Lucy

Mark Farley and Clair Farley were born identical male twins. Six months ago, Clair changed her gender. Their story is told in a lovely, heartfelt documentary film, Red Without Blue. The film showed at Frameline 31, the LGBT Film Festival, and will be showing on the Sundance Channel.

Michael Ondaatje is best known for his novel, The English Patient. He has a new book out called Divisadero. I spoke with him on the San Francisco street that gives the book its name, where he told me why it was the best title for a book set primarily in Petaluma and southern France.

Rob Reger is enjoying the thirteenth anniversary of his character \”Emily the Strange.\” Reger went to the graduate program at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he says he learned to push a project beyond its apparent limits. He has so far brought Emily from t-shirt phenomenon to a major motion picture.

Faith Wheeler and Sara Barker are two highly original and successful food and wine branders. In an effort to make something of their own, they have written their first screenplay, which they submitted to a contest at the San Francisco Digital School of Filmmaking. The winner gets their screenplay made into a film. We get a closer look at the creative process, and at the anticipation that takes over while waiting for the contest\’s feedback.