Ain’t no mountain high enough

San Antonian joins climbing team in the midst of shooting decade-long film project

In Screens By Kiko Martinez
They’re climbing mountains, but they might as well be moving them. As you are reading this, the 10-member climbing team known as “The Regulars” is scaling 11,239 feet to the summit of Mt. Hood, the highest peak in the state of Oregon. This is the third of 10 mountains in a campaign to raise awareness and find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The 10 Mountains — 10 Years ... [MORE]

CRITICAL Darling
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By Kiko Martinez
Stepping in for a vacationing Critical Darling this week, is — a sweetheart in his own right — the CineSnob, who just returned home from a screening of local filmmaker Brett Mauser’s independent film ...

Love to Hate
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The new privacy
Techsploitation
By Annalee Newitz
It’s shocking how quickly we’ve all gotten used to the idea that the government can and will listen in on everything we say on our telephones, as well as everything we do on the internet. Case in poin ...

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Little Miss Sunshine breathes life into a doll, but the director gives the story of this aspiring young Depression-era journalist a Hallmark Hall of Fame feel.
By Cynthia Hawkins
Slated to open alongside the likes of Hancoc... ...

Reprise
Erik and Phillip dream of becoming literary giants. Phillip becomes a sensation overnight on the Norwegian scene, Erik does not. Six months later Erik brings Phillip home from a psychiatric hospital and tries to convince him to continue writing.
By Martin L. Johnson
At the beginning of director Joachim Trier’s quick-witted but sl... ...