Discussions about film, both current and classic — what to watch and what to miss. With an emphasis on alt-TV movies, overlooked expressionism, troubled subtext and local film events, In the Dark provides an alternative to the blockbuster mentality.;)
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Posted May 5, 2008 7:25:17 PM
Recent Posts
Channel surfing in the 500s
Between Comcast's channels 501 and 514 there are several movie-centric stations worth checking in with, and some of them offer email updates to whet your filmgoing appetites.
Flik U
Down at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, the Sonoma Film Institute is entering its final month of the good, the rad, and the obscure, staring with tonight's showing of Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.
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Posted April 24, 2008 6:00:35 PM
Charlton Heston's bad cop in "Soylent Green"
Charlton Heston wasn't just a pro-gun Republican cliche. He was a solid actor and leading man, and in "Soylent Green" he took audiences into a future that will be anything but pretty. That future is still out there, waiting for us.
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Posted April 17, 2008 12:09:28 PM
Film Fest is a wrap (update)
Four days of intriguing films, big and small, made for a great weekend of the Sonoma Valley Film Festival, just concluded.
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Posted April 15, 2008 7:30:21 PM
Alan Alda on the record
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Here it is -- the complete transcript of the interview with Alan Alda, in anticipation of his new film "Diminished Capacity" at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival.
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Posted April 8, 2008 6:10:19 PM
Who is that guy? An introduction to Radé Sherbedgia
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He's not exactly a household name, but you've seen him before - as Boris the Blade in 'Snatch,' or the Russian demagogue in 'The Saint,' or the costume salesman in 'Eyes Wide Shut.' Next week he comes to the Sonoma Valley Film Festival. (The unedited writer's cut follows...)
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Posted April 3, 2008 1:27:03 PM
