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Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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October 28, 2011
Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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Reviews
Under the Spell of French Cinema Now
Dennis Harvey
Oct 25, 2011Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
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Festivals
Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows
Adam Hartzell
Oct 20, 2011Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.
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Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows
Adam Hartzell
Oct 20, 2011Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.
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October 20, 2011
Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows
Adam Hartzell
Oct 20, 2011Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.
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News & Blogs
Wall Street Journal: "George Lucas Self-Finances Action Movie About Tuskegee Airmen"
Oct 17, 2011"Star Wars creator George Lucas is betting millions of his own dollars that moviegoers will be drawn to an action movie about African-American fighter pilots in World War II," reports Christopher John Farley. "Mr. Lucas has self-financed a new film entitled Red Tails inspired by the true story of the first organized group of African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. armed forces." More at wsj.com.
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Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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In Depth
Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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October 6, 2011
Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement
Peter Coyote
Oct 5, 2011In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'
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Festivals
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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september 22 2011
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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Festivals
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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Home
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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september 22 2011
SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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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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september 22 2011
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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Home
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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Reviews
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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September 15, 2011
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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September 8 2011
He-Men Command Belief in MMA Film 'Warrior'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 13, 2011Gavin O'Connor does a remarkable job making his two-and-a-half-hour fight film gritty, involving and as credible as humanly possible.
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Home
Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game
Michael Fox
Sep 6, 2011Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.
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In Production
Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game
Michael Fox
Sep 6, 2011Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.
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September 8 2011
Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game
Michael Fox
Sep 6, 2011Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.
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Home
Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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Reviews
Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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September 1, 2011
Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure
Robert Avila
Sep 1, 2011The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
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August 30, 2011
Cary Grant: Definitive Star
Aug 31, 2011Castro Theatre sets a whole week aside to celebrate the slick charms of the screen legend. Beginning on Wednesday, the institution will screen 14 of the star's films, from suspenseful actioneers 'North By Northwest' and 'Suspicion' to slap-happy comedies 'His Girl Friday' and 'I Was a Male War Bride'. The centerpiece of the retro is a new print of the beloved 'Bringing Up Baby,' also starring Katherine Hepburn. More info at castrotheatre.com.
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August 25, 2011
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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August 25, 2011
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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Home
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates
SF360 Staff
Aug 20, 2011The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.
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August 11, 2011
High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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Reviews
High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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Home
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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In Depth
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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July 21, 2011
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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Home
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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July 21, 2011
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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Screenwriting
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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Home
Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
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In Production
Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
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June 30, 2011
Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
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Festivals
Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
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Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
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June 30, 2011
Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
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Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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In Production
Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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June 23 2011
Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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June 23, 2011
Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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Home
Bold Moves, Peril Define Great Third Acts
Lisa Rosenberg
May 10, 2011The best advice for creating the perfect Act III? Surprise yourself.
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May 12, 2011
Bold Moves, Peril Define Great Third Acts
Lisa Rosenberg
May 10, 2011The best advice for creating the perfect Act III? Surprise yourself.
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Screenwriting
Bold Moves, Peril Define Great Third Acts
Lisa Rosenberg
May 10, 2011The best advice for creating the perfect Act III? Surprise yourself.
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Festivals
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Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism
Karen Everett
Mar 15, 2011A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.
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March 17, 2011
Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism
Karen Everett
Mar 15, 2011A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.
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Story Structure
Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism
Karen Everett
Mar 15, 2011A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.
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Festivals
Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
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Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
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March 3, 2011
Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
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Home
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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March 3, 2011
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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Screenwriting
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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Home
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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March 3, 2011
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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Screenwriting
Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
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News & Blogs
Variety: "Roadside, Participant on 'Circumstance'"
Feb 15, 2011Variety: "Marking another acquisition partnership coming out of the Sundance Film Festival, Roadside Attractions will team with Participant Media," handling U.S. theatrical distribution rights of writer and director Maryam Keshavarz's Iranian drama 'Circumstance.' More at variety.com.
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'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
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Reviews
'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
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February 10, 2011
Silent Film Festival Is in the Money
Michael Fox
Feb 10, 2011SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.
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Festivals
Silent Film Festival Is in the Money
Michael Fox
Feb 10, 2011SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.
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Home
Silent Film Festival Is in the Money
Michael Fox
Feb 10, 2011SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.
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Home
Costa's 'Ne change rien' Captures Singer's Dreaminess, Rigor
Sara Dosa
Jan 20, 2011A Portuguese filmmaker builds a rich visual landscape from French singer Jeanne Balibar's vocal practice.
