I’ve been publishing TheMovieGourmet.com blog since 2011 and have written on over 2000 films. The blog seeks to evangelize for overlooked films, and emphasizes indies, documentaries and international cinema.
I cover my favorite Bay Area film festivals: Cinequest, SFFILM (San Francisco International Film Festival), the Oakland/San Francisco Noir City, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival and Frameline. I also cover the Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), Slamdance, and San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (SLO Film Fest).
Here’s my coverage of the 2025 Cinequest (4 features, 19 films reviewed), 2024 Cinequest (5 features, 18 films reviewed), and all my Cinequest coverage since 2012.
Here’s my coverage of the 2025 SFFILM (1 feature, 4 films capsulized) 2024 SFFFILM (2 features, 5 films reviewed), 2022 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) (2 features, 5 films reviewed) and the 2021 SFFILM (2 features, 11 films reviewed). and all of my SFFILM coverage since 2016.
Other examples of film festival coverage:
- Slamdance 2025, Slamdance 2024 and Slamdance 2023
- SLO Film Fest and SLO Film Fest
- Mill Valley Film Festival
- Noir City, Noir City, Noir City and Noir City
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
- Frameline and Frameline
- NashFilm 2025, Nashville Film Festival and Nashville Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival and Nashville and Nashville and Nashville
- International Film Festival of North Hollywood