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  Gifts My Mother Gave Me

  Michael Guillen
  May 8, 2011

  Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.

  
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  Gifts My Mother Gave Me

  Michael Guillen
  May 8, 2011

  Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.

  
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  Gifts My Mother Gave Me

  Michael Guillen
  May 8, 2011

  Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.

  
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  Michael House's Translation of Tati at YBCA

  Michael Guillen
  Jan 17, 2010

  Riding the crest of the Tati tsunami hitting our shores is The Magnificent Tati by Michael House, who lived in S.F. for 12 years before moving to Paris.

  
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  The Sad Dance of 'Tony Manero'

  Michael Guillen
  Sep 9, 2009

  Chilean director Pablo Larraín offers insight into his sophomore feature, Tony Manero, on a man obsessed with the idea of impersonating John Travolta.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Sean Uyehara On the S.F. International Animation Festival

  Michael Guillen
  Nov 10, 2008

  If, in the ol' days, they were called "'toons," these days, some heavy-duty words are required to express the strength and breadth of contemporary animation.

  
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  Lance Hammer on Beauty and 'Ballast'

  Michael Guillen
  Oct 17, 2008

  Hammer discusses his debut feature premiered at Sundance to resounding critical fanfare, winning prizes for best director and cinematography.

  
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  Ruby Yang on 'A Double Life'

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 23, 2008

  SF360 caught up with Ruby Yang during a recent Bay Area visit to discuss her "latest and most lyrical film yet," A Double Life.

  
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  Q&A: Alex Rivera, 'Sleep Dealer'

  Michael Guillen
  May 14, 2008

  Rivera's debut centers on a young man grappling with a technological future in which neural implants, telerobotics and ubiquitous computing serve a global economy.

  
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  Jeffrey Blitz and Reece Thompson on "Rocket Science"

  Michael Guillen
  Aug 8, 2007

  A conversation with the Oscar-nominated Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound) on his new feature, which screened at the S.F. International Film Festival.

  
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  A Mighty Wurlitzer Player

  Michael Guillen
  Aug 1, 2007

  SF360.org speaks with Edward Millington Stout, III, who is undoubtedly the world's foremost theatrical organ restorationist.

  
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  Marc Huestis on the Runway

  Michael Guillen
  Jul 30, 2007

  SF360.org talks to Marc Huestis, who exhibits a playful flair to his showmanship, putting the "imp" back in impresario.

  
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  A Strandful at Frameline31

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 8, 2007

  Strand Releasing can always be relied upon for some of the best art films and queer indies, and it has a strong festival presence,

  
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  Dennis Nyback and "Bad Bugs Bunny"

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 6, 2007

  "SF Indiefest: Gets Animated," piggybacking on the 4th Annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, co-presents an animation program with the popular archivist.

  
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  "Once" Again -- A Date With Carney, Hansard, and Irglova

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 1, 2007

  Walking in to interview John Carney and actors/musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the frenetic edge to their on-the-road exhaustion is apparent.

  
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  "The Prodigy," The Roxie, Delirium, God

  Michael Guillen
  May 30, 2007

  San Franciscans have a poignant symbiotic relationship with William Kaufman's freshman feature, The Prodigy, which returns to the city this week.

  
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  Guillen's Top Five from Another Hole in the Head

  Michael Guillen
  May 25, 2007

  Five recommendations chosen from among the gore, ghouls, ghosts, gags, and animation at Indiefest's Holehead festival.

  
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  A "Flanders" Reader

  Michael Guillen
  May 6, 2007

  As Bruno Dumont's Flanders navigates festival waters, it's been leaving behind a noticeable wake.

  
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  Reviews: "Black Snake Moan"; "Cinemachismo"

  Michael Guillen
  Feb 27, 2007

  risks ridiculousness in chasing down unpolished redemption, while de la Mora delivers essential reading in Mexican film, gender studies, and theories of queer spectatorship.

  
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  Michael Arndt, Little Mr. Sunshine

  Michael Guillen
  Feb 23, 2007

  The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine made a Cody's San Francisco bookstore appearance promoting the publication of the shooting script.

  
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  Unleash the Blogs

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 23, 2006

  The S.F. International Film Festival opened the gates this year to an accredited citizen press corps of bloggers and vloggers.