Have you ever been to a low budget wedding where they forgo the professional photographer in favor of cell phone paparazzi? Seems anyone can wave a camera phone around and call themselves an artist. That doesn’t make the results worthy of the big screen. Like a Prayer should never have made it past YouTube. A…
A young lad named Freddie Burretti met rising star David Bowie at a London club, and soon afterward became the collaborator and creator of the Ziggy Stardust persona. Burretti’s otherworldly gender-bending costumes were way ahead of their time amid the homophobia of the 1970s. What a fantastic career he had. I wish I could say…
Is that a chicken, ET, or a mash-up of Jurassic Park? No, it’s a dog! Screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), director Rebecca Stern‘s Well Groomed takes us into the world of competitive creative grooming, proving art is in the eye of the beholder. The doc follows four women with diverse motivations…
A raging powerhouse spectacular Las Vegas Tribute Show, Purple Reign, heats up the East Coast this summer. An award-winning phenomenal performance you will not want to miss! The tour kicks off in Jacksonville, Florida in early May and travels throughout the Sunshine State before heading to the Northeast. Purple Reign has wowed audiences for over…
Wild Rose tells the story of a country singer from Glasgow working her way up towards stardom. Intrigued? That’s just one of 163 films screening and some 100 participating filmmaker guests at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) April 10-23. Not only that, we’re talking about the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Sounds like a…
Cinematic artistry comes alive in the nation’s oldest city with the return of the Saint Augustine Film Festival in January 2019. The 9th annual festival promises to inspire and entertain. This year, comedies will dominant the schedule with creative content and heartfelt themes that share the gift of laughter and renewed hope with audiences. “The New…
It started out innocently, a road trip from San Francisco to a friend’s ranch in Colorado. Our jaunty vacation soon turned into a lesson on the wilds of country life. Turns out this Diva had forgotten quite a bit of her Girl Scout survival skills. More on that later. Unaware of impending natural and human…