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Jenny Scheinman vehicle to get Earthwise treatment next spring ‘Kannapolis’ by Finn Taylor, maybe

Posted on October 31, 2018 by markweiss86

I always regret mentioning, to media or friends and I guess now my own blog, upcoming or potential bookings. However, I saw Jenny Scheinman last week in Santa Cruz, as part of Allison Miller Boom Tic Boom at Kuumbwa, and … Continue reading →

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‘Das boot’ booty

Posted on October 12, 2018 by markweiss86

file under “film” and “filthy lucre” from those formiddables at MoFo: Jost Vacano, acclaimed cameraman of the 1980s blockbuster “Das Boot,” has landed another – though tainted – success in his chain of legal proceedings for additional remuneration on the … Continue reading →

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Will Vinton closed Thursday, at 70

Posted on October 10, 2018 by markweiss86

In 1981, or 1982, at Gunn high school in Palo Alto, I took an elective course on film as literature with Frank Ratliff. He showed closed Mondays the 1974 film by will Vinton which won the Academy award. Years later … Continue reading →

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The first rule of fight club is: you do not talk about fight club

Posted on October 8, 2018 by markweiss86

The first rule of fight club is: you do not talk about fight club b/w Wikipedia account of Colin McGregor post-loss melee from October 6, 2018 i.e. 48 hours ago: Following the fight at UFC 229 on 6 October 2018, … Continue reading →

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In New York State of mind, but thinking of The Man from ‘Cincinnati Kid’

Posted on September 29, 2018 by markweiss86
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Petition for a Burt Reynolds triple feature at Packard’s Stanford Theatre

Posted on September 10, 2018 by markweiss86

I’ve got it as deliverance, the longest yard, smoky in the bandit, boogie nights 1998 with essays by David Thompson, Richard and music, Michael McFall, the Menlo park mystery spy guy, Ken Dauber And: Suggestions by my super smart phone … Continue reading →

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Gauche the cellist

Posted on September 9, 2018 by markweiss86

Backed with The Quotidien in quodlibet

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Murder trial in Ohio

Posted on August 24, 2018 by markweiss86

I didn’t catch the details edit to add or subtract: a couple days later, watching Godfather II, which is high art: [B_] received international and sustained press coverage for her response to the question “Do you think women are depicted … Continue reading →

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My ‘vag’* is Chef Chu, your ‘vag’ is frozen takeout dim sum from some hole in the wall under the bridge in Foster City

Posted on August 17, 2018 by markweiss86

New York Times mentions crazy Rich Asians but does not mention Jon Chu until deep into the story, whereas Palo Alto Weekly gives it two- an-a-half stars but does not have a byline. *i think that word, rhymes with Madge … Continue reading →

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Artist studio, Palo Alto

Posted on August 2, 2018 by markweiss86
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