Documentary producer Matlock Zumsteg joined me on the August 7 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 for a discussion about the film Your Friend Logan. The film aims to shine a spotlight on the accomplishments and personality of Logan Whitehurst, a truly unique person, and hopes to inspire others to follow their creative pursuits. The…
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a film festival, so an invitation to attend the Healdsburg International Short Film Festival after a radio interview with Festival co-founder Patricia Demorest got me back in the film fest mood. The Festival began in 2011 as the Bodega International Short Film Festival, then moved to the now…
In describing how he came up with the idea for his new film Day of the Fight, actor-turned-director Jack Huston (Ben Hur, Kill Your Darlings, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) told the opening night crowd at the Mill Valley Film Festival that it was the film’s star, Michael Pitt — with whom he worked on…
Dear Evan Hansen‘s Ben Platt plays a 14-year-old middle schooler who… Just kidding. I never went to theater camp, but I was involved in enough theater from elementary through high school that I recognized a lot of the characters and situations in this film. It’s an affectionate look at the world of youth theatre, best…
Several North Bay theatre artists move to the big screen (well, a big television screen, at least) with War of the Wills. It’s the hoary old “spend the night in a haunted house and inherit a million dollars” plot with a few adjustments. The Sonoma County-lensed thriller is now available for rent on Amazon Prime.…
Legendary music and film producer Lou Adler joined Ky Boyd on the Rialto Cinemas Big Friday Movie Segment on the February 10 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke. Lou joined them for a discussion about the release of the concert documentary Carole King Home Again: Live in Central Park The new…
Actor Cameron Britton joined Ky Boyd on the Rialto Cinemas Big Friday Movie Segment on the The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO. Cameron is a native of Sonoma County and was an active member of Sebastopol’s Analy High School theatre program before graduating in 2004. He’s built a substantial film and…
Documentary filmmaker Marc Shaffer joined Steve Jaxon, Harry Duke, and Isi Vega on the Rialto Cinemas Big Friday Movie Segment on the December 9 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO for a discussion about his film Exposing Muybridge, screening soon at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Ambition, betrayal, murder,…
Filmmaker Kathlyn Horan joined The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO for a discussion about her film The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile. Trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped from the…
Documentary filmmaker Lori Miller joined Steve Jaxon, Harry Duke, and Ky Boyd on the Rialto Cinemas Big Friday Movie Segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO for a discussion about her film Living Wine, now showing at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. The film follows the journeys of natural winemakers in Northern California…
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