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(If) You’re Going to San Francisco

By Daedalus Howell | September 25th, 2009
There’s a type of Sonoman that I never thought I’d become. The one that brags to visiting friends, “…Another thing that’s so bloody great about Sonoma is how close we are to the City. Heck, we can go anytime we want!” But we don’t. The City in this scenario, of course, is San Francisco – that [...]
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Robert Kamen: Hollywood & Vines

By Daedalus Howell | March 4th, 2008
FADE IN: EXT. COUNTRY MOUNTAINSIDE – DAY ROBERT KAMEN, the wordsmith behind well over a dozen films (from Taps and the Karate Kid franchise to the wine-themed romance A Walk in the Clouds – he has also collaborated with French diretor Luc Besson such as The Fifth Element and the Transporter films) navigates an SUV through the [...]
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1977 Redux

By Daedalus Howell | August 15th, 2007
This year marks the 30th anniversaries of the films Star Wars and Annie Hall, both cultural milestones in their right, which affected at least one member of a certain generation. Once upon a time in a galaxy, far, far, away – 1977 specifically – girls wore jeans that had to be zipped with pliers and undulated [...]
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