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Classic Methods for Nu Dekadesnew
Oakland duo wrestles with terms like "conscious hip-hop," and modern forms of marketing.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
01-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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New Documentary Pays Tribute to Concert Posters Throughout the Decadesnew
Four years ago, as she was working a "cushy corporate television job," Merle Becker (former MTV staffer and founder of indie film company FreakFilms) stumbled across The Art of Modern Rock, a then newly published coffee-table book of rock posters. She says she was "blown away."
East Bay Express |
Catherine Plato |
06-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jean-Pierre Gorin and the Art of the Essay Filmnew
UC San Diego film professor Jean-Pierre Gorin claims that the "unruly" version of the essay film on display in his collection "flirts with genres" but "attaches itself to none" in true Gerber termite fashion.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Romania is Where the Action Isnew
When critics aren't whiling away their time discussing the merits of celebrity hairdos, one of their favorite occupations is "discovering" a neglected national film industry and championing it loudly. For the past two years, the hot international project has been Romania.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
George's Junglenew
The feature-length documentary details Girl George's dalliances in 1970s Nashville, but it never shows the East Bay open mic legend and her sidekick, Star, actually performing.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
10-05-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Performing Artist's Troubled Documentary Moves Aheadnew
Michael Masley should be famous by now — a street musician deity, a Tom Waits collaborator and the star of a Sundance documentary. But the disaster surrounding that still-hypothetical flick might explain why Masley hasn't hit the big time.
East Bay Express |
Simon Kinsella |
08-31-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
