Jefferson Beavers Board Member/Development Director “Coco” — A true delight for all ages from start to finish, this Pixar film sets a new standard for cinematic representation for Mexican Americans [...] Continue Reading
The Faces and Places of French New Wave: Varda’s Lasting Influence on Modern Cinema
The New York Times’s review for Agnès Varda’s “Cleo From 5 to 7,” published in September 1962, found the film wanting: “[it] fails to do more than skim the surface of a cryptic dramatic theme.” If one [...] Continue Reading
Volunteer Spotlight: Jol Devitro
Jol Devitro 1. Where do you currently work/what is your occupation? I just started working for the Fresno County Public Library as a Library Aid. I’m also a blogger for the fantastic FresYes [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises, Volume 13
Our “Streaming Surprises” series calls attention to good movies new and old. Titles are available from various streaming services. "Ingrid Goes West" (2017) Expect something different in Ingrid [...] Continue Reading
I Heart Film: Paul E. Pierce and Patience Milrod
I Heart Film: Paul E. Pierce and Patience Milrod, Filmworks members and festival sponsors What do you do for a living? Patience: I’m the executive director of Central California Legal Services. I’ve [...] Continue Reading
Connect at the Fresno Film Festival
Going to the movies has often been associated with escape. We go to the movies to “escape” our realities for 90 or so minutes, to bear witness to lives and experiences different from our own. Film, [...] Continue Reading
Some jazz films you might enjoy ahead of festival opener ‘Django’
I’ve written before about how Fresno Filmworks fans love movies about music, so it seems fitting that our 13th annual festival would open with an acclaimed movie about music that also opened the 2017 [...] Continue Reading
Volunteer Spotlight: Gloria Burrola and John Dunning
Gloria Burrola and John Dunning 1. Introduce yourselves. Are you from Fresno? Where are you from originally? We live in the Tower District. Gloria is originally from Texas and moved to Fresno from [...] Continue Reading