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Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
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Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
November 3, 2011

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
Home

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
In Depth

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
November 3, 2011

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
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Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011
'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
July 14, 2011

Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011
'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
July 7, 2011

Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011
'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011
'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
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Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
May 26, 2011

Patrick Raises Child ‘Booksellers’
Michael Fox
May 24, 2011
S. Smith Patrick shares purpose with the children she films.
February 17, 2011

Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011
Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
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Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011
Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
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Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011
Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
Festivals

New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010
'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010
'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
November 11, 2010

New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010
'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
November 18, 2010

New Italian Cinema Puts Focus on Ferzan Ozpetek
Dennis Harvey
Nov 14, 2010
'When in Rome,' or outside it: NIC offers fresh voices, new locations.
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Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010
New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
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Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010
New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
October 21, 2010

Taiwan Film Days Returns
Adam Hartzell
Oct 21, 2010
New stories emerge from a storied cinema nation in the second year of the Taiwan Film Days showcase.
Festivals

Toronto's New Lightbox Offers Transcendence
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 16, 2010
A 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, 2010
A festival transforms itself and transports audiences with a visionary new theater.
September 16, 2010

Toronto's New Lightbox Offers Transcendence
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 16, 2010
A festival transforms itself and transports audiences with a visionary new theater.
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The Price of Fame
George Rush
Aug 31, 2010
When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.
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The Price of Fame
George Rush
Aug 31, 2010
When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.
September 2, 2010

The Price of Fame
George Rush
Aug 31, 2010
When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.
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Dialogues: Jim Harrison on Poetry, Documentary
Robert Avila
Apr 23, 2010
Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'
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Dialogues: Jim Harrison on Poetry, Documentary
Robert Avila
Apr 23, 2010
Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'
Festivals

SFIFF53: Ephemeral Film and Music, Live & Onstage
Marc Capelle
Apr 14, 2010
If you imagine the S.F. International Film Festival as an circus tent, with Opening and Closing nights the main supports, the other tent poles are interactive live experiences.
Q & A

Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International
Michael Fox
Apr 5, 2010
With opening night approaching, Rachel Rosen talked about her L.A. Rolodex, the function of festivals in a broadband world and her favorites in the festival.
Festivals

San Francisco International Film Festival's 53rd Edition
Susan Gerhard
Mar 30, 2010
Director of Programming Rachel Rosen and programmers Rod Armstrong, Audrey Chang and Sean Uyehara shared thoughts on 177 films from 46 countries.
Digital

Sights and Sounds of South by Southwest
Hannah Eaves
Mar 24, 2010
Tens of thousands of artists, aficionados and businesspeople flock to Austin for a festival that is part online conference, part film festival, and more than part music.
Funding

Road-Tested Rules For Bang-up Fundraising Events
Holly Million
Jan 12, 2010
Seems like every filmmaker I know is ready to party! Everyone s throwing fundraising events for their films. So many babes in the party-planning woods.
Reviews

Holiday Film Preview, Part II
Dennis Harvey
Dec 11, 2009
Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.
Reviews

Feast Your Eyes: A Holiday Film Preview
Dennis Harvey
Nov 25, 2009
Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.
Festivals

New Italian Cinema's Fact, Fiction, Fascination
Dennis Harvey
Nov 12, 2009
The 13th New Italian Cinema festival finds the political and personal mixing more frequently than you'd find in any assortment of U.S. narrative films.
Festivals

A Tour Through the 2009 Taiwan Film Days
Adam Hartzell
Nov 5, 2009
For three days, the SFFS offers a chance to see contemporary Taiwanese cinema beyond the work of the usual Taiwanese film masters.
Reviews

William Klein's Restless Mind
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2009
The movies of William Klein are suffused with the same impudence, social commentary and aesthetic surprise found in his photos.
Q & A

Seiji Horibuchi on VIZ Cinema
Michael Fox
Aug 8, 2009
Seiji Horibuchi, founder and chairman of VIZ Media, speaks about VIZ Cinema, a built-from-scratch venue located in the New People building in Japantown.
Q & A

Berkeley-based writer Barry Gifford's wild screen-rides
Sura Wood
Jul 19, 2009
A peripatetic childhood laid fertile ground for the heated imagination of Berkeley-based author Barry Gifford, who has written Wild at Heart and Lost Highway.
In Production

Weissman's 'Heartbreak and Heroism'
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2009
David Weissman speaks on his new project, Heartbreak and Heroism, revisiting the early years of the AIDS outbreak in San Francisco.
In Production

Recession-Proof Theaters, to a Point
Michael Fox
May 14, 2009
Arthouse theaters like The Roxie, Red Vic and The Balboa resist the economic downturn and adjust calendars to meet audience demands.
Reviews

William Kentridge at SFMOMA
Robert Avila
Mar 25, 2009
The films of William Kentridge make up a significant and absorbing part of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art enthralling survey of recent work by the acclaimed South African artist
In Production

Ellen Lake's Miniatures Fit Right In
Michael Fox
Feb 11, 2009
When we're finally all watching movies on the most expedient of platforms–our mobile phone–Ellen Lake will be at the head of the parade.
Reviews

Warhol's Screen Tests Get Dean & Britta Treatment
Dennis Harvey
Feb 2, 2009
13 Most BeautifulÉSongs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests offers a cherry-picking of the famous Warhol reels accompanied by live original-soundtracking.
Q & A

David Thomson and 1,000 Unusual Suspects
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2008
Film historian and essayist David Thomson talks to SF360 about his new book, Have You Seen . . . ? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films.
In Production

