Film

Menlo Park filmmaker focuses on the plight of pregnant homeless woman

About five years ago, Laura Ferro was watching the television news and saw a segment about a pregnant homeless woman in San Francisco who was

by Janet McGovern
on January 7, 2021

UNAFF goes virtual – and honors Joan Baez with its Visionary Award

Woodside resident Joan Baez is the recipient of the UNAFF Visionary Award by The United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF). The legendary singer, songwriter, musician and

by Contributed Content
on October 15, 2020

Two films offered during August to commemorate 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center is screening two special films by David Rothauser on their YouTube channel for the full month of August: Hibakusha: Our

by Linda Hubbard
on August 1, 2020

Watch “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” and then discuss on May 22

Stream films anytime, anywhere on your preferred devices, with your Menlo Park Library card and the Kanopy app! Check it out now at the library

by Contributed Content
on May 19, 2020

Local angle to #MayTheFourth #May4th (a day late)

From April 1978: R2D2 and Mickey Mouse were photographed on stage during the 50th Annual Academy Awards, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by InMenlo founder

by Linda Hubbard
on May 5, 2020

View and then discuss “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” on Feb. 26

It’s the 100th anniversary of this silent German expressionist horror classic! View and discuss the film that has inspired Tim Burton, and auteurs and goths

by Contributed Content
on February 21, 2020

Can you identify the woman in this painting which was framed in Menlo Park?

We received an email from Lenore Bernhardt who lives in Washington and had recently discovered — and then purchased — the portrait of a woman

by Linda Hubbard
on February 16, 2020

M-A grad Reggie Turner screens his documentary “Before They Die” at his alma mater

Menlo-Atherton alumnus Reggie Turner will be returning to the high school on Feb. 6 screening his documentary Before They Die —and talking a bit about

by Linda Hubbard
on February 4, 2020

Free film screening at Art Ventures gallery on Jan. 17

The UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) Cafe in conjunction with Menlo Park Public Art is presenting Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly’s Big Picture on Friday,

by Contributed Content
on January 14, 2020

Documentary filmmaker Michael Schwarz dies unexpectedly, memorial planned for Jan. 15

Michael Schwarz, a longtime Menlo Park resident with a gift for documentary storytelling, died unexpectedly on Dec. 1 at age 66 as a result of

by Kate Bradshaw
on January 2, 2020