Prolific producer, art-house fave and proponent of "radical banality" Hong Sang-Soo juxtaposes moments from a young woman's relationships with two men, a year apart, in the formalist comedy/romance Oki's Movie. Screens at YBCA. More at ybca.org.
The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.
Up-and-comer Joseph Gordon-Levitt is so good he compensates for the cancer comedy's shortcomings, even if he can't erase them.
Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
YBCA digs a delightfully disturbing live Kinski document from the archives.
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.