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January 20, 2011
Costa's 'Ne change rien' Captures Singer's Dreaminess, Rigor
Sara Dosa
Jan 20, 2011A Portuguese filmmaker builds a rich visual landscape from French singer Jeanne Balibar's vocal practice.
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Reviews
Costa's 'Ne change rien' Captures Singer's Dreaminess, Rigor
Sara Dosa
Jan 20, 2011A Portuguese filmmaker builds a rich visual landscape from French singer Jeanne Balibar's vocal practice.
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Home
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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In Production
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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January 13, 2011
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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Home
A Family Implodes in Biting 'Dogtooth'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 3, 2010A Greek film incriminates the viewer.
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Reviews
A Family Implodes in Biting 'Dogtooth'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 3, 2010A Greek film incriminates the viewer.
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Home
Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.
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Reviews
Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.
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Home
'Wild Grass' Finds Resnais Still Growing
Dennis Harvey
Jul 9, 2010Resnais remains elusive and detached, his films beautiful abstracts of intellectual rather than emotional impact.
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Reviews
'Wild Grass' Finds Resnais Still Growing
Dennis Harvey
Jul 9, 2010Resnais remains elusive and detached, his films beautiful abstracts of intellectual rather than emotional impact.
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Home
Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'
Michael Fox
Jun 30, 2010East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.
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In Production
Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'
Michael Fox
Jun 30, 2010East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.
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Reviews
Jordan's Magic Moments with Ondine
Dennis Harvey
Jun 8, 2010Ondine finds Neil Jordan back on personal terra firma with a story (his own, in conception and screenplay) that sits exactly on the thin line separating reality and fantasy.
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News & Blogs
Judge's Crude Behavior Infuriates Documentary Makers
Michael Fox
May 18, 2010From chilling to dangerous to horrendous, local reactions to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan s ruling in favor of Chevron in New York on May 6 ran an unsurprisingly narrow gamut.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: The Art of Revival
Dennis Harvey
Apr 29, 2010Through most of its history, the Festival has featured revivals of restored classics and little-known gems. This year s selections run an unusually wide gamut.
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Reviews
Epic Expectations in 'The Warlords'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 7, 2010When television first became a dire threat, Hollywood fought the small screen by making the big one really big with vast spectacles worth leaving home for.
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In Production
Living on Default line in Bakalian Doc
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2010The new law reforming the Federal student loan program will save billions and help millions. But it won t make Serge Bakalian s debt expos‚ superfluous.
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Screenwriting
Childhood's Richness on Film
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 23, 2010When a child assumes center stage on film, the potential for both thematic richness and unexpected plot directions increases exponentially.
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In Production
Hiler and Brown's Visionary Music
Michael Fox
Mar 17, 2010The culture war is over, and the reactionaries have won. In this climate, Jerome Hiler and Owsley Brown III s Music Makes a City is a revelation,
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Reviews
San Francisco Cinematheque's Spring Action
Max Goldberg
Feb 10, 2010The spring edition of the Cinematheque calendar is making the rounds, and my copy is dog-eared with wishful thinking. Grab your datebook for a rundown.
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Reviews
'Fish Tank's Essex truth
Dennis Harvey
Jan 28, 2010Writer-director Andrea Arnold created a stir with her first feature Red Road, but her new film is arguably an even stronger work.
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Legal
What's In a Name?
George Rush
Jan 5, 2010The thing about titles is they re too short to receive copyright protection. For copyright purposes, a title is like a label of a copyrighted work.
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Reviews
Workin' It: 'La Danse" and "Everything Strange and New'
Michael Fox
Dec 4, 2009Frederick Wiseman documents the frantic routine of choreographers for the Paris Opera Ballet as Frazer Bradshaw gives a more familiar portrayal of workplace satisfaction.
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Q & A
Russell Merritt at the SF International Animation Festival
Sura Wood
Nov 9, 2009A conversation on Walt Disney's Alice Comedies with a lively raconteur and Professor of Film Studies at UC Berkeley.
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First Person
A Fat Line Between Love and Hate
David Munro
Oct 6, 2009First Person: How can people respond in diametric and, at times, vitriolic opposition to the same film? Mine.
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In Production
Montalbano's "The Recondite Heart"
Michael Fox
Sep 29, 2009East Bay filmmaker Miles Montalbano is in preproduction on dark coming-of-age story The Recondite Heart, his followup to his lauded debut, Revolution Summer.
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Q & A
Seiji Horibuchi on VIZ Cinema
Michael Fox
Aug 8, 2009Seiji Horibuchi, founder and chairman of VIZ Media, speaks about VIZ Cinema, a built-from-scratch venue located in the New People building in Japantown.
