MVFF Review: “Day of the Fight”

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…

Review: “Theater Camp”

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…

Review: “War of the Wills”

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.…

KSRO Interview – Actor Cameron Britton

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…

KSRO Interview – “The Return of Tanya Tucker”

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…