Film

Bruce Sanborn, the owner of Downtown Centre Cinemas in San Luis Obispo, is following a pattern set by his grandfather and father: bringing the most up-to-date film technologies to the…

Photos by Agata Grzybowska   When we think of William Shakespeare, we imagine the playwright, the man from Stratford Upon Avon, the man whose words arguably changed the world. They…

The Mastermind, the newest film from American director Kelly Reichardt, does a couple of things really well, and others, sadly, not so well. The story, set in the 1970s, centers…

Passes for the 2026 Cambria Film Festival scheduled February 4-8 are on sale now, but the steeply discounted Early Bird price ends Friday, December 12. An All-Access Pass (a $430…

The films of Jafar Panahi (The Mirror, Offside) had him imprisoned for six years and banned from filmmaking for 20 years by the Iranian government.  Panahi’s films are so controversial…

Danish-Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s most recent work, Sentimental Value, opens with aerial views of Oslo, Norway, and detailed scans of a handsome, richly finished, but aged Victorian home.  This house…

Photo courtesy of Netflix   Can a good film be based on an empty character? The answer can be found in Jay Kelly, a new movie written by Noah Baumbach…

The plucking of strings intermingle with the high-pitched sounds of wind instruments echoing on stage. Audience members, dressed in flapper dresses and fedoras, crowd the Harold J. Miossi Cultural and…

Step back in time with Orchestra Novo Sunday afternoon, November 16, when the live orchestra accompanies two classic silent movies at the Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center…

Photos by Mark Velasquez   When I was 13, I watched the movie Frozen with my sister as soon as it hit theatres. Naturally, as the younger sibling, I wore…