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  SFIFF52: Movie-Scribe Meltdown

  David Winks Gray
  May 2, 2009

  SF360.org interviews film critics about the changing landscape of film criticism. A panel discussion and screening of For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism will take place on Sunday, May 3, at 6 p.m.

  
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  SFIFF52 Blogs: Wilkerson's Proving Strong

  David Winks Gray
  May 2, 2009

  On May Day Eve, Travis Wilkerson performed Proving Ground, probably the first multimedia Leninist rant to have ever graced the Sundance Kabuki.

  
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  SFIFF52 Blogs: Portillo's 'Al Más Allá'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 29, 2009

  Lourdes Portillo's partly autobiographical documentary Al Más Allá draws a laugh from the San Francisco International Film Festival crowd.

  
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  SFIFF52: Chris Felver's "Ferlinghetti" Captures an Icon

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 26, 2009

  Chris Felver traces the life of antiauthoritarian Lawrence Ferlinghetti, owner of City Lights Books, from his days as a Navy serviceman in World War II through the landmark First Amendment trial in Ferlinghetti.

  
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  SFIFF52: Yun Suh's "City of Borders"

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 26, 2009

  City of Borders, the debut film by Bay Area filmmaker Yun Suh, follows several Palestinian characters seeking refuge at a gay bar. The film testifies to the intolerance that members of the LGBTQ community face in addition to all of the other walls, physical and social, separating people in the region.

  
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  SFIFF52: Light and Saraf's 'Empress Hotel'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 13, 2009

  Local filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf's latest film Empress Hotel delves into the lives of the residents at the titular building, a Tenderloin housing facility for the recently homeless. The film makes visible an area many city dwellers may only experience in the fringe of their consciousness and provides insight into the lives of the residents within.

  
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  Essay Films at the Pacific Film Archive

  David Winks Gray
  Jan 30, 2009

  The PFA's series of "essay films," a collection of diverse work, offers the viewer an opportunity to adapt to the peculiar tone of these films.