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Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011
SF360.org represents a nearly six-year experiment in philanthropically funded film journalism, covering films and filmmaking in the Bay Area and beyond. Published by the San Francisco Film Society, the website debuted February 27, 2006 and was created in a unique collaboration between SFFS and Indiewire, with Susan Gerhard as editor. While SF360.org is no longer publishing feature stories, the SF360 Archive remains the most comprehensive collection of articles about the Bay Area film community, with more than 1,000 feature stories and reviews as well as Indie Toolkit's informative columns about the basics of creating a film and delivering it to audiences. Articles by some of the Bay Area’s most notable voices will remain at your fingertips for the foreseeable future.
November 15, 2011

Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011
SF360.org represents a nearly six-year experiment in philanthropically funded film journalism, covering films and filmmaking in the Bay Area and beyond. Published by the San Francisco Film Society, the website debuted February 27, 2006 and was created in a unique collaboration between SFFS and Indiewire, with Susan Gerhard as editor. While SF360.org is no longer publishing feature stories, the SF360 Archive remains the most comprehensive collection of articles about the Bay Area film community, with more than 1,000 feature stories and reviews as well as Indie Toolkit's informative columns about the basics of creating a film and delivering it to audiences. Articles by some of the Bay Area’s most notable voices will remain at your fingertips for the foreseeable future.
First Person

Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011
Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
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Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011
Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
October 20, 2011

Clean White Lines Demos DIY Ethos
Jessica Sapick
Oct 18, 2011
Can three film school grads from San Francisco break out without the help of Hollywood or New York connections?
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Unbound by Genre, Taiwan's Films Travel Unique Paths
Adam Hartzell
Oct 13, 2011
Expectations defied in Taiwan Film Days. It could be argued that Taiwanese cinema, best known through the work of three auteurs, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, is not tied to audience-generating genres. It’s certainly been able to travel more diverse cinematic avenues than some of its neighbors. San Francisco Film Society's Taiwan Film Days running from October 14–16, however, offers evidence for any number of arguments you’d like to make about Asian cinema and Taiwan in particular. On the docket this year are ...
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Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011
Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
October 14, 2011

Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011
Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
Q & A

Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011
Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
Deadlines

Funding: TFI Documentary Fund
Oct 10, 2011
The TFI Documentary Fund provides grants and guidance to exceptional filmmakers developing engaging feature-length documentaries which emphasize character and that allow audiences to consider history, culture and society through the experiences of extraordinary individuals. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be non-fiction motion pictures with an intended length of at least 70 minutes and should creatively document unique character(s); submissions can be in the advanced stages of development, production or post-production and must not have aired on any form. Foreign language documentaries are eligible, but must be subtitled and suitable for an American audience. Applicants must be over 18-years old. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Grants of at least $10,000 will be awarded in 2012. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/tfi_documentary/.
Deadlines

Funding: TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund
Oct 10, 2011
The TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund supports innovative film and video artists who are living or working in Mexico, Central and South America and working independently in their efforts to reach a larger audience. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be animation, documentary and/or hybrid feature-length films with an intended length of at least 70 minutes. Submissions must be in production or post-production and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theaters or via the internet. Projects may be in any language or dialect. Applicants must be over 18 years old. Student films and stand-alone short films are not eligible for submission. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Last year, the Fund administered $10,000 grants to four selected films. In addition to funding, each grantee will receive a U.S. based advisor and guidance from the Tribeca Film Institute. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/latin_fund/.
Events

Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
September 20, 2011

Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
Festivals

SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011
Audience-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, 2011
Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
september 22 2011

SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen
Adam Hartzell
Sep 22, 2011
Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.
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Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011
Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
september 22 2011

Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011
Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
Story Structure

Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011
Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
August 25, 2011

PFA Animates with Bay Area Works
Jonathan Kiefer
Aug 24, 2011
SF State professor Karl Cohen’s animation collection investigates the nature of pictorial movement itself.
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PFA Animates with Bay Area Works
Jonathan Kiefer
Aug 24, 2011
SF State professor Karl Cohen’s animation collection investigates the nature of pictorial movement itself.
Reviews

PFA Animates with Bay Area Works
Jonathan Kiefer
Aug 24, 2011
SF State professor Karl Cohen’s animation collection investigates the nature of pictorial movement itself.
August 25, 2011

Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
November 24, 2010

Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
November 3 2010

Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
Reviews

Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011
Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011
Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
News & Blogs

'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011
Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
August 11, 2011

High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011
Thrill 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, 2011
Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
Reviews

High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011
Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
August 2, 2011

'Crime After Crime'
Aug 8, 2011
San Francisco International Film Festival audience-award winner and Sundance standout 'Crime After Crime' opens Friday at the Roxie. This week in SF360, Judy Stone profiles Yoav Potash, the director of the doc, which covers five years of the life and trials of Deborah Peagler, a woman serving 25-years-to-life for her involvement in the murder of her abuser. Potash will appear with guests for Q&A following some screenings. More info at roxie.com.
August 4, 2011

Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011
Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
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Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011
Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
Q & A

Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011
Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
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Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011
Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
July 21, 2011

Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011
Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
Screenwriting

Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011
Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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Essential SF: 'Holy Ghost People,' 'Samsara'
Michael Fox
Jul 13, 2011
SF filmmakers Peter Adair and Ellen Bruno created classics on religious intensity.
In Depth

Essential SF: 'Holy Ghost People,' 'Samsara'
Michael Fox
Jul 13, 2011
SF filmmakers Peter Adair and Ellen Bruno created classics on religious intensity.
July 14, 2011

Essential SF: 'Holy Ghost People,' 'Samsara'
Michael Fox
Jul 13, 2011
SF filmmakers Peter Adair and Ellen Bruno created classics on religious intensity.
News & Blogs

Red Vic Movie House to Close July 25
Jul 7, 2011
The Red Vic collective announced today that after 31 years of continuous operation as a cooperatively-run, single screen neighborhood theater, the theater will be closing its doors July 25.
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Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011
Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
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Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011
Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
June 30, 2011

