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Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011SF360.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.
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November 15, 2011
Welcome to SF360
Nov 15, 2011SF360.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.
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Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
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October 14, 2011
Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
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Q & A
Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall
Susan Gerhard
Oct 10, 2011Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.
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Deadlines
Funding: TFI Documentary Fund
Oct 10, 2011The 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/.
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Events
Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011After 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.
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September 20, 2011
Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011After 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.
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August 25, 2011
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn 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, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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In Depth
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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November 24, 2010
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Aug 23, 2011Lynn 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, 2011Lynn 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, 2011Filmmakers 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...
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'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011Filmmakers 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...
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August 11, 2011
High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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Reviews
High Energy 'Point Blank' Is a Rush
Dennis Harvey
Aug 9, 2011Thrill ride 'Point Blank' loses nothing in translation—it's a prime example of cinematic globalization.
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August 4, 2011
Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011Deborah 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, 2011Deborah 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, 2011Deborah 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, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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July 21, 2011
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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Screenwriting
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS 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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June 23 2011
SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS 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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June 23, 2011
SF Film Society Signs Lease on New Theatrical Home
Jun 23, 2011SFFS 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, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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June 23 2011
Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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June 23, 2011
Voluntary Organ Donor Inspires Krawitz
Michael Fox
Jun 22, 2011Filmmaker Jan Krawitz explores the nature of altruism in a story about a woman seeking to donate an organ to a perfect stranger.
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June 14, 2011
'Klaus Kinski: Jesus Christ the Savior'
Jun 16, 2011Herzog "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.
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Festivals
Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011The 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, 2011The 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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June 2, 2011
Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011The 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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June 9, 2011
Another Hole in the Head Scares Up New Round
Dennis Harvey
Jun 2, 2011The 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, 2011Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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May 19, 2011
New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre
Karen Everett
May 17, 2011Nonfiction 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, 2011Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.
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The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
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May 12, 2011
The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
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Q & A
The Unsinkable Joel Hodgson Floats New Show
Damon O'Donnell
May 6, 2011Mystery Science Theater returns to the Castro in the form of ‘Cinematic Titanic.’ Fans rejoice.
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News & Blogs
New People Entertainment Launches Online Channel
Apr 25, 2011Press 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.
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03.31.11
Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011Todd 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, 2011Todd 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, 2011Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
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SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011At 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...
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March 10, 2011
SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011At 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...
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News & Blogs
LA Times: "Mexican Movie Is 'Censored'"
Mar 3, 2011Los 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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Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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January 27, 2011
Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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Q & A
Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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News & Blogs
Ford Foundation: $50 Million Fund Launched for Next Generation of Documentary Filmmakers
Jan 19, 2011Press 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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How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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January 6, 2010
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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Story Structure
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-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, 2011SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
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January 6, 2010
Rudolf Frieling Looks to Technologies New, Old for SFMOMA's Screens
Michael Fox
Jan 3, 2011SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
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Q & A
Rudolf Frieling Looks to Technologies New, Old for SFMOMA's Screens
Michael Fox
Jan 3, 2011SFMOMA's Rudolf Frieling talks about media arts, chance encounters and low/high-tech transformations.
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010The 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, 2010The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
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January 6, 2010
Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
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Reviews
Film 2010: Moments, Trends, Docs and the Best of the Bay Area
Susan Gerhard
Dec 24, 2010The Bay Area film community sounds off on the best/worst trends, times, docs and Bay Area-made films of 2010.
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December 16, 2010
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San 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, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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News & Blogs
Film 2010: 'Social Network' Tops S.F. Film Critics Circle Awards
Susan Gerhard
Dec 14, 2010San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners for 2010 included 'Social Network,' 'Black Swan,' 'The Tillman Story' and Elliot Lavine.
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December 16, 2010
'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010The 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, 2010The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker may have disappeared for good, but a film about its possible rebirth persists against all odds.
