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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.

  
• Events
  
  

  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
• Featured
  
  

  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
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  Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2011

  With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2011

  With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2011

  With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

  
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  Essential SF: Susan Gerhard

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 2, 2011

  Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Susan Gerhard

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 2, 2011

  Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Susan Gerhard

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 2, 2011

  Susan Gerhard talks copy, critics and the 'there' we have here.

  
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  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
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  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Karen Larsen

  Michael Fox
  Oct 31, 2011

  Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.

  
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  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Canyon Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Oct 26, 2011

  For 50 years, Canyon Cinema has provided crucial support for a fertile avant-garde film scene.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Canyon Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Oct 26, 2011

  For 50 years, Canyon Cinema has provided crucial support for a fertile avant-garde film scene.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Canyon Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Oct 26, 2011

  For 50 years, Canyon Cinema has provided crucial support for a fertile avant-garde film scene.

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Canyon Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Oct 26, 2011

  For 50 years, Canyon Cinema has provided crucial support for a fertile avant-garde film scene.

  
• Home
  
  

  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director

  Oct 24, 2011

  Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.

  
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  Signs of the Times

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 24, 2011

  Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Signs of the Times

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 24, 2011

  Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Signs of the Times

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 24, 2011

  Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
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  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  San Francisco Chronicle: 'Online publication sf360.org closing down"

  Oct 19, 2011

  "The launch of SF360.org, an online publication devoted to covering the entire Bay Area film community, was one of San Francisco Film Society Executive Director Graham Leggat's first initiatives when he took over the organization," writes Pam Grady. "...in November, a victim of financial realities and organizational changes in the wake of Leggat's recent death, SF360.org will cease publication." More at SFGate.

  
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  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Irving Saraf and Allie Light

  Michael Fox
  Oct 19, 2011

  Saraf and Light's work is marked by an unwavering appreciation for underdogs and outsiders.

  
• 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?

  
• Home
  
  

  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?

  
• Home
  
  

  Where Are their Stories?

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 17, 2011

  The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Where Are their Stories?

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 17, 2011

  The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Where Are their Stories?

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 17, 2011

  The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.

  
• Home
  
  

  Kelly, Pickert Interpret ‘Cherokee’ Words

  Michael Fox
  Oct 12, 2011

  A film on Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller bucks biopic formula and concentrates on a pivotal moment in the leader's life.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Kelly, Pickert Interpret ‘Cherokee’ Words

  Michael Fox
  Oct 12, 2011

  A film on Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller bucks biopic formula and concentrates on a pivotal moment in the leader's life.

  
• October 14, 2011
  
  

  Kelly, Pickert Interpret ‘Cherokee’ Words

  Michael Fox
  Oct 12, 2011

  A film on Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller bucks biopic formula and concentrates on a pivotal moment in the leader's life.

  
• Funding
  
  

  GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?

  Adrianne Anderson
  Oct 11, 2011

  San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.

  
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  GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?

  Adrianne Anderson
  Oct 11, 2011

  San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.

  
• October 14, 2011
  
  

  GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?

  Adrianne Anderson
  Oct 11, 2011

  San Rafael’s Indigo Films makes fascinating crime fare for cable on a DIY-sized budget.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  ‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas

  Michael Fox
  Oct 7, 2011

  Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.

  
• In Production
  
  

  ‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas

  Michael Fox
  Oct 7, 2011

  Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.

  
• October 14, 2011
  
  

  ‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas

  Michael Fox
  Oct 7, 2011

  Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 6, 2011

  Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.

  
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  Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 6, 2011

  Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.

  
• October 6, 2011
  
  

  Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 6, 2011

  Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.

  
• Home
  
  

  Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement

  Peter Coyote
  Oct 5, 2011

  In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement

  Peter Coyote
  Oct 5, 2011

  In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'

  
• October 6, 2011
  
  

  Graham Leggat and the Art of Engagement

  Peter Coyote
  Oct 5, 2011

  In the illusory world of what we call ‘real life’, our beloved friend Graham pursued his practice of keeping his attention fixed firmly on 'the screen.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Slade Channels Broughton’s ‘Big Joy’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2011

  Artistic integrity is always in short supply, which makes Broughton an inspiration for every successive generation of poets and filmmakers.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Slade Channels Broughton’s ‘Big Joy’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2011

  Artistic integrity is always in short supply, which makes Broughton an inspiration for every successive generation of poets and filmmakers.

  
• September 29 2011
  
  

  Slade Channels Broughton’s ‘Big Joy’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2011

  Artistic integrity is always in short supply, which makes Broughton an inspiration for every successive generation of poets and filmmakers.

  
• Home
  
  

  Guy Maddin: Ann Savage and the Osmonds

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Sep 23, 2011

  Guy Maddin talks about movies, writing, himself—and the allure of the Osmonds, re-published on the occasion of Fandor's Maddin blogathon.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Guy Maddin: Ann Savage and the Osmonds

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Sep 23, 2011

  Guy Maddin talks about movies, writing, himself—and the allure of the Osmonds, re-published on the occasion of Fandor's Maddin blogathon.

  
• Home
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• september 22 2011
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• Home
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• september 22 2011
  
  

  Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2011

  Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.

  
• Home
  
  

  Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots

  Michael Read
  Sep 16, 2011

  With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.

  
• January 27, 2011
  
  

  Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots

  Michael Read
  Sep 16, 2011

  With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots

  Michael Read
  Sep 16, 2011

  With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots

  Michael Read
  Sep 16, 2011

  With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.

  
• September 13 2011
  
  

  Trashed: Two Films About Garbage

  Sep 15, 2011

  As a complement to this year's Bay Area Now program, YBCA screens two films about waste and the way it impacts our lives. 'Scrappers,' showing Thursday, tells the story of two scavengers eking out a living salvaging trash from Chicago's dumpsters and 'Waste Land,' playing Sunday, follows artist Vik Muniz to Brazil where he connects with pickers at the world's largest garbage dump. More info: ybca.org.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th

  Jackson Scarlett
  Sep 14, 2011

  North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.

  
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  Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th

  Jackson Scarlett
  Sep 14, 2011

  North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.

  
• September 15, 2011
  
  

  Mill Valley Announces Titles in 34th

  Jackson Scarlett
  Sep 14, 2011

  North Bay world, independent showcase ready to screen wide range of films in early October.

  
• September 13 2011
  
  

  Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival 2011

  Sep 13, 2011

  The Cine+Mas 2011 San Francisco Latino Film Festival kicks off this Wednesday with a screening of 'Being: Cafe´ Tacvba' at Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema and screens through next week at venues throughout the Bay Area. The festival offers a number of new works by Latino directors based locally and internationally. More info and kickoff RSVP at sflatinofilmfestival.com.

  
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  Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2011

  San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2011

  San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  
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  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game

  Michael Fox
  Sep 6, 2011

  Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game

  Michael Fox
  Sep 6, 2011

  Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Stigma, Satisfaction Drive Indian 'Match' Game

  Michael Fox
  Sep 6, 2011

  Priya Giri Desai documents matchmaking efforts for HIV-positives in India.

  
• Home
  
  

  Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

  Robert Avila
  Sep 1, 2011

  The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

  Robert Avila
  Sep 1, 2011

  The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  
• September 1, 2011
  
  

  Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

  Robert Avila
  Sep 1, 2011

  The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  
• Home
  
  

  Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2011

  When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2011

  When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.

  
• September 1, 2011
  
  

  Graham Leggat: Filmmakers, Writers, Fans Remember

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2011

  When news of San Francisco Executive Director Graham Leggat’s passing hit the web, responses were heartfelt and immediate. SF360 collects a few of those thoughts.

  
• Home
  
  

  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• September 1, 2011
  
  

  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
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  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• September 1, 2011
  
  

  Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 26, 2011

  Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• Home
  
  

  Graham Leggat, 1960-2011

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 25, 2011

  Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Graham Leggat, 1960-2011

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 25, 2011

  Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.

  
• September 1, 2011
  
  

  Graham Leggat, 1960-2011

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 25, 2011

  Graham Leggat (b. March 12, 1960), executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, died at his San Francisco home on August 25, 2011, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 51.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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
  
  

  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
• Home
  
  

  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  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.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  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.

  
• August 25, 2011
  
  

  Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 22, 2011

  The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.

  
• Home
  
  

  Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 22, 2011

  The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Susannah Greason Robbins on Growing the City’s Film Industry

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 22, 2011

  The San Francisco’s Film Commission's executive director offers notes on new incentives for production in the city.

  
• August 25, 2011
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• Home
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• August 25, 2011
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• Home
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gates

  SF360 Staff
  Aug 20, 2011

  The Golden Gate Bridge remains in heavy rotation in sci-fi, action genres.

  
• Home
  
  

  '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...

  
• Home
  
  

  '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...

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SFFS Announces Winners of Spring 2011 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants

  Aug 15, 2011

  The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the five winners and two honorable mentions of the fifth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants. The grants are awarded twice annually to filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes that will have significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community. Between 2009 and 2013 the SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants will award nearly $2.5 million, including a total of $788,000 already awarded in the first five grant rounds.
  
  Carlton Evans and Matthew Lessner (Ross), $50,000 for screenwriting; Aurora Guerrero (Mosquita y Mari), $88,000 for postproduction; Adam Keker (National Park), $35,000 for screenwriting; Timothy Kelly (The Cherokee Word for Water), $75,000 for production; Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of a Southern Wild), $55,000 for postproduction. Honorable Mentions went to: John Dilly (Rubbish), development and Ian Olds (The Western Habit), screenwriting. More at sffs.org.

  
• August 18, 2011
  
  

  Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp

  Kim Nunley
  Aug 12, 2011

  The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.

  
• Home
  
  

  Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp

  Kim Nunley
  Aug 12, 2011

  The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp

  Kim Nunley
  Aug 12, 2011

  The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.

  
• August 11, 2011
  
  

  Pagnol's Foodie Oeuvre Appreciated in East Bay

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 11, 2011

  Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.

  
• Home
  
  

  Pagnol's Foodie Oeuvre Appreciated in East Bay

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 11, 2011

  Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Pagnol's Foodie Oeuvre Appreciated in East Bay

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 11, 2011

  Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.

  
• August 11, 2011
  
  

  Field Shoots ‘MLK in Palestine’ on the Fly

  Michael Fox
  Aug 10, 2011

  Connie Field makes a radical shift to verité filmmaking, accompanied by an equally momentous switch in fundraising strategy with her latest project.

  
• Home
  
  

  Field Shoots ‘MLK in Palestine’ on the Fly

  Michael Fox
  Aug 10, 2011

  Connie Field makes a radical shift to verité filmmaking, accompanied by an equally momentous switch in fundraising strategy with her latest project.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Field Shoots ‘MLK in Palestine’ on the Fly

  Michael Fox
  Aug 10, 2011

  Connie Field makes a radical shift to verité filmmaking, accompanied by an equally momentous switch in fundraising strategy with her latest project.

  
• August 11, 2011
  
  

  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
• August 4, 2011
  
  

  Minott Tracks ‘Illness’ to Guam

  Michael Fox
  Aug 3, 2011

  Berry Minott's work-in-progress travels to Guam seeking a cure, puzzling over scientific mystery.

  
• Home
  
  

  Minott Tracks ‘Illness’ to Guam

  Michael Fox
  Aug 3, 2011

  Berry Minott's work-in-progress travels to Guam seeking a cure, puzzling over scientific mystery.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Minott Tracks ‘Illness’ to Guam

  Michael Fox
  Aug 3, 2011

  Berry Minott's work-in-progress travels to Guam seeking a cure, puzzling over scientific mystery.

  
• August 4, 2011
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• Home
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• August 4, 2011
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• Home
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  In Theaters: 'Life in a Day,' 'The Tree,' 'Cameraman'

  Jackson Scarlett
  Aug 2, 2011

  Critics from the Bay Area and beyond weigh in on the weekend's openings.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• July 26, 2011
  
  

  SFJFF Opens in Berkeley

  Aug 1, 2011

  The 31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, world's largest showcase of Jewish films, continues this week, opening at Berkeley's Roda Theatre on Saturday with a screening of historical drama 'Sarah's Key' starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The festival screens at a number of Bay Area venues. More info at sfjff.org.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2011

  The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  
• Home
  
  

  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• Home
  
  

  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• July 19, 2011
  
  

  Last Showing: 'Harold and Maude'

  Jul 22, 2011

  SF institution The Red Vic Movie House celebrates both its anniversary and its closure with screenings of house favorite 'Harold and Maude'—perhaps the quintessential quirky romantic comedy. Those who haven't seen 'Harold and Maude' since its release will delight to revisit its many Bay Area locations and Cat Stevens soundtrack. Red Vic promises a "special birthday treat" for Monday's attendees. More info redvicmoviehouse.com

  
• July 19, 2011
  
  

  San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Jul 21, 2011

  The 31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the world's largest showcase of Jewish film, opens at the Castro Theatre on Thursday with Israeli drama 'Mabul' (The Flood, nominated for six of Israel's 'Oscars'), and runs through August 8 at a number of Bay Area venues. An Opening Night bash follows at the Swedish American Hall. More info sfjff.org.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• July 21, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• July 21, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2011

  Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• July 21, 2011
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• Home
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• July 21, 2011
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 15, 2011

  Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Torres Story Gains Focus

  Kim Nunley
  Jul 11, 2011

  Chusy Jardine has set out to tell the Andres Torres ADHD-to-World Series glory story in a feature-length documentary.

  
• July 14, 2011
  
  

  Torres Story Gains Focus

  Kim Nunley
  Jul 11, 2011

  Chusy Jardine has set out to tell the Andres Torres ADHD-to-World Series glory story in a feature-length documentary.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Torres Story Gains Focus

  Kim Nunley
  Jul 11, 2011

  Chusy Jardine has set out to tell the Andres Torres ADHD-to-World Series glory story in a feature-length documentary.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• July 7, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• July 7, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: ‘Off the Charts,’ ‘Double Dare’

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2011

  Surprising characters, narratives emerge in Jamie Meltzer and Amanda Micheli’s portraits of unlikely artists.

  
• Home
  
  

  Roko Belic Charts Path to ‘Happy’

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 6, 2011

  A former Bay Area filmmaker travels the world in search of the secrets of contentment.

  
• July 7, 2011
  
  

  Roko Belic Charts Path to ‘Happy’

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 6, 2011

  A former Bay Area filmmaker travels the world in search of the secrets of contentment.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Roko Belic Charts Path to ‘Happy’

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 6, 2011

  A former Bay Area filmmaker travels the world in search of the secrets of contentment.

  
• Home
  
  

  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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  A City’s Smutty History, Embraced

  Julia Barbosa
  Jun 21, 2011

  Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.

  
• June 23 2011
  
  

  A City’s Smutty History, Embraced

  Julia Barbosa
  Jun 21, 2011

  Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.

  
• June 23, 2011
  
  

  A City’s Smutty History, Embraced

  Julia Barbosa
  Jun 21, 2011

  Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  A City’s Smutty History, Embraced

  Julia Barbosa
  Jun 21, 2011

  Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.

  
• Home
  
  

  Vintage Kinski Uncorked at YBCA

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 17, 2011

  YBCA digs a delightfully disturbing live Kinski document from the archives.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Vintage Kinski Uncorked at YBCA

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 17, 2011

  YBCA digs a delightfully disturbing live Kinski document from the archives.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 16, 2011

  The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

  
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  Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 16, 2011

  The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 16, 2011

  The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.

  
• Home
  
  

  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
• Home
  
  

  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
• Home
  
  

  Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 13, 2011

  An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 13, 2011

  An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 13, 2011

  An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.

  
• June 7, 2011
  
  

  ‘The Hush’

  Jun 11, 2011

  The Historic Bal Theatre brings us a screening of Bay Area filmmaker Vincent Cortez’s latest feature, ‘The Hush,’ a 2011 Oakland International Film Festival selection and LA Festival honorable mention. The film is a locally shot supernatural film noir piece that has a hitman looking for redemption. More at mitchellstreetpictures.com.

  
• June 9, 2011
  
  

  ‘The Hush’

  Jun 11, 2011

  The Historic Bal Theatre brings us a screening of Bay Area filmmaker Vincent Cortez’s latest feature, ‘The Hush,’ a 2011 Oakland International Film Festival selection and LA Festival honorable mention. The film is a locally shot supernatural film noir piece that has a hitman looking for redemption. More at mitchellstreetpictures.com.

  
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  Celebrating a Reel Education

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 9, 2011

  San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.

  
• June 9, 2011
  
  

  Celebrating a Reel Education

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 9, 2011

  San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Celebrating a Reel Education

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 9, 2011

  San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.

  
• Home
  
  

  Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2011

  A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2011

  A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.

  
• June 9, 2011
  
  

  Richardson Wraps Circus ‘Net’

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2011

  A filmmaker finds the rigors of circus life match the rigors of growing up in poverty in Brazil.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Production Values: Michael Whalen

  Adrianne Anderson
  Jun 6, 2011

  Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.

  
• Home
  
  

  Production Values: Michael Whalen

  Adrianne Anderson
  Jun 6, 2011

  Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.

  
• June 9, 2011
  
  

  Production Values: Michael Whalen

  Adrianne Anderson
  Jun 6, 2011

  Whalen speaks from experience on the importance of story and drama in nonfiction filmmaking.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• In Production
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• June 2, 2011
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• Home
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• In Production
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• June 2, 2011
  
  

  ‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite

  Michael Fox
  Jun 1, 2011

  Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.

  
• Home
  
  

  New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie

  Michael Guillén
  May 31, 2011

  The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.

  
• June 2, 2011
  
  

  New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie

  Michael Guillén
  May 31, 2011

  The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  New Era Takes Hold at the Roxie

  Michael Guillén
  May 31, 2011

  The Roxie's new leaders offer notes on their unique vision for the rep house.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

  Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
  May 25, 2011

  Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

  
• Home
  
  

  Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

  Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
  May 25, 2011

  Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

  
• May 26, 2011
  
  

  Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival

  Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
  May 25, 2011

  Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.

  
• Home
  
  

  Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain

  Adam Hartzell
  May 23, 2011

  Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.

  
• May 26, 2011
  
  

  Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain

  Adam Hartzell
  May 23, 2011

  Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain

  Adam Hartzell
  May 23, 2011

  Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.

  
• Home
  
  

  On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway

  Kim Nunley
  May 20, 2011

  A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.

  
• May 26, 2011
  
  

  On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway

  Kim Nunley
  May 20, 2011

  A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  On Kickstarting a Campaign to Bring Back the Parkway

  Kim Nunley
  May 20, 2011

  A local fan of a local cinema has big dreams for his favorite, now-defunct East Bay movie-theater.

  
• Home
  
  

  Antonelli Contrasts Africa’s ‘Killing Seasons’

  Michael Fox
  May 18, 2011

  John Antonelli finds good news, bad news and plenty of drama in African environmental stories.

  
• May 19, 2011
  
  

  Antonelli Contrasts Africa’s ‘Killing Seasons’

  Michael Fox
  May 18, 2011

  John Antonelli finds good news, bad news and plenty of drama in African environmental stories.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

  Matt Sussman
  May 13, 2011

  The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  
• May 19, 2011
  
  

  Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

  Matt Sussman
  May 13, 2011

  The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

  Matt Sussman
  May 13, 2011

  The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• May 3, 2011
  
  

  ‘These Amazing Shadows’

  May 6, 2011

  Opening weekend of ‘These Amazing Shadows,’ a docu on American movies, features Q&As with its Bay Area filmmakers, as well as other local figures, including SF Chron critic Mick LaSalle, SF Public Defender (and filmmaker) Jeff Adachi and cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw. More at theseamazingshadows.com.

  
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  SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2011

  Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...

  
• May 5, 2011
  
  

  SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2011

  Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...

  
• Home
  
  

  SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2011

  Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...

  
• May 5, 2011
  
  

  SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2011

  Cash prizes, recognition showered on the winning filmmakers of 2011 San Francisco International. The San Francisco International Film Festival presented its 2011 Golden Gate Awards to filmmakers Wednesday night at Temple Nightclub/Prana Restaurant. Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway's Better This World won both Documentary Feature and Bay Area Documentary awards. Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime received the Investigative Documentary prize. Park Jung-bum's The Journals of Musan won the New Directors award. A complete list...