Dues and Taxes Paid, Kornbluth Brothers Shoot for Glory
Michael Fox
Jun 29, 2011
Jakob Kornbluth hopes to turn another of brother Josh’s monologues, ‘Love & Taxes,’ into celluloid gold.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
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Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
June 30, 2011

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
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SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011
SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
June 23 2011

SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011
SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
June 23, 2011

SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011
SFFS to offer daily, year-round programming, classes and events in dedicated state-of-the-art theater for the first time in its 54-year history. The San Francisco Film Society and New People today announced significant news for Bay Area filmgoers: the signing of a lease that brings the Film Society’s exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events to one primary theater on a daily, year-round basis, beginning in September. The San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema opens its doors in September in the state-of-the art...
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Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011
Filmmaker 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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Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011
Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
June 23 2011

Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011
Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
June 23, 2011

Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011
Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
June 14, 2011

'Klaus Kinski: Jesus Christ the Savior'
Jun 16, 2011
Herzog "best fiend" Klaus Kinski battles hecklers and personal ghosts in this newly restored print of his 1971 one-man show, one of scant few opportunities for English audiences to bear witness to his truly unhinged, but deeply compelling public persona. Plays at YBCA; more info YBCA.org.
Festivals

Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011
The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.
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Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011
The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.
June 2, 2011

Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011
The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.
June 9, 2011

Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011
The adventure of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival requires you risk seeing the occasional dud to seek out the gems.
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New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
May 19, 2011

New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
May 19, 2011

New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
Story Structure

New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011
Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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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.
May 12, 2011

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.
Q & A

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.
May 12, 2011

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.
Q & A

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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The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011
Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
May 12, 2011

The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011
Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
Q & A

The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011
Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
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Frank Pierson, 'These Amazing Shadows' Offer Inspiration
Michael Fox
May 3, 2011
Screenwriter Frank Pierson talks production at SFIFF54; Bay Area-made 'These Amazing Shadows' screens after the Festival closes.
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Frank Pierson, 'These Amazing Shadows' Offer Inspiration
Michael Fox
May 3, 2011
Screenwriter Frank Pierson talks production at SFIFF54; Bay Area-made 'These Amazing Shadows' screens after the Festival closes.
May 5, 2011

Frank Pierson, 'These Amazing Shadows' Offer Inspiration
Michael Fox
May 3, 2011
Screenwriter Frank Pierson talks production at SFIFF54; Bay Area-made 'These Amazing Shadows' screens after the Festival closes.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Circumstance’
May 1, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner, ‘Circumstance,’ which tells the story of two Iranian women who fall in love, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and May 3. Director Maryam Keshavarz attends each screening of her debut feature. More at fest11.sffs.org.
News & Blogs

New People Entertainment Launches Online Channel
Apr 25, 2011
Press release: New People Entertainment, a film division of New People, Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media, has announced the beta launch of its own exclusive web channel where audiences will be able to stream a variety of the company’s films and content. More at newpeoplechannel.com.
April 28, 2011

SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011
Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
Festivals

SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011
Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
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SFIFF54's 'Beginners' Brings Surprises
Susan Gerhard
Apr 23, 2011
Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor lit up the Castro on San Francisco International's opening night.
april 22 2011

Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
April 14, 2011

Film Globally, Screen Locally
Michael Fox
Apr 13, 2011
Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Film Globally, Screen Locally
Michael Fox
Apr 13, 2011
Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Film Globally, Screen Locally
Michael Fox
Apr 13, 2011
Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
April 14, 2011

Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’
Michael Fox
Apr 11, 2011
Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'
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Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’
Michael Fox
Apr 11, 2011
Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'
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Journalist-Activist Chakarova Exposes ‘Price of Sex’
Michael Fox
Apr 11, 2011
Mimi Chakarova gains a new perspective on journalism as well as international crime in investigating 'The Price of Sex.'
03.31.11

Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
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Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
Q & A

Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
Festivals

Talent Emerges at SXSW 2011
Julia Barbosa
Mar 22, 2011
Issues, philosophies spark SXSW's 2011 films.
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SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
March 10, 2011

SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
News & Blogs

SFIFF54 Announces Documentaries in Golden Gate Awards, Films in New Directors Competition
Mar 4, 2011
Press release: The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21 - May 5) today announced its documentaries in competition for the Golden Gate Awards and films in competition for the New Directors Prize. The International will award close to $100,000 in total prizes this year. Sixty thousand dollars will be awarded to winners in three categories: investigative documentary feature ($25,000), documentary feature ($20,000) and Bay Area documentary feature ($15,000). The New Directors Prize of $15,000 is given to a narrative first feature that exhibits a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible. Seventeen countries contributed to the production of the 11 films in this year's competition. Click through for titles or visit sffs.org.
News & Blogs

LA Times: "Mexican Movie Is 'Censored'"
Mar 3, 2011
Los Angeles Times: "The documentary “Presumed Guilty” (“Presunto Culpable”) has received accolades far and wide, from human rights groups, audiences and Mexican legislators. It is a damning look at the Mexican judicial system that hastens to put a man in prison on the flimsiest of evidence," writes Tracey Wilkinson. More at latimes.com.
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Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
March 3, 2011

Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
Screenwriting

Poetry in Motion: Working in Action
Lisa Rosenberg
Mar 1, 2011
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
News & Blogs

SF Indiefest Announces Audience Award Winners
Feb 23, 2011
Press Release: The Audience Award winners for the 13th San Francisco Independent Film Festival include ‘Kaboom,’ named as Best Narrative Feature, ‘Bathing and the Single Girl’ for Best Narrative Short, ‘Free Radicals’ for Best Documentary, ‘Burning Wigs of Sedition’ for Best Music Video and ‘Mars’ for Best Animated Film. More at sfindie.com.
Feb 3 2011

Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011
Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
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Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011
Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
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Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011
Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
Feb 3 2011

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
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Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
January 31, 2011

