Vinyl made a comeback, and so did slow food and long beards. So why not the typewriter? Actually, there’s a good reason why not: If you’re composing on a typewriter — a letter, say — and you change ...

This has been a very good year for documentaries so far, particularly those off the beaten path of the usually more serious-minded docus that flood art house theaters. One of those, California ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Documentarian Doug Nichol’s debut feature, “California Typewriter,” celebrates the surprising staying power of a technology that has become almost — but not quite — obsolete. Although many of its ...

Anyone with fond memories of the tactile click-click-click of pounding out words on a manual typewriter will love “California Typewriter,” Doug Nichol’s love letter to the machine. Will anyone else?

To most people, typewriters are perhaps quaint but ultimately inert relics of a bygone age. Crafted at a time in which gears and levers could conjure something close to magic -- which typewriters darn ...

The typewriter is a marvelous invention because, with proper care, a single unit can last decades. And if you’re still using one now, it would have to: Since the mass adoption of personal computers in ...

Gravitas Ventures has bought U.S. rights to the documentary “California Typewriter,” which will open the 41st Cleveland Intl. Film Festival on Wednesday. “California Typewriter,” which premiered at ...

Doug Nichol’s documentary “California Typewriter” is a rich, thoughtful, meticulously crafted tapestry about the evolution of the beloved writing machine for purists, history buffs, collectors and ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Doug Nichol's documentary about typewriter mania is a piece of analog nostalgia that's in thrall to what digital culture has lost. Vinyl made a comeback, and so did slow food and long beards. So why ...

This has been a very good year for documentaries so far, particularly those off the beaten path of the usually more serious-minded docus that flood art house theaters. One of those, California ...