  
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  SFIFF Brings in Burlesque as Closer

  Stephanie Rosenbaum
  May 4, 2011

  Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’

  
• May 5, 2011
  
  

  SFIFF Brings in Burlesque as Closer

  Stephanie Rosenbaum
  May 4, 2011

  Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF Brings in Burlesque as Closer

  Stephanie Rosenbaum
  May 4, 2011

  Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight

  Robert Avila
  May 2, 2011

  Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.

  
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  Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight

  Robert Avila
  May 2, 2011

  Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.

  
• May 5, 2011
  
  

  Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight

  Robert Avila
  May 2, 2011

  Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.

  
• April 28, 2011
  
  

  SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV

  Carmen Winant
  Apr 30, 2011

  In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV

  Carmen Winant
  Apr 30, 2011

  In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.

  
• Home
  
  

  SFIFF54 Embraces Barney's Unique POV

  Carmen Winant
  Apr 30, 2011

  In a quarter century of filmmaking feats, persistence and vision are defining qualities for Matthew Barney.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 29, 2011

  Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 29, 2011

  Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.

  
• May 5, 2011
  
  

  Film Society Awards Night Shines Light on ’70s, City

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 29, 2011

  Beginnings, endings and the dazzling cinema in between honored in SFFS's annual awards show.

  
• April 28, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• Home
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• April 28, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• Home
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future

  Michael Fox
  Apr 27, 2011

  The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.

  
• April 26, 2011
  
  

  SFIFF: ‘Better This World’

  Apr 26, 2011

  Bay Area directors are high profile in the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival; catch them in person this week. Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega appear Tuesday with Bradley Crowder, a principal of ‘Better This World,’ a documentary that traces the paths of activists deemed the "Texas Two." The film plays at Pacific Film Archive on April 26 and Sundance Kubaki Cinemas on April 29. More at fest11.sffs.org.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• Home
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• april 22 2011
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• Home
  
  

  Production Values: Debbie Brubaker

  Adrianne Anderson
  Apr 19, 2011

  A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.

  
• April 12, 2011
  
  

  ‘Henry’s Crime’

  Apr 15, 2011

  Keanu Reeves, James Caan and Vera Farmiga star in Malcolm Venvile’s ‘Henry’s Crime,’ which opens at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco, Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and other Bay Area theaters. The film was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival. More at landmarktheatres.com.

  
• April 14, 2011
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• April 14, 2011
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Sleeping Ember' Reignites

  Matt Sussman
  Apr 14, 2011

  A grad student brings a rare screening of silent classic 'Braza Dormida' to the PFA, with live jazz accompaniment.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  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
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  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
  
  

  The Art of the Steal

  George Rush
  Apr 12, 2011

  Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.

  
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  The Art of the Steal

  George Rush
  Apr 12, 2011

  Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.

  
• Legal
  
  

  The Art of the Steal

  George Rush
  Apr 12, 2011

  Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.

  
• 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.'

  
• Home
  
  

  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.'

  
• Reviews
  
  

  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.'

  
• April 14, 2011
  
  

  Getting Behind 'Bill Cunningham'

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 8, 2011

  Richard Press and Philip Gefter pay tribute to a worker's devotion in making 'Bill Cunningham New York.'

  
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  Getting Behind 'Bill Cunningham'

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 8, 2011

  Richard Press and Philip Gefter pay tribute to a worker's devotion in making 'Bill Cunningham New York.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Getting Behind 'Bill Cunningham'

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 8, 2011

  Richard Press and Philip Gefter pay tribute to a worker's devotion in making 'Bill Cunningham New York.'

  
• April 5, 2011
  
  

  An Evening with Les Blank

  Apr 7, 2011

  Award-winning Bay Area director Les Blank introduces his 1969 short film, ‘The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins,’ and his 1979 project, ‘Always for Pleasure,’ which play at Red Vic Movie House. Viewers receive rice and beans made with Les’ special recipe. More at redvicmoviehouse.com.

  
• April 7, 2011
  
  

  Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster

  Michael Fox
  Apr 6, 2011

  Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.

  
• Home
  
  

  Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster

  Michael Fox
  Apr 6, 2011

  Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster

  Michael Fox
  Apr 6, 2011

  Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.

  
• 03.31.11
  
  

  SFMOMA's Muybridge Experiments with Time, Space

  Max Goldberg
  Mar 31, 2011

  SFMOMA's Eadweard Muybridge exhibit is essential viewing for Bay Area film lovers. More than 150 years after Eadweard Muybridge set up shop on Montgomery Street, San Francisco Museum Modern Art is featuring a splendid retrospective of the photographer’s work just a few blocks away. A tireless self-promoter with chutzpah enough to adapt “Helios” as a nom de plume early in his career (this after already having left “Muggeridge” behind in England), Muybridge would surely have been pleased by this showcase. From A Trip Down Market Street

  
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  SFMOMA's Muybridge Experiments with Time, Space

  Max Goldberg
  Mar 31, 2011

  SFMOMA's Eadweard Muybridge exhibit is essential viewing for Bay Area film lovers. More than 150 years after Eadweard Muybridge set up shop on Montgomery Street, San Francisco Museum Modern Art is featuring a splendid retrospective of the photographer’s work just a few blocks away. A tireless self-promoter with chutzpah enough to adapt “Helios” as a nom de plume early in his career (this after already having left “Muggeridge” behind in England), Muybridge would surely have been pleased by this showcase. From A Trip Down Market Street

  
• 03.31.11
  
  

  Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown

  Michael Fox
  Mar 30, 2011

  A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.

  
• Home
  
  

  Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown

  Michael Fox
  Mar 30, 2011

  A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown

  Michael Fox
  Mar 30, 2011

  A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.

  
• 03.31.11
  
  

  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
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  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
• 03.31.11
  
  

  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
• Home
  
  

  SFFS Announces 2011 SF International Film Festival Titles, Events

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 29, 2011

  SF International's 54th wide-ranging program is announced.

  
• Home
  
  

  Jay Rosenblatt Talks ‘Darkness’

  Max Goldberg
  Mar 24, 2011

  Rosenblatt’s meditative essay on the difficult subject of suicide finds its way to HBO. Narrative films may occasionally conjure the shock of a suicide—last year’s The Father of My Children is a fine example—but it’s the nature of character dramas to keep pace with the living rather than meditate in the shadow of loss. In his most recent lyrical essay-film, The Darkness of Day, local filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt creates such a meditative space, intertwining different stories and perspectives of suicide: near and far, first-person and third, male and female, young and old, anonymous and notable. Rosenblatt cues the multiple narratives to a poetic stream of found...

  
• March 24, 2011
  
  

  Jay Rosenblatt Talks ‘Darkness’

  Max Goldberg
  Mar 24, 2011

  Rosenblatt’s meditative essay on the difficult subject of suicide finds its way to HBO. Narrative films may occasionally conjure the shock of a suicide—last year’s The Father of My Children is a fine example—but it’s the nature of character dramas to keep pace with the living rather than meditate in the shadow of loss. In his most recent lyrical essay-film, The Darkness of Day, local filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt creates such a meditative space, intertwining different stories and perspectives of suicide: near and far, first-person and third, male and female, young and old, anonymous and notable. Rosenblatt cues the multiple narratives to a poetic stream of found...

  
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  Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television

  Michael Fox
  Mar 23, 2011

  Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television

  Michael Fox
  Mar 23, 2011

  Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.

  
• March 24, 2011
  
  

  Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television

  Michael Fox
  Mar 23, 2011

  Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.

  
• Home
  
  

  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
• March 24, 2011
  
  

  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
• Home
  
  

  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• March 17, 2011
  
  

  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• Home
  
  

  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
• March 17, 2011
  
  

  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
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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...

  
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  Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

  Michael Fox
  Mar 9, 2011

  Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

  Michael Fox
  Mar 9, 2011

  Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  
• March 10, 2011
  
  

  Wolos’s ‘Trattoria’ Serves Up Spicy Comedy

  Michael Fox
  Mar 9, 2011

  Jason Wolos builds a drama about family and food with a few key ingredients.

  
• Home
  
  

  SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut

  Michael Fox
  Mar 7, 2011

  Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.

  
• March 10, 2011
  
  

  SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut

  Michael Fox
  Mar 7, 2011

  Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIAFF Director Primed for Debut

  Michael Fox
  Mar 7, 2011

  Masashi Niwano, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival's new director, speaks about bringing new worlds to this world cinema event.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
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  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
• March 3, 2011
  
  

  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
• Home
  
  

  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
• March 3, 2011
  
  

  Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2011

  An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.

  
• Home
  
  

  Ehrlich Clicks with Icelandic ‘Mouse’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 2, 2011

  After her own Assange story broke big, a Bay Area filmmaker followed another lead...to Iceland.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Ehrlich Clicks with Icelandic ‘Mouse’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 2, 2011

  After her own Assange story broke big, a Bay Area filmmaker followed another lead...to Iceland.

  
• March 3, 2011
  
  

  Ehrlich Clicks with Icelandic ‘Mouse’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 2, 2011

  After her own Assange story broke big, a Bay Area filmmaker followed another lead...to Iceland.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  LA Times: "Oscars: 'Inside Job' Wins for Documentary Feature"

  Feb 27, 2011

  LA Times Blogs: "Inside Job” won the Oscar for documentary feature at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. “Inside Job” is an exploration of the causes and corollaries of the 2008 financial crisis. The award goes to Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs." More at latimesblogs.latimes.com. And from SF360.org: Bay Area-based Ferguson's speech began with a statement of fact, "After financial fraud not a single financial executive has gone to jail," before thanking his colleagues.

  
• February 24, 2011
  
  

  Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen

  Sean Uyehara
  Feb 23, 2011

  Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.

  
• Home
  
  

  Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen

  Sean Uyehara
  Feb 23, 2011

  Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen

  Sean Uyehara
  Feb 23, 2011

  Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.

  
• February 24, 2011
  
  

  'We Were Here' Wrings Hope from the AIDS Crisis

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 22, 2011

  Weissman and Weber's 'We Were Here' pulls a surprising degree of hope and inspiration out of the AIDS tragedy.

  
• Home
  
  

  'We Were Here' Wrings Hope from the AIDS Crisis

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 22, 2011

  Weissman and Weber's 'We Were Here' pulls a surprising degree of hope and inspiration out of the AIDS tragedy.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'We Were Here' Wrings Hope from the AIDS Crisis

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 22, 2011

  Weissman and Weber's 'We Were Here' pulls a surprising degree of hope and inspiration out of the AIDS tragedy.

  
• February 24, 2011
  
  

  Mitchell Block Brings Oscar Attention to Vets

  Jessica Sapick
  Feb 21, 2011

  Producer and teacher Mitchell Block talks about the making of great films, including the Oscar-nominated 'Poster Girl.'

  
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  Mitchell Block Brings Oscar Attention to Vets

  Jessica Sapick
  Feb 21, 2011

  Producer and teacher Mitchell Block talks about the making of great films, including the Oscar-nominated 'Poster Girl.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Mitchell Block Brings Oscar Attention to Vets

  Jessica Sapick
  Feb 21, 2011

  Producer and teacher Mitchell Block talks about the making of great films, including the Oscar-nominated 'Poster Girl.'

  
• February 17, 2011
  
  

  Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 17, 2011

  Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 17, 2011

  Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.

  
• Home
  
  

  Noise Pop 2011's Film Series Rawks

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 17, 2011

  Noise Pop brings the noise as well as great filmmaking to its annual music-and-movie event.

  
• February 10, 2011
  
  

  Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

  Michael Fox
  Feb 9, 2011

  Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

  
• Home
  
  

  Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

  Michael Fox
  Feb 9, 2011

  Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

  Michael Fox
  Feb 9, 2011

  Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

  
• February 10, 2011
  
  

  Mostly British Looks Beyond Speechifying Kings

  Michael Fox
  Feb 7, 2011

  Australian films comprise fully a third of the Mostly British Film Festival lineup.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mostly British Looks Beyond Speechifying Kings

  Michael Fox
  Feb 7, 2011

  Australian films comprise fully a third of the Mostly British Film Festival lineup.

  
• Home
  
  

  Mostly British Looks Beyond Speechifying Kings

  Michael Fox
  Feb 7, 2011

  Australian films comprise fully a third of the Mostly British Film Festival lineup.

  
• February 10, 2011
  
  

  SFFS Screen Returns with New Suleiman

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 4, 2011

  Elia Suleiman’s 'The Time That Remains' recalls his parents’ Nazareth.

  
• Home
  
  

  SFFS Screen Returns with New Suleiman

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 4, 2011

  Elia Suleiman’s 'The Time That Remains' recalls his parents’ Nazareth.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFFS Screen Returns with New Suleiman

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 4, 2011

  Elia Suleiman’s 'The Time That Remains' recalls his parents’ Nazareth.

  
• Feb 3 2011
  
  

  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
• Home
  
  

  Eclectic Expectations Met at SF Indiefest

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 3, 2011

  SF Indiefest brings drama, doc, fact, fiction and physique into its annual showcase.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  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
  
  

  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
• Home
  
  

  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
• January 27, 2011
  
  

  SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions

  SFFS Staff
  Jan 25, 2011

  Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions

  SFFS Staff
  Jan 25, 2011

  Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF360 Live at Sundance: Strange and Charmed Visions

  SFFS Staff
  Jan 25, 2011

  Sean Uyehara: "If you wanted, you could say that Calvin Lee Reeder channels the love child of Dario Argento and Maya Deren..."

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 24, 2011

  The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 24, 2011

  The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.

  
• Home
  
  

  Temporary Insanity Takes Hold at Noir City

  Max Goldberg
  Jan 21, 2011

  Noir City 9's "madness" theme means a few more gothic titles and a fresh context to appreciate noir’s signature motifs.

  
• January 27, 2011
  
  

  Temporary Insanity Takes Hold at Noir City

  Max Goldberg
  Jan 21, 2011

  Noir City 9's "madness" theme means a few more gothic titles and a fresh context to appreciate noir’s signature motifs.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Temporary Insanity Takes Hold at Noir City

  Max Goldberg
  Jan 21, 2011

  Noir City 9's "madness" theme means a few more gothic titles and a fresh context to appreciate noir’s signature motifs.

  
• Home
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• January 20, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• Home
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• January 20, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  Bay Area Doc Makers Breathe Deep Before Sundance Debuts

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2011

  Filmmakers make plans, stay calm, hone their messages for Park City audiences in days before festival opens.

  
• Home
  
  

  Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

  Michael Fox
  Jan 18, 2011

  Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  
• January 20, 2011
  
  

  Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

  Michael Fox
  Jan 18, 2011

  Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

  Michael Fox
  Jan 18, 2011

  Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  
• Home
  
  

  Patrick Marks Takes a Green Eye to Noir

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 17, 2011

  Notable Noir City enthusiast Patrick Marks, owner of the Green Arcade, offers thoughts on the genre as well as festival's 2011 selections.

  
• January 20, 2011
  
  

  Patrick Marks Takes a Green Eye to Noir

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 17, 2011

  Notable Noir City enthusiast Patrick Marks, owner of the Green Arcade, offers thoughts on the genre as well as festival's 2011 selections.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Patrick Marks Takes a Green Eye to Noir

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 17, 2011

  Notable Noir City enthusiast Patrick Marks, owner of the Green Arcade, offers thoughts on the genre as well as festival's 2011 selections.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Somewhere' Seizes on Discontent

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 14, 2011

  Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' nails the spiritual erosion of constant, effortless indulgence.

  
• January 20, 2011
  
  

  'Somewhere' Seizes on Discontent

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 14, 2011

  Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' nails the spiritual erosion of constant, effortless indulgence.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Somewhere' Seizes on Discontent

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 14, 2011

  Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' nails the spiritual erosion of constant, effortless indulgence.

  
• Home
  
  

  Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act

  Michael Fox
  Jan 12, 2011

  Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act

  Michael Fox
  Jan 12, 2011

  Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.

  
• January 13, 2011
  
  

  Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act

  Michael Fox
  Jan 12, 2011

  Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 10, 2011

  An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.

  
• Home
  
  

  Politics, Sacrifice Define 'Bhutto,' Director

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2011

  Director Duane Baughman's day job in direct mail/political consulting brought him unbelievable access to Benazir Bhutto.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Politics, Sacrifice Define 'Bhutto,' Director

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2011

  Director Duane Baughman's day job in direct mail/political consulting brought him unbelievable access to Benazir Bhutto.

  
• January 6, 2010
  
  

  Politics, Sacrifice Define 'Bhutto,' Director

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2011

  Director Duane Baughman's day job in direct mail/political consulting brought him unbelievable access to Benazir Bhutto.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: Top Tens

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 23, 2010

  Film fans and makers agree to disagree on the best films of 2010 in SF360.org's annual Year in Film poll.

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: Top Tens

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 23, 2010

  Film fans and makers agree to disagree on the best films of 2010 in SF360.org's annual Year in Film poll.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: Top Tens

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 23, 2010

  Film fans and makers agree to disagree on the best films of 2010 in SF360.org's annual Year in Film poll.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Film 2010: Top Tens

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 23, 2010

  Film fans and makers agree to disagree on the best films of 2010 in SF360.org's annual Year in Film poll.

  
• December 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 22, 2010

  Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 22, 2010

  Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 22, 2010

  Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Film 2010: YouTube, WeTube

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 22, 2010

  Is this what we talk about when we talk about YouTube?

  
• December 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 21, 2010

  'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 21, 2010

  'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 21, 2010

  'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 21, 2010

  'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.

  
• December 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: Think Globally, View Locally

  Adam Hartzell
  Dec 20, 2010

  Why one local cineaste has made a resolution to support his local theater, the Bridge.

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: Think Globally, View Locally

  Adam Hartzell
  Dec 20, 2010

  Why one local cineaste has made a resolution to support his local theater, the Bridge.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: Think Globally, View Locally

  Adam Hartzell
  Dec 20, 2010

  Why one local cineaste has made a resolution to support his local theater, the Bridge.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Film 2010: Think Globally, View Locally

  Adam Hartzell
  Dec 20, 2010

  Why one local cineaste has made a resolution to support his local theater, the Bridge.

  
• December 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• December 23, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• December 28, 2010
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• Home
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Film 2010: The Year in Quotes

  Michael Fox
  Dec 17, 2010

  Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.

  
• December 14, 2010
  
  

  'Ghost Bird' with Scott Crocker in Person

  Dec 16, 2010

  Bay Area filmmaker Scott Crocker joins the hunt for the extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker and captures a bizarre story about myth, nature and economics in the process. Crocker appears in person at the Smith Rafael Film Center and Roxie Theater this week. More at roxie.com and cafilm.org.

  
• December 16, 2010
  
  

  John Waters, New Leadership Renew Roxie

  Robert Avila
  Dec 15, 2010

  Waters’ live Christmas show at the Roxie raised money for San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating theater as it moves full-steam into its second century.

  
• Home
  
  

  John Waters, New Leadership Renew Roxie

  Robert Avila
  Dec 15, 2010

  Waters’ live Christmas show at the Roxie raised money for San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating theater as it moves full-steam into its second century.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  John Waters, New Leadership Renew Roxie

  Robert Avila
  Dec 15, 2010

  Waters’ live Christmas show at the Roxie raised money for San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating theater as it moves full-steam into its second century.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  '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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  '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.

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  '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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  '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.

  
• December 7, 2010
  
  

  'Remembering Playland' with Tom Wyrsch in Person

  Dec 12, 2010

  Bay Area filmmaker Tom Wyrsch examines the history of San Francisco’s one-time seaside amusement park, Playland, whose origins dated back nearly a century before being torn down in 1972. Wyrsch appears in person at the Smith Rafael Film Center. More at cafilm.org.

  
• December 9, 2010
  
  

  Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

  Sara Dosa
  Dec 9, 2010

  A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

  
• Home
  
  

  Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

  Sara Dosa
  Dec 9, 2010

  A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Stanford's MFA Doc Program Teaches Cardinal Rules, and How to Break Them

  Sara Dosa
  Dec 9, 2010

  A night with Stanford’s Doc Film MFAs offers insight into a storied program.

  
• December 9, 2010
  
  

  Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’

  Michael Fox
  Dec 8, 2010

  Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.

  
• Home
  
  

  Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’

  Michael Fox
  Dec 8, 2010

  Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’

  Michael Fox
  Dec 8, 2010

  Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.