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
News & Blogs

Sundance Awards 'Circumstance,' 'Another Happy Day'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 30, 2011
Ten days of audience voting and jury contemplation lead to a barrel of awards for directors, writers.
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Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
January 27, 2011

Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
News & Blogs

Ford Foundation: $50 Million Fund Launched for Next Generation of Documentary Filmmakers
Jan 19, 2011
Press release: "...The new initiative, called JustFilms, will invest $10 million a year over the next five years to support and expand the community of filmmakers and mediamakers around the world focused on creating documentaries with passion and purpose, but who often lack funding to realize their visions or reach audiences." More at fordfoundation.org.
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VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
January 13, 2011

VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
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VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
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How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011
Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
January 6, 2010

How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011
Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
Story Structure

How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011
Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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Rudolf Frieling Looks to Technologies New, Old for SFMOMA's Screens
Michael Fox
Jan 3, 2011
SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
January 6, 2010

Rudolf Frieling Looks to Technologies New, Old for SFMOMA's Screens
Michael Fox
Jan 3, 2011
SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
Q & A

Rudolf Frieling Looks to Technologies New, Old for SFMOMA's Screens
Michael Fox
Jan 3, 2011
SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
December 28, 2010

Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010
The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
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Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010
The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
January 6, 2010

Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010
The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
Reviews

Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010
The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
December 16, 2010

Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010
San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
December 28, 2010

Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010
San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010
San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010
San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
December 16, 2010

'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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Season's Screenings Bring out Best Films of the Year
Dennis Harvey
Nov 24, 2010
The year closes with six weeks of strong foreign and arthouse awards-seekers as well as solid franchise holiday entertainments.
November 24, 2010

Season's Screenings Bring out Best Films of the Year
Dennis Harvey
Nov 24, 2010
The year closes with six weeks of strong foreign and arthouse awards-seekers as well as solid franchise holiday entertainments.
Reviews

Season's Screenings Bring out Best Films of the Year
Dennis Harvey
Nov 24, 2010
The year closes with six weeks of strong foreign and arthouse awards-seekers as well as solid franchise holiday entertainments.
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Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010
Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
In Depth

Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010
Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
November 11, 2010

Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010
Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
November 3 2010

Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010
Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
First Person

Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010
At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010
At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
October 21, 2010

Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010
At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
October 12, 2010

'Eatrip'
Oct 15, 2010
VIZ Cinema celebrates World Food Day with a screening of Yuri Yomura’s ‘Eatrip,’ a Japanese documentary exploring the detailed splendors of food preparation and, of course, consumption. A live broadcast connects Tokyo and San Francisco audiences as they say “Itadakimasu” ("I humbly receive") in unison to kick off the event. Audience members also receive an onigiri rice ball and complementary drink.
Festivals

Mill Valley's 33rd Launches
Sura Wood
Oct 5, 2010
Mill Valley brings an eclectic collection of indies and world cinema to audiences.
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Mill Valley's 33rd Launches
Sura Wood
Oct 5, 2010
Mill Valley brings an eclectic collection of indies and world cinema to audiences.
October 7, 2010

Mill Valley's 33rd Launches
Sura Wood
Oct 5, 2010
Mill Valley brings an eclectic collection of indies and world cinema to audiences.
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Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010
The 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.
Reviews

Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010
The 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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Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'
Michael Fox
Jul 23, 2010
Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.
In Depth

Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'
Michael Fox
Jul 23, 2010
Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.
Festivals

SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
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SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
07-21-2010

Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010
Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
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Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010
Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
Q & A

Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010
Look back in (anything but) anger: Members of the Red Vic Collective wax nostalgic on wild times, amazing meals and surprise visits from the theater's biggest fan, Danny Glover.
Festivals

Storylines of Silverdocs 2010
Sara Dosa
Jul 1, 2010
Storytelling took center stage at the U.S.'s pre-eminent documentary film festival, Silverdocs, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Storylines of Silverdocs 2010
Sara Dosa
Jul 1, 2010
Storytelling took center stage at the U.S.'s pre-eminent documentary film festival, Silverdocs, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Festivals

Frameline34, a Festival Refreshed
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2010
Critical consensus on Frameline34 marks it a good year. The audience wanted something different, and the festival has largely obliged.
Festivals

Frameline34 Focuses on Warhol and Worlds of LGBT Cinema
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2010
Frameline34 takes a fresh look at Andy Warhol's world while offering a view to the world of international LGBT cinema 2010.
Festivals

Ideas that Last at the Disposable Film Festival
Adam Hartzell
May 11, 2010
I sat down for a chat with Festival Director and cofounder Carlton Evans, Art Director Rebecca Bortman, and Jessica Meek, project coordinator for a fest sponsor.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: Divine Madness at 'All About Evil' Premiere
Dennis Harvey
May 4, 2010
Judging from Saturday night s festivities, half the capacity Castro Theatre audience had worked on or otherwise invested in Joshua Grannell a.k.a. Peaches Christ s debut feature.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: James Schamus, Roger Ebert and the Writing Life
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2010
Few would argue that a good movie often starts with a good story. Yet it has been the screenwriter s lot to be underappreciated.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: James Schamus, Roger Ebert and the Writing Life
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2010
Few would argue that a good movie often starts with a good story. Yet it has been the screenwriter s lot to be underappreciated.
Festivals

Local Filmmakers In SFIFF Spotlight
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2010
Leland Orser saw his first movie at the Alexandria, and Joshua Grannell initially established himself as a S.F. character via his alter ego Peaches Christ.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: 'Utopia,' 'Morning'
SF360
Apr 27, 2010
Live & Onstage thought globally and drafted locally with Sam Green and musician Dave Cerf s live Utopia in Four Movements, which never takes the exact same form.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: The Butcher Block; Opening Night
SF360
Apr 24, 2010
To be from the Bay Area and called The Butcher Brothers might mean you get mixed up with purveyors of grass fed meats.
Q & A

