The Cinequest Movie & Creativity Pageant in Silicon Valley this month is a powerhouse, with a 238-film slate. A few of the choices inform Bay Space tales and typically characteristic Bay Space expertise. (For instance, Moraga’s Lauren Cucarola has been additional busy, serving as costume designer for the hard-hitting narrative characteristic “The Snare” in addition to the brief “Echoes in the Dark.”)
The get together begins March 11 with “The Luckiest Man in America,” a retelling of a real game-show scandal. It stars Paul Walter Hauser and Walton Goggins. The fest wraps March 23 with an actual winner, “The Friend,” starring Naomi Watts and Invoice Murray. It’s a stunning story about two writers and their connection to a Nice Dane.
Along with the in-theater expertise in San Jose, Cinequest provides Cinejoy, a digital program with some movies accessible to hire from March 24-31. For tickets and a full schedule, go to www.cinequest.org.
Listed here are 5 movies with Bay Space ties:
“The Dreamers and I”: Keep in mind the hacker home from David Fincher’s influential “The Social Network”? Those that do might expertise a little bit of deja vu whereas watching Bay Space director Kenji Yamamoto’s documentary, which takes viewers into Silicon Valley’s Startup Embassy, based by Carlos de la Lama-Noriega, who gives bunk beds and a spot the place entrepreneurs try to understand their high-tech desires. The film, which additionally illustrates Yamamoto’s private journey going from being an acclaimed movie editor to directing for the primary time premieres at 4:40 p.m. March 15 on the Hammer Theatre Heart. “A Little Fellow: The Legacy of A.P. Giannini”: Followers of Bay Space historical past will relish Davide Fiore’s fascinating account of how a son of Italian immigrants stood by his ideas and boldly moved the banking business into new instructions by creating the Financial institution of Italy, which grew to become Financial institution of America. Interviews with historians and descendants and evocative photos create a memorable portrait of Giannini and San Francisco; the movie additionally serves as a reminder about discrimination Italians confronted after they emigrated to the US. “A Little Fellow” receives a U.S. premiere at 7:10 p.m. March 13 on the Hammer Theatre Heart. 
“BAR,” which follows individuals in an intensive bartending certification program, premieres March 14, on the California Theatre in San Jose in the course of the Cinequest Movie & Creativity Pageant. (Courtesy Cinequest) “BAR:”: Alameda documentarian Don Hardy continues to give you fascinating topics and tales. He made the insightful 2020 documentary “Citizen Penn,” which detailed Sean Penn’s dedication to serving to Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, and co-directed (with the South Bay’s Dana Nachman) “Pick of the Litter,” the tear-inducing account of purchasers and canines attending the San Rafael-based Information Canine for the Blind college. Most not too long ago, “BAR” chronicles 5 college students finding out and attending the robust Beverage Alcohol Useful resource certification program. Will they cross or should they retry one other grueling spherical of exams? Discover out who makes the lower on the film’s world premiere at 7:10 p.m. March 14 on the California Theatre or at 1:30 p.m. March 23 on the similar location. “American Agitators”: Documentary maker Raymond Telles explores the legacy of the late Fred Ross, a labor organizer who labored on landmark circumstances and collaborated with Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez. Telles takes a deep dive, describing Ross’ life and affect within the film, which premieres at 6:45 p.m. March 16 on the California Theatre. “Constant Fleeting”: Santa Cruz’s Ondrea Barbe’s 10-year-in-the-making documentary revisits painful reminiscences of her youth as she and her younger son reconnect along with her estranged mom, who’s dying of most cancers. In her first characteristic, Barbe takes a poetic method in telling a really human story, and her movie, which premieres at 2 p.m. March 16 on the 3Below Theaters, emphasizes the significance and energy of therapeutic.
