about their film Nuclear Now. The documentary will have two screenings on May 1 at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. The film, co-written by Goldstein and Stone with narration and…

KSRO Interview – “What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?” director John Scheinfeld and BS&T co-founder Bobby Colomby

Director of the new documentary film WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS? John Scheinfeld and BS&T co-founder/drummer Bobby Colomby joined us on The Drive today for a fascinating conversation about the film. It screens at the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley on Saturday, April 8 at 1 pm and the Rialto Cinemas…