'Utopia' in San Francisco
Susan Gerhard
Apr 18, 2010
I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.
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.
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.
Reviews

Epic Expectations in 'The Warlords'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 7, 2010
When 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.
Story Structure

The Empathetic Storyteller
Karen Everett
Apr 6, 2010
Beware of Save the Day My Way Syndrome. Now, learn from your mistakes.
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.
Reviews

Streetfilms' Two-Wheeled Revolution
Adam Hartzell
Mar 31, 2010
Pedestrians have always propelled cinema narratives, but the bicycle has rarely had a starring role.
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.
Festivals

SF International Asian American Film Festival's Archival Tour
Adam Hartzell
Mar 19, 2010
A theme that emerged in this year s SFIAFF was the importance of archives in the film world.
Festivals

28th SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Mar 10, 2010
The Center for Asian American Media, formerly known as NAATA and founded to nurture Asian American filmmakers as well as counter ethnic stereotypes, has accomplished that and more.
Festivals

Cinequest at 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 21, 2010
Wasn't it just yesterday that Cinequest was the scrappy upstart amongst Bay Area festivals? Apparently not: San Jose's annual cinematic blowout is entering its third decade.
Reviews

As Oscars Approach, Winners Still Up in the Air
Dennis Harvey
Feb 16, 2010
Last month's nominations announcement was anticipated with unusual interest, largely because the Academy reverted to ten Best Picture nominees, a practice abandoned in 1943.
Reviews

San Francisco Cinematheque's Spring Action
Max Goldberg
Feb 10, 2010
The 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.
In Production

Wendy Slick's 'Virtuoso' Turn
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2010
Olga Samaroff, the path-breaking 20th-century concert pianist, critic and teacher, was born Lucy Hickenlooper in San Antonio, Texas. That's right, she reinvented herself.
Story Structure

Best Length for Documentary Films
Karen Everett
Feb 9, 2010
How long should your documentary be? If your audience begins to glaze over or feel restless, you've lost the opportunity to leave them wanting more.
Reviews

Can't Stop the Musical: PFA's Classics
Dennis Harvey
Jan 27, 2010
As soon as the silent era hit sound circa 1927, musicals became a leading genre worldwide. How could their appeal possibly die out?
Reviews

The Greatest Finds of My Generation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 26, 2010
The harsh glare of the spotlight that brought Howl mixed reviews from critics on opening night of Sundance had melted into a warm glow by Saturday.
Reviews

It's 'Playtime' with Jacques Tati in New Series
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2010
You could make a case for Tati as the last great silent comedian even if he didn't begin making features until two decades into the sound era.
Q & A

Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity
Judy Stone
Jan 8, 2010
Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.
Q & A

Animal-Rescue Mine In Katrina's Emotional Aftermath
Michael Fox
Jan 7, 2010
Geralyn Pezanoski s doc about the separation and occasional reunion of pets and owners in post-Katrina New Orleans beat the shelf-life odds.
Reviews

Top 10s of the 2000s
Susan Gerhard
Dec 30, 2009
Not surprisingly, Bay Area critics, fans, exhibitors and filmmakers did not arrive at a consensus on the best films of the decade.
Reviews

Top 10s of 2009: Insiders and Fans
Susan Gerhard
Dec 29, 2009
It was a big year for 3D, but Bay Area critics and film-industry folk found many other dimensions in the cinema of 2009.
Reviews

3D Reloaded: Where Does 3D Go From Here?
Sean Uyehara
Dec 27, 2009
The release of Avatar puts a fitting capstone on a frenzied campaign by studios to reintroduce stereoscopic 3-D to audiences in 2009.
Reviews

After Sept. 11, 2001, A Decade Found Its Way
B. Ruby Rich
Dec 23, 2009
On Sept. 13, 2001, I stood in a Toronto park and spoke to Canadian television: Movies wouldn't be the same. I was wrong.
Reviews

Shamir's 'Defamation' a Vintage Documentary Dust-up
Michael Fox
Nov 19, 2009
Reminiscent of Marcel Ophuls' fearless provocations in Hotel Terminus (1988), Yoav Shamir breaks every rule of polite documentary filmmaking in Defamation.
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.
Legal

A Challenge to Filmmakers
George Rush
Nov 3, 2009
George Rush skips legal concerns and instead speaks to a larger issue: the lack of quality independent filmmaking today.
Reviews

Yes Men Take On the World
Dennis Harvey
Oct 30, 2009
The documentary chronicles several large-scale pranks devised in the hopes of fooling corporate/government event attendees and/or the media.
In Production

Don't Criticize it: 'Holding On to Jah'
Michael Fox
Oct 28, 2009
It’s hard to imagine a venue where the new documentary Holding On to Jah will sound better than it did at Mezzanine last Wednesday night.
Festivals

SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2009
A new, four-day showcase of local filmmaking doubles as a forum for the region's influence as subject and setting for filmmakers beyond the bay.
Festivals

Live from Mill Valley: Woody Harrelson and Uma Thurman
Dennis Harvey
Oct 19, 2009
At their respective festival tributes, the actors gave entertaining and revealing onstage interviews.
Q & A

Pamela Jean Smith Brings Home Movies to Big Screen
Max Goldberg
Oct 12, 2009
Though often made for private reasons, home movies are treasure troves of culture ephemera and social history.
Festivals

Mill Valley Film Festival's 32nd
Dennis Harvey
Oct 9, 2009
The program offers a surprisingly potent mainstream industry presence, with tributes to A-list types more frequently seen at the multiplex than at the art house.
First Person

A Fat Line Between Love and Hate
David Munro
Oct 6, 2009
First Person: How can people respond in diametric and, at times, vitriolic opposition to the same film? Mine.
In Production

Simon and Gosling Play Strachwitz's Tunes
Michael Fox
Sep 23, 2009
Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling's documentary-in-progress, tentatively titled No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records, pays tribute to an underappreciated artist.
Q & A

