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Cinemadope: Animated summer fare in the Valley

Cinemadope: Animated summer fare in the Valley

by Jack Brown | Jun 25, 2018 | Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter

It’s finally getting into the full swing of summer here in the Valley — the asparagus festival has come and gone, the colleges have mostly emptied out, and keeping up with the yard work is beginning to turn  downright Sisyphean. If you find yourself longing for a...
Cinemadope: A great time for film lovers to check out Forbes Library

Cinemadope: A great time for film lovers to check out Forbes Library

by Jack Brown | Jun 18, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter

Something I’ve come to love about Father’s Day weekend is my own dad’s profound disinterest in the world of the internet. He doesn’t give a fig for Facebook, has no email address, and if he were ever involved with something viral it would be cause for a trip to the...
Cinemadope: A filmmaker becomes part of an immigrant’s harrowing journey

Cinemadope: A filmmaker becomes part of an immigrant’s harrowing journey

by Jack Brown | Jun 12, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter

Open a newspaper, turn on your television, scroll through your Facebook feed: it won’t be long before you’re face to face with the ongoing discussion of the state of immigration in America. To be sure, the current resident of the White House — whose policies have...
Cinemadope: Lowest to Highest at the Ciclismo Classico Bike Travel Film Festival at the Academy of Music

Cinemadope: Lowest to Highest at the Ciclismo Classico Bike Travel Film Festival at the Academy of Music

by Jack Brown | Jun 4, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter

Unless you’re a diehard cyclist, we are just now into the high season for bikes. (You’ll know you’re a diehard if you own snow tires for your ride.) For many, it’s one of the rare enjoyments that span a lifetime; our first great sense of freedom is often found when a...
Cinemadope: Jean Michel Basquiat and David Hockney on the big screen

Cinemadope: Jean Michel Basquiat and David Hockney on the big screen

by Jack Brown | May 27, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter, Uncategorized

Movies about painters are tough in the way that movies about musicians are tough: it’s nigh impossible to find an actor or actress for the part that is not only adept in their own chosen field, but also good enough to fake the very real particular talents of those...
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