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10.18.06
Film fest ticket revenue leaps 10%
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
The 29th Mill Valley Film Festival, which closed its 11-day run Sunday night, posted a 10 percent increase in box office revenue, taking in $350,000 with 40,000...10.16.06
Model spot for fest finale
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
After 11 days of 231 films from 43 countries, hard-core film buffs, would-be cinephiles and just plain party mavens who like film as part of their festivities were ready for...10.13.06
Conscience keeps Robbins a player for the long haul
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Tim Robbins got the cocoon treatment in a Mill Valley theater Wednesday evening. "Welcome to Marin County," author Ben Fong-Torres said as the 47-year-old...Movie festivals for kids -- an alternative to Hollywood
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Like a menu that includes only starches, the American entertainment industry tends to offer up a predictable diet of big-budget movies for kids. But in recent years, a small...10.12.06
Helen Mirren may be a bit bawdy for a queen. But her acting skills are majestic.
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The queen of England has a tattoo on her left hand -- the remnant of a drunken night on an American Indian reservation. The queen favors sexy shoes, calls herself "rather a...10.9.06
'Saturday Night Live' star rocks Mill Valley
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
"Mill Valley rocks!" Dana Carvey shouted to the crowd at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre on Saturday night. "And Corte Madera sucks!" ...Robbins savors activist roles
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Actor Tim Robbins wanted to know if Sausalito is in Marin County. Told that it was, he realized he'd been to Marin before, exactly 20 years ago. ...
10.8.06Dame Helen Mirren's appearance at Mill Valley Film Festival fit for "The Queen"
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
The crowd of several hundred that overflowed the sidewalk outside the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Saturday night waiting for actress Helen Mirren to show...'The Queen' star holds court for fans
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - CA, USA
Exuding class, poise and humor, English actress Helen Mirren got a royal reception Saturday night at the North Bay's biggest and longest-running film festival. ...
10.7.06Somehow Mill Valley brings out the modesty in stars who light up its annual film festival
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Forest Whitaker knows what it's like to have the phone not ring at 6 the morning when major award nominations are announced. ...
10.6.06
Forest Whitaker featured as Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
The tall, imposing actor Forest Whitaker strode into the Mill Valley Film Festival's opening night reception Thursday evening with a warm smile and a whole lot of Oscar buzz swirling around him. ...For locals, Mill Valley Film Fest a big coup
Oakland Tribune - CA, USA
Xiao-Yen Wang devoted nine years of her life to her visual memoir. Robert Zagone is a grandfather, but he pulled a bunch of all-nighters in Berkeley's Black Oak Books to make his political-erotic-horror-thriller. ...Strawberry Mall shines for Mill Valley Film Festival party
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Klieg lights speared into a clear night sky on Thursday, lighting up Strawberry Village Shopping Center and bringing the shine of Hollywood glamour to the opening...10.5.06
Why are we here?
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Mill Valley Film Festival features small films tackling big questions. ...Streams of white light into darkened corners
North Bay Bohemian - Santa Rosa, CA, USA
The Mill Valley Film Festival shines a spotlight on the extraordinary true stories of unknown and marginalized human beings. ...Independent by their own design
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco, CA, USA
This 29th Mill Valley Film Festival, October 5-15, inspires and entertains with an eclectic menu of treats. ...
Experience / Mill Valley Film Festival 29
SF360.org
By the youth-rhetoric standards of another era, this is the last year we can trust the Mill Valley Film Festival: Next year, it turns 30. ...The Lizard King and the sideman featured at MVFF
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Jim Morrison for president? According to Ray Manzarek, who co-founded the Doors after he and Morrison met at UCLA film school, Morrison - had he lived - would...Asian films at the 29th Annual Mill Valley Film Festival
Nichi Bei Times - San Francisco, CA, USA
The 29th annual Mill Valley Film Festival, the only prominent film festival in Northern California, starts Oct 5. The non-competitive festival offers several films from Asia...
10.4.06The royal treatment
San Francisco Examiner - CA, USA
Chockablock it may be, but the plethoric local film-festival scene provides cinemaniacs with one distinctive experience after another. ...Mill Valley Film Festival opens its 29th year
Novato Advance - CA, USA
With Rock'n Blues by the Lake last Saturday and the 29th Mill Valley Film festival opening tomorrow night, Marin County is reeling in arts and music lovers from throughout...
10.1.06The local and the far-out
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
When the Mill Valley Film Festival opens Thursday it will be 29 years old, the same age Mark Fishkin was when he founded the festival in 1978. ...Mill Valley Film Festival gathers cinematic storytellers
Oakland Tribune - CA, USA
Storytelling is arguably one of the world's oldest professions, sharing the honor with hunting, gathering, war and sex. ...
9.29.06All eyes on screen
Pacific Sun - San Rafael, CA, USA
At 29, the MVFF comes of age with local filmmakers, diverse languages and daring politics ...
9.27.96Mill Valley Film Festival: A feast of edgy storytelling
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Storytelling is arguably one of the world's oldest professions, sharing the honor with hunting, gathering, war and sex. ...
9.14.06California film honour for Mirren
BBC News - UK
Dame Helen Mirren is to be honoured alongside Tim Robbins at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. ...Breaking into Mill Valley
The Hollywood Reporter - USA
The 29th Mill Valley Film Festival, set for Oct. 5-15, will launch with two features, Anthony Minghella's drama "Breaking and Entering," starring Jude Law and Juliette...
9.13.2006
Robbins, Mirren to Be Honored at Fest
The Washington Post - USA
Tim Robbins and Helen Mirren will be honored at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival in northern California. ...
Tim Robbins, Helen Mirren to be honored at Mill Valley festival
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Actors Tim Robbins and Helen Mirren will be honored and 13 movies will receive their world premiere at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival. ...
Mill Valley Film Festival looks to be fit for royalty
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
You can say it's a cliche, but that's not going to stop Mark Fishkin from calling the forthcoming Mill Valley Film Festival the best one yet. ....
Tributes to Robbins, Mirren highlight Mill Valley film festival
Marin Independent Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Movie stars Tim Robbins and Helen Mirren will be honored with tributes at the 29th Mill Valley Film Festival, opening Oct. 5 and running through Oct. 15. ...Tim Robbins, Helen Mirren to be honored at Mill Valley festival
San Francisco Examiner - CA, USA
Actors Tim Robbins and Helen Mirren will be honored and 13 movies will receive their world premiere at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival. ...
5.16.2006withoutabox
In the Spotlight this week is the 29th Annual MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, located in stunning Marin County, Northern California. Founded in 1978, this fest ...<more>
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