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…
Frequent road-trippers heading to Michigan from Wisconsin know the hassle of driving through Chicago, Illinois almost any time of day. Weather permitting, Lake Express car ferry to the rescue, covering the eighty miles of Lake Michigan separating Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Muskegon, Michigan. Tickets are kind of spendy, but hey, convenience doesn’t come cheap. The one-way…
A master of storytelling, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, best known for award-winning films, The Lives of Others (2006) and The Tourist (2010), brings us Never Look Away, the story of an artist struggling to find his voice while living in Dresden under Nazi occupation. Loosely based on the artist Gerhard Richter, there is not…
film review about the solo climb of Yosemite’s Half Dome by Alex Honnold, a professional climber known for “free solo”, using no ropes, no safety equipment or assistance.
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…
San Anselmo, California is nestled in the heart of beautiful Marin county. Just north of San Francisco, the town makes for a great day trip. Let’s say you’re on your way home and remember tomorrow is your bestie’s birthday. Savvy Divas don’t settle for the predictable. We’ve found three little-known sources of arts and crafts…
High-schooler Robbie programmed an old calculator to give out Shakespearian insults. Then he created used machine learning to analyze the music of Kanye West and create original rap lyrics. So why was he rejected by ten colleges? We’ll get to that. Science Fair, screened at the 2018 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, goes inside the…