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Q & A
'Ghost Bird' Returns to Roost
Susan Gerhard
Dec 13, 2010The 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, 2010The year closes with six weeks of strong foreign and arthouse awards-seekers as well as solid franchise holiday entertainments.
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November 24, 2010
Season's Screenings Bring out Best Films of the Year
Dennis Harvey
Nov 24, 2010The year closes with six weeks of strong foreign and arthouse awards-seekers as well as solid franchise holiday entertainments.
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Reviews
Season's Screenings Bring out Best Films of the Year
Dennis Harvey
Nov 24, 2010The 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, 2010Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
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In Depth
Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
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November 11, 2010
Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Les Blank
Michael Fox
Nov 6, 2010Eat, dance, love: Les Blank brings nonfiction back to life in a long and storied career.
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October 12, 2010
'Eatrip'
Oct 15, 2010VIZ 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.
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Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.
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Reviews
Crime on the Mind
Sura Wood
Jul 29, 2010The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.
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Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'
Michael Fox
Jul 23, 2010Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.
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In Depth
Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'
Michael Fox
Jul 23, 2010Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.
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07-21-2010
Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010Look 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, 2010Look 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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Q & A
Reeling in the Years with the Red Vic
Michael Fox
Jul 19, 2010Look 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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Festivals
Frameline34 Focuses on Warhol and Worlds of LGBT Cinema
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2010Frameline34 takes a fresh look at Andy Warhol's world while offering a view to the world of international LGBT cinema 2010.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: James Schamus, Roger Ebert and the Writing Life
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2010Few would argue that a good movie often starts with a good story. Yet it has been the screenwriter s lot to be underappreciated.
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Festivals
Local Filmmakers In SFIFF Spotlight
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2010Leland 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.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: 'Utopia,' 'Morning'
SF360
Apr 27, 2010Live & 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.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: The Butcher Block; Opening Night
SF360
Apr 24, 2010To be from the Bay Area and called The Butcher Brothers might mean you get mixed up with purveyors of grass fed meats.
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Q & A
'Utopia' in San Francisco
Susan Gerhard
Apr 18, 2010I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: Ephemeral Film and Music, Live & Onstage
Marc Capelle
Apr 14, 2010If 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.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: Ephemeral Film and Music, Live & Onstage
Marc Capelle
Apr 14, 2010If 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.
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Reviews
Epic Expectations in 'The Warlords'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 7, 2010When television first became a dire threat, Hollywood fought the small screen by making the big one really big with vast spectacles worth leaving home for.
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Q & A
Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International
Michael Fox
Apr 5, 2010With 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.
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Reviews
Streetfilms' Two-Wheeled Revolution
Adam Hartzell
Mar 31, 2010Pedestrians have always propelled cinema narratives, but the bicycle has rarely had a starring role.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival's 53rd Edition
Susan Gerhard
Mar 30, 2010Director of Programming Rachel Rosen and programmers Rod Armstrong, Audrey Chang and Sean Uyehara shared thoughts on 177 films from 46 countries.
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Festivals
SF International Asian American Film Festival's Archival Tour
Adam Hartzell
Mar 19, 2010A theme that emerged in this year s SFIAFF was the importance of archives in the film world.
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Festivals
28th SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Mar 10, 2010The 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.
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Festivals
Cinequest at 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 21, 2010Wasn'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.
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Reviews
As Oscars Approach, Winners Still Up in the Air
Dennis Harvey
Feb 16, 2010Last month's nominations announcement was anticipated with unusual interest, largely because the Academy reverted to ten Best Picture nominees, a practice abandoned in 1943.
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Reviews
San Francisco Cinematheque's Spring Action
Max Goldberg
Feb 10, 2010The spring edition of the Cinematheque calendar is making the rounds, and my copy is dog-eared with wishful thinking. Grab your datebook for a rundown.
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In Production
Wendy Slick's 'Virtuoso' Turn
Michael Fox
Feb 9, 2010Olga 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.
