Reviewed by Elizabeth Gain.  Viewed at Metro 4 theater in Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Shorts #1 screening contained a gloriously surprising finale.  In a category populated by student films, The Duke stood out as a professional production.  The director, Max Barbakow, is a Santa Barbara native, and the film was a final project made … Continue reading The Duke: Based on the Memoir “I’m the Duke” by J.P. Duke (Max Barbakow 2016): USA