Franny Armstrong's S.O.S. to the World
Sean Uyehara
Sep 19, 2009
Franny Armstrong talks about the moral imperative of her films, the importance of Hopenhagen, and the unexpected magnitude of her success.
Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 19, 2009
The Toronto International Film Festival has always allowed a generosity of pursuits to co-exist, rewarding the adventurous and satiating the lazy, all without judgment.
Funding

Writing a Kick-Ass Funding Proposal
Holly Million
Sep 14, 2009
Fear-Free Fundraising: Notes on assembling the basic ingredients for a great foundation funding proposal.
First Person

E-news You Can Use
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2009
The rapid adoption of e-newsletters by documentary filmmakers is the latest example of resourcefulness and efficiency among contemporary independents.
Screenwriting

Understanding Backstory
Lisa Rosenberg
Aug 25, 2009
Behind any narrative for the screen is the story that came before it—the life that shaped the central character, who arrives fully formed as your story opens
Q & A

Bob Goldthwait, Fate and 'World's Greatest Dad'
Dennis Harvey
Aug 23, 2009
Bay Area favorite Bob Goldthwait, whose pop culture moment seemed to expire in the mid '80s, returns with comedic vengeance via World's Greatest Dad.
Legal

Fine points on Festivals
George Rush
Aug 17, 2009
Avoiding Disaster: Festivals are a good way to have your film discovered by distributors, to build buzz and to build an audience—if you're well prepared.
Reviews

'Thirst' and the Vampire Genre Still Bleeding
Dennis Harvey
Aug 7, 2009
Vampires are still the It Ghoul of our cultural moment and South Korean film Thirst is as precisely crafted as it is gleefully over-the-top in content both carnal and carnivorous.
Q & A

Britta Sjogren and "Women's Film"
Max Goldberg
Jul 16, 2009
Sjogren threads her vexations with feminist film theory into a study of sound and voice in "women's film" touchstones like Letter from an Unknown Woman.
Q & A

Anita Monga and the SF Silent Film Festival
Sura Wood
Jul 11, 2009
During her tenure at the venerable Castro Theatre, film programmer Anita Monga made her mark shepherding the venue to international prominence.
Festivals

Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009
A festival full of drama finds no more emotional screening than the homophobia-in-sports double bill of Training Rules and Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial.
Festivals

Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009
A festival full of drama finds no more emotional screening than the homophobia-in-sports double bill of Training Rules and Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial.
In Production

Tejada-Flores on "Road" for a Change
Michael Fox
Jun 23, 2009
When Rick Tejada-Flores decided to explore his family's checkered Bolivian past, he accepted that he had to be a character.
Q & A

Weimberg/Ryan on Conflict and Conscience
Sura Wood
Jun 7, 2009
Berkeley-based filmmaking team Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan speak about social justice as a career and their film Soldiers of Conscience.
In Production

Dinner and a Movie Discussion: Igor Sinyak
Michael Fox
May 24, 2009
Michael Fox interviews Igor Sinyak, founder of Subtitles & Subtleties, about his dinner and a movie discussion forum.
In Production

Dinner and a Movie Discussion: Igor Sinyak
Michael Fox
May 24, 2009
Michael Fox interviews Igor Sinyak, founder of Subtitles & Subtleties, about his dinner and a movie discussion forum.
Screenwriting

The Hero, Deconstructed
Lisa Rosenberg
May 18, 2009
Beyond Words: Linda Rosenberg explores the transformation of the contemporary film hero in Doubt and In Bruges.
Festivals

SFIFF52: Planet Armstrong
Lynn Rapoport
May 6, 2009
Franny Armstrong's The Age of Stupid is a documentary encased like a time capsule inside a fictive but science-based, frighteningly possible future
Festivals

Local Makers Line Up Next Shot after SFIFF
Michael Fox
May 4, 2009
The 2009 SFIFF has been a launching pad for the numerous Bay Area filmmaker
Reviews

Film Society Awards: Ballard, Coppola, Redford and Toback
Susan Gerhard
May 1, 2009
The San Francisco Film Society honored Francis Ford Coppola, Carroll Ballard, Robert Redford and James Toback. Coppola surprised the audience by turning over the Founder's Directing Award he received to longtime colleague Carroll Ballard.
Reviews

Bahrani Earns Ebert's Praise for "Goodbye Solo"
Dennis Harvey
Apr 17, 2009
Ramin Bahrani's Goodbye Solo prompted Roger Ebert to pronounce him "the new great American directorâ" a couple weeks ago. The film is definitely the writer-helmer's most accessible work to date, one that might very well provide him with an arthouse breakthrough.
Reviews

"Fans, Friends & Followers"—an excerpt
Scott Kirsner
Apr 8, 2009
Fans, Friends & Followers, focuses on strategies artists can use to support their careers in the digital age.
Screenwriting

Character, Stripped to the Bone
Lisa Rosenberg
Apr 7, 2009
Chop Shop, and Frozen River, present challenges in the building of character: attention to details of behavior and shifts in the character's world signal a hero's journey both profound and deeply internal.
Q & A

Michael Jacobs 'Audience of One' at the Roxie
Susan Gerhard
Mar 30, 2009
Michael Jacobs talks about his documentary, which follows Pentecostal Pastor Richard Gazowsky engaged in the creation of an ambitious, multi-million dollar sci-fi-feature on God.
Festivals

Connecting Here and There at the 27th SFIAAFF
Matt Sussman
Mar 20, 2009
This year, the festival feels like it has truly arrived as an internationally recognized platform for cross-Pacific cinematic exchange, in this disparate cross-section of films from home, abroad and places in between.
Festivals

Politics Get Personal in 'Project Kashmir'
Jonathan Kiefer
Mar 19, 2009
Co-directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel, two American friends with family ties to opposite sides of the conflict, went to Kashmir together to see what they could learn–and what the rest of us could.
First Person

