South Bay Film Society’s Randy Berler. Photo by Bondo Wyszpolski
Cinematic ebb and flow
The South Bay Film Society has returned to the AMC Rolling Hills 20, but will their rental agreement be feasible to keep it there?
by Bondo Wyszpolski
Nine years ago, Randy Berler inaugurated the South Bay Film Society with a screening of “Three Colors: Red,” and he sold out his entire allotment of 200 tickets. As the near-weekly series continued, Berler was eventually selling twice that amount and more. But on March 11 of last year, he announced that for the unforeseeable future he’d shown his last film. Subsequently, the AMC Rolling Hills 20 went dark, along with movie theaters across the country and even around the world.
Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021
Vanquish (R) This thriller stars Ruby Rose as a former mob drug courier who becomes the target of extortion after a retired cop (Morgan Freeman) kidnaps her daughter. Also with Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Ekaterina Baker, and Julie Lott. (Opens Friday)
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Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens (
Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who rediscovers her youth when she’s bitten by a vampire. Also with Larry Fessenden, Bonnie Aarons, Nyisha Bell, Sarah Lind, Mark Kelly, and CM Punk. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Whatcom sees 27 new COVID cases, one related death and one new variant case reported
The Bellingham Herald 7 hrs ago David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Apr. 15 Another COVID-related death has been reported in Whatcom County along with 27 new reported confirmed cases, according to the Washington State Department of Health s coronavirus dashboard Wednesday, April 14.
Overall, Whatcom County has seen 7,605 confirmed cases and 89 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. An additional 276 probable cases up two from Tuesday s report have been reported in Whatcom County during the pandemic, resulting from positive antigen tests not confirmed by a molecular test.
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What a Quirky Documentary About Truffles Can Teach Us About Purpose Paul Asay
We don’t review documentaries that much at
Plugged In. Let’s be honest: We stay plenty busy as it is. But I still watch some all the same. And every once in a while, I run across one that I feel might be worth talking to you about.
The Truffle Hunters, which is playing at some art houses across the country, is such a film. In fact, I’d call it a bit of a hidden gem which seems only appropriate, given that searching for buried treasure is what the movie is built on.