by Richard von Busack
Lovell Milo (TJ Thyne) becomes unstuck in time in Shuffle, Kurt Kuenne’s feature film follow up to his film-fest hit documentary Dear Zachary. (Shuffle is dedicated to the lost baby who was …

by Richard von Busack
Based on Rafal Skazycki’s comic books. “Jez Jerzy,” a rutting little cartoon hedgehog, shows signs of emulating The Simpsons’ “Poochie” with his backward baseball hat and his skateboard. But this critter (a …

Plays at Cinequest in San Jose
Mar 7 at 5:00 PM, Mar 9 at 7:45 PM, and Mar 10 at 2:15pm
by Richard von Busack
Sarah Sparks (Anna Margaret Hollyman) is a NYC fix-it girl who relates better …

(Plays at Cinequest 22:
SJ Rep, March 5, 2012 at 4:00 PM
March 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM)
By Richard von Busack
Perplexing but immaculately composed, Play is derived from the news story of a true-life crime wave in …

by Richard von Busack
Elliott Gould once described his method as an actor: “I live what I do, but I was a tap dancer”. Gould, who appears at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose Mar …

(Above: Kate Winslet and Philip Kaufman on the set of Quills.)
By Richard von Busack
San Francisco-based film director Philip Kaufman goes to the Silicon Valley film festival Cinequest this March 9 to discuss his life and …

“Sorry to hear it, sorry to see it
Sorry to mention I couldn’t afford to orgy
Seems such a bother, one thing, another
Tempting and teasing, just for an orgy”
——John Cale, “The Man Who Couldn’t Afford to Orgy”
Ooh …

(Plays Mar 9 at 6:45 at Camera 12 in San Jose, and Mar 13 at 9:30PM at the Castro Theatre, as part of the SF International Asian-American Film Festival.)

by Richard von Busack
As the title suggests, …

by Richard von Busack
Dutch director Sander Francken’s Bardsongs, a captivating trilogy of folktales, is a treat for the eye and ear. It’s what might be called a three part harmony of third world stories featuring …

by Richard von Busack
(All That Remains makes its North American premiere at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Mar 5 at 8:45, with screenings Mar 6 at 7:45, and Mar 9 at 4:30pm. All screenings …