During the last school year, many Palo Alto high school students were spurred to action in different ways in response to several teen deaths by suicide. And one group of students decided to make a ...

One of Palo Alto’s darkest chapters is explored on the big screen in a remarkably personal documentary on suicides among students at the highly rated public schools in one of Silicon Valley’s toniest ...

If scientists ever find a genetic predisposition for having a cinematic eye, chances are it’ll be in the Coppola family. Gia, niece of Sofia and granddaughter of Francis, directs her first feature in ...

Gia Coppola, the 26-year-old granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, doesn’t lack for ambition with her feature directorial debut “Palo Alto” premiering today in Toronto. “I definitely want to do ...

Palo Alto is a suburban community that neighbors Stanford University, the title of James Franco’s short story series about his hometown and the fictional site of Gia Coppola’s “Palo Alto,” a film ...

Like her aunt Sofia's "The Bling Ring," Gia Coppola's movie features great performances by young actors and paints a bleak picture of the future. By Scott Feinberg Palo Alto Emma Roberts Film Still - ...

It seems the life of a suburban teenager hasn't changed much in recent decades, at least according to writer/director Gia Coppola's Palo Alto. A third-generation filmmaker — 27-year-old granddaughter ...

Some might call them Renaissance men and women: They sing, they act, they dance, they write–they even co-host the Oscars and fraternize with “Comic Book Men.” But Cinequest calls them Mavericks, and ...

build a case that with these kids, it’s made fucking worse by the adults who satellite them. Oh, and it includes an inappropriate relationship between an older man and a teen. The film opens with the ...