  
• December 9, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SFFS/KRF Announce Fall 2010 Grant Recipients

  Dec 6, 2010

  Press release: The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the five winners of the fourth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants: Debbie Brubaker, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Christopher Mason Johnson, Mike Ott and Morgan Wise. The grants are given twice annually to filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes that will have significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community. More at sffs.org.

  
• December 9, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Anne McGuire

  Sean Uyehara
  Dec 6, 2010

  San Francisco has not quite been the same since it began experiencing the cinema/performance antics of an uncontainable Anne McGuire.

  
• December 2, 2010
  
  

  'The Sound of Music' Offers Simpler Times, Strange Complications

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 3, 2010

  'The Sound of Music' stretches its music empire into a new century with popular sing-alongs and a new home-entertainment release. When we look back at the 1960s, the phenomenon that was—and still somewhat is—The Sound of Music seems like an anomaly. But at the time it was more like the solid rock of reassuring constancy that masses clung to as waters of bewildering change rose all around them, a three-hour oasis of clean living and cheerful melody that wouldn't go away—no matter how many antiwar protesting, unisex...

  
• Home
  
  

  'The Sound of Music' Offers Simpler Times, Strange Complications

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 3, 2010

  'The Sound of Music' stretches its music empire into a new century with popular sing-alongs and a new home-entertainment release. When we look back at the 1960s, the phenomenon that was—and still somewhat is—The Sound of Music seems like an anomaly. But at the time it was more like the solid rock of reassuring constancy that masses clung to as waters of bewildering change rose all around them, a three-hour oasis of clean living and cheerful melody that wouldn't go away—no matter how many antiwar protesting, unisex...

  
• December 2, 2010
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• Home
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• December 2, 2010
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• Home
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• January 31, 2011
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Sundance Announces Films in Competition

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 2, 2010

  Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.

  
• November 30, 2010
  
  

  Maya Rudolph in Conversation with Paul Lancour

  Dec 1, 2010

  The former Saturday Night Live player was an essential element to some of the most memorable moments in the show’s recent history. In 2009 the actress displayed her versatility in the Sam Mendes-directed ‘Away We Go,’ costarring with John Krasinski. Maya Rudolph discusses her career as a comedienne with Bay Area broadcasting veteran Paul Lancour at Herbst Theater. More at cityarts.net.

  
• December 2, 2010
  
  

  De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

  Michael Fox
  Dec 1, 2010

  Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

  
• Home
  
  

  De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

  Michael Fox
  Dec 1, 2010

  Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

  
• In Production
  
  

  De Michiel and Constantinou Offer Food for Thought

  Michael Fox
  Dec 1, 2010

  Filmmakers with deep roots in Bay Area cinema enter the brave new world of Web broadcasting with a series on food education for children.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Criterioncast: Oscar Documentary Shortlist with Trailers

  Nov 30, 2010

  Bay Area filmmaker Charles Ferguson's 'Inside Job' was among the 15 documentaries on the Academy Awards shortlist. Joshua Brunsting at Criterioncast offers the full roundup with trailers. More at criterioncast.com.

  
• December 2, 2010
  
  

  Writing Screenplays Is not Painting by Numbers

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Nov 30, 2010

  When structuring a screenplay, sometimes you need to leave the "advice" behind.

  
• Home
  
  

  Writing Screenplays Is not Painting by Numbers

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Nov 30, 2010

  When structuring a screenplay, sometimes you need to leave the "advice" behind.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  Writing Screenplays Is not Painting by Numbers

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Nov 30, 2010

  When structuring a screenplay, sometimes you need to leave the "advice" behind.

  
• Funding
  
  

  Going Guerrilla with Zombies

  Holly Million
  Nov 23, 2010

  Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

  
• Home
  
  

  Going Guerrilla with Zombies

  Holly Million
  Nov 23, 2010

  Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

  
• November 24, 2010
  
  

  Going Guerrilla with Zombies

  Holly Million
  Nov 23, 2010

  Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

  
• November 16, 2010
  
  

  Nora Ephron in Conversation with Paul Lancour

  Nov 22, 2010

  The mutli-talented Nora Ephron is credited to some of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time and recently won praise for last year’s ‘Julie and Julia.’ The journalist/screenwriter/director/author discusses life and her latest book, ‘I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections’ with Bay Area broadcasting veteran Paul Lancour. More at cityarts.net.

  
• Home
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• November 24, 2010
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• November 16, 2010
  
  

  ‘Kamui Gaiden’

  Nov 19, 2010

  The story of 17th-century ninja who makes the dangerous decision to run from his own clan, ‘Kamui Gaiden’ is one of Japan’s most expensive movies in history and brings Sampei Shirato’s celebrated '70s comic to the big screen as part of The Red Lantern: Bay Area Asian Cinephiles film series. More at newpeopleworld.com.

  
• Home
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• November 24, 2010
  
  

  Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

  Steve Anker
  Nov 19, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Marlon Riggs

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 15, 2010

  From 'Tongues Untied' to 'Black Is.....Black Ain't,' Marlon Riggs' art was a series of radical acts that were both overdue and ahead of their time. Two decades ago, in post-Reagan America, the arts were under fire—one lit by a very particular religious right match. Feeling the heat was the National Endowment for the Arts, a then 25-year-old institution already pretty pitifully funded by comparison with most other developed nations’ governmental arts support. But the small portion of NEA grants that helped avant-garde or otherwise edgy art—as opposed to, say, the local Gilbert & Sullivan society or annual craft fair—provided plenty of opportunities...

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Marlon Riggs

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 15, 2010

  From 'Tongues Untied' to 'Black Is.....Black Ain't,' Marlon Riggs' art was a series of radical acts that were both overdue and ahead of their time. Two decades ago, in post-Reagan America, the arts were under fire—one lit by a very particular religious right match. Feeling the heat was the National Endowment for the Arts, a then 25-year-old institution already pretty pitifully funded by comparison with most other developed nations’ governmental arts support. But the small portion of NEA grants that helped avant-garde or otherwise edgy art—as opposed to, say, the local Gilbert & Sullivan society or annual craft fair—provided plenty of opportunities...

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Marlon Riggs

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 15, 2010

  From 'Tongues Untied' to 'Black Is.....Black Ain't,' Marlon Riggs' art was a series of radical acts that were both overdue and ahead of their time. Two decades ago, in post-Reagan America, the arts were under fire—one lit by a very particular religious right match. Feeling the heat was the National Endowment for the Arts, a then 25-year-old institution already pretty pitifully funded by comparison with most other developed nations’ governmental arts support. But the small portion of NEA grants that helped avant-garde or otherwise edgy art—as opposed to, say, the local Gilbert & Sullivan society or annual craft fair—provided plenty of opportunities...

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Marlon Riggs

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 15, 2010

  From 'Tongues Untied' to 'Black Is.....Black Ain't,' Marlon Riggs' art was a series of radical acts that were both overdue and ahead of their time. Two decades ago, in post-Reagan America, the arts were under fire—one lit by a very particular religious right match. Feeling the heat was the National Endowment for the Arts, a then 25-year-old institution already pretty pitifully funded by comparison with most other developed nations’ governmental arts support. But the small portion of NEA grants that helped avant-garde or otherwise edgy art—as opposed to, say, the local Gilbert & Sullivan society or annual craft fair—provided plenty of opportunities...

  
• Home
  
  

  Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa

  Michael Fox
  Nov 10, 2010

  Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa

  Michael Fox
  Nov 10, 2010

  Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.

  
• November 11, 2010
  
  

  Manning’s ‘Al Capp’ Sketches Grandpa

  Michael Fox
  Nov 10, 2010

  Caitlin Manning takes a look at her cartoon-artist grandfather's life and legacy.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF

  Susan Gerhard, Editor
  Nov 5, 2010

  SF360.org profiles the 2011 roster of Essential SF, an ongoing compendium of the film community’s vital figures and institutions.

  
• November 2, 2010
  
  

  Cinema by the Bay/Essential SF

  Nov 5, 2010

  Now in its second year, SFFS's Cinema by the Bay brings Bay Area films and filmmakers to Mission venues the Roxie Theater, the Lab and Southern Exposure. As part of the festivities, SF360 Presents Essential SF November 8, featuring a hard-core handful of the Bay Area's vital filmmakers and institutions. Look for more on the shows at sffs.org.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF

  Susan Gerhard, Editor
  Nov 5, 2010

  SF360.org profiles the 2011 roster of Essential SF, an ongoing compendium of the film community’s vital figures and institutions.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• Home
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• Home
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  The View from Here

  Michael Fox
  Nov 4, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Gail Silva

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2010

  Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Gail Silva

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2010

  Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Gail Silva

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2010

  Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Gail Silva

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2010

  Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 2, 2010

  Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 2, 2010

  Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 2, 2010

  Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  
• November 3 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 2, 2010

  Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 28, 2010

  The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.

  
• Home
  
  

  Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 28, 2010

  The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.

  
• October 28, 2010
  
  

  Marquee Names Light Up French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 28, 2010

  The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF Chronicle: 'Rainin Foundation selects 10 finalists'

  Oct 27, 2010

  "Ten Bay Area filmmakers got good news this month when the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced that they had narrowed their choices to a short list of contenders competing for $225,000 in cash," writes Hugh Hart. "The awards will go toward funding projects that explore civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity. Winners will be named in November." More at SFGate.

  
• Home
  
  

  Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'

  Jessica Sapick
  Oct 25, 2010

  Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'

  
• October 28, 2010
  
  

  Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'

  Jessica Sapick
  Oct 25, 2010

  Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'

  Jessica Sapick
  Oct 25, 2010

  Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'

  
• 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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Charles Ferguson Solves ‘Inside Job’

  Michael Fox
  Oct 18, 2010

  Charles Ferguson offers intel on the world financial crisis with 'Inside Job.'

  
• October 21, 2010
  
  

  Charles Ferguson Solves ‘Inside Job’

  Michael Fox
  Oct 18, 2010

  Charles Ferguson offers intel on the world financial crisis with 'Inside Job.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Charles Ferguson Solves ‘Inside Job’

  Michael Fox
  Oct 18, 2010

  Charles Ferguson offers intel on the world financial crisis with 'Inside Job.'

  
• Festivals
  
  

  'Masquerades' Opens Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 14, 2010

  Appearances deceive in Lyès Salem’s 'Masquerades,' at the Arab Film Festival.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Masquerades' Opens Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 14, 2010

  Appearances deceive in Lyès Salem’s 'Masquerades,' at the Arab Film Festival.

  
• October 14, 2010
  
  

  'Masquerades' Opens Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 14, 2010

  Appearances deceive in Lyès Salem’s 'Masquerades,' at the Arab Film Festival.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice

  Michael Fox
  Oct 13, 2010

  Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.

  
• October 14, 2010
  
  

  'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice

  Michael Fox
  Oct 13, 2010

  Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.

  
• Home
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• October 14, 2010
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• Home
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• October 14, 2010
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 8, 2010

  A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  
• October 5, 2010
  
  

  Judd Apatow in Conversation with Dave Eggers

  Oct 7, 2010

  The preeminent voice of mainstream American comedy struggled long and hard as a standup before successes '40 Year Old Virgin,' 'Knocked Up' and 'Funny People.' Writer, producer and director Judd Apatow sits down to discuss his life and work with Bay Area author and screenwriter Dave Eggers at the Herbst.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,' 'Paulina,' 'First Person Plural'

  Michael Fox
  Oct 6, 2010

  The Bay Area's best first-person documentaries take us through a lens, darkly.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,' 'Paulina,' 'First Person Plural'

  Michael Fox
  Oct 6, 2010

  The Bay Area's best first-person documentaries take us through a lens, darkly.

  
• October 7, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,' 'Paulina,' 'First Person Plural'

  Michael Fox
  Oct 6, 2010

  The Bay Area's best first-person documentaries take us through a lens, darkly.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley's 33rd Launches

  Sura Wood
  Oct 5, 2010

  Mill Valley brings an eclectic collection of indies and world cinema to audiences.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley's 33rd Launches

  Sura Wood
  Oct 5, 2010

  Mill Valley brings an eclectic collection of indies and world cinema to audiences.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• October 7, 2010
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• October 7, 2010
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 4, 2010

  Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  
• Home
  
  

  Rwanda Moves Forward in New Documentary

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 30, 2010

  The latest Deborah Scranton film takes another look at the Rwandan genocide.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Rwanda Moves Forward in New Documentary

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 30, 2010

  The latest Deborah Scranton film takes another look at the Rwandan genocide.

  
• September 30, 2010
  
  

  Rwanda Moves Forward in New Documentary

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 30, 2010

  The latest Deborah Scranton film takes another look at the Rwandan genocide.

  
• September 21, 2010
  
  

  Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today

  Sep 29, 2010

  This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.

  
• september 29, 2010
  
  

  Distro 2010: Distribution for Independent Filmmakers Today

  Sep 29, 2010

  This Bay Area Video Coalition panel includes representatives from Microcinema International and Filmmakers Collaborative discussing the many emerging choices independent filmmakers have for releasing their films.

  
• Home
  
  

  Local Filmmakers Pour into Mill Valley

  Michael Fox
  Sep 29, 2010

  Bay Area filmmakers find a platform at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Local Filmmakers Pour into Mill Valley

  Michael Fox
  Sep 29, 2010

  Bay Area filmmakers find a platform at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

  
• September 30, 2010
  
  

  Local Filmmakers Pour into Mill Valley

  Michael Fox
  Sep 29, 2010

  Bay Area filmmakers find a platform at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Chan Is Missing,' 'Thousand Pieces of Gold,' 'Heat and Sunlight'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2010

  San Francisco narrative filmmakers offer nuanced visions of their city.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Chan Is Missing,' 'Thousand Pieces of Gold,' 'Heat and Sunlight'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2010

  San Francisco narrative filmmakers offer nuanced visions of their city.

  
• September 30, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Chan Is Missing,' 'Thousand Pieces of Gold,' 'Heat and Sunlight'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2010

  San Francisco narrative filmmakers offer nuanced visions of their city.

  
• September 21, 2010
  
  

  NY/SF International Children's Film Festival

  Sep 24, 2010

  San Francisco Film Society and the New York International Children's Film Festival offer three days of films for kids, teens and their families, from 'Turtle—the Incredible Journey' (pictured) to Santosh Sivan's Kashmir story, 'Tahaan,' to shorts and animated films, kicking off Friday, September 24, with a kid-friendly opening night party at the Punch Line Comedy Club.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 23, 2010

  Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.

  
• September 23, 2010
  
  

  'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 23, 2010

  Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.

  
• Home
  
  

  Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans

  Michael Fox
  Sep 22, 2010

  Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.

  
• September 23, 2010
  
  

  Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans

  Michael Fox
  Sep 22, 2010

  Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.

  
• Home
  
  

  Altman Versus the World

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 20, 2010

  A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Altman Versus the World

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 20, 2010

  A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  
• September 23, 2010
  
  

  Altman Versus the World

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 20, 2010

  A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  
• Home
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• September 23, 2010
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• September 23, 2010
  
  

  Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

  Rebecca Solnit
  Sep 17, 2010

  Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• September 16, 2010
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Canada.com: 'How Facebook Got Involved in Human Rights'

  Sep 15, 2010

  A Bay Area filmmaker's trip to Africa cemented her "bond with Facebook and created a new way for human rights activists to spread the word--while promoting the social networking site's month-old streaming video channel," writes Alex Ben Block. More at Canada.com.

  
• Home
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• September 16, 2010
  
  

  Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2010

  A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?

  Hannah Eaves
  Sep 14, 2010

  Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.

  
• Home
  
  

  Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?

  Hannah Eaves
  Sep 14, 2010

  Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.

  
• September 16, 2010
  
  

  Online Film Contests: Friend or Foe?

  Hannah Eaves
  Sep 14, 2010

  Contemplating the pros and cons of entering online film contests.

  
• Home
  
  

  Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2010

  A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2010

  A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.

  
• September 9 2010
  
  

  Mallimson surveys 'Edge of the Wild' on San Bruno Mountain

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2010

  A filmmaker shows environmentalists who are changing the way we as Americans relate to nature.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model

  Jessica Sapick
  Sep 7, 2010

  An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model

  Jessica Sapick
  Sep 7, 2010

  An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.

  
• September 9 2010
  
  

  'Them Greeks' Tests Independent Digital Production Model

  Jessica Sapick
  Sep 7, 2010

  An animator collaborates over the ether to bring 'Them Greeks....!' to life.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Sep 3, 2010

  Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  
• Home
  
  

  Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Sep 3, 2010

  Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  
• September 9 2010
  
  

  Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Sep 3, 2010

  Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  
• Home
  
  

  The Price of Fame

  George Rush
  Aug 31, 2010

  When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.

  
• Legal
  
  

  The Price of Fame

  George Rush
  Aug 31, 2010

  When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.

  
• September 2, 2010
  
  

  The Price of Fame

  George Rush
  Aug 31, 2010

  When filming a public figure, the rights to privacy as well as publicity need to be considered.

  
• Home
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• September 2, 2010
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 27, 2010

  The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 27, 2010

  The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.

  
• September 2, 2010
  
  

  Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 27, 2010

  The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.

  
• August 26 ,2010
  
  

  A Vampire Weekend at YBCA

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 26, 2010

  Three vampire films capture more than the imagination. That the vogue for vampire melodramas may have run its course is clear enough from the appearance of Vampires Suck (in theaters as of this writing, though not likely much past it) and the news that the American redo of the 2008 Swedish indie hit, Let the Right One In, will be titled "Let Me In." Just like that, a lovely slice of pop-baroque gets reprocessed as a pathetic whine. No matter: as long there is cinema, the vampire will reemerge. Ever since the twin pinnacles of Nosferatu (1922) and Vampyr (1932), in which two of early cinema’s. . .

  
• Home
  
  

  A Vampire Weekend at YBCA

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 26, 2010

  Three vampire films capture more than the imagination. That the vogue for vampire melodramas may have run its course is clear enough from the appearance of Vampires Suck (in theaters as of this writing, though not likely much past it) and the news that the American redo of the 2008 Swedish indie hit, Let the Right One In, will be titled "Let Me In." Just like that, a lovely slice of pop-baroque gets reprocessed as a pathetic whine. No matter: as long there is cinema, the vampire will reemerge. Ever since the twin pinnacles of Nosferatu (1922) and Vampyr (1932), in which two of early cinema’s. . .

  
• August 26 ,2010
  
  

  Medina Stokes SF-set ‘Furnace’

  Michael Fox
  Aug 25, 2010

  Dolissa Medina uncovers more ashes in a new, historical piece on San Francisco and its many great fires.

  
• Home
  
  

  Medina Stokes SF-set ‘Furnace’

  Michael Fox
  Aug 25, 2010

  Dolissa Medina uncovers more ashes in a new, historical piece on San Francisco and its many great fires.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Medina Stokes SF-set ‘Furnace’

  Michael Fox
  Aug 25, 2010

  Dolissa Medina uncovers more ashes in a new, historical piece on San Francisco and its many great fires.

  
• August 17, 2010
  
  

  'Everything Strange and New' Director in Person

  Aug 22, 2010

  Bay Area filmmaker Frazer Bradshaw appears in person at the Smith Rafael Film Center to present and discuss a screening of 'Everything Strange and New,' a contemporary meditation on adulthood in our uncertain times.

  
• August 17, 2010
  
  

  Junichi Suzuki's War Documentaries

  Aug 17, 2010

  'Live with Honor, Die with Dignity' and 'Toyo's Camera,' two films by Bay Area filmmaker Junichi Suzuki that look at the war at home and abroad for Japanese Americans during WWII, play three final days August 17-19 at Viz Cinema.

  
• August 19 2010
  
  

  Of Longing and Laforgue

  Jenni Olson
  Aug 17, 2010

  A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Of Longing and Laforgue

  Jenni Olson
  Aug 17, 2010

  A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

  
• Home
  
  

  Of Longing and Laforgue

  Jenni Olson
  Aug 17, 2010

  A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

  
• 08-12-10
  
  

  Sausalito Film Festival Views New Horizons

  Adam Hartzell
  Aug 12, 2010

  Run, walk, bike, or bus to Sausalito for a festival filled with environmental (and other) surprises. The Sausalito Film Festival at Cavallo Point offers an impressive natural/urban backdrop to complement the worlds on view inside its theaters. Situated in the less-crowded film festival calendar space of August, it offers residents of the Bay Area ample room for their eyes to roam, with gorgeous vistas to greet those coming and going from its two restored theaters, the Mission Blue and Callippe. (Cavallo Point, a backdrop for the 22nd century in Star Trek: Enterprise, also provides a view of the San Francisco that will never get old.)

