Mill Valley Film Festival

...cab driver (dad), playing the part of Precious was indeed a matter of pretending. As she says herself, on the phone from the Mill Valley Film Festival in California, recently, "It was pretty easy - there wasn't a struggle at all. I...

In this article: Lee Daniels, Shadowboxer, Sapphire, Mo'Nique, New York City, Lenny Kravitz, Oscar, and Philadelphia

..."Yonkers NY," is about growing up there. Some online journalists complained that Woody Harrelson had blown off reporters at the recent Mill Valley Film Festival. But I hear he was quite a party animal, staying at his own fete until...

In this article: Bob Weir, Chip Taylor, Quentin Tarantino, Mojito, and E mail

...Argentina, in a party one elated guest described as "free wine and high heels." While his movie, "The Messenger," was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival, Woody Harrelson and posse went out to dinner at Cafe Gratitude ... that is,...

In this article: Woody Harrelson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, The Messenger, Marin Academy, Decanter, and American Idiot

...this pedestrian, tear-stained melodrama, a soapy movie of the week that seems tailor made for cable airings. The film screened recently at the Mill Valley Film Festival. The film is unsparing in its depiction of the loss of control of bodily...

In this article: Seymour Cassel, LeVar Burton, Schmaltz, Cancer, and Adrienne Barbeau

...portrait of cewebrity and the awesome power of outrageous outtakes. The award-winning documentary screens Thursday and Saturday at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California. Please send me occasional e-mail updates about...

In this article: Ben Steinbauer, YouTube, Northern California, Mill Valley, California, and San Francisco

...Sha'ar Zahav Rabbi Camille Angel. Yes, the jazz woman is a lesbian rebbetzin. Stopping by for the honors: Clive Owen, here for the Mill Valley Film Festival, zipped over to the Contemporary Jewish Museum on Friday to see "There's a...

In this article: Maurice Sendak, Berkeley Rep, San Francisco, Tequila, and Goat

...Foods, none other than Clive Owen swings through town. The hunky British actor did the red-carpet thing for a night of appreciation at the Mill Valley Film Festival, literally making people swoon. Speaking of former hubbies, finalizing a...

In this article: Robin Wright, Mill Valley, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, San Francisco, Presidents Cup, Phil Bronstein, Clive Owen, and Alan Arkin

This documentary covers more than 20 years of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, from its radical, meager beginnings in Golden Gate Park to a late-'80s sweep through the Midwest for "Steeltown," a critique of capitalism performed for...

In this article: Capitalism, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Golden Gate Park, Peter Coyote, and San Francisco

...at Mill Valley Film Fest:/c/a/2009/10/09/DD9I1A3EUI.DTL Old World charm and New World sass combined for a rousing opening to the 32nd Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday night. British leading man Clive Owen had the ladies swooning...

In this article: Clive Owen, Mill Valley, Paula Patton, Juno, San Francisco Chronicle, and An Education

..."Awakening From Sorrow: Buenos Aires 1997" and the latest by West Marin filmmaker John Korty, "Miracle in a Box: Reborn." 32nd Mill Valley Film Festival: Oct. 8-18. CineArts@Sequoia in Mill Valley, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael...

In this article: Uma Thurman, Woody Harrelson, The Messenger, Mill Valley, An Education, San Rafael, Slumdog Millionaire, and Clive Owen