Ten Commandments Before Diving into Digital Delivery
Larry Daressa
Feb 24, 2009
First-Person: Larry Daressa provides helpful hints on distribution strategy.
Q & A

SF Cinematheque: New Year, New Direction
Susan Gerhard
Feb 2, 2009
SF360.org joined in on a conversation about Cinematheque's past and present when Steven Jenkins lunched with Jonathan Marlow at Caffe Centro.
First Person

Funder as Supplicant
John R. Killacky
Jan 20, 2009
First-Person: A program officer at the San Francisco Foundation has a sobering experience making a documentary.
Q & A

Wendy Levy on the Politics of Participation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 12, 2009
Levy offers thoughts on the program she's presenting at Sundance and what's being called the "New Documentary Movement."
Reviews

'Che: The Roadshow' reclaims a legend
Michael Fox
Jan 8, 2009
Steven Soderbergh's fascinating portrait of legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is willfully disinterested in the conventions of mainstream movies.
Reviews

Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2009
Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."
Reviews

Bursting with 'Button'
Dennis Harvey
Dec 23, 2008
Dennis Harvey reviews The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Documentary

Audience of One?
Fernanda Rossi
Dec 12, 2008
Ask the Documentary Doctor: Fernanda Rossi discusses pros and cons of having to sit through a screening of one's own film.
In Production

A Documentary on Death and Survival in Paradise
Michael Fox
Oct 28, 2008
A husband and wife filmmaking pair are in the midst of a documentary on mysterious disappearances in the Galapagos.
Festivals

Carnival of Nonfiction Filmmaking
Dennis Harvey
Oct 16, 2008
The extreme, the strange, the silly and surreal all have big seats at the SF DocFest table.
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.
Documentary

Trailer Talk
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 8, 2008
The Doc Doctor prescribes cures for common pitfalls of demo reels.
Festivals

Dead Channels 2008 Comes Alive
Dennis Harvey
Oct 3, 2008
Those inclined toward healthy doses of sleaze, gore, and retro-shlock can rejoice that it's time for the second annual edition of Dead Channels.
Q & A

Ariella Ben-Dov's Madcat Archives
Matt Sussman
Sep 14, 2008
What do women want to watch? With Diane English’s recent unfunny and product placement-filled re-make of The Women hitting theaters last week, Hollywood’s answer, predictably, is more of the same.
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

'The Dark Cinema of David Goodis' at the PFA
Dennis Harvey
Aug 7, 2008
The Pacific Film Archive screens a survey of Goodis-related works from both the big and small screen, spanning nearly five decades.
In Production

Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008
SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
Reviews

Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008
SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
Reviews

Jacques Nolot and 'Before I Forget'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 31, 2008
Dyspeptic rather than tragic, Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget may be the best gay feel-bad movie ever.
News & Blogs

A Week at Flaherty
Chi-hui Yang
Jul 18, 2008
On curating the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, a social Petri dish that annually brings together a different programmer, a captive and engaged audience, and filmmakers.
Reviews

'CSNY: Deja Vu'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 16, 2008
Those attracted to the new film CSNY: Deja Vu simply expecting an opportunity to recall the old days might be in for a surprise.
Q & A

Catherine Breillat's 'The Last Mistress'
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2008
French author and director Catherine Breillat speaks about the fierce passion play of her latest, The Last Mistress.
Reviews

Niles Essanay's Voguing Eunuchs, Raving Madmen
Mary B. Scott
Jul 1, 2008
Having just spent three invigorating days in Niles watching crowds cheering to films from the years between 1903 and 1917, I can report that silent films are alive and well.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline32
Dennis Harvey
Jun 24, 2008
Critic Dennis Harvey reviews select films screened at the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Reviews

Critic's Notebook: Hole Head, Week One
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2008
Dennis Harvey covers the first week of low-budget geeks, weirdos and gore on display at the Another Hole in the Head Festival.
Q & A

The Doctor and the Documentarian Behind "The English Surgeon"
Jennifer Preissel
May 19, 2008
When The English Surgeon had its U.S. premiere at the SFIFF this month, Geoffrey Smith and Henry Marsh received a standing ovation.
Festivals

"Standard Operating Procedure" and the Stories We Tell
Staff
May 9, 2008
Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We've internalized the American narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
Festivals

In Other Words: States of Cinema, Music and Mind
Eve O'Neill
May 8, 2008
"There are no movies without music," Kevin Kelly asserted last Saturday in his State of Cinema address.
Festivals

SF International's Golden Gate Awards: Alive and Cooking
Susan Gerhard
May 8, 2008
Food scents and film sensibilities mingled in a pungent party atmosphere at the California Culinary Academy.
Festivals

In Other Words: Standard Operating Procedure
Staff
Apr 30, 2008
Joan Didion famously said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." We have internalized the narrative of Abu Ghraib and accepted its implications.
Q & A

SFIFF51: California Newsreel at 40
Erika Young
Apr 21, 2008
Founded in 1968, San Francisco-based Newsreel is the oldest nonprofit, social-issue documentary film center in the U.S.
Q & A

SFIFF51: Craig Baldwin Shoots the Moon, and the Desert
Michael Fox
Apr 18, 2008
The Mission filmmaker has slaved in the underground for some three decades, a guide and shaman for other artists working on the fringes.
Q & A

Thomas Beard exposes "Live Cinema"
Michael Fox
Apr 7, 2008
Bodies of work have emerged from the intersections of performance, film and electronic art. Cinematograph 7ÑLive Cinema: A Contemporary Reader, edited by Thomas Beard's provides thoughtful writing on the subject.
Festivals

Ten SFIAAFF Picks From Judy Stone
Susan Gerhard
Mar 13, 2008
Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Judy Stone offers her top ten picks from the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Festivals

Cinequest's surprises
Dennis Harvey
Mar 7, 2008
A "discovery" festival from Day OneÑmeaning they premiere a lot of films, including many other fests might pass overÑSan Jose's Cinequest actually adopted "Discover" as motto for its 16th year.
Reviews