  
• Home
  
  

  Sausalito Film Festival Views New Horizons

  Adam Hartzell
  Aug 12, 2010

  Run, walk, bike, or bus to Sausalito for a festival filled with environmental (and other) surprises. The Sausalito Film Festival at Cavallo Point offers an impressive natural/urban backdrop to complement the worlds on view inside its theaters. Situated in the less-crowded film festival calendar space of August, it offers residents of the Bay Area ample room for their eyes to roam, with gorgeous vistas to greet those coming and going from its two restored theaters, the Mission Blue and Callippe. (Cavallo Point, a backdrop for the 22nd century in Star Trek: Enterprise, also provides a view of the San Francisco that will never get old.)

  
• 08-05-2010
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• Home
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• 08-05-2010
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• Home
  
  

  Looking to the Skies for Cinema

  Gianmaria Franchini
  Aug 5, 2010

  Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  
• 08-05-2010
  
  

  Subtext: Catching the Drift Beneath the Dialogue

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Aug 3, 2010

  Memorable lines of dialogue are like the tips of icebergs, floating above vast, submerged mountains of character history, and more.

  
• Home
  
  

  Subtext: Catching the Drift Beneath the Dialogue

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Aug 3, 2010

  Memorable lines of dialogue are like the tips of icebergs, floating above vast, submerged mountains of character history, and more.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  Subtext: Catching the Drift Beneath the Dialogue

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Aug 3, 2010

  Memorable lines of dialogue are like the tips of icebergs, floating above vast, submerged mountains of character history, and more.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  KTVU.com: 'Moneyball' Draws Extra Crowds, Revenue

  Aug 2, 2010

  Shooting for Moneyball, with Brad Pitt playing the part of thrifty Oakland Athletic's owner Billy Beane, has drawn thousands of Bay Area residents for extra roles and provided a source of revenue for Oakland. More at KTVU.com.

  
• 08-05-2010
  
  

  'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 2, 2010

  Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.

  
• Home
  
  

  'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 2, 2010

  Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 2, 2010

  Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2010

  Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2010

  Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  
• Home
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2010

  Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2010

  Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  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.

  
• Home
  
  

  Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 14, 2010

  Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Koons Garcia Runs Fingers Through 'Soil'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 14, 2010

  Deborah Koons Garcia's latest film explores the mystery and complexities of one of the earth's most valuable resources.

  
• Home
  
  

  Charlotte Buchen, Wheels Turning

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 12, 2010

  Charlotte Buchen’s Bay Area Street Portraits take us on a ride with the everyday bicycling citizen of Berkeley and Oakland.

  
• Home
  
  

  Charlotte Buchen, Wheels Turning

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 12, 2010

  Charlotte Buchen’s Bay Area Street Portraits take us on a ride with the everyday bicycling citizen of Berkeley and Oakland.

  
• Home
  
  

  Perkins Places 'Trust' in Convicts and Parolees

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2010

  Tamara Perkins' The Trust is intended to provide a rare lens into the lives of incarcerated men and their families.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Perkins Places 'Trust' in Convicts and Parolees

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2010

  Tamara Perkins' The Trust is intended to provide a rare lens into the lives of incarcerated men and their families.

  
• Home
  
  

  Crafting Motifs in Documentary Films

  Karen Everett
  Jul 6, 2010

  Choosing and implementing the right motif can help convey a narrative documentary's theme.
  
  Now…what exactly is a motif? And why would you want to edit one into a documentary film?
  During one of my recent group coaching calls, we addressed these questions. . . .

  
• Home
  
  

  Media Pulse: A Crude Interpretation of the Law

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jul 1, 2010

  Jennifer Preissel examines the film and the court case that could redefine a journalist’s protection under First Amendment rights.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Media Pulse: A Crude Interpretation of the Law

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jul 1, 2010

  Jennifer Preissel examines the film and the court case that could redefine a journalist’s protection under First Amendment rights.

  
• Home
  
  

  Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'

  Michael Fox
  Jun 30, 2010

  East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'

  Michael Fox
  Jun 30, 2010

  East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Polk Street Lures Boswell's 'Stranger'

  Michael Fox
  Jun 23, 2010

  Scott Boswell’s marvelous debut feature, The Stranger In Us, plays out on Polk Street and in the Tenderloin, far from the oft-photographed glamour spots of San Francisco.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  On the Road with 'Joan,' Stern and Sundberg Talk Big Picture

  Michael Fox
  Jun 14, 2010

  The makers of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work speak about their latest, as well as the state of documentary filmmaking.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Fast-Track Filmmaking with the 48 Hour Film Project

  Ryan Riddle
  Jun 14, 2010

  Making a film called Stagecoach in the Sky as part of the 48 Hour Film Project requires planning, as well as a flying boat.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  San Francisco Habitue John Waters Offers Role Models

  Michael Fox
  Jun 10, 2010

  With a new book, gallery exhibition, appearances on local radio and stages, John Waters is quickly becoming a Bay Area fixture, a welcome addition to the film and cultural landscape.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Koppelman Maps International Cybercrime, Cuban Opera

  Michael Fox
  Jun 9, 2010

  Charles Koppelman's documentary in progress, Zero Day, exposes each of three threats to the Internet: cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberwarfare.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Bowden Exposes San Francisco in Full Picture

  Michael Fox
  Jun 7, 2010

  San Francisco filmmaker Jon Bowden brings a second comic feature, The Full Picture, to screens.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Field's Anti-Apartheid Series Returns to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 4, 2010

  By any measure, the long-awaited release of Have You Heard from Johannesburg? shapes up to be one of the major documentary events of 2010.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Field's Anti-Apartheid Series Returns to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 4, 2010

  By any measure, the long-awaited release of Have You Heard from Johannesburg? shapes up to be one of the major documentary events of 2010.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Thinking Like a Screenwriter for your Documentary

  Karen Everett
  May 31, 2010

  Moving past genre distinctions may help some filmmakers find the best dramatic arc and the most powerful truths.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Merchant-Ivory: A Look Back

  Dennis Harvey
  May 27, 2010

  A literary adaptation filled with first-class actors in sumptuous settings, City doesn't fall too far from the familiar Merchant-Ivory tree.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Merchant-Ivory: A Look Back

  Dennis Harvey
  May 27, 2010

  A literary adaptation filled with first-class actors in sumptuous settings, City doesn't fall too far from the familiar Merchant-Ivory tree.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Omori, Hardy Conspire to Tattoo the World

  Michael Fox
  May 25, 2010

  Emiko Omori s upcoming documentary, Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World, a collaboration of sorts between the two artists, grew out of a friendship that dates to 1974.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Festivals from Cannes to Marfa, San Francisco Filmmakers Reporting

  Emile Bokaer, Cynthia Mitchell
  May 21, 2010

  Bay Area filmmakers report back from film festivals far (Cannes) and wide (Marfa).

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Stevenson's Oddball Scandinavian Cinema

  Dennis Harvey
  May 21, 2010

  Former San Franciscan Jack Stevenson returns from Denmark to promote the U.S. publication of Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Poitras's Unexpected Path to 'The Oath'

  Jessica Sapick
  May 16, 2010

  Laura Poitras speaks during SFIFF53 about the process of creating The Oath from the stories of Osama Bin Laden's former bodyguard and driver.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Griffin and Jordan Getting Nails Done

  Michael Fox
  May 12, 2010

  Today s fun fact: San Francisco has more nail salons per capita than any city in the country.

  
• 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.

  
• Funding
  
  

  A Short Guide to Funding Short Narratives

  Holly Million
  May 11, 2010

  If you re making a short narrative, foundations give you no respect. Financiers turn a cold shoulder. Government grantors snort. And festivals slot your film Sunday at midnight.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Conner Forever Moving Forward

  Dennis Harvey
  May 10, 2010

  Bruce Conner, the sculptor, painter, photographer and filmmaker who loomed large in the Bay Area's shifting avant-garde currents for 50 years, resurfaces with Three Screen Ray.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Conner Forever Moving Forward

  Dennis Harvey
  May 10, 2010

  Bruce Conner, the sculptor, painter, photographer and filmmaker who loomed large in the Bay Area's shifting avant-garde currents for 50 years, resurfaces with Three Screen Ray.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF Chronicle: 'S.F. Film Festival Bestows Prizes'

  May 7, 2010

  Almost $300,000 was given out Wednesday night for awards and grants honoring documentary winners.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  San Francisco International's Local Filmmakers Next Step

  Michael Fox
  May 6, 2010

  We caught up with several Bay Area makers, fresh off their high-energy screenings at SFIFF53 and primed to keep the momentum rolling.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  San Francisco International's Local Filmmakers Next Step

  Michael Fox
  May 6, 2010

  We caught up with several Bay Area makers, fresh off their high-energy screenings at SFIFF53 and primed to keep the momentum rolling.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53: Golden Gate Awards and Juried Prizes/Grants Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2010

  Cash prizes totaling nearly $300,000 for filmmakers highlighted the San Francisco International Film Festival s Golden Gate Awards Wednesday night.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53: War Stories

  Matt Sussman
  May 5, 2010

  Films about our species enduring capacity to be inhumane toward its own are perennials at festivals, and will be so as long as wars are waged.

  
• 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.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Dialogues: Gary Snyder on Art, Anarchy and the Environment

  Robert Avila
  May 3, 2010

  Poet, essayist, environmentalist, Buddhist, public intellectual and teacher Gary Snyder speaks on life and the making of 'The Practice of the Wild.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Dialogues: Gary Snyder on Art, Anarchy and the Environment

  Robert Avila
  May 3, 2010

  Poet, essayist, environmentalist, Buddhist, public intellectual and teacher Gary Snyder speaks on life and the making of 'The Practice of the Wild.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  New York-set Charlie Barker's Big S.F. Break

  Michael Fox
  May 2, 2010

  Along with selfless sacrifices and random luck, low-budget independent films often depend on the timely intervention of an angel.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53: Women's Worlds

  Max Goldberg
  May 1, 2010

  Don t let Hollywood crow about The Hurt Locker and the year of the woman until more filmmakers of the sort featured at this year s festival benefit.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53 Reports: California Dreamin' at Film Society Awards Night

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 30, 2010

  San Francisco itself took a lead role at Film Society Awards Night, the dinner and awards program benefiting the Film Society s year-round Youth Education initiative.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53: 'At the Movies' with Roger Ebert

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 30, 2010

  You know someone is well liked when they re used as the standard by which you fall short.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF53: The Art of Revival

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 29, 2010

  Through most of its history, the Festival has featured revivals of restored classics and little-known gems. This year s selections run an unusually wide gamut.

  
• 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
  
  

  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: '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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Hernandez's Guilty Verdict

  Michael Fox
  Apr 26, 2010

  If there's a sure-fire crowd-pleaser in this year's San Francisco International Film Festival, it s Roberto Hernandez and Geoffrey Smith's Presumed Guilty.

  
• Legal
  
  

  Do You Pass the Test?

  George Rush
  Apr 26, 2010

  You are awesome. Spectacular, incredible, interesting, accomplished and generally just way awesome. Everyone wants to hear every possible thing there is to know about you.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF s Porchlight On For Guests

  Michael Fox
  Apr 24, 2010

  Ch‚ Sandoval of Chile, Kaspar Astrup Schroder of Denmark, Pedro Gonzal‚z-Rubio of Mexico, John Herschend and Claudia Gonson don t have much in common except stories to tell.

  
• 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.

  
• 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.

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Dialogues: Jim Harrison on Poetry, Documentary

  Robert Avila
  Apr 23, 2010

  Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Dialogues: Jim Harrison on Poetry, Documentary

  Robert Avila
  Apr 23, 2010

  Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Roxie's New Leadership

  Michael Fox
  Apr 21, 2010

  The Statton era has begun. Kate and Chris Statton have officially assumed the positions of co-executive directors of the venerable Mission District cinema.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'It Came from Kuchar,' 'La Mission' in Theatres

  sf360
  Apr 16, 2010

  Bay Area-made and Mission-inspired, Peter Bratt's La Mission joins Jennifer Kroot's wild and woolly It Came from Kuchar in Bay Area theaters this week.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'It Came from Kuchar,' 'La Mission' in Theatres

  sf360
  Apr 16, 2010

  Bay Area-made and Mission-inspired, Peter Bratt's La Mission joins Jennifer Kroot's wild and woolly It Came from Kuchar in Bay Area theaters this week.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Rajendra Serber's Confident Steps into Film

  Michael Fox
  Apr 13, 2010

  From Michael Powell to Carlos Saura to Sally Potter, a stratum of directors has progressively reimagined the relationship between dance and film.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Can-Can Do: Silent Shooting at the Victoria

  Jane Riccobono
  Apr 13, 2010

  The Victoria Theater is shut up tight, with no sign of life. After a few raps on the door, a woman peeks out and leads me inside.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Christina Yao's solid Empire of Silver

  Michael Fox
  Apr 12, 2010

  First-time filmmaker Christina Yao is soft-spoken and exceedingly polite, but it s apparent that very little intimidates her.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Living on Default line in Bakalian Doc

  Michael Fox
  Apr 6, 2010

  The new law reforming the Federal student loan program will save billions and help millions. But it won t make Serge Bakalian s debt expos‚ superfluous.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Living on Default line in Bakalian Doc

  Michael Fox
  Apr 6, 2010

  The new law reforming the Federal student loan program will save billions and help millions. But it won t make Serge Bakalian s debt expos‚ superfluous.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nuclear Family Secrets in Silvia's Atomic Mom

  Michael Fox
  Mar 30, 2010

  One of the oldest points of contention in documentary is whether the camera s presence alters the subject s behavior.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Green by Design: Purebred Productions

  Michael Behrens
  Mar 28, 2010

  San Francisco has a variety of excellent soundstages, but one is trying to save the earth.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Green by Design: Purebred Productions

  Michael Behrens
  Mar 28, 2010

  San Francisco has a variety of excellent soundstages, but one is trying to save the earth.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Sights and Sounds of South by Southwest

  Hannah Eaves
  Mar 24, 2010

  Tens of thousands of artists, aficionados and businesspeople flock to Austin for a festival that is part online conference, part film festival, and more than part music.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Riffe's Raw Milk Germ

  Michael Fox
  Mar 23, 2010

  There's so much about this product called milk that we think we know everything about, declares Jed Riffe with his usual blend of enthusiasm and amazement.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  Childhood's Richness on Film

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Mar 23, 2010

  When a child assumes center stage on film, the potential for both thematic richness and unexpected plot directions increases exponentially.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES

  Adam Hartzell
  Mar 21, 2010

  Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Lesh Sabreen?' On Red Vic Screen

  Robert Avila
  Mar 15, 2010

  Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, was not even aware there was such a thing as Palestinian cinema until, as a teenager, he came to the Bay Area to visit his brother and sister.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Lesh Sabreen?' On Red Vic Screen

  Robert Avila
  Mar 15, 2010

  Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, was not even aware there was such a thing as Palestinian cinema until, as a teenager, he came to the Bay Area to visit his brother and sister.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Village' a New Look at New Orleans

  Judy Stone
  Mar 10, 2010

  S. Leo Chiang knew what it was like to be an outsider in the U.S., so the rebellion of Vietnamese residents in New Orleans was an ideal subject.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  West with 'Sweetgrass'

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 9, 2010

  There will probably never be a theatrical release for James Benning's landscape movies. Amazingly, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor have scored distribution and made a splash.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  West with 'Sweetgrass'

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 9, 2010

  There will probably never be a theatrical release for James Benning's landscape movies. Amazingly, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor have scored distribution and made a splash.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Pixar's Latest Oscar High

  Michael Fox
  Mar 8, 2010

  Cementing its status as the preeminent animation company of the 00s, Pixar won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for the third time in seven years.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Pixar's Latest Oscar High

  Michael Fox
  Mar 8, 2010

  Cementing its status as the preeminent animation company of the 00s, Pixar won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for the third time in seven years.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Reed's Promise of Prodigal Sons

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2010

  If Kimberly Reed took a not particularly unique path into filmmaking, she certainly took an interesting road out of it.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Reed's Promise of Prodigal Sons

  Michael Fox
  Mar 3, 2010

  If Kimberly Reed took a not particularly unique path into filmmaking, she certainly took an interesting road out of it.

  
• Funding
  
  

  Do Ask, Do Tell

  Holly Million
  Mar 1, 2010

  I've asked people for all kinds of money for all kinds of reasons. Whether I'm asking for $1,000 or $100,000, I've found some key concepts rule.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North

  Michael Fox
  Feb 28, 2010

  From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North

  Michael Fox
  Feb 28, 2010

  From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Cohen and Lipman's Recovering Friend in Forest

  Michael Fox
  Feb 23, 2010

  Injured in a crash on the Golden Gate Bridge, Dr. Grace Dammann spent 45 days in a coma and 13 months in the hospital.

  
• 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.

  
• 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
  
  

  Freak Flag Flying at YBCA

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 17, 2010

  YBCA has sustained a major place in S.F.'s cultural landscape without receiving the due it would have had its mission been narrower and more easily defined.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Freak Flag Flying at YBCA

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 17, 2010

  YBCA has sustained a major place in S.F.'s cultural landscape without receiving the due it would have had its mission been narrower and more easily defined.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Ehrlich, Goldsmith on Pentagon Papers

  Michael Fox
  Feb 14, 2010

  The Oscar nomination for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a validation of the doc's right-now relevance.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Scott MacDonald on Art in Cinema at SFMoMA

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 7, 2010

  The film historian looks back at Frank Stauffacher's seminal mid-century series, which hatched a Bay Area avant-garde.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Scott MacDonald on Art in Cinema at SFMoMA

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 7, 2010

  The film historian looks back at Frank Stauffacher's seminal mid-century series, which hatched a Bay Area avant-garde.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mostly British and Very Entertaining

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 4, 2010

  Tragically underrepresented in the Bay Area's densely packed world of globally oriented film festivals is the land(s) of our erstwhile colonial rulers!

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mostly British and Very Entertaining

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 4, 2010

  Tragically underrepresented in the Bay Area's densely packed world of globally oriented film festivals is the land(s) of our erstwhile colonial rulers!

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SF Indiefest at Twelve

  Matt Sussman
  Feb 4, 2010

  It s a strange time for independent film, with scaled-back specialty divisions and online self-distribution, but SF Indiefest remains a champion of the unsung and un-buzzable.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Pacific Film Archive's Young Filmmakers on Big Screen

  Jane Riccobono
  Feb 3, 2010

  In the YouTube-Facebook-viral video era, it's hard to remember the time when youth-made media was rare.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Pacific Film Archive's Young Filmmakers on Big Screen

  Jane Riccobono
  Feb 3, 2010

  In the YouTube-Facebook-viral video era, it's hard to remember the time when youth-made media was rare.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bay Area's Strong Presence at 82nd Oscars

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 3, 2010

  Films with Bay Area connections featured prominently in the 82nd Academy Award nominations announced yesterday.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Words from Sundance Staffers: Jon Ho

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 28, 2010

  Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Words from Sundance Staffers: Jennie-Marie Adler

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 28, 2010

  Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Words from Sundance Staffers: Ilya Tovbis

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 28, 2010

  Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Fish Tank's Essex truth

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 28, 2010

  Writer-director Andrea Arnold created a stir with her first feature Red Road, but her new film is arguably an even stronger work.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Words from Sundance Staffers: Krissy Bailey

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 27, 2010

  Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  
• 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
  
  

  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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Stephen Talbot's World Music

  Ryan Prendiville
  Jan 24, 2010

  Stephen Talbot left PBS s Frontline World to create and develop original media properties, including a globe-trotting TV series about world music.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Butchers Chop Shop at Sundance

  Glen Helfand
  Jan 21, 2010

  The Butcher Brothers The Violent Kind is a nightmare-with-bikers-in-the-woods fantasy shot in Petaluma and Cotati, and it fits their collaborative moniker.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Butchers Chop Shop at Sundance

  Glen Helfand
  Jan 21, 2010

  The Butcher Brothers The Violent Kind is a nightmare-with-bikers-in-the-woods fantasy shot in Petaluma and Cotati, and it fits their collaborative moniker.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Darkness Of Noir City On Castro Screen

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 20, 2010

  In late January, many tune their radar to the snowy, showy glare of Sundance. With Noir City here, the stay-at-homes are the luckier ones.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Joe Graham's Soulful 'Strapped'

  Michael Fox
  Jan 19, 2010

  "I wish gay cinema would die", Joe Graham declares. It s not queer movies the San Francisco filmmaker hates, but categories and pigeonholing.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Connie Field's Magnum Opus on Anti-Apartheid Movement

  Michael Fox
  Jan 12, 2010

  By any measure, the long-awaited release of Have You Heard from Johannesburg? shapes up to be one of the major documentary events of 2010.

