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Sep 26, 2023
Directors Shine at 46th Mill Valley Film Fest
Across the world, from Venice to Toronto to Telluride, as film festival season comes gradually to a close, the news from such bastions of...
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Jun 15, 2022
Mountain Player – Dyan McBride stars in ‘Hello, Dolly’
By David Templeton
In the unstoppably popular musical, Hello, Dolly!, the title character memorably reports, “My late husband, Ephraim Levi, believed in life, and anyplace...
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Apr 13, 2022
What’s Up, Doc? Documentary film fest returns
As tickets officially go on sale for the 2022 DocLands Documentary Film Festival, once again the annual event boasts one of the most impressive...
Nov 3, 2021
Last Laugh—Remembering the Comedy Legend Mort Sahl
I had lunch with legendary comedian Mort Sahl about nine years ago, in February of 2012, at a diner near his house in downtown...
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Oct 20, 2021
San Rafael’s Dance Legend Margie Belrose Passes at 92
Margie Belrose—longtime Marin County dancer, teacher, actor, writer and legend—passed away last week of natural causes at the age of 92.
It hardly seems possible.
Peter...
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Oct 6, 2021
Lights, Camera, Masks On
The 44th Mill Valley Film Festival
Fans of Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, Mary Shelley or the Brothers Grimm probably already know this. At the 2021 Mill...
Feb 16, 2021
The Belrose Reaches Out
The pandemic-induced carnage continues, and for some it’s especially personal.
Belrose Theater, a San Rafael institution where thousands of locals learned to dance, sing, act...
Oct 1, 2020
Mill Valley Film Festival Returns, Outdoors and Online
The California Film Institute, producer of the annual Mill Valley Film Festival, is no stranger to outdoor cinematic experience. Two or three times a...