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John Beck

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · John Beck

    The writer behind ’90s classic ‘The Player’ brings his Hollywood legacy to Sonoma County (opens the original)

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    Rewatching his movies on the big screen over the past month has been both a nostalgia trip for writer and director Michael Tolkin and a reminder of the never-ending editing and re-editing that defines a writer’s life. “It’s like visiting an old friend,” he said. “It’s also a chance to go back and look at them and see, is this what I intended? Is there something deeper in this now? Does it hold up? Could I have done this better? Do I remember this? Will I see things that I’ve forgotten? Or see so

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · John Beck

    ‘I felt validated’: Monte Rio movie theater celebrated in new film (opens the original)

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    When Seattle filmmaker Rustin Thompson set out to make a documentary about the slow demise of small-town movie theaters across the American West, his vision was bleak. “I originally thought it was going to be this dark, brooding, all black-and-white film, with no human beings, just windswept spaces and empty main streets.” There was Melvin “Tiny” Peterson, owner of the Desert Historic Theatre in Burns, Oregon. He and his wife hadn’t seen a movie on the big screen in four years when they bought t

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