Saturday, October 26, 2013

Flying Dutchman, Under the Lintel, Stuart Blatt, San Francisco Rebate Program

Theater'Flying Dutchman' review: Rocky yet worthy tale 
Soaring Into San Francisco: Greer Grimsley as The Flying Dutchman
Photo Flash: First Look at David Strathairn in ACT's UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL
‘Underneath the Lintel’ Playwright tracks down Wandering Jew in strange comic saga
The Multiple Faces of Actor David Strathairn

'The Wizard of Oz' review: highly saturated



Movies - Stuart Blatt, production designer of "Trauma" gives an interview on blogtalkradio about Philadelphia, his home town. Here's the Blog


From the SF Film Commission Twitter feed.

'Star Wars: Episode VII': Lawrence Kasdan's big move
San Francisco Film Society in new search for new director

Photo from the filming of Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, more here, anybody recognize anybody? Filming on Union Square outside the old City of Paris Department Store at Geary and Stockton Streets.


Conventions - salesforce.com, inc. : Salesforce.com Announces Dreamforce 2013, The World's Largest Vendor-Led Technology Gathering

Putting things in perspective dept. - Legendary stuntman Hal Needham (1931-2013) talking to Terry Gross in 2011:
"So when you turn on the TV and one of your films or TV shows is on and there you are risking your life doing a stunt, what goes through your mind?" she asked.
"I got a residual coming," he said with a laugh.

Only in San Francisco San Francisco Apartment Complex Includes Butterfly Habitat Because Of Course It Does


 Lou Reed, live in San Francisco, 1978

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Henry Selick, Looking, Auntie Claus

Movies/TVHenry Selick to Direct Live-Action ‘Tale Dark and Grimm’

Henry Selick Aims to Keep Children's Stories Creepy By Directing 'A Tale Dark and Grimm'
'Nightmare Before Christmas' Turns 20: From Shameful Spawn To Disney's Pride

HBO's 'Looking' Gets A Premiere Date, Cast Members Ride Muni





At a house on Buena Vista West, same place we did the Reese Witherspoon movie.

Looking will debut on Sunday, January 19, 2014, at 10:30 p.m. on HBO. "What’s more, it’s landed a prime time slot right after HBO’s angsty hit Girls." -Wetpaint.com


Cast and crew take over the St Francis Fountain on 24th St.

Auntie Claus the Movie, Facebook page, Official Site got its Kickstarter funding
'Breaking Bad' Finale: Did 'Captain Phillips' or 'Need for Speed' Win Movie Ad Battle?

TheaterOffenbach's THE TALES OF HOFFMANN: San Francisco Opera on WRTI, Oct. 19
Adept S.F. Opera Chorus rolls with the roles
Into a Galaxy of New Pieces, Jittery to Enigmatic - San Francisco Ballet Presents 3 New York Premieres
Making Ballet Speak in Many Languages - San Francisco Ballet in Ratmansky and Morris Works
'The Wizard of Oz' review: highly saturated
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Sold Out!
Armin van Buuren Announces North American Dates For 'ARMIN ONLY: INTENSE' World Tour

DesignersHockney at the de Young - art that leaps boundaries, His IMDB page.

Our Dis-functional Government and the NLRB - WILL THE SUPREME COURT HELP SHUT DOWN D.C.?

Only in San Francisco - 'When they were little, they didn't think, oh, I want to grow up and be homeless.' - Doniece Sandoval Buses retrofitted with showers to roll out for homeless people

Meanwhile - San Francisco Is The Best City In America For Trick-Or-Treating