Surrounded by friends, family and beer lovers at the Arcata Theatre Lounge on the evening of Sept. 5, Meredith Maeir sat in suspense with the rest of the crowd to see her onscreen debut in the motion picture For When You Get Lost. “I didn’t even know if my scene was going to make it […]
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Return of The Valley of the Giants
For nearly all of that century, the 1919 made-in-Humboldt movie The Valley of the Giants was thought lost. In 2010, one surviving print surfaced in an archive in Russia. Film historian Edward Lorusso of Maine started a crowd-funding campaign to translate the silent movie’s Russian inter-titles (dialogue and narrative in a silent film) into English […]
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NCJ Preview: The House That Schneider Built and Weekend Entertainments
This week we’re looking behind the scenes of the mess over Travis Schneider’s would-be mansion, from the wild permit violations to the public controversy and why it’s coming down. We’ve also got music, movies and good news for fishermen. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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Locally Filmed ‘The Sky is Everywhere’ Trailer Drops
The trailer for A24’s film adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s YA novel about a high school girl navigating grief over her sister’s death and budding romance has just been released and is bursting with Humboldt scenery. Redwoods, Old Town shops and coastal views abound with dream-like high school-theater effects, young lovers floating into the sky and […]
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‘Confession’ Hits Amazon Prime with Local Talent and Scenery
The Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission has good news for those of us who’ve burned through our streaming queues: Humboldt artist and author Daniel Niyiri’s thriller Confession is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. The drama centers on a forensic psychiatrist’s evaluation of a captured murderer who claims to be a demon. Check out the […]
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Mill Creek Theater Closes, Arcata Theater Lounge Opens
Last week, in accordance with county reopening steps, Coming Attractions Theaters announced it was opening its doors at its Broadway and Mill Creek locations, while Arcata Theater Lounge’s website declared it would remain closed. A week later, Mill Creek has shuttered and the ATL is showing vintage sci-fi and animated features. According to James Sandberg […]
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Local Movie Theaters Approved to Reopen, But Not All Will
You could get away from the heat and incessant boom of amateur fireworks this weekend and sit in the air-conditioned cool of Broadway Cinema, escaping from the endless cycle of bad news for the big screen spectacle about a looming, mostly-unseen threat that picks off the unwary and reckless. Jaws will be playing, along with […]
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Wookiee Here
Magic Mirror, on the wall, what’s the best Star Wars of all? Answer: Episode IV or V. (That’s Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back to us first-run ticket holders) That’s it. The only two contenders in this debate. Sabers down. Discuss amongst yourselves. And if you need a refresher, both sequel-spawning space fantasies are […]
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Comic Book Movies Can Be Fun
Reviews Ant-Man and the Wasp. Based on my many overlong, one-note lamentations about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its unchecked consumption of cinema, one might reasonably expect that: 1) I wouldn’t particularly look forward to the prospect of another installment, regardless of the hero, but also 2) the return of Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man/Scott Lang might […]
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Bigfoot on the Big Screen
If you saw a film crew, a hairy suit and a lot of bare abs in the woods between 2015 and 2016, it may have been the cast and crew of Primal Rage, a Hollywood feature film about our local cryptozoological hero, Bigfoot. The movie, directed by Patrick Magee and starring Casey Gagliardi and Andrew […]
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Follow the Beat
On any given night, you can follow the sound of music and find yourself a good time in Arcata’s bars, restaurants, clubs and on sidewalks. Here are five rock-solid places to let the sound of local and visiting acts move you. The John Van Duzer Theatre on the Humboldt State University campus is the closest […]
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Woodshock Sneak Peek
You can finally stop wondering what the hell is going on in that trippy Woodshock movie Kirsten Dunst filmed here in Humboldt two summers ago. On Saturday, Sept. 9, you can see it at a pair of special screenings at the Minor Theater, well ahead of the Sept. 29 regular local release. The Humboldt-Del Norte Film […]