  
• Funding
  
  

  Road-Tested Rules For Bang-up Fundraising Events

  Holly Million
  Jan 12, 2010

  Seems like every filmmaker I know is ready to party! Everyone s throwing fundraising events for their films. So many babes in the party-planning woods.

  
• 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
  
  

  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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nani Walker's 'Other Nature' At 15,000 Feet

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2010

  Nani Sahra Walker went to Nepal for seven months, and returned with a one-hour documentary. OK, a rough cut. No big deal? Enlightenment guaranteed, indeed.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nani Walker's 'Other Nature' At 15,000 Feet

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2010

  Nani Sahra Walker went to Nepal for seven months, and returned with a one-hour documentary. OK, a rough cut. No big deal? Enlightenment guaranteed, indeed.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  George Csicsery's Hard Problems

  Michael Fox
  Jan 4, 2010

  With more than 25 documentaries to his credit, many on mathematicians and scientists, George Csicsery is arguably the most prolific filmmaker in the Bay Area.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  George Csicsery's Hard Problems

  Michael Fox
  Jan 4, 2010

  With more than 25 documentaries to his credit, many on mathematicians and scientists, George Csicsery is arguably the most prolific filmmaker in the Bay Area.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Citizen Critics' New Outlets, Challenges in 2009

  Adam Hartzell
  Jan 2, 2010

  The silver lining to a decade that saw traditional critics in conventional media dwindle? The explosion of socially networked citizen critics.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Thoughts On the Aughts: Best/Worst Trends

  Susan Gerard
  Dec 31, 2009

  While the U.S. moved from rebuilding decimated skyscrapers to the rebuilding of an entire economy, film moved from the multiplex to the mailbox to the mobile.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Thoughts On the Aughts: Best/Worst Trends

  Susan Gerard
  Dec 31, 2009

  While the U.S. moved from rebuilding decimated skyscrapers to the rebuilding of an entire economy, film moved from the multiplex to the mailbox to the mobile.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Best Practices For Naming Sequences

  Karen Everett
  Dec 30, 2009

  For handy access to your most valuable footage, here s a method of organizing sequences.

  
• 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 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
  
  

  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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Narrative Filmmakers Thriving in Doc Capital

  Michael Fox
  Dec 23, 2009

  Michael Fox shows independent filmmakers who are thriving in the Bay Area.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Bay Area Narrative Filmmakers Thriving in Doc Capital

  Michael Fox
  Dec 23, 2009

  Michael Fox shows independent filmmakers who are thriving in the Bay Area.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Filmmakers Stuff 'Bag!' With Self-Distribution Dreams

  Michael Fox
  Dec 15, 2009

  Filmmakers Justine Jacob And Alex da Silva release the documentary Ready, Set, Bag!, which follows competitive grocery baggers from across the country.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  David Thomson Revisits 'Psycho's' Critical Moment

  Michael Fox
  Dec 14, 2009

  David Thomson's new book commemorates the golden anniversary of Hitchcock's "Psycho."

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Holiday Film Preview, Part II

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 11, 2009

  Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Wintering with the SF Silent Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 9, 2009

  Highlights from the 2009 San Francisco Silent Film Festival winter event.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Legal Eagle Eye Kristine Enea Zooms 'Off the Grid'

  Michael Fox
  Dec 8, 2009

  Kristine Enea's documentary shows The EcoCenter, a San Francisco environmental educational facility that treats and recycles wastewater and generates its own solar power.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Coming Around to 'Convergence'

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 7, 2009

  The 6th Screen: Hannah Eaves compiles some questions about "convergence", the increasingly popular practice of combining television and computer usage. 

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Catherine Galasso's 'Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice'

  Michael Fox
  Dec 7, 2009

  Catherine Galasso talks about her performance piece Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice, which features dance, theater and projected video.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Workin' It: 'La Danse" and "Everything Strange and New'

  Michael Fox
  Dec 4, 2009

  Frederick Wiseman documents the frantic routine of choreographers for the Paris Opera Ballet as Frazer Bradshaw gives a more familiar portrayal of workplace satisfaction.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Sequence Names

  Karen Everett
  Dec 1, 2009

  The Edit Room: Karen Everett shares tips on how to track multiple versions of Final Cut Pro projects and sequences.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Antonelli's 'Crossing Over' and Cooke's Soulful Genius

  Michael Fox
  Dec 1, 2009

  Marin County filmmaker John Antonelli talks about his documentary on influential late singer-songwriter Sam Cooke for PBS's "American Masters" series.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  David Sherman and Wasteland Utopias

  Michael Fox
  Nov 30, 2009

  In town for the premiere of Wasteland Utopias, the artist, curator and administrative director of Canyon Cinema gives us the scoop on Wilhelm Reich and other shadowy figures.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Feast Your Eyes: A Holiday Film Preview

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 25, 2009

  Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Feast Your Eyes: A Holiday Film Preview

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 25, 2009

  Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  New Social Issue Dramas from Rainin Grant-Winners

  Michael Fox
  Nov 24, 2009

  The scoop on the projects of the inaugural class for the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, which support lively, intelligent social-issue narrative films.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Daven Gee Docs on the New American Family

  Michael Fox
  Nov 17, 2009

  Two films from Oakland filmmakers, Dhana & Indra and Family 2469, illuminate the changing face of the country as the 21st Century unfolds.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Daven Gee Docs on the New American Family

  Michael Fox
  Nov 17, 2009

  Two films from Oakland filmmakers, Dhana & Indra and Family 2469, illuminate the changing face of the country as the 21st Century unfolds.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  Carmen Madden on Watching People, Writing Characters

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Nov 16, 2009

  Writer/director Carmen Madden's writing reflects just how intimately she comes to see and know a screenplay's world and the characters that inhabit it.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  On the Road Before 'The Recess Ends'

  Michael Fox
  Nov 10, 2009

  Shot in depressed burgs and 'burbs across the country, this documentary looks at the U.S. at its lowest economic ebb in generations.

  
• Funding
  
  

  How to Entice and Reward Potential Donors

  Holly Million
  Nov 10, 2009

  Here are a few ways to both entice and reward your donors, as well as some tips for thanking them when all's said and done.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Russell Merritt at the SF International Animation Festival

  Sura Wood
  Nov 9, 2009

  A conversation on Walt Disney's Alice Comedies with a lively raconteur and Professor of Film Studies at UC Berkeley.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Tour Through the 2009 Taiwan Film Days

  Adam Hartzell
  Nov 5, 2009

  For three days, the SFFS offers a chance to see contemporary Taiwanese cinema beyond the work of the usual Taiwanese film masters.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Marissa Aroy Unearths Forgotten California history

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2009

  Aroy's film excavates the history and contributions of Filipino farmworkers in the Golden State since the 1920s.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Parker and di Napoli on Parody and High Art

  Adam Hartzell
  Nov 1, 2009

  Bay Area locals Jonathan Parker and Catherine di Napoli discuss (Untitled), a hilarious romp through the world of conceptual art and atonal music.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Parker and di Napoli on Parody and High Art

  Adam Hartzell
  Nov 1, 2009

  Bay Area locals Jonathan Parker and Catherine di Napoli discuss (Untitled), a hilarious romp through the world of conceptual art and atonal music.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Robert Mailer Anderson on Mendo Madness of 'Pig Hunt'

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 26, 2009

  After ripping it up at various genre fests, the Bay Area indie horror flick settles in for a theatrical run at the Red Vic.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Robert Mailer Anderson on Mendo Madness of 'Pig Hunt'

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 26, 2009

  After ripping it up at various genre fests, the Bay Area indie horror flick settles in for a theatrical run at the Red Vic.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Sorry, Thanks' Lavishes Love on the Mission

  Michael Fox
  Oct 24, 2009

  From the steep slope of 22nd Street down to La Taqueria, from the Attic to Boogaloos, this droll feature showcases the Mission to glowing advantage.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Sorry, Thanks' Lavishes Love on the Mission

  Michael Fox
  Oct 24, 2009

  From the steep slope of 22nd Street down to La Taqueria, from the Attic to Boogaloos, this droll feature showcases the Mission to glowing advantage.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Remembering Chick Strand

  Max Goldberg
  Oct 23, 2009

  Chick Strand, a crucial pioneer of West Coast experimental cinema, died July 11 at 78.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Remembering Chick Strand

  Max Goldberg
  Oct 23, 2009

  Chick Strand, a crucial pioneer of West Coast experimental cinema, died July 11 at 78.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Anne, Anne, Anne: McGuire Comes Alive

  Michael Fox
  Oct 20, 2009

  Anne McGuire finds the beauty in the strange, and the strangeness in the beautiful. That's not perversity, people; that's poetry.

  
• 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
  
  

  Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze and 'Wild Things'

  Michael Read
  Oct 19, 2009

  Where the Wild Things Are is directed by Spike Jonze from a screenplay by Jonze and Bay Area–based writer Dave Eggers, based on the classic 1963 picture book by Maurice Sendak.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Dave Eggers, Spike Jonze and 'Wild Things'

  Michael Read
  Oct 19, 2009

  Where the Wild Things Are is directed by Spike Jonze from a screenplay by Jonze and Bay Area–based writer Dave Eggers, based on the classic 1963 picture book by Maurice Sendak.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  What's up, DocFest?

  Robert Avila
  Oct 14, 2009

  Fans of the San Francisco festival, now in its eighth year, have developed a well-honed appreciation for the eccentric.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Christopher Upham Back to 'Dakto,' Vietnam

  Michael Fox
  Oct 13, 2009

  The writer has had ample opportunity in the last 40 years to come to terms with his stint as an ambulance driver and medic.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  The Importance of Supporting Characters

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Oct 13, 2009

  Beyond Words: The people who back up the main character are often key sources of revelation, unmasking aspects of personality, motivation and backstory.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  San Francisco Cinematheque Fall Program Underway

  Max Goldberg
  Oct 3, 2009

  A year after Jonathan Marlow took the helm as executive director, the organization is showing fresh signs of life.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  San Francisco Cinematheque Fall Program Underway

  Max Goldberg
  Oct 3, 2009

  A year after Jonathan Marlow took the helm as executive director, the organization is showing fresh signs of life.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Montalbano's "The Recondite Heart"

  Michael Fox
  Sep 29, 2009

  East Bay filmmaker Miles Montalbano is in preproduction on dark coming-of-age story The Recondite Heart, his followup to his lauded debut, Revolution Summer.

  
• Digital
  
  

  TechCrunch 50: Clicker and AnyClip

  Hannah Eaves
  Sep 28, 2009

  AnyClip and Clicker are standouts at TechCrunch's annual conference, where startups a chance to pitch to expert judges and investors.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  The Impact of Joe Berlinger's 'Crude'

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 25, 2009

  Joe Berlinger speaks about the making of an environmental disaster in the Amazon, as seen in his new film, Crude.

  
• 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.

  
• 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.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Organizing your bins effectively

  Karen Everett
  Sep 22, 2009

  The Edit Room: Learning how to organize saves you time and money in the editing process; a walk-through just how to do it.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Lucrecia Martel and "The Headless Woman"

  Gail Spilsbury
  Sep 18, 2009

  To viewers of Lucrecia Martel's earlier work, The Headless Woman is the crowning achievement; the filmmaker speaks about her vision of the world.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Columbia Pictures' noir lights at the Roxie

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 17, 2009

  The Roxie's Best of Columbia Noir seroes features great films capitalizing on a simple formula: a girl, a guy and a gun.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Telles charts 'Storm' of Mexican Revolution

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2009

  Ray Telles's ambitious two-hour film, The Storm that Swept Mexico, with a budget north of $1.2 million, reaches out to the world.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cory McAbee and 'Stingray Sam'

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 13, 2009

  High-concept cabaret-act favorite in the Bay Area who sidelines as a filmmaker, Cory McAbee (The American Astronaut) speaks about his latest, Stingray Sam.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cory McAbee and 'Stingray Sam'

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 13, 2009

  High-concept cabaret-act favorite in the Bay Area who sidelines as a filmmaker, Cory McAbee (The American Astronaut) speaks about his latest, Stingray Sam.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Foraging for 'Swamp Cabbage'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2009

  Miami-born Julia Kahn offers strange revelations about the South in the long-gestating, cliche-crunching documentary Swamp Cabbage.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Foraging for 'Swamp Cabbage'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2009

  Miami-born Julia Kahn offers strange revelations about the South in the long-gestating, cliche-crunching documentary Swamp Cabbage.

  
• In Production
  
  

  War Vets as Stars in 'Common Sky'

  Michael Fox
  Sep 1, 2009

  Five years ago, Common Sky director Kathy Carlson committed herself to the task of bridging the gulf between those who've fought in battle and the rest of us.

  
• 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.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Hess, Janos and the Volunteers of America

  Michael Fox
  Aug 25, 2009

  With in-process Volunteer Nation: Stories of Service, veteran producer-directors Ben Hess and Dan Janos are mobilizing the millennials.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Pete Nicks Impatient in 'Waiting Room'

  Michael Fox
  Aug 18, 2009

  East Bay documentary producer Pete Nicks places interactive storytelling booths in hospital waiting rooms.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Dina Ciraulo's 'Opal'

  Michael Fox
  Aug 11, 2009

  Dina Ciraulo's debut feature reconsiders the curious case of nature writer Opal Whiteley, who burst to prominence—and controversy— in the 1920s.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Seiji Horibuchi on VIZ Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Aug 8, 2009

  Seiji Horibuchi, founder and chairman of VIZ Media, speaks about VIZ Cinema, a built-from-scratch venue located in the New People building in Japantown.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Swedish Muckrakers Enlist Local Help

  Michael Fox
  Aug 4, 2009

  Oakland attorney Richard Lee speaks on the legal case surrounding the Swedish filmmakers of the hot-button documentary Bananas!.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  How Scary Cow co-op is making indie filmmaking in SF a little less frightening

  Elizabeth Rader
  Aug 2, 2009

  Jager McConnell speaks about Scary Cow, a filmmakers' co-op that offers experience, people, money and equipment to aspiring filmmakers with ideas to burn.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  How Scary Cow co-op is making indie filmmaking in SF a little less frightening

  Elizabeth Rader
  Aug 2, 2009

  Jager McConnell speaks about Scary Cow, a filmmakers' co-op that offers experience, people, money and equipment to aspiring filmmakers with ideas to burn.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Lion's Den' and '24 City'

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 31, 2009

  Veteran filmmakers Pablo Trapero and Jia Zhang-ke complicate their genres with Lion's Den and 24 City.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Howl' is Poetry in Post

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2009

  Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman combine live-action period drama and animation in retelling of Ginsburg's Howl

  
• Digital
  
  

  Free and Open: Video's Cambrian Explosion

  Hannah Eaves
  Jul 27, 2009

  The Sixth Screen: Veteran journalists and filmmakers alike are polishing up their resumes, contemplating the hospitality industry, and wondering: Who stole my career?

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Shelley Diekman Reflects on Well-Spent life

  Hilary Hart
  Jul 27, 2009

  Newly-retired Pacific Film Archive publicist Shelley Diekman discusses her cinephile tastes, her past and her future.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Shelley Diekman Reflects on Well-Spent life

  Hilary Hart
  Jul 27, 2009

  Newly-retired Pacific Film Archive publicist Shelley Diekman discusses her cinephile tastes, her past and her future.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Social Justice and the S.F. Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2009

  The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival arrives with an expansive program spotlighting the Jewish tradition of social justice and human rights.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Why Isn't Chris von Sneidern Famous?'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 21, 2009

  A revealing portrait of veteran local singer-songwriter-guitarist with a cult following investigates existential questions about fame with respect, empathy and self-reflection.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Berkeley-based writer Barry Gifford's wild screen-rides

  Sura Wood
  Jul 19, 2009

  A peripatetic childhood laid fertile ground for the heated imagination of Berkeley-based author Barry Gifford, who has written Wild at Heart and Lost Highway. 

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  J.P. Allen and the Landscape of Love

  Michael Fox
  Jul 14, 2009

  J.P. Allen and Janis DeLucia Allen's latest imagining, Sex and Imagining, is a two-character piece thick with dialogue and psychological undercurrents.

  
• Funding
  
  

  Are Your "Friends" Worthless?

  Holly Million
  Jul 13, 2009

  Fear-Free Fundraising: Are Your "Friends" Worthless?

  
• 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
  
  

  SF Silent Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Jul 9, 2009

  Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho is one of the many highlights on screen during the three-day San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Weissman's 'Heartbreak and Heroism'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 7, 2009

  David Weissman speaks on his new project, Heartbreak and Heroism, revisiting the early years of the AIDS outbreak in San Francisco.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  Beyond Words: Comedy That Sticks

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Jul 7, 2009

  What's the key to writing comedy that sticks with us, despite perhaps an overblown story line or how lost and low-down the characters seem at the time?

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Kutner and Goldstein on 'The Snake'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 6, 2009

  Adam Goldstein and Eric Kutner discuss their debut, The Snake, an unapologetically impertinent, made-in-S.F, comedy that marks its creators as resourceful wiseguys.

  
• In Production
  
  

  The horror, the horror: 'Tweaker With an Axe'

  Michael Fox
  Jul 1, 2009

  An interview with Flynn Witmeyer about his debut feature Tweaker With an Axe, and the desire to make genre films—horror or sci-fi or fantasy—that incorporate gay and lesbian characters.

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Story Structures that Funders Love

  Karen Everett
  Jun 29, 2009

  The Edit Room: I decided to set my New Doc Editing research team on a mission to find out what structural models are getting funded these days.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Richard Levien, from 'Immersion' to 'La Migra'

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 29, 2009

  New Zealand transplant Richard Levien, a longstanding fixture of the San Francisco indie film community, breaks out of the editing room with Immersion.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Richard Levien, from 'Immersion' to 'La Migra'

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 29, 2009

  New Zealand transplant Richard Levien, a longstanding fixture of the San Francisco indie film community, breaks out of the editing room with Immersion.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Frameline33: Youth in Revolt

  Lynn Rapoport
  Jun 22, 2009

  In this year's Frameline Fest, as so often in life, it's all about the one(s) that got away.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cronenwett's 'Maggots and Men' at Frameline

  Michael Fox
  Jun 20, 2009

  A case could be made that Cary Cronenwett's Maggots and Men isn't just the most unique work in Frameline33, but of any festival all year.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cronenwett's 'Maggots and Men' at Frameline

  Michael Fox
  Jun 20, 2009

  A case could be made that Cary Cronenwett's Maggots and Men isn't just the most unique work in Frameline33, but of any festival all year.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Frameline33: Something Old, Something New

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 17, 2009

  A dose of self-affirmation arrives with Frameline33 (or, if you prefer, the multiple-breath-intake-requiring San Francisco International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Film Festival.)

  
• In Production
  
  

  'All About Evil'-doer Joshua Grannell in post

  Michael Fox
  Jun 17, 2009

  Blood-soaked, darkly comic All About Evil has writer-director Joshua Grannell and editor Rick LeCompte on an express-train schedule rare for an independent feature.

  
• Popular
  
  

  'All About Evil'-doer Joshua Grannell in post

  Michael Fox
  Jun 17, 2009

  Blood-soaked, darkly comic All About Evil has writer-director Joshua Grannell and editor Rick LeCompte on an express-train schedule rare for an independent feature.

