Investigative Journalist Carrie Lozano

How Does a Pacifist Fight Zombies?

Bay Area-based journalist Carrie Lozano is a documentary filmmaker, an expert on collaborative reporting, and a project director for the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. Before participating in a panel on the state of watchdog media today, she confessed in the Zócalo green room to a despised childhood nickname (“Care Bear”), a recurring dream she used to have (of a spiral staircase), and the latest purchase that gave her buyer’s remorse (a Spiderman web).

January 15, 2013

Reportero Director Bernardo Ruiz

My Top-Secret Powers of Persuasion

January 9, 2013

Bernardo Ruiz is the director of Reportero, a documentary about the Tijuana newsweekly Zeta that debuted on PBS. Before participating in a panel on vigilance and democracy in the post-newspaper age, he …

El Capitan Theatre

Where Movies Remain Old-Fashioned Magic

by David Gershwin | March 8, 2012

The pipe organist has slowly, dramatically descended back into the floor and out of view, while two giant rodents scamper mischievously onstage, tugging at the soon-to-be-parted curtains. Our 3 1/2 …

Octopi and Other Loves

An Interview with Brian Bress

February 23, 2012

by Stephanie Washburn

Brian Bress received his MFA from UCLA and his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Bress has exhibited his work at the New Museum in New …

Silence of the Past

Why The Artist Told My Story

by Jamie Stiehm | February 23, 2012

The Artist, a movie about a silent-film star facing the advent of the talkies, won Best Picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards and has captured the hearts of moviegoers with its …

The Exorcist Director on a Zombie Apocalypse

William Friedkin Gets the Green Room Treatment

January 11, 2012

Director William Friedkin’s movies include The Exorcist and To Live and Die in L.A. Before participating in a panel on how film has shaped global views of Los Angeles, he …

If You Can’t Beat the Bay Area, Join It

Solving Northern California’s Toughest Problems Requires a New Megaregion, from San Francisco and Tahoe to the San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys

Golden Gate Bridge Train Service? It’s Time to Get on Board

California’s Iconic Span Needs Rail Transit, Both for Symbolism and for Sonoma’s Sake

Mourning the Loss of a True Workingman’s Bridge

The Bay Bridge Was Never as Famous as the Golden Gate, but It Was Our Most Innovative

The 1992 Horror Film That Made a Monster Out of a Chicago Housing Project

In Candyman, the Notorious Cabrini-Green Complex Is Haunted by Urban Myths and Racial Paranoia

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