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Festivals
SF Silent Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jul 9, 2009Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho is one of the many highlights on screen during the three-day San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
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In Production
Weissman's 'Heartbreak and Heroism'
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2009David Weissman speaks on his new project, Heartbreak and Heroism, revisiting the early years of the AIDS outbreak in San Francisco.
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In Production
The horror, the horror: 'Tweaker With an Axe'
Michael Fox
Jul 1, 2009An interview with Flynn Witmeyer about his debut feature Tweaker With an Axe, and the desire to make genre films—horror or sci-fi or fantasy—that incorporate gay and lesbian characters.
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Festivals
SFIFF52 Blogs: Keeping Scores
Marc Capelle
May 11, 2009Marc Capelle's ode to Westerns and Buddy films as well as noteworthy festival scores.
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In Production
SFIFF52: New Narrative Trend for Bay Area Cinema
Michael Fox
Apr 21, 2009Four independent narratives - La Mission, My Suicide, Everything Strange and New and (Untitled) - are adding to the Bay Area's repertoire, historically regarded as a breeding ground for documentary filmmakers.
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Reviews
'Examined Life' Puts Ideas into Action
Dennis Harvey
Mar 6, 2009An engaging documentary sampler of nine leading contemporary theorists, interviewed in settings that one way or another in real world terms illustrate (or contrast with) the concepts they discuss.
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Q & A
Wendy Levy on the Politics of Participation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 12, 2009Levy offers thoughts on the program she's presenting at Sundance and what's being called the "New Documentary Movement."
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Reviews
'Che: The Roadshow' reclaims a legend
Michael Fox
Jan 8, 2009Steven Soderbergh's fascinating portrait of legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is willfully disinterested in the conventions of mainstream movies.
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Funding
What Crisis? Fundraising During an Economic Meltdown
Holly Million
Dec 3, 2008Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million advises filmmakers on where to get funding when the going gets tough.
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Reviews
Soviet-Critical 'Cargo 200' at YBCA
Matt Sussman
Nov 11, 2008The controversial Cargo 200, a take-down of the Soviet era, makes its U.S. theatrical debut at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Digital
The Dimensions of Dialogue
Lisa Rosenberg
Oct 24, 2008Beyond Words: Skillful dialogue on film can achieve a structural dimension that shapes the narrative as surely as plot does.
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Q & A
A Talk With Arab Film Festival's Executive Director
Michael Fox
Oct 13, 2008We sat down with Michel Shehadeh, who joined the festival earlier this year, for a wide-ranging interview on Arab film.
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Festivals
Dead Channels 2008 Comes Alive
Dennis Harvey
Oct 3, 2008Those inclined toward healthy doses of sleaze, gore, and retro-shlock can rejoice that it's time for the second annual edition of Dead Channels.
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Festivals
Mill Valley Film Festival's Maher Moment
Dennis Harvey
Oct 2, 2008Religulous is a desperately awaited and already vehemently decried film by Bill Maher and director Larry Charles.
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In Production
Straight and Not So Narrow 'Crooked Beauty' In Production
Michael Fox
Oct 1, 2008In 'Crooked Beauty,' mental health is re-imagined and redefined.
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In Production
Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
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Reviews
Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
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Reviews
New Rohmer on SFFS Screen
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2008Eric Rohmer's latest "moral tale," The Romance of Astrea and Cèladon, filled with evanescent beauty, plays as part of SFFS Screen.
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Reviews
Review: 'Love Songs'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 3, 2008'Love Songs', a truly gay musical utterly devoid of camp, causes critic Dennis Harvey to reassess France's take on the genre.
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Reviews
Review: "Postal"
Dennis Harvey
May 27, 2008It may not be easy being Uwe Boll, but it must be fun. He's a boundlessly energetic fanboy-turned-maker who thinks large.
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Q & A
Q&A: Brillante Mendoza
Sean Uyehara
Mar 18, 2008Filipino Director Brillante Mendoza discusses his aesthetic: a basic approach that resists facade and pretense and desires to depict to things as they really are.
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Q & A
Donnie Yen, "Flashpoint"
Laura Irvine
Mar 9, 2008Here Donnie Yen wears two hatsÑas an actor in his signature role of a dedicated cop , and as an action choreographer who stages electric fight sequences using Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
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Festivals
Location Scouting at Sundance
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2008Susan Gerhard reflects on Sundance's program with particular attention to sense of place.