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Reviews
Can't Stop the Musical: PFA's Classics
Dennis Harvey
Jan 27, 2010As soon as the silent era hit sound circa 1927, musicals became a leading genre worldwide. How could their appeal possibly die out?
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Reviews
It's 'Playtime' with Jacques Tati in New Series
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2010You 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.
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Q & A
Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity
Judy Stone
Jan 8, 2010Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.
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Reviews
Top 10s of the 2000s
Susan Gerhard
Dec 30, 2009Not surprisingly, Bay Area critics, fans, exhibitors and filmmakers did not arrive at a consensus on the best films of the decade.
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Reviews
Top 10s of 2009: Insiders and Fans
Susan Gerhard
Dec 29, 2009It was a big year for 3D, but Bay Area critics and film-industry folk found many other dimensions in the cinema of 2009.
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Reviews
3D Reloaded: Where Does 3D Go From Here?
Sean Uyehara
Dec 27, 2009The release of Avatar puts a fitting capstone on a frenzied campaign by studios to reintroduce stereoscopic 3-D to audiences in 2009.
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Reviews
After Sept. 11, 2001, A Decade Found Its Way
B. Ruby Rich
Dec 23, 2009On Sept. 13, 2001, I stood in a Toronto park and spoke to Canadian television: Movies wouldn't be the same. I was wrong.
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Festivals
New Italian Cinema's Fact, Fiction, Fascination
Dennis Harvey
Nov 12, 2009The 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.
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Festivals
SFFS's Debut Cinema by the Bay
Robert Avila
Oct 22, 2009A 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.
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Festivals
Live from Mill Valley: Woody Harrelson and Uma Thurman
Dennis Harvey
Oct 19, 2009At their respective festival tributes, the actors gave entertaining and revealing onstage interviews.
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Q & A
Pamela Jean Smith Brings Home Movies to Big Screen
Max Goldberg
Oct 12, 2009Though often made for private reasons, home movies are treasure troves of culture ephemera and social history.
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First Person
A Fat Line Between Love and Hate
David Munro
Oct 6, 2009First Person: How can people respond in diametric and, at times, vitriolic opposition to the same film? Mine.
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In Production
Simon and Gosling Play Strachwitz's Tunes
Michael Fox
Sep 23, 2009Chris 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.
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Q & A
Franny Armstrong's S.O.S. to the World
Sean Uyehara
Sep 19, 2009Franny Armstrong talks about the moral imperative of her films, the importance of Hopenhagen, and the unexpected magnitude of her success.
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Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2009
B. Ruby Rich
Sep 19, 2009The Toronto International Film Festival has always allowed a generosity of pursuits to co-exist, rewarding the adventurous and satiating the lazy, all without judgment.
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Q & A
Bob Goldthwait, Fate and 'World's Greatest Dad'
Dennis Harvey
Aug 23, 2009Bay Area favorite Bob Goldthwait, whose pop culture moment seemed to expire in the mid '80s, returns with comedic vengeance via World's Greatest Dad.
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Reviews
'Thirst' and the Vampire Genre Still Bleeding
Dennis Harvey
Aug 7, 2009Vampires 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.
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Q & A
Britta Sjogren and "Women's Film"
Max Goldberg
Jul 16, 2009Sjogren 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.
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Q & A
Anita Monga and the SF Silent Film Festival
Sura Wood
Jul 11, 2009During her tenure at the venerable Castro Theatre, film programmer Anita Monga made her mark shepherding the venue to international prominence.
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Festivals
Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009A 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.
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In Production
Tejada-Flores on "Road" for a Change
Michael Fox
Jun 23, 2009When Rick Tejada-Flores decided to explore his family's checkered Bolivian past, he accepted that he had to be a character.
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In Production
Dinner and a Movie Discussion: Igor Sinyak
Michael Fox
May 24, 2009Michael Fox interviews Igor Sinyak, founder of Subtitles & Subtleties, about his dinner and a movie discussion forum.
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Reviews
Bahrani Earns Ebert's Praise for "Goodbye Solo"
Dennis Harvey
Apr 17, 2009Ramin 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.
