Maverick Meet-up — Lights, Camera, ACTION!!
Posted by Cynthia Corral
The 2010 Film Festival has ended but the Summer Maverick Meet-ups have just begun!
We're ba-aaack!!
Do you miss Cinequest? Miss seeing your friends and fellow film-goers? Then head over to E+O Trading Company on Friday, May 14. From 5pm – 7pm anyone and everyone who loves Cinequest, independent film or film festivals in general are invited to our informal gathering of fun and friendship.
What will happen at this meet-up? We don’t know! But past meet-ups have had quizzes, games, prizes, special guests and even an Osama Bin Laden impersonator. At EVERY meet-up there have been old friends, new friends and potential friends. New faces and familiar faces. Kathleen Powell and Halfdan Hussey. And no matter what, great food and drinks.
It is okay if you have never attended the Cinequest Film Festival before, but if you love film you will be in your element. If you would like to meet some people behind the scenes at Cinequest this is the place to be. And if you like Happy Hours and meeting new people – this is where you should spend your Friday evening!
Come down to E+O Trading Company any time between 5 and 7pm on Friday, and we will see you there!
| Date: | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| Time: | 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Location: | E+O Trading Co. |
| Street: | 96 South 1st Street |
| City/Town: | San Jose, CA |
CQHH at Billy Berk’s included everything from Film Directors to JawBones
Posted by Cynthia Corral
Last night Cinequest family and friends all came together for Happy Hour at Billy Berk’s in downtown San Jose. As usual it was a great time with friends, food and drink. Billy Berk’s is becoming one of my personal favorite places, especially their outside patio. It was a lovely and cool summer night for getting together with friends, and the table where I sat enjoyed sharing almost every item from the extensive Happy Hour Appetizer list.
Dierdre and Chris enjoy appetizers
We were pleasantly surprised by the appearance of Jeffrey Goodman, director of a Cinequest favorite, The Last Lullaby. This was an excellent suspense movie starring Tom Sizemore as “a former hitman [...] struggling to cope with retirement.” If you never got a chance to see this film at Cinequest, or if you would like to see it again (as most of us plan to), it is playing at Camera 3 downtown for this week only. You may not get another chance to see this excellent movie – although we cross our fingers we all do! – so you should try to get out to Camera 3 this weekend or sometime this week. It was very nice of Jeffrey to stop by and talk to us, and we wish him all the luck in the world with this film and future films.
Jeffrey Goodman, director of The Last Lullaby
Last night’s event included filling out voter cards choosing our top three picks for Cinequest Maverick Spirit Award winner. We could put a check next to our top three choices, and turn in the ballot for a drawing entry. The prize: a Jawbone headset! I have wanted one of these since watching their most hilarious ads before the films at Cinequest a couple years ago. Alas, I was not the winner last night. The fabulous Art won instead!
Art with his Jawbone prize and Casey
Do not forget you only have until the end of this month to get your votes in. You can place a vote through Facebook, or Twitter, or send an email to Publicity@Cinequest.org. Your choices are:
Drew Barrymore (actor/prod: Donnie Darko, Never Been Kissed)
Tim Burton (dir: Ed Wood, Beetlejuice)
Bruce Campbell (actor: Evil Dead, Bubba Ho-Tep)
Don Cheadle (actor: Hotel Rwanda, Ocean’s Eleven)
Ethan & Joel Coen (dirs: No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski)
John Cusack (actor: High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank)
Johnny Depp (actor: Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (actor: Charlie Wilson’s War, Capote)
Sean Penn (actor: Dead Man Walking, Milk)
Natalie Portman (actor: V for Vendetta, Garden State)
The next Cinequest Happy Hour will be June 26 at Fahrenheit at 99 E San Fernando St. We hope you will join us!
Tags: Billy Berks, CQHH, Happy Hour, Jeffrey Goodman, Last Lullaby.