"Warts & All: The Films of Danny Plotnick"
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2008
Warts & All: The Films of Danny Plotnick: 10 short comic narratives are exemplars of an unpolished, unpretentious school of moviemaking that aims at every moment to be audience-friendly.
Q & A

"Girls Rock" with Arne Johnson & Shane King
Susan Gerhard
Mar 2, 2008
Girls Rock watches a few select 8-18 -year-olds overcome the obstacles to claim their rightful place on Earth and wail away.
Q & A

Emiko Omori and Wendy Slick's "Passion & Power"
Susan Gerhard
Feb 18, 2008
“Passion & Power, the Technology of Orgasm” gives Rachel Maines’ entertaining academic book on the subject a new life onscreen.
Q & A

Carl D. Brown and Erin Beach of "2nd Verse"
Michael Fox
Feb 11, 2008
The unassuming young director and producer spent five years on their optimistic yet unsentimental doc spotlighting four teenagers from the S.F.-based Youth Speaks project.
News & Blogs

SF-Based Distributor Viz Pictures
Erika Young
Jan 9, 2008
The 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.
Reviews

SFMOMA's Emile de Antonio Series
B. Ruby Rich
Jan 3, 2008
As 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.
Q & A

Q&A with "Holly" Filmmakers
Jennifer Young
Dec 5, 2007
"I suddenly found myself surrounded by a group of 15 little [Cambodian] girls aggressively soliciting me for prostitution," Guy Jacobson told a MVFF audience.
Reviews

"Holly," an Unseasonably Sobering Drama
Dennis Harvey
Nov 28, 2007
U.S.-Cambodian co-production Holly might easily have gone straight to DVD, which would be a pity because it's well worth rushing to the theatre for.
Q & A

Robert Lepage, "Progress" Report
Jonathan Marlow
Nov 26, 2007
SF360.org sits down with a criminally little-known director of stage and screen who is arguably the most imaginative, talented multi-hyphenate of his generation.
Reviews

The Many Faces of Dylan
Dennis Harvey
Nov 21, 2007
Todd Haynes' I'm Not There both replicates and examines the hazy landscape of fact, fiction, art and myth comprising Dylanology.
Reviews

Phil Chambliss, Arkansas Auteur
Dennis Harvey
Nov 15, 2007
Meet Phil Chambliss, a 54-year-old, recently retired gravel pit nightwatchman who makes what might be termed cinematic folk art.
Reviews

"Redacted"
Dennis Harvey
Nov 13, 2007
Sometimes even presumably good intentions can warp into artistic misdeeds most foul.
Q & A

Herzog, Docs, and Truth at AFI Fest
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Nov 12, 2007
Herzog's remarks challenged the audience to reconsider its views on non-fiction film at AFI Fest.
Q & A

Connie Field, from Berkeley to Johannesburg
Robert Avila
Nov 5, 2007
The filmmaker talks about her recent projects, including Salud!, which looks at Cuba's world-class health system.
Q & A

Aaron Woolf Seeding Doubt in "King Corn"
Jonathan Marlow
Oct 29, 2007
Woolf shares insights drawn from his disparate experiences as a filmmaker in Peru, a fisherman in Alaska, and a restauranteur in New York.
Festivals

Mill Valley Film Festival 30
Dennis Harvey
Oct 15, 2007
Mill Valley retains its genuinely alterna-vibe and local (rather than professional outta-towner) audience after 30 years.
Q & A

Anywhere Road's Robert Ogden Barnum
Susan Gerhard
Oct 1, 2007
SF360.org spoke with Robert Ogden Barnum on guiding four future pop stars onto the big screen in Antonia and his new distribution company.
Q & A

Peaches Christ Superstar
Claire Faggioli
Aug 22, 2007
A conversation with Joshua Grannel, a.k.a. Peaches Christ, founder and host of camp/cult-fest extravaganza Midnight Mass.
Q & A

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.
Reviews

Saul Bass, "Phase IV"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 25, 2007
Few people not employed as directors, producers, cinematographers, costume or production designers have had as much impact on the "look" of movies.
Festivals

In the ring with Jewish boxers at SFJFF
Nancy Fishman
Jul 19, 2007
The List: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is showing five great films that showcase the moxie and smart fighting style of Jewish boxers, both old and new.
Festivals

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2007
Savvy moviegoers outside the target demographic have learned to scout the niche fests' programs for films that premiered to raves at Berlin or Cannes.
Q & A

"Sunshine" on my shoulders
Claire Faggioli
Jul 18, 2007
Sunshine tells the story of the eight astronauts aboard the ominously named "Icarus II," a vessel bound to kick-start the sun, Earth's last hope for survival.
Festivals

International Stories Find Audiences at L.A. Film Fest
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Jul 3, 2007
"People in this town are coming to realize that Los Angeles needs a world-class film festival," proclaimed Rich Raddon, who's led LAFF since 1999.
Reviews

"SiCKO"-time
Susan Gerhard
Jun 28, 2007
Sicko's story of the mismanagement of U.S. healthcare takes Michael Moore from the U.S. to Canada to Europe, and most notably, to Cuba.
Q & A

Richard Wong and H.P. Mendoza, reanimating "Colma: The Musical"
Matt Sussman
Jun 20, 2007
Roadside Pictures signed Colma: The Musical for national release. A sort of anti-"High School Musical," "Colma" follows three friends in their new post-high school freedom.
Festivals

Lumpkin and Morris on Frameline's Big Picture
Susan Gerhard
Jun 11, 2007
Frameline directors Michael Lumpkin and Jennifer Morris speak about the programming, controversy and the landscape of LGBT films.
Festivals

San Francisco Black Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jun 7, 2007
Nine years' vintage makes the SFBFF a newcomer by Bay Area standards. In terms of programmatic diversity and premieres, it's got old-soul depth.
Reviews