  
• Legal
  
  

  Facing the Music (Rights)

  George Rush
  Jun 16, 2009

  Avoiding Disaster: Clearing music is one of those horrible, arduous, frustrating tasks that needs to be done in order to show or sell a film.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Tom Shepard's 'Whiz Kids' Blinding with Science

  Michael Fox
  Jun 14, 2009

  Tom Shepard revisits the overachieving, hyper-ambitious world of science-obsessed high school seniors in his new film, Whiz Kids.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Marco Ferreri's Anarchic Filmmaking

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 12, 2009

  Wild man of Italian cinema, Marco Ferreri left many films in need of rediscovery (or simply discovery) since his death in 1997.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nutritious eating on the cheap for Potash film

  Michael Fox
  Jun 9, 2009

  Like most social-issue documentaries, Food Stamped sprang from an activist impulse for Shira and Yoav Potash.

  
• Funding
  
  

  "Just Make Them Love It"

  Holly Million
  Jun 8, 2009

  Make them love it. Make? Oh, words of dread! How do you MAKE somebody love your film?

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Another Hole in the Head

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 4, 2009

  At a film festival called Another Hole in the Head, dedicated to sci-fi, horror and fantasy, catastrophic carnage meets comedy more often than not.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Miller Brothers Touch Home at AT&T Park

  Michael Fox
  Jun 2, 2009

  The Miller brothers take their memoir-release to the local ballpark.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Lawrence Jordan: to Infinity and Beyond

  Sean Uyehara
  Jun 1, 2009

  Leading light of avant-garde cinema Lawrence Jordan speaks on the occasion of his Gallery Extraña show and his 75th birthday.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'A Wake for Analog'

  Jonathan Kiefer
  May 21, 2009

  A Wake for Analog honors analog experimental films like Patrolling the Ether, Bassline Baseline and Zuse Strip.

  
• In Production
  
  

  'In-World War:' Brant Smith's Directorial Debut

  Michael Fox
  May 20, 2009

  Michael Fox reviews Brant Smith's In-World War, a dark sci-fi comedy about a beta tester trapped in a futuristic war on terror.

  
• 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
  
  

  Bruce Goldstein: From NY to SF to 'Con'

  Judy Stone
  May 17, 2009

  Bruce Goldstein recalls his adventures in film land as he prepares to host the Con Film Festival at the Film Forum in New York.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Recession-Proof Theaters, to a Point

  Michael Fox
  May 14, 2009

  Arthouse theaters like The Roxie, Red Vic and The Balboa resist the economic downturn and adjust calendars to meet audience demands.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Kaufman and Snitow: New Jewish Identity

  Michael Fox
  May 12, 2009

  Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow explore the customs and modernity of the next generation of Jews in their documentary Dis-Continuity.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Elliot Lavine: 'I Wake Up Dreaming'

  Sura Wood
  May 11, 2009

  Elliot Lavine, a Bay Area film scene fixture, returns to The Roxie to curate I Wake Up Dreaming: The Haunted World of the B Film Noir, a series of 28 lowdown and tawdry films.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Elliot Lavine: 'I Wake Up Dreaming'

  Sura Wood
  May 11, 2009

  Elliot Lavine, a Bay Area film scene fixture, returns to The Roxie to curate I Wake Up Dreaming: The Haunted World of the B Film Noir, a series of 28 lowdown and tawdry films.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF52: Golden Gate Awards Uncorked, SFFS/KRF Grant Winner Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 7, 2009

  SFIFF handed out approximately $100,000 and announced the winner San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant during its Golden Gate Awards.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF52: Golden Gate Awards Uncorked, SFFS/KRF Grant Winner Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  May 7, 2009

  SFIFF handed out approximately $100,000 and announced the winner San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant during its Golden Gate Awards.

  
• 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

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  Crafting an Elegant Essay Documentary

  Karen Everett
  May 4, 2009

  The Edit Room: How do you keep your audience engaged rather than putting them to sleep?

  
• 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
  
  

  SFIFF52 Blogs: Coppola & Lucas at the Castro

  Dennis Harvey
  May 3, 2009

  An Evening with Francis Ford Coppola & Friends honored Coppola with the Founder Directing Award and included a moderated discussion with editing/sound design genius Walter Murch, director Carroll Ballard, scenarist-turned-director Matthew Robbins, and George Lucas.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Movie-Scribe Meltdown

  David Winks Gray
  May 2, 2009

  SF360.org interviews film critics about the changing landscape of film criticism. A panel discussion and screening of For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism will take place on Sunday, May 3, at 6 p.m.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52 Blogs: Five Reasons why SF Loves Coppola

  Justin Juul
  May 1, 2009

  The San Francisco Film Society awarded Francis Ford Coppola the Founder & Directing Award this week. Justin Juul offers us five reasons why San Francisco loves Coppola.

  
• 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
  
  

  SFIFF52: Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West'

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 30, 2009

  Once Upon a Time in the West is grand, cynical, lavish and above all huge, Sergio Leone's penchant for the iconically gargantuan (perhaps at the willing expense of relatable human detail) expressed in ultimate form.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF52: Robert Redford Accepts Owens Award

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 29, 2009

  Robert Redford braves the public and accepts the San Francisco International Film Festival's Peter J. Owens Award.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52 Blogs: Portillo's 'Al Más Allá'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 29, 2009

  Lourdes Portillo's partly autobiographical documentary Al Más Allá draws a laugh from the San Francisco International Film Festival crowd.

  
• In Production
  
  

  SFIFF52: 'The Professionals' Unites Filmmakers

  Michael Fox
  Apr 28, 2009

  The Professionals an ambitious array of panels, case studies and discussions, makes its debut as a forum for encouraging Bay Area moviemakers to engage with guests and colleagues.

  
• In Production
  
  

  SFIFF52: 'The Professionals' Unites Filmmakers

  Michael Fox
  Apr 28, 2009

  The Professionals an ambitious array of panels, case studies and discussions, makes its debut as a forum for encouraging Bay Area moviemakers to engage with guests and colleagues.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Lourdes Portillo, Persistence of Vision Award Recipient

  Robert Avila
  Apr 27, 2009

  The San Francisco-based and internationally acclaimed documentarian Lourdes Portillo speaks about her work; she wins the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival Persistence of Vision Award.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Chris Felver's "Ferlinghetti" Captures an Icon

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 26, 2009

  Chris Felver traces the life of antiauthoritarian Lawrence Ferlinghetti, owner of City Lights Books, from his days as a Navy serviceman in World War II through the landmark First Amendment trial in Ferlinghetti.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Yun Suh's "City of Borders"

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 26, 2009

  City of Borders, the debut film by Bay Area filmmaker Yun Suh, follows several Palestinian characters seeking refuge at a gay bar. The film testifies to the intolerance that members of the LGBTQ community face in addition to all of the other walls, physical and social, separating people in the region.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Jarmel and Schneider's "Speaking in Tongues"

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 25, 2009

  Jarmel and Schneider's Speaking in Tongues follows the stories of four public school children studying Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish along with their English.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Peter Bratt's "La Mission"

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 23, 2009

  Peter Bratt's La Mission focuses on conflict within a family and a neighborhood, exploring what happens when a single father named Che learns a secret about his son that tests his love for his family and his community's love for him.

  
• In Production
  
  

  SFIFF52: New Narrative Trend for Bay Area Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Apr 21, 2009

  Four independent narratives - La Mission, My Suicide, Everything Strange and New and (Untitled) - are adding to the Bay Area's repertoire, historically regarded as a breeding ground for documentary filmmakers.

  
• Legal
  
  

  Risky (Film) Business - What (Not) to Do

  George Rush
  Apr 21, 2009

  Avoiding Disaster: George Rush advises on how to secure funding for your film and protect yourself along the way.

  
• In Production
  
  

  SFIFF52: New Narrative Trend for Bay Area Cinema

  Michael Fox
  Apr 21, 2009

  Four independent narratives - La Mission, My Suicide, Everything Strange and New and (Untitled) - are adding to the Bay Area's repertoire, historically regarded as a breeding ground for documentary filmmakers.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52: Jim Granato's "D tour"

  Dan Cowles
  Apr 19, 2009

  Local filmmaker Jim Granato, whose movie D tour follows the band Rogue Wave and its ailing drummer Pat Spurgeon, on tour and on dialysis, is competing for the San Francisco International Film Festival's Golden Gate Award in Documentary.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Holtzman: Psychedelic Cambodian Rock in 'Dengue Fever'

  Michael Fox
  Apr 15, 2009

  Zac Holtzman scores The Lost World with Dengue Fever, creating a sound that has been described as a psychedelic version of vintage Cambodian rock'n'roll, fueled by Cambodian singer Chhom Nimol's vocal stylings and Ethan Holtzman's organ and accordion shadings.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF52: Light and Saraf's 'Empress Hotel'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 13, 2009

  Local filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf's latest film Empress Hotel delves into the lives of the residents at the titular building, a Tenderloin housing facility for the recently homeless. The film makes visible an area many city dwellers may only experience in the fringe of their consciousness and provides insight into the lives of the residents within.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF52: Light and Saraf's 'Empress Hotel'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 13, 2009

  Local filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf's latest film Empress Hotel delves into the lives of the residents at the titular building, a Tenderloin housing facility for the recently homeless. The film makes visible an area many city dwellers may only experience in the fringe of their consciousness and provides insight into the lives of the residents within.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Walsh sets off on Rainer's parade

  Michael Fox
  Apr 9, 2009

  Bringing Rainer's work to a larger audience: Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer, a feature-length documentary about the choreographer and experimental filmmaker.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF52: Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and a 'New Muslim Cool'

  Sura Wood
  Apr 6, 2009

  Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's documentary, New Muslim Cool, focuses on Hamza Perez, a Catholic hip hop artist, who converted to Islam; whose life is now a crucible of disparate urban influences.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Beloved publicist Bill McLeod dies

  Apr 4, 2009

  William W. (Bill) McLeod, 59, one of the Bay Area's most respected film publicists died at his home on March 29th, 2009.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Box set "Treasures" unearths buried avant-garde

  Michael Fox
  Apr 2, 2009

  National Film Preservation Foundation, Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, is a splendid package of 26 films, drawn from New York and San Francisco.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SF International Film Festival Lineup

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 31, 2009

  The two weeks of programs offers 151 films from 55 countries, awards and prices, and a wide array of San Francisco talent, from legendary names to the fledgling artists.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Back to Nature with Ben Rivers

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 27, 2009

  Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Back to Nature with Ben Rivers

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 27, 2009

  Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  William Kentridge at SFMOMA

  Robert Avila
  Mar 25, 2009

  The films of William Kentridge make up a significant and absorbing part of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art enthralling survey of recent work by the acclaimed South African artist

  
• Story Structure
  
  

  How to Rate Your Doc's Story Potential

  Karen Everett
  Mar 24, 2009

  A mini-tutorial on story structure: in a character-driven documentary there are a few simple questions you have to answer in order to vet your story potential.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Kitchell on Another Hot Topic with Environmental Movement Doc

  Michael Fox
  Mar 24, 2009

  Mark Kitchell current project is an ambitious summation of the environmental movement, from the protests of the 1960s, the '70s focus on pollution, the Greenpeace campaigns and the global climate change.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Livin' la Vida Arnold with Lyndall Grant

  Justin Juul
  Mar 23, 2009

  When a challenge turns into opportunity: the Bay Area professional tribute artist talks about how he managed to leverage his striking similarity to Arnold Schwarzenegger into a successful acting career.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Livin' la Vida Arnold with Lyndall Grant

  Justin Juul
  Mar 23, 2009

  When a challenge turns into opportunity: the Bay Area professional tribute artist talks about how he managed to leverage his striking similarity to Arnold Schwarzenegger into a successful acting career.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Sam Green's Utopian Experiment

  Michael Fox
  Mar 18, 2009

  Sam Green talks about his latest project, an experimental documentary where the stories tease out, in more of an emotional way, ideas about hope and imagination of the future

  
• Popular
  
  

  Sam Green's Utopian Experiment

  Michael Fox
  Mar 18, 2009

  Sam Green talks about his latest project, an experimental documentary where the stories tease out, in more of an emotional way, ideas about hope and imagination of the future

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cary Joji Fukunaga on the (Very) Bay Area Story Behind 'Sin Nombre'

  Judy Stone
  Mar 15, 2009

  His personal curiosity on family histories and some actual events, are behind this movie about complex families Ñthose in Mexican gangs and those traveling immigrants looking for a better life in the U.S.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cary Joji Fukunaga on the (Very) Bay Area Story Behind 'Sin Nombre'

  Judy Stone
  Mar 15, 2009

  His personal curiosity on family histories and some actual events, are behind this movie about complex families Ñthose in Mexican gangs and those traveling immigrants looking for a better life in the U.S.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Kiyoshi Kurosawa and a Cinema of Disaster

  Matt Sussman
  Mar 11, 2009

  The retrospective offers fascinating, if not always exemplary, viewing of what could be called a cinema of disaster: characters face the worst, or are living in its aftermath, and like the audience, they are provided with no easy answers.

  
• In Production
  
  

  On the Road, in Search of a Film

  Michael Fox
  Mar 10, 2009

  Caroline Kraus is embarking on a project with a rough outline, a firm destination, little money and no ending, but with a unifying theme: underdogs, and our notions of success, failure and disappointment.

  
• In Production
  
  

  On the Road, in Search of a Film

  Michael Fox
  Mar 10, 2009

  Caroline Kraus is embarking on a project with a rough outline, a firm destination, little money and no ending, but with a unifying theme: underdogs, and our notions of success, failure and disappointment.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  The Buzz on H.P. Mendoza's 'Fruit Fly'

  Sura Wood
  Mar 9, 2009

  H.P. Mendoza talks about being a filmmaker in the Bay Area and the opening of his last musical, where he is both director and composer of the film 19 original songs.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Medicine for Melancholy' in the City it Re-discovered

  Michael Fox
  Mar 5, 2009

  Barry Jenkins talks abut his background, making movies in San Francisco and the issues of black identity, assimilation and gentrification, which are at the heart of his film.

  
• Legal
  
  

  'Medicine for Melancholy' and the Art of DIY Legal Agreements

  George Rush
  Mar 3, 2009

  For many narrative filmmakers, hiring a lawyer is either an afterthought or not a financial reality, but moving forward with a film without considering legal is a huge mistake.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Cinequest, Transforming

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 1, 2009

  What you'll get at Cinequest's three downtown San Jose venues is a mix of tributes, seminars, parties and, of course, a whole lot of movies, including no fewer than 18 world premiere features.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Noise Pop Film Festival 2009

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 26, 2009

  About as far from the ever-increasing corporatization of popular music as you can get is the annual dose from the Noise Pop Festival.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Strand Releasing Turns 20

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 26, 2009

  Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Peled's Globalization Trilogy in India's Cotton Fields

  Michael Fox
  Feb 24, 2009

  The throughline of Micha Peled's film is a farmer in a village in Vibharba, in central India's cotton belt, over a farming season.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Epps Unearths Buried Alcatraz History

  Michael Fox
  Feb 23, 2009

  The Black Rock focuses on the African American prisoners and guards who lived on the island when it was a federal penitentiary.

  
• Screenwriting
  
  

  The Alchemy of Adaptation

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Feb 19, 2009

  Beyond Words: To pull off an adaptation, you must translate the unwieldy bulk of the original story into a breathing and transformative tale on screen.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Leban and Szajko's Gay Marriage Doc

  Michael Fox
  Feb 18, 2009

  The tentatively titled Winter of Love uses Prop. 8 as a framework for a look at the increasing acceptance of gay marriage.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Intersections of 'Harrison Montgomery' with Daniel Davila

  Michael Fox
  Feb 16, 2009

  SF360.org interviews Davila on his film about a bottom-rung Tenderloin drug dealer with aspirations of becoming an artist.

  
• Funding
  
  

  Lightening Your Fundraising Load

  Holly Million
  Feb 13, 2009

  Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million suggests ways to make approaching individual donors that much easier.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Ellen Lake's Miniatures Fit Right In

  Michael Fox
  Feb 11, 2009

  When we're finally all watching movies on the most expedient of platforms–our mobile phone–Ellen Lake will be at the head of the parade.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Stephane Gauger on 'Owl and the Sparrow'

  Judy Stone
  Feb 9, 2009

  In this fable-like movie, an indomitable young orphan finds friendship with a lonely flight attendant and a teen-age caretaker of elephants.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Strand' Follows Thread to Rep Cinema's Glory Days

  Michael Fox
  Feb 3, 2009

  In Strand: A Natural History of Cinema, Christian Bruno pays homage to the pivotal and shifting role of movie theaters in San Francisco's cultural life.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Essay Films at the Pacific Film Archive

  David Winks Gray
  Jan 30, 2009

  The PFA's series of "essay films," a collection of diverse work, offers the viewer an opportunity to adapt to the peculiar tone of these films.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 28, 2009

  Grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films made in the Bay Area will be distributed by the SFFS and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 28, 2009

  Grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films made in the Bay Area will be distributed by the SFFS and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Veteran Berkeley Filmmaker's Baseball Doc

  Michael Fox
  Jan 28, 2009

  While ballplayers were relaxing in the off-season, Eugene Corr plowed ahead with his baseball documentary From Ghost Town to Havana.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Sundance '09: Award-Winners, Bloggers, and More

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 26, 2009

  Susie Gerhard gives an overview of a festival moving back to the basics of art-making.

  
• In Production
  
  

  A Composer Almost Ready for His Close-Up

  Michael Fox
  Jan 23, 2009

  Michael Fox looks behind the scenes of a film on the maverick Seattle composer-performer-inventor Trimpin.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bud Cort Honored at Sketchfest

  Robert Avila
  Jan 20, 2009

  SF Sketchfest pays tribute to Bud Cort with a live Q&A and screening of Harold and Maude.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bud Cort Honored at Sketchfest

  Robert Avila
  Jan 20, 2009

  SF Sketchfest pays tribute to Bud Cort with a live Q&A and screening of Harold and Maude.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Eddie Muller and Noir City

  Sura Wood
  Jan 18, 2009

  SF360.org spoke with Eddie Muller, who launched Noir City, an annual noir festival that has attracted an avid following in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Sundance Blog: Midnight at the Egyptian

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 18, 2009

  Hilary Hart blogs her 14th year at Sundance, back on the midnight shift at the Egyptian Theatre.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Eddie Muller and Noir City

  Sura Wood
  Jan 18, 2009

  SF360.org spoke with Eddie Muller, who launched Noir City, an annual noir festival that has attracted an avid following in the Bay Area and beyond.

  
• Legal
  
  

  Casting: Names and Numbers

  George Rush
  Jan 16, 2009

  Avoiding Disaster: George Rush writes on the conundrum of not getting money for a project without a known cast, and not getting a cast without a bunch of money.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Wim Wenders: Berlin & Beyond

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 15, 2009

  Wenders, one of the stellar directors of "New German Cinema," is this year's honoree at the 14th annual Berlin & Beyond festival.

  
• In Production
  
  

  'Tongues' Cracks the Language Barrier

  Michael Fox
  Jan 13, 2009

  The forthcoming film Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse local public-school students enrolled in language-immersion programs.

  
• 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."

  
• In Production
  
  

  Elizabeth Pepin's 'Wasted!'

  Michael Fox
  Jan 6, 2009

  If you've been waiting for a punk-rock doc about sewage and wastewater treatment–admit it–it's in the pipeline and heading your way by year's end.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Debra Chasnoff's 'Straightlaced'

  Judy Stone
  Jan 5, 2009

  50 California students talk about their problems with gender in the new documentary Straightlaced–How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Year in Film 2008: Oscar Odds

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 2, 2009

  Instead of breaking it down strictly category-by-category, Dennis Harvey meanders through some principal heat-seeking prestige films and their various chances.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  The Year in Film, 2008: Top Unreleased Films

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 30, 2008

  Bay Area filmmakers, critics and industry pros list their favorite unreleased films of 2008.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Tom E. Brown on 'Pushing Dead' and Stayin' Alive

  Michael Fox
  Dec 23, 2008

  Tom E. Brown talks about producing and funding Pushing Dead, a film about an HIV-positive writer forced to give up his daily drug regimen.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Pamela Harris, GFEM, and Filmmaker Funding

  Michael Fox
  Dec 22, 2008

  Oakland's Pamela Harris and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media are connecting media makers with financial resources.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Pamela Harris, GFEM, and Filmmaker Funding

  Michael Fox
  Dec 22, 2008

  Oakland's Pamela Harris and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media are connecting media makers with financial resources.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Case Studies in Screenwriting: Pam Gray

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Dec 19, 2008

  Sebastopol-based screenwriter Pamela Gray's approach to screenwriting is the literary equivalent of the slow food movement.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Reading Between the Frames: Fleming and Sturges

  Michael Fox
  Dec 18, 2008

  Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master and Glenn Lovell's Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges are splendid biographies by critics with local ties.

