A friend of Berkeleyside writes in to lament that she tried to go to the Shattuck screenings of Oscar-nominated The Most Dangerous Man in America last weekend but it was sold out. Our film writer, John Seal, pointed our readers to it last week. But don’t despair, it’s running all week at the Landmark Shattuck.

Other than politics and excellence, why should Berkeleyside readers care? Filmmakers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith are both based in Berkeley. What more could you want?

Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine...