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Festivals
Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 18, 2011Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.
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Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 18, 2011Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.
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Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 18, 2011Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.
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August 11, 2011
'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 5, 2011Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.
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'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 5, 2011Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.
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'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 5, 2011Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.
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We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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May 12, 2011
We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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Reviews
We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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April 5, 2011
‘Maestra’
Apr 7, 2011Mission Cultural Center presents Catherine Murphy’s ‘Maestra,’ a 30-minute documentary that follows female literacy workers in Cuba. Murphy and former literacy campaign teacher Norma Guillard participate in a Q&A with film critic B. Ruby Rich following the film. More at missionculturalcenter.org.
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November 10, 2010
Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Kelly Reichardt with B. Ruby Rich
Nov 11, 2010This event marks the debut of an exciting new filmmaker-in-person series presented by BAM/PFA. Regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary American indie cinema, director Kelly Reichardt presents and discusses her work with professor, author (and SF360.org contributor) B. Ruby Rich at the Pacific Film Archive. Feature films include ‘Ode,’ ‘Old Joy,’ ‘River of Grass’ and ‘Wendy and Lucy,’ as well as two shorts, ‘Then a Year,’ and ‘Travis.’ More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.
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Festivals
Toronto's New Lightbox Offers Transcendence
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 16, 2010A festival transforms itself and transports audiences with a visionary new theater.
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Toronto's New Lightbox Offers Transcendence
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 16, 2010A festival transforms itself and transports audiences with a visionary new theater.
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September 16, 2010
Toronto's New Lightbox Offers Transcendence
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 16, 2010A festival transforms itself and transports audiences with a visionary new theater.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: James Schamus, Roger Ebert and the Writing Life
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2010Few would argue that a good movie often starts with a good story. Yet it has been the screenwriter s lot to be underappreciated.
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Reviews
After Sept. 11, 2001, A Decade Found Its Way
B. Ruby Rich
Dec 23, 2009On Sept. 13, 2001, I stood in a Toronto park and spoke to Canadian television: Movies wouldn't be the same. I was wrong.
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Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2009
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 19, 2009The Toronto International Film Festival has always allowed a generosity of pursuits to co-exist, rewarding the adventurous and satiating the lazy, all without judgment.
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Reviews
Kim Longinotto and Women Make Movies Film Festival
Adam Hartzell
Aug 27, 2009A mini-retrospective of the work of Kim Longinotto plays during the Women Make Movies Film Festival at the Roxie.
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Reviews
Toronto 2008: Slow Food, Fast Festival
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 12, 2008Every year, people grumble. Every year, someone points out how much worse it is than before. And every year, there are films that pull everyone out of the doldrums and guarantee it all continues. Welcome to this season’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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Festivals
"Standard Operating Procedure" and the Stories We Tell
Staff
May 9, 2008Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We've internalized the American narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
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Festivals
Capelle on Composers: Day Two
Staff
May 2, 2008Errol Morris has a giant brain. Anybody who wants to argue against that thesis does not have a giant brain. So let's move on.
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Festivals
In Other Words: Standard Operating Procedure
Staff
Apr 30, 2008Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We have internalized the narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
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Reviews
SFMOMA's Emile de Antonio Series
B. Ruby Rich
Jan 3, 2008As this retrospective makes clear, de Antonio's documentaries are a different species entirely from the kind of celebrity-driven, headline chasing theatricals now in favor.
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Festivals
A Festival, a Half Century
B. Ruby Rich
Apr 24, 2007Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?
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Festivals
A Festival, a Half Century
B. Ruby Rich
Apr 24, 2007Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?
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Reviews
Francois Ozon, Mortal
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 2, 2006Ozon's Time to Leave demonstrates how central he's become to European cinema, and reminds us that he's among gay world cinema's most accomplished writer/directors.
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Festivals
Picks for the San Francisco International Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
Mar 31, 2006The List: B. Ruby Rich picks her favorites for the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival.
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