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Q & A
SF Cinematheque: New Year, New Direction
Susan Gerhard
Feb 2, 2009SF360.org joined in on a conversation about Cinematheque's past and present when Steven Jenkins lunched with Jonathan Marlow at Caffe Centro.
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Reviews
Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War
Dennis Harvey
Jan 6, 2009Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."
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In Production
A Documentary on Death and Survival in Paradise
Michael Fox
Oct 28, 2008A husband and wife filmmaking pair are in the midst of a documentary on mysterious disappearances in the Galapagos.
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In Production
Making 'Howl' and 'Babnik'
Michael Fox
Oct 14, 2008Epstein and Friedman bring a poem to the screen, while a South Bay director goes Russian.
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Festivals
Dead Channels 2008 Comes Alive
Dennis Harvey
Oct 3, 2008Those inclined toward healthy doses of sleaze, gore, and retro-shlock can rejoice that it's time for the second annual edition of Dead Channels.
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Reviews
'The Dark Cinema of David Goodis' at the PFA
Dennis Harvey
Aug 7, 2008The Pacific Film Archive screens a survey of Goodis-related works from both the big and small screen, spanning nearly five decades.
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In Production
Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
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Reviews
Saluting the Ultimate Whistleblower
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008SF360.org looks at the making of a documentary about the controversial leak of the Pentagon papers.
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Reviews
Jacques Nolot and 'Before I Forget'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 31, 2008Dyspeptic rather than tragic, Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget may be the best gay feel-bad movie ever.
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Reviews
'CSNY: Deja Vu'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 16, 2008Those attracted to the new film CSNY: Deja Vu simply expecting an opportunity to recall the old days might be in for a surprise.
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Q & A
Catherine Breillat's 'The Last Mistress'
Michael Fox
Jul 14, 2008French author and director Catherine Breillat speaks about the fierce passion play of her latest, The Last Mistress.
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Reviews
Critic's Notebook: Hole Head, Week One
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2008Dennis Harvey covers the first week of low-budget geeks, weirdos and gore on display at the Another Hole in the Head Festival.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: California Newsreel at 40
Erika Young
Apr 21, 2008Founded in 1968, San Francisco-based Newsreel is the oldest nonprofit, social-issue documentary film center in the U.S.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: Craig Baldwin Shoots the Moon, and the Desert
Michael Fox
Apr 18, 2008The Mission filmmaker has slaved in the underground for some three decades, a guide and shaman for other artists working on the fringes.
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Q & A
Thomas Beard exposes "Live Cinema"
Michael Fox
Apr 7, 2008Bodies 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.
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Festivals
Ten SFIAAFF Picks From Judy Stone
Susan Gerhard
Mar 13, 2008Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Judy Stone offers her top ten picks from the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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Festivals
Cinequest's surprises
Dennis Harvey
Mar 7, 2008A "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.
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Q & A
"Girls Rock" with Arne Johnson & Shane King
Susan Gerhard
Mar 2, 2008Girls Rock watches a few select 8-18 -year-olds overcome the obstacles to claim their rightful place on Earth and wail away.
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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.
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Q & A
Carl D. Brown and Erin Beach of "2nd Verse"
Michael Fox
Feb 11, 2008The 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.
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Reviews
"Holly," an Unseasonably Sobering Drama
Dennis Harvey
Nov 28, 2007U.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.
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Q & A
Robert Lepage, "Progress" Report
Jonathan Marlow
Nov 26, 2007SF360.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.
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Reviews
"Redacted"
Dennis Harvey
Nov 13, 2007Sometimes even presumably good intentions can warp into artistic misdeeds most foul.
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Q & A
Connie Field, from Berkeley to Johannesburg
Robert Avila
Nov 5, 2007The filmmaker talks about her recent projects, including Salud!, which looks at Cuba's world-class health system.
