The California Film Institute’s Education program was able to expand its outreach well beyond the San Francisco Bay Area during this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival, held online for the second year. As a result, over 12,000 teachers and students from 114 different schools in 25 states were able to take advantage of the free […]
For 15 years, Marin Magazine has teamed up with the popular and influential Mill Valley Film Festival as a media partner. Now, the Make It Better Foundation, the nonprofit giving arm of Marin Magazine and its publisher Make It Better Media Group, has stepped in to amplify that partnership by helping the California Film Institute, […]
With all due respect to Tinseltown, Chicago has made a few rather significant contributions to the endlessly inspiring world of film. In fact, famed directors Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter’s breakthroughs share a common thread belonging to none other than Chicagoland. Carpenter’s “Halloween,” now a worldwide, spine-tingling sensation, earned recognition at the 14th annual Chicago […]
This weekend, there’s something for everyone to do in Chicago and the suburbs. Hear from some of the best literary artists at the Lit & Luz Festival, catch two of the hottest musicals in town, or take advantage of the outdoors this Sunday with your favorite furry companion at the Morton Arboretum. Here are the […]
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“Hello, I’m Charlie Trotter if you give a %#@*&.” Those are the words spoken to chef Grant Achatz the first time he comes face to face with Charlie Trotter at the eponymous Lincoln Park restaurant he helmed between 1987 and 2012. In a riveting monologue made even more unsettling by a soundtrack of thrashing drums […]
Did you know that NBC’s The Office was cumulatively streamed more than 57 billion minutes in 2020? It’s safe to say we returned to our favorite feel-good shows during our shelter-in-place. Now we have the chance to step into the world of The Office, right here in Chicago. The Office Experience, a fully-immersive opportunity to […]
The Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, will return to form this month with screenings in theaters and at a drive-in, as well as being streamed virtually from home. From dramas and thrillers to documentaries and comedies, the festival, scheduled for Oct. 13-24, presents an array of offerings, featuring competitive categories […]
Most years, filmmakers, actors and producers from around the world fly out to Marin from across the globe to attend the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). This year, due to travel restrictions as a response to Covid-19, there will be a stronger emphasis on local films and filmmakers. Here are nine MVFF films with Bay […]
Since its inception in 2015, the Mind the Gap Summit is an event that has made an impact. Each year at the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), the program spotlights the work of women and other historically excluded groups in the film industry, providing them with resources that are typically inaccessible for marginalized communities. This […]
