Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...
Few genres tap into society’s worst fears and most illicit curiosities more than the prison film. Jails, felons, and the experience of incarceration have fascinated filmmakers s ...
Prison is a scary place. Even in the movies, it's the kind of place that is impossible to romanticize, and Hollywood can do that with a lot of other terrible places. Prisons are also a place where ...
It’s a sight you normally don’t see in a prison — inmates and visitors walking a red carpet, happily posing for photos that aren’t mug shots. That was the scene last week at Marin County’s San Quentin ...
Inmates and guests watch a screening during the San Quentin Film Festival at the infamous California prison - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Eliot BLONDET Inmates and guests ...
The Bay Area’s newest film festival has a curious dress code. “No blue, green, orange, gray or all-white clothing,” reads an email sent to attendees by an event organizer. White is allowed if combined ...
EXCLUSIVE: Daughters, the award-winning Netflix documentary set behind the walls of a Washington DC prison, will serve as the closing night selection of a new film festival taking place at ...
Every so often a film comes along that’s so good that, as we sit in the dark in the cinema, our whole being seems to become charged with electricity and we find ourselves forgetting to breathe. All of ...
The California prison used to house some of the state’s most violent criminals, but has become more known lately for creative pursuits. By Heather Knight Reporting from San Quentin, Calif. The prizes ...
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