Category Archives: Entertainment

Imagine your favorite outdoor recreational activity almost ending abruptly in a near death experience.   The horrifying nightmare will probably stay with you forever.  It happened to mountain climber, Aron Ralston, portrayed by James Franco in the film, “127 Hours”.  Ralston … Continue reading →

  War Games and the Man Who stopped them Reviewed by Lidia Thompson & Marcus Siu 1. Ryszard Kuklinski at the Warsaw Pact Conference, 1980 © Apple Film Production Were it not for the actions of one Polish Colonel, we … Continue reading →

  IRENA SENDLER: IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHERS Reviewed by Lidia Thompson & Marcus Siu Courtesy of Cinequest 2011 As a Polish Catholic social worker, Irena Sendler along with a group of young women in Nazi-occupied Poland managed to … Continue reading →

  MIDNIGHT SON (USA) After having vampire symptoms and watching a vampire video on his TV, Jacob (Zak Kilberg) tests to see what would happen if he put a wooden cross against his forehead. He is happily surprised that his … Continue reading →

  Films worth seeing in San Jose at Cinequest 21 COPACABANA Esméralda (Lolita Chammah) reunites with her mother, Babou (Isabelle Huppert) in Ostend, who recently gets a promotion in her new job selling time-shares. No serious International film festival is … Continue reading →

  Films worth seeing in San Jose at Cinequest 21   MAMMA GÓGÓ Unfortunately, not all nursing homes are perfect for containing their patients, especially, when Alzheimer patients can be quite deceiving, like Mamma Gógó often demonstrates.    There is … Continue reading →

Written and photographed by Marcus Siu and Lidia Thompson exclusively for PoloniaSF.org My sheer appreciation of classical piano music didn’t quite develop until early on during my adult years.  It probably didn’t help when I was forced into taking piano … Continue reading →

Photos by Marcus Siu In 2002, Norah Jones caught the music world by storm with her critically acclaimed debut album, “Come Away with Me”, sweeping the Grammy Awards, including Album and Record of the Year, blending country, folk, jazz, and … Continue reading →