  
• Funding
  
  

  From Gauche to Great

  Holly Million
  Dec 16, 2008

  Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million on how donor cultivation can make you a successful film fundraiser.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Season's Gleanings, a Holiday Preview

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 15, 2008

  Dennis Harvey reviews some of 2008's year-end sobering dramas.

  
• 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.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Sundance Harvests an Eclectic Crop of Local Films

  Michael Fox
  Dec 11, 2008

  Bay Area filmmakers represented at Sundance.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Sundance Harvests an Eclectic Crop of Local Films

  Michael Fox
  Dec 11, 2008

  Bay Area filmmakers represented at Sundance.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Québec Film Week's Unprovincial Pleasures

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 10, 2008

  Québec's thriving regional cinema is showcased in San Francisco Film Society's latest mini-festival addition to the annual Bay Area movie calendar.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  New at Frameline: K.C. Price

  Michael Fox
  Dec 8, 2008

  Frameline's new executive director discusses his non-profit background and graduate school pipe dream of being a novelist.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Greenscreen Envy

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 5, 2008

  The Sixth Screen: Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management and iFanboy producer and co-host Ron Richards talks about Revision3, the next generation of TV.

  
• Funding
  
  

  What Crisis? Fundraising During an Economic Meltdown

  Holly Million
  Dec 3, 2008

  Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million advises filmmakers on where to get funding when the going gets tough.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Something Wild: Martha Colburn's Collage Animations

  Max Goldberg
  Dec 1, 2008

  Martha Colburn's recent shorts plunge the interstices of Americana for a hidden history of fanaticism and double-faced hypocrisies.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Sragow on 'An American Movie Master'

  Michael Fox
  Nov 30, 2008

  Former San Francisco Examiner film critic Michael Sragow talks about his newly released book Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Kroot's Planet Kuchar

  Michael Fox
  Nov 25, 2008

  Bay Area filmmaker Jennifer Kroot talks about her inspiration to make a documentary on legendary, underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black on 'Milk'

  Michael Fox
  Nov 23, 2008

  Michael Fox chats with Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black on the eve of Milk's much-anticipated theatrical release.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black on 'Milk'

  Michael Fox
  Nov 23, 2008

  Michael Fox chats with Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black on the eve of Milk's much-anticipated theatrical release.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Global Lens on Link TV

  Judy Stone
  Nov 20, 2008

  Global Film Initiative's Global Lens series offers a regular spot in your home theater for edgy world-cinema narratives don't often get a place at local multiplexes.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to

  Michael Fox
  Nov 17, 2008

  Scott McDonald's Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, details the formation of the revered Bay Area artists' collective in the early 1960s.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to

  Michael Fox
  Nov 17, 2008

  Scott McDonald's Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, details the formation of the revered Bay Area artists' collective in the early 1960s.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Sean Uyehara On the S.F. International Animation Festival

  Michael Guillen
  Nov 10, 2008

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

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SF360 Film+Club: 'Silver Jew'

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 5, 2008

  Michael Tully's 51-minute documentary Silver Jew proves semi-revealing as it records the Jews' tour dates in the Holy Land itself.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  David Thomson and 1,000 Unusual Suspects

  Michael Fox
  Nov 3, 2008

  Film historian and essayist David Thomson talks to SF360 about his new book, Have You Seen . . . ? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films.

  
• In Production
  
  

  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.

  
• Digital
  
  

  The Dimensions of Dialogue

  Lisa Rosenberg
  Oct 24, 2008

  Beyond Words: Skillful dialogue on film can achieve a structural dimension that shapes the narrative as surely as plot does.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Susan Oxtoby and the Pacific Film Archive

  Michael Fox
  Oct 24, 2008

  The PFA senior curator talks about her cinematic influences, curating in Canada and the U.S., and recent additions to the world of film.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  12th Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 20, 2008

  In its 12th season, the country's first and largest independent exhibitor of Arab cinema has gotten to be one of the bigger small fests in the Bay Area.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  12th Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 20, 2008

  In its 12th season, the country's first and largest independent exhibitor of Arab cinema has gotten to be one of the bigger small fests in the Bay Area.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Documenting the Lyme Epidemic

  Michael Fox
  Oct 9, 2008

  Andy Abrahams Wilson talks about Under Our Skin, his elegantly crafted film on the underreported epidemic of Lyme disease.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Documenting the Lyme Epidemic

  Michael Fox
  Oct 9, 2008

  Andy Abrahams Wilson talks about Under Our Skin, his elegantly crafted film on the underreported epidemic of Lyme disease.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  MVFF: Mulford and Cruz On Chile's Dark Past

  Michael Fox
  Oct 8, 2008

  Marilyn Mulford collaborated with Quique Cruz on the pensive, humanistic, and inspiring Archaeology of Memory: Villa Grimaldi.

  
• Legal
  
  

  Notes on Digital Distribution

  George Rush
  Oct 8, 2008

  Avoiding Disaster: George Rush offers tips on bridging the worlds of creativity and business.

  
• Documentary
  
  

  Trailer Talk

  Fernanda Rossi
  Oct 8, 2008

  The Doc Doctor prescribes cures for common pitfalls of demo reels.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  MVFF: Mulford and Cruz On Chile's Dark Past

  Michael Fox
  Oct 8, 2008

  Marilyn Mulford collaborated with Quique Cruz on the pensive, humanistic, and inspiring Archaeology of Memory: Villa Grimaldi.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFFS's Inaugural French Cinema Now

  Max Goldberg
  Oct 7, 2008

  The SFFS has added a Gallic counterpart to its long-running New Italian Cinema series.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Straight and Not So Narrow 'Crooked Beauty' In Production

  Michael Fox
  Oct 1, 2008

  In 'Crooked Beauty,' mental health is re-imagined and redefined.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Straight and Not So Narrow 'Crooked Beauty' In Production

  Michael Fox
  Oct 1, 2008

  In 'Crooked Beauty,' mental health is re-imagined and redefined.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Yiyun Li, The Voice of 'A Thousand'

  Judy Stone
  Sep 30, 2008

  The title story of her Hemingway/Pen Award-winning collection of short stories, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, has been adapted by Wayne Wang.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  James Savoca's 'Around June' Casts Spell Around Potrero Hill

  Michael Fox
  Sep 28, 2008

  It used to be standard for San Francisco to be portrayed in movies as a magical, mythical, and slightly mysterious catalyst for transformation.

  
• Digital
  
  

  SWAG: Free Feature Films On the Web

  Hannah Eaves
  Sep 26, 2008

  The Sixth Screen: Here are some browser-based legal zones for free online feature film viewing pleasure. No installation required.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  7th SF DocFest Program

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 25, 2008

  The seventh San Francisco International Documentary Film Festival has the potential to be every bit as raucous as the other festivals under the organization's umbrella.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Vida Ghahremani: Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang's Latest

  Judy Stone
  Sep 24, 2008

  When Vida Ghahremani became a movie star at 16 in the Shah's Iran, she felt as if she were in prison.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Vida Ghahremani: Star is Reborn in Wayne Wang's Latest

  Judy Stone
  Sep 24, 2008

  When Vida Ghahremani became a movie star at 16 in the Shah's Iran, she felt as if she were in prison.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Mendocino's Swine Country

  Michael Fox
  Sep 17, 2008

  "Horror films can hold a lot of crazy ideas and political ideas and no one blinks," says Pig Hunt writer and producer Robert Mailer Anderson, "and that serves our purposes."

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Cosmic Dance-Floor of Arthur Russell

  Amy Taubin
  Sep 16, 2008

  Matt Wolf's biodoc is a remarkably affecting portrait that's a remembrance for those who knew the composer/vocalist/cellist and an introduction for potential fans.

  
• 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
  
  

  Curators at Bay Area Now 5

  Sean Uyehara
  Sep 11, 2008

  YBCA's triennial exhibition has developed a deserved reputation for presenting an energetic survey of current Bay Area artistic practice.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley's 31st Program

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 10, 2008

  This year's Mill Valley Film Festival shows healthy signs of life for the independent film business.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Scott Crocker's 'Ghost Bird' Phenomenon

  Michael Fox
  Sep 2, 2008

  Scott Crocker's documentary brings the truth behind the "Lord God" bird phenomenon out of the bushes.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Rob Nilsson on Himself

  Rob Nilsson
  Aug 27, 2008

  SF360.org asked this veteran indie auteur for his thoughts, which he gamely and intelligently offers here.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Rob Nilsson on Himself

  Rob Nilsson
  Aug 27, 2008

  SF360.org asked this veteran indie auteur for his thoughts, which he gamely and intelligently offers here.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Hats Off' Fascinated With 93-Years-Young Actress

  Lynn Rapoport
  Aug 21, 2008

  A local filmmaker looks at Mimi Weddell, a perennial bit part-player with a jaw-dropping collection of hats and endless show biz energy.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Second Stage of Film Arts Foundation's Legacy of Advocacy

  Michael Fox
  Aug 20, 2008

  Film Arts Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by 15 independent filmmakers in 1976, joins forces with SFFS.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Second Stage of Film Arts Foundation's Legacy of Advocacy

  Michael Fox
  Aug 20, 2008

  Film Arts Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by 15 independent filmmakers in 1976, joins forces with SFFS.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Stephen Olsson and Link TV

  Michael Fox
  Aug 17, 2008

  SF360.org talks to the senior director of original programming at Link TV, which provides an antidote to the standard television news mix.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Parvez Sharma and 'A Jihad for Love'

  Judy Stone
  Aug 14, 2008

  Sharma might never have made his film had he not felt guilty about causing unhappiness to his dying mother by telling her he was homosexual.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Not Quite Quiet Desperation

  Jonathan Marlow
  Aug 14, 2008

  First Person: Jonathan Marlow rehashes commentary on film that has caused a kerfuffle of late.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Global Film Initiative: Funding the Bigger Picture

  Robert Avila
  Aug 12, 2008

  The Legend of the Holy Net Potato, the first feature by Kerala-based filmmaker Vipin Vijay, concerns a cyborg, black magic, and a hacker.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Exhuming History with "The Judge and the General"

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 11, 2008

  SF360.org asked Bay Area filmmaker Elizabeth Farnsworth about her film, which follows Judge Juan Guzmán as he investigates General Pinochet's crimes.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Exhuming History with "The Judge and the General"

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 11, 2008

  SF360.org asked Bay Area filmmaker Elizabeth Farnsworth about her film, which follows Judge Juan Guzmán as he investigates General Pinochet's crimes.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Vertigo's 50th Anniversary

  Miguel Pendás
  Aug 8, 2008

  Not many movies call for a celebration of their anniversaries, but one exception is what many have called 'the ultimate San Francisco film.'

  
• 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
  
  

  Not About Royalty

  Michael Fox
  Aug 6, 2008

  Empress Hotel looks at residents of a hotel turned homeless people's residence through San Francisco's Access to Housing program.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Canyon Cinema's Dominic Angerame

  Erika Young
  Aug 4, 2008

  A conversation with the executive director of an experimental/avant-garde film distribution company, who both runs a profitable business and creates dynamic art.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Muayad Alayan, Christian Bruno

  Robert Avila
  Jul 29, 2008

  Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, speaks about the making of Lesh Sabreen?.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Muayad Alayan, Christian Bruno

  Robert Avila
  Jul 29, 2008

  Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, speaks about the making of Lesh Sabreen?.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Riffling through '1000 Journals' with Someguy

  Michael Fox
  Jul 28, 2008

  Andrea Kreuzhage speaks about her documentary, 1000 Journals, which raises a host of fascinating questions about creativity, collaboration, community, and communication.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Beard world and Swenson's Salton Sea

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2008

  The first of SF360.org's In Production columns looks at two works-in-progress: Laura Lukitsch's film about beards and Lise Swenson's Salton Sea pic.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Beard world and Swenson's Salton Sea

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2008

  The first of SF360.org's In Production columns looks at two works-in-progress: Laura Lukitsch's film about beards and Lise Swenson's Salton Sea pic.

  
• 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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Mystical and Everyday in 'A Listener's Tale'

  Max Goldberg
  Jul 15, 2008

  A Listener's Tale is a lovely if unclassifiable mixture of ethnography and poetic reverie which screened at last winter's Rotterdam Film Festival.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Mystical and Everyday in 'A Listener's Tale'

  Max Goldberg
  Jul 15, 2008

  A Listener's Tale is a lovely if unclassifiable mixture of ethnography and poetic reverie which screened at last winter's Rotterdam Film Festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

  Mary B. Scott
  Jul 9, 2008

  Back at the Castro this weekend for the 13th year, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents a variety of titillating titles.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  In Memoriam: Bruce Conner (1933-2008)

  Steve Seid
  Jul 8, 2008

  Bruce Conner, the great, irascible, and ever-evolving San Francisco-based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away on July 7, 2008.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  In Memoriam: Bruce Conner (1933-2008)

  Steve Seid
  Jul 8, 2008

  Bruce Conner, the great, irascible, and ever-evolving San Francisco-based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away on July 7, 2008.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'The Gits,' the Movie

  Dennis Harvey
  Jul 2, 2008

  The Gits offers both an appreciation of a unique quartet's too-brief career and consideration of Mia Zapata's death.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Alex Gibney on Going 'Gonzo'

  Cathleen Rountree
  Jun 30, 2008

  SF360.org sits down with director Alex Gibney, whose film, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson played at the 51st SFIFF.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Ruby Yang on 'A Double Life'

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 23, 2008

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

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki

  Robert Avila
  Jun 12, 2008

  The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Screen Test, San Jose

  Sean Uyehara
  Jun 11, 2008

  Exhibitions in San Jose feature art drawn from and inspired by online social networking sites, Youtube, video games and blogs.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  'Up the Yangtze' with Yung Chang

  Judy Stone
  Jun 6, 2008

  Filmmaker Yung Chang talks about 'Up the Yangtze,' his superb documentary that examines the surreal changes in China around the controversial Three Gorges Dam.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Travel Guide Through Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 5, 2008

  The Hole Head Festival takes audiences back to terrifying locales and dangerous situations that should be pleasantly familiar to horror aficionados.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  San Francisco Black Film Festival's 10th

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 4, 2008

  In 2008 the San Francisco Black Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary with the most expansive program yet, flagging the theme "10 Years, 10 Days, 100 Films."

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIAF: 'Mordake' and Week Two -- Reviewed, Previewed

  Robert Avila
  May 28, 2008

  Composer Erling Wold's solo chamber opera enjoys a thrillingly intimate world premiere this week under the banner of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIAF: 'Mordake' and Week Two -- Reviewed, Previewed

  Robert Avila
  May 28, 2008

  Composer Erling Wold's solo chamber opera enjoys a thrillingly intimate world premiere this week under the banner of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  S.F. International Arts Festival

  Robert Avila
  May 23, 2008

  In addition to bringing a host of worldwide performers to the Bay Area for the first time, the San Francisco International Arts Festival (May 2-June 8), now in its fifth year, has become an indispensable showcase for collaborative work by leading Bay Area artists and their peers across all manner of geographical, cultural and disciplinary borders. The more than 40 performances in this year’s lineup, taking place at 14 separate venues across the city and in Berkeley, span the worlds of dance, music, opera, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary work. The following four highlights are all hybrid productions with strong film and/or video components.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Finding Warren Sonbert

  Max Goldberg
  May 14, 2008

  Unlike most experimental filmmakers, Sonbert's collected works have had the benefit of full retrospectives at major museums (SFMOMA, NYMOMA, Guggenheim) and a strong preservation effort.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Review: 'The Living End,' remixed and remastered

  Dennis Harvey
  May 13, 2008

  Gregg Araki's "irresponsible" movie was the first to respond to the AIDS crisis with ACT UP-style radical rage rather than lamentation or case-pleading.

  
• 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: Pacific Whims

  Laura Irvine
  May 8, 2008

  As an Asian film fan, it's a miracle I keep my day job at this time of year.

  
• 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
  
  

  Capelle on Composers: Back to Back

  Marc Capelle
  May 7, 2008

  Back to music.

  

  I have some friends that were in a Sub Pop band that pre-dated Nirvana. They were known as the Dwarves. Their music is and was a snotty suburban unholy mixture of the Sonics, the Orlons, the Stooges and a vat of amphetamines. Their record covers usually featured midgets and half-naked woman covered in either blood or some sort of Nestle syrup of some sort. Here is one of their lines.

  

  [Editor’s note: For the San Francisco International’s 51st edition, SF360.org has asked Bay Area musician/composer/cineaste Marc Capelle to blog his thoughts on movies, music, and the films showing in the Festival. This is the third of three installments.]

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Gibney Going "Gonzo," Part Two

  Cathleen Rountree
  May 7, 2008

  The second installment of Alex Gibney's interview about Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, which closes the San Francisco International Film Festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Cinemania at the SF International

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2008

  The Jules Feiffer quote at the bottom of festival superfan Sue Jean Halvorsen's email reads, "Movies are better than real life."

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Nights on the Towne: Film Society Awards Night

  Susan Gerhard
  May 4, 2008

  You know a festival is working its way into your brain when, in a landscape of intersecting ideas, you begin to witness the collisions.

  
• 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: Katherin McInnis Cues the Carnival Music

  Jennifer Preissel
  Apr 28, 2008

  The longtime Bay Area resident, who recently relocated to Brooklyn, screens Woodward's Gardens in the shorts program "In A Lonely Place: New Experimental Cinema."

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF51: Katherin McInnis Cues the Carnival Music

  Jennifer Preissel
  Apr 28, 2008

  The longtime Bay Area resident, who recently relocated to Brooklyn, screens Woodward's Gardens in the shorts program "In A Lonely Place: New Experimental Cinema."

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF51: Barry Jenkins' San Francisco Story

  Michael Fox
  Apr 26, 2008

  Medicine for Melancholy is a graceful and poignant film about fleeting urban connections, black identity and invisibility, cultural adventures and this gentrified city's lost soul.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF51: Eddie Muller's Muses

  Jennifer Preissel
  Apr 26, 2008

  A self-described "cultural archeologist," the noir expert's debut short, The Grand Inquisitor, pays homage to the Dashiell Hammett-style detective story.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  SFIFF51: On the Breeding Behind "Evolution: The Musical!"

  Robert Avila
  Apr 22, 2008

  Think of it as The Sound of Music meets Quest for Fire, or Jesus Christ Superstar rocks Land of the Lost.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF51: The Miller Brothers on writing, pitching, acting, directing, and hitting one out of the ballpark

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 16, 2008

  Touching Home by Bay Area-raised identical twins Logan and Noah Miller is a largely autobiographical coming-of-age film that radiates sincerity.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF51: The Miller Brothers on writing, pitching, acting, directing, and hitting one out of the ballpark

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 16, 2008

  Touching Home by Bay Area-raised identical twins Logan and Noah Miller is a largely autobiographical coming-of-age film that radiates sincerity.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF51: Dawn Logsdon, on new hope in an old neighborhood, "Faubourg TremŽ"

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 15, 2008

  Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie dig through the rubble of Hurricane Katrina to tell the story of Faubourg TremŽ, which was home to African Americans and fertile ground for political activism, music and literary life.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF51: Dawn Logsdon, on new hope in an old neighborhood, "Faubourg TremŽ"

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 15, 2008

  Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie dig through the rubble of Hurricane Katrina to tell the story of Faubourg TremŽ, which was home to African Americans and fertile ground for political activism, music and literary life.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF51: Renee Tajima- Pe–a's trip down “Calavera Highway'

  Michael Fox
  Apr 15, 2008

  If making a movie about one’s family could be equated with a fire-walk in August, then making a documentary about one’s partner’s family might be akin to a midsummer sauna. Yet veteran L.A. filmmaker Renee Tajima-Pe–a (Who Killed Vincent Chin?) signed on to a road trip with her husband from L.A. to Washington state to Texas in search of "la verdad" about the father that abandoned Armando’s mother Rosa and his six brothers several decades ago. An intimate and elegantly crafted work of cinema verita, Calavera Highway encompasses universal familial tensions, Mexican-American identity, the responsibilities of fathers (and sons) and the psychic malleability of map-drawn borders.

