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The secret screenwriter in our midst
Last week we visited screenwriter Michael Tolkin at his Healdsburg home and, joined by his daughter and caregiver Emma, sat down with a cup of tea and talked movies with him for almost an hour. Soon we were talking about what may be his most successful movie, The Player, in which…

Little films, big world
So many movies, so little time The fifth iteration of the unpronounceable HISFF, or Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, returns to Healdsburg the weekend of Sept. 25-27. As before, the centerpiece of the festival is the films themselves, 57 short films from 17 different…

Stolen gear, van force reset for The Lone Bellow
The Lone Bellow returns to recording after 2025 theft Brian Elmquist, of the Lone Bellow, has come to appreciate conflict as an essential element of the creative process. It’s an ingredient he and bandmates Zach Williams and Kanene Pipken have tapped into dating back to 2011,…

Sell Out: ‘Red’ explores the lore of painter Mark Rothko at The 222
The age-old art-vs.-commerce debate takes center stage in The 222’s production of John Logan’s Red. Amy Kossow directs the factually based but fictionally woven two-hander about artist Mark Rothko that’s now running at the Paul Mahder Gallery in downtown Healdsburg through Sept.…