Reviews: "La Vie en Rose;" "Crazy Love"
Steve Ramos
Jun 5, 2007
Despite the best efforts of method actors, methodical directors, and talented costume designers, biopics can usually be relied upon to disappoint.
Q & A

"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.
Reviews

"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.
Festivals

Liane Yasumoto and Superfest International Disability Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
May 27, 2007
A week before the 27th festival, SF360.org spoke with the executive director on what Superfest gets about disability that the rest of the filmmaking world doesn't.
Reviews

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.
Reviews

"Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait"
Susan Gerhard
May 17, 2007
Not even widely released yet in the States, Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon's "ZidaneÉ" has already been considered a portrait of the century.
Reviews

A "Flanders" Reader
Michael Guillen
May 6, 2007
As Bruno Dumont's Flanders navigates festival waters, it's been leaving behind a noticeable wake.
Festivals

Spike Lee
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2007
When then-unknown Spike Lee premiered She's Gotta Have It at the SF International in 1986, there was an instance of filmus interruptus.
Reviews

Dead Channels : The San Francisco Festival of Fantastic Film
Dennis Harvey
Apr 19, 2007
Taste a bit of the vintage grindhouse experience at the last of Dead Channels' Month of Sleazy Sundays triple bill of under-the-radar movies.
Festivals

S.F. International Asian American Announces '07 Program
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2007
This year's 125 films follow the fest's growth from 13 films in 1982 in the wake of Wayne Wang's Chan is Missing.
Reviews

Lynn Hershman Leeson and "Strange Culture"
Susan Gerhard
Jan 22, 2007
Inteview with the artist and filmmaker on her work and her latest movie, presented at Sundance.
Reviews

"Samoan Wedding"; "Romantico"
Robert Avila
Jan 16, 2007
A delightfully funny movie on boy-men redeeming themselves from New Zealand, and Mark Becker's absorbing documentary on a musician in the Mission.
Reviews

The Breno Mello of "Black Orpheus"
Susan Gerhard
Jan 3, 2007
The 1959 reworking of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is a bossa nova adventure through Brazilian Carnival, with actor Breno Mello as the black Orpheus.
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.
Festivals

A Cinequest 35
Susan Gerhard
Nov 17, 2006
Cinequest announces a plan to distribute indie films via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales.
Q & A

Opening "Red Doors" in Asian American Family
Susan Gerhard
Sep 19, 2006
Filmmaker Georgia Lee discusses her narrative feature with family member Frances Chang.
News & Blogs

Indie Distributors Strategize for Fall 2006 Releases
Steven Rosen
Sep 8, 2006
Distributors of independent films reveal their strategies and assessment of the market heading into the all-important fall season.
Q & A

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 2006
Susan Gerhard
Sep 1, 2006
The List:10 local filmmakers describe what they love about shooting on the streets of San Francisco.
News & Blogs

Current TV and the Audience as Auteur
Justin Juul
Aug 29, 2006
Al Gore's fledgling S.F.--based cable and satellite channel, Current TV, generates cutting-edge content democratically, with a third of the programming created by viewers.
Q & A

Naut Humon, Recombinant Media Labs Explore Limits of Sight, Sound
Johnny Ray Huston
Aug 22, 2006
Through Asphodel Records and RML, Humon pursues his fascination with sound's spatial properties.
Q & A

Ryan Fleck: Wrestling with 'Half Nelson'
indieWIRE
Aug 21, 2006
Ryan Fleck talks about his new film Half Nelson, his filmmaking career, and his creative inspirations and tastes.
Q & A

Adrian Belic and Just Think Youth Media Educators
Susan Gerhard
Jul 26, 2006
Belic helped a group of youths learn about documentary filmmaking in a program designed to offer media skills to under-served Bay Area high schoolers.
Q & A

Preteens on Surprise Endings
Susan Gerhard
Jul 21, 2006
A California Film Institute-procured class of 13somethings needed no help deciding their top ten list of surprise movie endings.
Q & A

Car Talk with Chris Paine
Susan Gerhard
Jul 11, 2006
SF360 talked to the director of Who Killed the Electric Car?, which opened last week, after his recent stop through the City.
Q & A

Tracy Flannigan Watches Tribe 8 "Rise Above"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 10, 2006
SF360 spoke to the director of Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary, showing at the Red Vic Movie House and an imminent DVD release.
Q & A

Best of Balboa
Susan Gerhard
Jul 7, 2006
We checked in with Gary Meyer to find out what films have rocked the 1926 foundations of the Balboa in the past six years.
Reviews

We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"
Staff
Jun 27, 2006
Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.
Q & A

Mat Whitecross and the Rough "Road to Guantanamo"
Susan Gerhard
Jun 26, 2006
Mat Whitecross talks about his documentary The Road to Guantanamo, which takes a look at the inhumanity of U.S. "detainment" camps in Cuba.
Festivals

Tilda Swinton: The 2006 SFIFF "State of Cinema" Address
Marshall Plan
May 4, 2006
An address delivered by Tilda Swinton to an audience at the Kabuki Theatre on April 29, 2006, during the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Festivals

Addictive TV's VJ-style "Eye of the Pilot" at the Kabuki
Michael Fox
May 3, 2006
An intimate group caught Addictive TV's VJ-style show of ÔEye of the Pilot' at the Kabuki, and stayed late for an enthusiastic Q&A.
Q & A

Andy Lau, The Magic Man
Jennifer Young
Apr 26, 2006
The Kabuki turned into a mosh pit at the Sunday screening of All About Love as Andy Lau's fans rushed the stage to greet him.
Reviews

"Reel SF" Finds a Tough, Moody Kinda Town
Dennis Harvey
Apr 13, 2006
Until 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!"
Festivals

Future Stars of SFIAAFF
Jennifer Young
Mar 17, 2006

The List: Taro Goto posits who will go on to superstardom from the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.