Whatever your angle, if you’re interested in independent film Cinequest is well worth checking out. With 173 films and 75 US, North American, and world premieres, the festival is the place to be if you want to see movies outside the Hollywood box.
Read more →Remaining Screenings: 3/5, 1:30 PM (Cam 12) How hard can it be to host an orgy? Harder than you’d think, especially if the people involved are half a dozen neurotic thirtysomethings. “Cummings Farm” is ostensibly a comedy, but most of its humor derives from awkwardness. If situations in which the tension would be resolved if […]
Read more →Remaining Screenings: 3/2 9:00 PM (Cam 12) Documentary director Cullen Hoback returns to Cinequest (past offerings included the fantastic “Monster Camp”) with a film that blurs the lines between truth and fiction so completely that it’s hard to tell what really happened and what didn’t. “Friction” is ostensibly a documentary about Hoback’s attempt to shoot […]
Read more →Remaining Screenings: 3/4, 12:00 PM (Cam 12) “The Robbers” Is a pitch-black comedy from China. It veers from near-slapstick comedy to grim violence and back again as it tells the story of a pair of brothers and the village they inadvertently turn upside-down. The brothers roam the countryside robbing people, but when they wander into […]
Read more →Cinequest, San Jose’s annual independent film festival, is nearing its closing date of Saturday, March 6, but there are still several action-packed days of events and films left. Check www.cinequest.org for details and ticket sales.
Read more →This year, as part of its twentieth anniversary festivities, Cinequest will be bestowing one of its rare Life of a Maverick Awards on Deepak Chopra. Cinequest Director and Co-Founder Halfdan Hussey sat down to explain a little of the process behind choosing Chopra.
Read more →Screenings: 3/3, 6:45 PM (Cam 12); 3/5, 4:00 PM (Cam 12); 3/6, 4:00 PM (Cam 12) Jay Holstein is a Jewish studies professor at the University of Iowa, an ordained rabbi, a gun enthusiast, and one of the most brilliant, charismatic people on either side of the lectern. He captures his students with a blend […]
Read more →Screenings: 2/24, 6:00 PM (Cam 12); 2/25, 1:30 PM (Cam 12); 3/1, 7:00 PM (Cam 3) 6 Wars. 10 Recipes. 60,361,024 Dead. Here is a documentary about war in the 20th Century as you’ve never seen it: through the eyes of the people who cooked, and the soldiers who ate. Six wars: World War II, […]
Read more →Screenings: 2/2, 9:15 PM (Rep); 2/27, 11:59 PM (Cam 12); 3/1, 9:15 PM (Cal) This film seems to fancy itself a cross between “Waiting for Godot” and “American Psycho,” but it fails on both fronts. Sure, it has long, rambling, pseudo-intellectual discussions between its protagonists, and it’s offering a commentary on American culture, but it’s […]
Read more →Screenings: 2/2, 6:15 PM (Cam 12); 2/27, 11:30 AM( Cam 12) The New York Board of Trade floor is, aptly, called The Pit: a chaotic, loud circle where traders shout and signal to each other to complete trades. In the internet era, this century-old system is starting to vanish. Director Johanna Lee gives us an […]
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