Making 'Howl' and 'Babnik'
Michael Fox
Oct 14, 2008
Epstein and Friedman bring a poem to the screen, while a South Bay director goes Russian.
Reviews

Toronto 2008: Slow Food, Fast Festival
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 12, 2008
Every 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.
Reviews

Global Film Initiative: Funding the Bigger Picture
Robert Avila
Aug 12, 2008
The Legend of the Holy Net Potato, the first feature by Kerala-based filmmaker Vipin Vijay, concerns a cyborg, black magic, and a hacker.
Reviews

Nik Sheenan's 'FliCKer'
Matt Sussman
Aug 5, 2008
A documentary looks into a machine designed to harness the hallucinatory potential of flickering light, and sketches a portrait of its troubled creator.
Q & A

Hard Look at China in 'Blind Mountain'
Judy Stone
Jul 11, 2008
Li Yang speaks about commercial pressures in Chinese film and the story behind Blind Mountain.
Reviews

The World of 'Derek' at Frameline32
Max Goldberg
Jun 25, 2008
A documentary tribute to Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien's Derek does not seek to enlarge or complicate the filmmaker's legacy so much as succor its loss.
Reviews

New Rohmer on SFFS Screen
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2008
Eric Rohmer's latest "moral tale," The Romance of Astrea and Cèladon, filled with evanescent beauty, plays as part of SFFS Screen.
News & Blogs

SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008
The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
Q & A

Cristian Mungiu's 24 Hours of "4 Months, 3 Weeks"
Howard Feinstein/indieWIRE
Feb 4, 2008
The Romanian film takes place over 24 hours in a provincial town in 1987 before Ceaucescu was deposed.
Reviews

Art Stars of Sundance
Glen Helfand
Jan 25, 2008
At Sundance 2008, a swath of features, docs, installations, and projected art shared similar socio-political concerns, which they grappled with via well-honed aesthetic filters.
Reviews

"In Search of Mozart"
Max Goldberg
Sep 25, 2007
"In Search of Mozart" is a comprehensive overview of the composer's generous genius and one of the finest examples of the PBS-style, talking heads-and-cutaways documentaries in recent memory.
Reviews

Abbas Kiarostami: "Image Maker"
Robert Avila
Aug 2, 2007
An impressive PFA series runs alongside an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum of Kiarostami's striking photographic work.
Festivals

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,
Q & A

Kerry Laitala and Her New "Muse"
Katherin McInnis
Apr 25, 2007
The artist's filmsÑsensual, intricate, tactileÑare a magical combination of optical artistry, snippets of forgotten films, and bits of lace, tape, and glitter.
Q & A

Weerasethakul Talks Hospitals, Aerobics, and a Boy From Mars
Johnny Ray Huston
Apr 9, 2007
One of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Ôs goals as a filmmaker is to simply show what he likes, and what he likes to see.
Q & A

James T. Hong on Heidegger, Hitler, and His New Film
Cheryl Eddy
Dec 18, 2006
San Francisco artist James T. Hong is currently working on a documentary, tentatively titled New History Zero, which explores his interest in revisionist World War II history.
Q & A

"Man Push Cart" Director's New York-by-Way-of-Pakistan Story
Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
Dec 4, 2006
Ramin Bahrani's debut feature follows a solitary, quiet immigrant struggling to make a go of it in New York City.
Q & A

InDplay and The New Art of Film Distribution
Justin Juul
Nov 20, 2006
The Redwood City-based startup InDplay is like an online dating service for the film industry.
Reviews

50 Years of Janus Films
Max Goldberg
Nov 15, 2006
It doesn't seem like a stretch to group Janus with those American institutions which have represented a vision of what art is and can be.
Festivals

Second Look at 3rd I
Jennifer Young
Nov 14, 2006
Three days, nine films, eight shorts, and endless bliss courtesy of last weekend's fourth annual 3rd I South Asian Film Festival.
Festivals

Cinema, New Italian Style
Michael Fox
Nov 9, 2006
The relationship between intellectualism and passion, a distinctly Italian concern, propels the 2006 edition of New Italian Cinema.
Reviews

Pacific Film Archive's "A Theater Near You"
Max Goldberg
Aug 31, 2006
This 2006 series of recent releases and restorations that played theaters for only a day or, at most, a week is exceptionally varied.
Q & A

SFMOMA Curator on Matthew Barney
Thomas Logoreci
Jul 17, 2006
Benjamin Weil took time out from preparations for the upcoming Barney show to answer questions about the artist's "Drawing Restraint" series.
Q & A

Matthew Barney, "Drawing Restraint"
Glen Helfand
Jun 19, 2006
Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Barney talks to SF360 about his film and gallery project.
Q & A

New Executive Director of S.F. Cinematheque on Experimental Film
Michael Fox
May 29, 2006
Newly appointed S.F. Cinematheque executive director Caroline Savage discusses the state of experimental film.
Reviews

Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare" Remains an Unlikely Masterpiece
Max Goldberg
May 18, 2006
Perfumed Nightmare, a Filipino art film in which process is ultimately indivisible from form, is largely forgotten today but created a minor sensation upon its release.
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Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare" Remains an Unlikely Masterpiece
Max Goldberg
May 18, 2006
Perfumed Nightmare, a Filipino art film in which process is ultimately indivisible from form, is largely forgotten today but created a minor sensation upon its release.
Reviews

Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour
Robert Avila
Mar 23, 2006
The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
Q & A

Interview With Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker
Susan Gerhard
Mar 7, 2006

Direct cinema pioneers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker discuss seeing and believing.

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