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Q & A
A Mighty Wurlitzer Player
Michael Guillen
Aug 1, 2007SF360.org speaks with Edward Millington Stout, III, who is undoubtedly the world's foremost theatrical organ restorationist.
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Reviews
Saul Bass, "Phase IV"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 25, 2007Few people not employed as directors, producers, cinematographers, costume or production designers have had as much impact on the "look" of movies.
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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.
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Reviews
"SiCKO"-time
Susan Gerhard
Jun 28, 2007Sicko'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.
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Q & A
Richard Wong and H.P. Mendoza, reanimating "Colma: The Musical"
Matt Sussman
Jun 20, 2007Roadside 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.
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Festivals
Lumpkin and Morris on Frameline's Big Picture
Susan Gerhard
Jun 11, 2007Frameline directors Michael Lumpkin and Jennifer Morris speak about the programming, controversy and the landscape of LGBT films.
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Reviews
Reviews: "La Vie en Rose;" "Crazy Love"
Steve Ramos
Jun 5, 2007Despite the best efforts of method actors, methodical directors, and talented costume designers, biopics can usually be relied upon to disappoint.
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Reviews
"The Prodigy," The Roxie, Delirium, God
Michael Guillen
May 30, 2007San Franciscans have a poignant symbiotic relationship with William Kaufman's freshman feature, The Prodigy, which returns to the city this week.
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Reviews
Guillen's Top Five from Another Hole in the Head
Michael Guillen
May 25, 2007Five recommendations chosen from among the gore, ghouls, ghosts, gags, and animation at Indiefest's Holehead festival.
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Reviews
A "Flanders" Reader
Michael Guillen
May 6, 2007As Bruno Dumont's Flanders navigates festival waters, it's been leaving behind a noticeable wake.
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Reviews
Dead Channels : The San Francisco Festival of Fantastic Film
Dennis Harvey
Apr 19, 2007Taste a bit of the vintage grindhouse experience at the last of Dead Channels' Month of Sleazy Sundays triple bill of under-the-radar movies.
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Reviews
Lynn Hershman Leeson and "Strange Culture"
Susan Gerhard
Jan 22, 2007Inteview with the artist and filmmaker on her work and her latest movie, presented at Sundance.
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Reviews
"Samoan Wedding"; "Romantico"
Robert Avila
Jan 16, 2007A delightfully funny movie on boy-men redeeming themselves from New Zealand, and Mark Becker's absorbing documentary on a musician in the Mission.
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Festivals
A Cinequest 35
Susan Gerhard
Nov 17, 2006Cinequest announces a plan to distribute indie films via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales.
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Q & A
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema 2006
Susan Gerhard
Sep 1, 2006The List:10 local filmmakers describe what they love about shooting on the streets of San Francisco.
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Q & A
Naut Humon, Recombinant Media Labs Explore Limits of Sight, Sound
Johnny Ray Huston
Aug 22, 2006Through Asphodel Records and RML, Humon pursues his fascination with sound's spatial properties.
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Q & A
Ryan Fleck: Wrestling with 'Half Nelson'
indieWIRE
Aug 21, 2006Ryan Fleck talks about his new film Half Nelson, his filmmaking career, and his creative inspirations and tastes.
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Q & A
Preteens on Surprise Endings
Susan Gerhard
Jul 21, 2006A California Film Institute-procured class of 13somethings needed no help deciding their top ten list of surprise movie endings.
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Reviews
We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"
Staff
Jun 27, 2006Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.
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Q & A
Mat Whitecross and the Rough "Road to Guantanamo"
Susan Gerhard
Jun 26, 2006Mat Whitecross talks about his documentary The Road to Guantanamo, which takes a look at the inhumanity of U.S. "detainment" camps in Cuba.
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Reviews
"Reel SF" Finds a Tough, Moody Kinda Town
Dennis Harvey
Apr 13, 2006Until the 1960s, Hollywood cast S.F. as a city where everyone was too busy brawling, floozing,and plotting intrigue to exclaim,"Look at that view!"
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