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News & Blogs
SF-Based Distributor Viz Pictures
Erika Young
Jan 9, 2008The live-action film division of Viz Media has just marked its second year of bringing a broader range of Japanese film to the growing audience for Japanese pop culture.
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Q & A
Jamie Meltzer on "Welcome to Nollywood"
Michael Fox
Oct 8, 2007Jamie Meltzer talks about his new film on Nigeria, where the digital revolution enables entrepreneurs to churn out movies quickly and inexpensively.
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Q & A
Lynn Hershman Leeson's "Culture" war
Michael Fox
Sep 20, 2007Lynn Hershman Leeson discusses her new project, ÔStrange Culture'.
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Q & A
Finn Taylor on Natural Selection and "The Darwin Awards"
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2007SF360.org spoke with director Finn Taylor about ÔThe Darwin Awards' and all the films he's directed in a Bay Area that's offered him years of inspiration.
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Reviews
"Revolution Summer"
Michael Fox
Aug 30, 2007Miles Matthew Montalbano's evocative and empathetic portrait of Bush-era dissatisfaction among the post-collegiate set.
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Reviews
Rodents we love
Claire Faggioli
Jul 6, 2007List: Most of us talk to our pets, but very few of us talk our Camrys or toasters. That's where animation fills our need to fantasize about our interactions with animals.
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Reviews
Guillen's Top Five from Another Hole in the Head
Michael Guillen
May 25, 2007Five recommendations chosen from among the gore, ghouls, ghosts, gags, and animation at Indiefest's Holehead festival.
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Festivals
Live from Fog City
Dennis Harvey
May 9, 2007While the SF International Film Festival has always had celebrity guests, the 50th edition featured a particular concentration of unique one-offs.
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Q & A
A Rob Nilsson 10
Staff
Apr 27, 2007The List: An Amerindie helmer well before the term was invented, Nilsson names 10 films which deeply affected him.
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Reviews
Dead Channels : The San Francisco Festival of Fantastic Film
Dennis Harvey
Apr 19, 2007Taste a bit of the vintage grindhouse experience at the last of Dead Channels' Month of Sleazy Sundays triple bill of under-the-radar movies.
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Reviews
A "Backstage" Breakdown
Dennis Harvey
Jan 4, 2007Teenager Lucie's (Islid Le Besco) encounter with her idol, the pop diva Lauren Waks (Emmanuelle Seigner), turns into a twisted and creepy psychological relationship.
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Reviews
I, Spy
Dennis Harvey
Dec 19, 2006Spies are frequent movie characters, in part because we know so little about them. Nonetheless, The Good Shepherd is an unusual Hollywood project.
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Reviews
Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 19, 2006For close to a decade now, Miranda July has been exploring and often crossing the traditional boundaries between life and the movies.
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Festivals
Mill Valley Film Festival 2006
Dennis Harvey
Oct 5, 2006By the youth-rhetoric standards of another era, this is the last year we can trust the Mill Valley Film Festival. Next year, it turns 30.
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Reviews
A War Movie Lost to Time
Dennis Harvey
Oct 4, 2006Though it won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1975, Overlord is one of those movies that mostly slipped through the cracks.
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Reviews
The "remake," re-made
Michael Fox
Sep 26, 2006Why do updates of Jerry Lewis flicks get more slack from critics than Zailian's "All the King's Men" and Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate?"
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Q & A
Amos Gitai's Reality
Michael Fox
Aug 1, 2006The veteran Israeli filmmaker, in town for the Jewish Film Festival, talks about radical art and Free Zone.
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Q & A
A Documentary on Peru's Terror War
Susan Gerhard
Jul 25, 2006A conversation with Pamela Yates, director of State of Fear, on Peru's 20-year war on terror, which bears an unsettling resemblance to U.S. current events.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival's Award Winners
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2006A complete list of the winners of the Golden Gate Awards show, which was all about celebrating the city, with filmmakers of all genres saying a kind word or two about it.
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Reviews
'Hot Fuzz' a Cheeky Riposte to H-wood
Dennis Harvey
Apr 17, 2006This English comedy, the second feature made by the guys behind that genius horror spoof, 'Shaun of the Dead,' satirizes fake cinematic testosterone.
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Reviews
"Reel SF" Finds a Tough, Moody Kinda Town
Dennis Harvey
Apr 13, 2006Until the 1960s, Hollywood cast S.F. as a city where everyone was too busy brawling, floozing,and plotting intrigue to exclaim,"Look at that view!"
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Reviews
'Il Divo' outdoes himself
Paolo Sorrentino takes on the notorious Italian Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti, in Il Divo.
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