Cambria Film Fest: “Whisper My Name”
The Cambria Film Festival is excited to premiere its first-ever Iranian film: Whisper My Name. Director Rasoul Sadrameli (The Night) gives us an engaging story about a fragmented family and…
Cambria Film Fest: “Odd Fish”
Transgender narratives in popular media tend to have one trait in common: glamour. Of course, there is nothing wrong with glamorous portrayals. Shows like Pose and Euphoria represent the beauty…
Bach Week Finale Yields Pathos, Joy, Drama
Saturday, January 24 was a mild, mostly sunny day in San Luis Obispo. It felt to me like a great time to spend an hour or so listening to Baroque…
Cambria Film Fest: “Burt”
What begins as an often-told tale of one character bilking another develops into a sweet story of how one man’s kindness changes the direction of the life of another. In…
Cambria Film Fest: “Seems Like Love”
“I love when something beautiful comes from something simple.” If you see one film at the Cambria Film Festival this year, make it Seems Like Love. When you consider Russian…
Cambria Film Fest: “In the Tracks of Lalo Schifrin”
In the Tracks of Lalo Schifrin opens mid-conversation, as if we've stumbled into a recording session already in progress. This isn't a documentary so interested in beginnings or endings, in…
Cambria Film Fest: “Baby Doe”
When tragedy strikes, it’s natural to demand that someone be held accountable. Baby Doe, a documentary directed by Jessica Earnshaw, tells the tragic story of 22-year-old Gail Eastwood, who finds…
“Anthropology” Is Timely and “Frightfully Real”
Just like raising a child, it takes a village to put on a show. Okay, maybe not the whole village, but certainly a large number of dedicated people, most of…
Greensfelder’s “Time Traveler” Targets Perspective
Jeanie Greensfelder’s new book of poetry invites readers to see the world as she feels it. Time Traveler is a lesson in perspective. The work spans more than 80 years,…
“Clue” Is Now a Play You’ll Love, Too
Photos by Ryan Loyd, Rylo Media Design A group of well-to-do strangers, each with something to hide, meets on a dark and stormy night in a mansion full of…