  

  Tajima-Pe–a, who’s an associate professor at UC Santa Cruz, will receive the Golden Gate Award for long-form television documentary at the S.F. International Film Festival, where Calavera Highway screens three times in early May. Via email, she talked about searching for "Calaveras" hidden in closets and elsewhere.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Johnny Symons and "Ask Not"

  Michael Fox
  Apr 12, 2008

  East Bay filmmaker Johnny Symons' documentary "Ask Not" moves beyond stereotypes to examine what experience is really like for gays and lesbians in the military.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  "Palestine: Interior/Exterior"

  Robert Avila
  Apr 9, 2008

  Two films at the Arab Film Festival's program Palestine: Interior/Exterior map physical, personal and ideological terrain.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Seven from the Sonoma Valley Film Festival

  Eve O'Neill
  Apr 4, 2008

  The Sonoma Valley Film Festival has gone to great lengths to enfold the event in its culinary surroundings. Complimentary food tastings will be offered before every single screening.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Seven from the Sonoma Valley Film Festival

  Eve O'Neill
  Apr 4, 2008

  The Sonoma Valley Film Festival has gone to great lengths to enfold the event in its culinary surroundings. Complimentary food tastings will be offered before every single screening.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Earthdance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Apr 2, 2008

  The fifth annual EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival screens a juried compilation of 20 short films in two 90-minute installments.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIAAFF's winners

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 21, 2008

  Two top winners at the SFIAAFF focused on breakadancing, an art form taken up with vengeance by Asians, with Koran teams a particularly dominant force.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Noise Pop Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 26, 2008

  In addition to practically every extant band you’d want to see, an art exhibit, and comedy shows, there are movies at Noise Pop.

  
• 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
  
  

  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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bollywood By the Bay

  Laura Irvine
  Feb 16, 2008

  Every morning I wake up with Bollywood movie tunes going through my head. Every. Single. Morning.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SF Indiefest, From Day One

  Eve O'Neill
  Feb 13, 2008

  Despite the blanket of financial and technical doom constantly smothering Independent Filmdom, Indiefest serves as a satisfying reminder that great indie film isn't going anywhere.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Noir City 2008

  Max Goldberg
  Jan 24, 2008

  Noir City 6 offers a spread of special guests, rare titles, and newly struck prints across ten nights of double-features.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Amanda Micheli Going for La Corona

  Sean Uyehara
  Jan 23, 2008

  A reprinting of an interview with Amanda Micheli because her film, now playing Sundance, has just made the final cut for an Academy Award.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Amanda Micheli Going for La Corona

  Sean Uyehara
  Jan 23, 2008

  A reprinting of an interview with Amanda Micheli because her film, now playing Sundance, has just made the final cut for an Academy Award.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Joy Division" on Screen

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 15, 2008

  Anton Corbijn's Control is a dramatization of the book written by the frontman's widow, chronicling their romance and marriage, his eventual infidelity, and his mental health issues.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Les Blank's "All in this Tea"

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 20, 2007

  His enthusiasm practically radiates from the screen; he doesn't seem to be interviewing or investigating his subjects so much as amiably hanging out with them.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  "Starting Out in the Evening" With Andrew Wagner

  indieWIRE
  Dec 17, 2007

  The Sundance feature follows a 70-year-old novelist trying to complete the book he's been working on for the last 10 years.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jessica Yu, "Protagonist"

  indieWIRE
  Dec 10, 2007

  Yu's latest doc centers on four rather damaged individuals, applying the dramatic structure of Greek playwright Euripedes to contemporary life.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Christopher Coppola Wants You

  Robert Avila
  Dec 6, 2007

  Somewhere between iPhone and YouTube there’s a wee festival known as miniPAH. A more slender version of PAH-FEST, the touring weeklong digital film festival founded a year and a half ago by filmmaker Christopher Coppola, “miniPAH: San Francisco” happens this weekend at Coppola’s alma mater, San Francisco Art Institute, ahead of a full-fledged Bay Area PAH sometime next year.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Christopher Coppola Wants You

  Robert Avila
  Dec 6, 2007

  Somewhere between iPhone and YouTube there’s a wee festival known as miniPAH. A more slender version of PAH-FEST, the touring weeklong digital film festival founded a year and a half ago by filmmaker Christopher Coppola, “miniPAH: San Francisco” happens this weekend at Coppola’s alma mater, San Francisco Art Institute, ahead of a full-fledged Bay Area PAH sometime next year.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  'Her Name is Sabine' With SF360 Movie Night

  Susan Gerhard
  Nov 29, 2007

  The entire Bay Area is invited to watch a film simultaneously in the comfort of home, and the selection is a delicate and heartfelt depiction of the director's autistic sister.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  'Her Name is Sabine' With SF360 Movie Night

  Susan Gerhard
  Nov 29, 2007

  The entire Bay Area is invited to watch a film simultaneously in the comfort of home, and the selection is a delicate and heartfelt depiction of the director's autistic sister.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Short Films of Big Ugly Review

  Susan Gerhard
  Nov 16, 2007

  The List: We take the opportunity to link you to four short films from the Big Ugly Review, an online publication that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Short Films of Big Ugly Review

  Susan Gerhard
  Nov 16, 2007

  The List: We take the opportunity to link you to four short films from the Big Ugly Review, an online publication that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  International Latino Film Festival and S.F. International Animation Festival

  Robert Avila
  Nov 8, 2007

  In the wake of Mexican cinema's triumphant showing at the 2007 Oscars, these films serve to confirm how some of the biggest surprises can come from the shortest of distances.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Sean Uyehara Talks S.F. International Animation Festival

  Eve O'Neil
  Nov 7, 2007

  SFFS programmer Sean Uyehara gives some perspective on the shifting dimensions of animated filmmaking.

  
• 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
  
  

  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.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  MobMov and the New-School Drive-In Movie

  Erika Young
  Oct 24, 2007

  MobMov combines the four-wheeled charm of an old-time drive-in with the technologist's urge to pimp his or her ride into a rolling film-projection booth.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Robert Arnold, in "The Key of G"

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 19, 2007

  We spoke with the filmmaker about his own intersections with his award-winning film on a young man with Mowat-Wilson syndrome.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Robert Arnold, in "The Key of G"

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 19, 2007

  We spoke with the filmmaker about his own intersections with his award-winning film on a young man with Mowat-Wilson syndrome.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The 11th Arab Film Festival

  Robert Avila
  Oct 18, 2007

  The Arab Film Festival, now in its 11th year, is featuring not just 80 movies from 13 countries, but is also including screenings in LA, a first for a Bay Area-based fest.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Your Al Gore, and More

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 12, 2007

  The List: SF360.org has compiled a short list of environmental filmmakers we hope will one day find a Peace Prize coming their way, too.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Nine Questions for Rob Nilsson

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 5, 2007

  SF360.org caught up with the filmmaker, who has been extraordinarily prolific since abandoning celluloid for the lighter, cheaper, more flexible digital realm.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Nine Questions for Rob Nilsson

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 5, 2007

  SF360.org caught up with the filmmaker, who has been extraordinarily prolific since abandoning celluloid for the lighter, cheaper, more flexible digital realm.

  
• 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
  
  

  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.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  A Sean Penn Top 10

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 28, 2007

  Let SF360 count the ways Penn can take on the President, the paparazzi, and the possibilities for peace in our time.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Five from Madcat

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 14, 2007

  Here are a few quick takes on programs that look particularly worthwhile at Madcat.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Five from Madcat

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 14, 2007

  Here are a few quick takes on programs that look particularly worthwhile at Madcat.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Revolution Summer"

  Michael Fox
  Aug 30, 2007

  Miles Matthew Montalbano's evocative and empathetic portrait of Bush-era dissatisfaction among the post-collegiate set.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Revolution Summer"

  Michael Fox
  Aug 30, 2007

  Miles Matthew Montalbano's evocative and empathetic portrait of Bush-era dissatisfaction among the post-collegiate set.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Off the Lot With Mateen Kemet

  Matt Sussman
  Aug 28, 2007

  SF360.org caught up with the Oakland director, who was one of seven finalists on the Fox reality show On the Lot.

  
• 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
  
  

  Irina Leimbacher and Konrad Steiner on "kino21"

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 13, 2007

  The co-programmers discuss their newest endeavor, though those already from the Bay Area will be familiar with their work at S.F. Cinematheque.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Bruce Fletcher, Dead Channels and the Living

  Dennis Harvey
  Aug 6, 2007

  Fletcher explains what will hopefully be an annual event that encompasses all kinds of worldwide cult-skewing fun.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Laurent Tirard on "Moliere"

  Erica Abeel/indieWIRE
  Aug 3, 2007

  Tirard takes an ingenious tack in conjuring the creative evolution of France's master of satiric comedy.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Shonali Bose on "Amu"

  indieWIRE
  Jul 23, 2007

  The '05 feature imagines a 21-year-old Indian American returning to India to visit her family and discover where she was born.

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Frozen Film Festival five

  Claire Faggioli
  Jul 13, 2007

  The List: Frozen Film Festival is a small festival that hopes to capitalize on the fact that San Franciscans like to stay indoors in the summer.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Stacey Wisnia, talking silent pictures

  Sean Uyehara
  Jul 9, 2007

  Stacey Wisnia has been a vibrant fixture in the San Francisco film scene for years and has became the Executive Director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival,

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Stacey Wisnia, talking silent pictures

  Sean Uyehara
  Jul 9, 2007

  Stacey Wisnia has been a vibrant fixture in the San Francisco film scene for years and has became the Executive Director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival,

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Rodents we love

  Claire Faggioli
  Jul 6, 2007

  List: Most of us talk to our pets, but very few of us talk our Camrys or toasters. That's where animation fills our need to fantasize about our interactions with animals.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jasmine Dellal on her "Gypsy Caravan"

  Michael Fox
  Jul 2, 2007

  Jasmine Dellal's affinity for Roma (or Gypsy) and new film, Gypsy Caravan is a spectacular portrait of five top-drawer Roma acts.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jasmine Dellal on her "Gypsy Caravan"

  Michael Fox
  Jul 2, 2007

  Jasmine Dellal's affinity for Roma (or Gypsy) and new film, Gypsy Caravan is a spectacular portrait of five top-drawer Roma acts.

  
• 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.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Movies and Martinis, A Movement

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 15, 2007

  For some movies, Sprite and popcorn aren't enough. You need gin and vodka and a room of unruly bodies shouting when they're not supposed to,

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Frameline31

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 14, 2007

  Now past its third-decade anniversary, SFILGBTFF — the producing organization keeps trying to change its public-recognition name to something more manageable, which this annum would be Frameline31 — now has filmmakers and distributors banging on its door.

  
• 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
  
  

  A Strandful at Frameline31

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 8, 2007

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

  
• 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.

  
• 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.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Dennis Nyback and "Bad Bugs Bunny"

  Michael Guillen
  Jun 6, 2007

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

  
• 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.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Live from Fog City

  Dennis Harvey
  May 9, 2007

  While the SF International Film Festival has always had celebrity guests, the 50th edition featured a particular concentration of unique one-offs.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Film Society Awards Night

  Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
  May 4, 2007

  If the Bay Area oozed self-regard last night, it couldn't exactly be blamed.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Daniel Wu, Heavenly King

  Jennifer Young
  Apr 30, 2007

  Daniel Wu and fictitious boy band Alive from his directorial debut The Heavenly Kings on Cantpop, the Bay Area, and Hong Kong film.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  A Rob Nilsson 10

  Staff
  Apr 27, 2007

  The List: An Amerindie helmer well before the term was invented, Nilsson names 10 films which deeply affected him.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  A Rob Nilsson 10

  Staff
  Apr 27, 2007

  The List: An Amerindie helmer well before the term was invented, Nilsson names 10 films which deeply affected him.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Festival, a Half Century

  B. Ruby Rich
  Apr 24, 2007

  Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jon Else On Acts of Creation

  Michael Fox
  Apr 23, 2007

  Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic blends World War II history with composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars’ staging of a new opera on the subject.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFIFF50-philes

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 11, 2007

  By Susan Gerhard

  

  Just a week out of the SFIFF50 press conference at the Westin St. Francis, and the buzz has already had a chance to build. SF360.org checked in with a few friends in the San Francisco filmmaking scene to see what they’re looking forward to in the 50th edition of the SF International Film Festival. Big winners: Guy Maddin’s “Brand Upon the Brain!” and, of course, the live and in-person tribute to Spike Lee, who — as Strand Releasing’s Marcus Hu reminds us — returns to the Bay Area to receive his Film Society Directing Award in spite of the fact the projector broke during the premiere of “She’s Gotta Have It” at the SFIFF more than 20 years ago.

  

  I’m eager to see Camila Guzman Urzula’s documentary “The Sugar Curtain” for perspectives on life in Cuba from those in their twenties and thirties. I’m curious about how a savvy film critic like Wesley Morris will interview Spike Lee. It will be a welcome occurrence to see two Black men talking on a US festival stage about film.
  Cornelius Moore
  California Newsreel

  

  “Audience of One:” I know this year the festival is honoring Lucas and Coppola and those guys as local heroes, but really. Hollywood North? What happened? Now here is a group of makers, Pentacostals no less, working on a gargantuan bible epic right down on Ocean Avenue in the old El Rey Theatre. Now that’s hot!
  Christian Bruno
  Strand, A Natural History of Cinema

  

  Although I’ve already seen it, I look forward to attending the one-off screening of Guy Maddin’s “Brand Upon the Brain!” since each live performance, by design, differs somewhat from the last. No self-respecting (or, for that matter, self-deprecating) cineaste should miss it. Beyond that, I’m particularly interested in Alain Resnais’ latest, “Coeurs” (i.e., “Private Fears in Public Places,” which, due to timing conflicts, I missed in Toronto), reuniting the director with the exceptional playwright Alan Ayckbourn. I remain quite fond of his recent films even if most folks in this country seem to disregard his work after “Mon oncle d’Amerique,” released over a quarter-century ago.
  Jonathan Marlow
  GreenCine

  

  I love that SFIFF is honoring Spike Lee, I saw “She’s Gotta Have It” when it had its world premiere at SFIFF and remembered what an amazing experience that was when the projector broke!
  Marcus Hu
  Strand Releasing

  

  I first started attending SFIFF in 1964 while still in high school. I saw the independent “The Luck of Ginger Coffey,” directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Robert Shaw, a fascinating documentary look at a country

  
• Festivals
  
  

  S.F. International Announces Lineup for 50th

  Susan Gerhard
  Apr 4, 2007

  The festival kicks off with Emanuele Crialese's Golden Door and closes with Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic, La vie en rose.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Amanda Micheli's Wonder Women

  Sean Uyehara
  Apr 2, 2007

  When Bay Area filmmaker Amanda Micheli approaches, you can see that she is an athlete. She's sure of herself.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Amanda Micheli's Wonder Women

  Sean Uyehara
  Apr 2, 2007

  When Bay Area filmmaker Amanda Micheli approaches, you can see that she is an athlete. She's sure of herself.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Critics and Antonioni

  Max Goldberg
  Mar 29, 2007

  A look at critics' responses to Antonioni through the ages shows there is, and always was, plenty to say about his work.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Countercultures of "Commune"

  Robert Avila
  Feb 22, 2007

  The cinematic image of the Ô60s commune is normally as two-dimensional as the screen it's projected on, and rarely very kind.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Film Arts Foundation's 'Bay Area Film Festivals'

  Michael Read
  Feb 16, 2007

  Boasting dozens upon dozens of homegrown events anchored by the country's most visible festivals, San Francisco has evolved into the quintessential festival town.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Alternative Visions" at the PFA

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Feb 15, 2007

  The Pacific Film Archive's standing as a cinema-centric educational institution brings the avant-garde into conversation with a broad program of film history.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated "The Lives of Others"

  Miljenko Skoknic
  Feb 12, 2007

  Von Donnersmarck talks about his Lola-winning and Oscar-nominated debut during a visit to San Francisco.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The Other Side of Indie at SF Indiefest's 9th

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 8, 2007

  The alarm has been sounding for some time now that "indie" doesn't mean what it used to. Jeff Ross simply ignores the cranky clamor.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cheryl Eddy, Behind the New "SF360 Movie Scene"

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 5, 2007

  The latest launch under the SF Film Society's SF360 banner premieres this week on ComcastSF, Channel 11.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Superdance and a Superbowl

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 31, 2007

  Wrapping up Sundance Ô07, with the NFL's big game as the best metaphor to describe the annual festival.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Key Events of 50th SFIFF Announced at Sundance

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 23, 2007

  Highlights of the upcoming festival were presented by the San Francisco Film Society Executive Director.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Indiefest Lineup Announcement

  Miljenko Skoknic
  Jan 19, 2007

  SF IndieFest's founder/director Jeff Ross announced the ninth edition of the Bay Area's indie showcase festival

  
• 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
  
  

  "Absolute Wilson"; "Army of Shadows"

  Robert Avila
  Jan 9, 2007

  A documentary provides an in-depth description of Robert Wilson's life and art. Melville's spy story on a Resistance cell in Nazi-occupied French challenges our idea of heroism.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Tom Tykwer and the scent of a serial killer

  Michael Fox
  Jan 8, 2007

  The director talks about his movie Perfume and his perspective as a filmmaker and artist.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  2006, The Remix

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 27, 2006

  SF360.org ended the year the way we started it--asking enormous favors from some of our favorite filmmakers: Caveh Zahedi, Sam Green, and Danny Plotnick.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF Film Critics Circle Announces Awards

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 12, 2006

  The group chose ;Little Children as its Best Picture of 2006 and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth the Best Foreign Language Film.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SF to Sundance

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 8, 2006

  At least three Bay Area-based filmmakers will be making the trek to Park City this year, Jon Else, Steven Okazaki, and Jay Rosenblatt.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Nathaniel Dorsky's Secret World

  Michael Fox
  Dec 5, 2006

  Song and Solitude, is a twilight sojourn to a secret world much like our own, rendered with profound patience and a hint of wistfulness.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Stanley Nelson on the Jonestown Tragedy

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 30, 2006

  The veteran documentary maker describes the making of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Crossing That Bridge

  Michael Fox
  Oct 24, 2006

  Eric Steel's disturbing, controversial documentary, The Bridge, focuses on people who end their lives at the famous landmark at the edge of the continent.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Poetic Terrorism and Wholphin #2

  Sean Uyehara
  Oct 17, 2006

  When Brent Hoff was checking into a hotel for a film festival, the concierge thrust a business card into his hand, “Remember me next time you’re casting a film." So he asked the biggest directors he knows to cast the concierge in a series of short films.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Roxie, The Vote

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 6, 2006

  The List: 25 Bay Area landmarks, including the Roxie and the Fox Oakland, are vying for $1 million in preservation grants from American Express.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley Film Festival 2006

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 5, 2006

  By the youth-rhetoric standards of another era, this is the last year we can trust the Mill Valley Film Festival. Next year, it turns 30.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Another Other Cinema, Now on DVD

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Sep 20, 2006

  Craig Baldwin and Noel Lawrence bring their brand of smart, quirky, avant-garde and political programming into the home.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Voting Protection-Related Sites

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 15, 2006

  The List: American Blackout director Ian Inaba names the top four Web sites.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Mill Valley Film Festival 2006 Announcement

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 13, 2006

  Tributes to Helen Mirren and Tim Robbins highlight the 29th annual edition .

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Netflix Rolling Roadshow: Return to Alcatraz

  Jennifer Young
  Aug 30, 2006

  Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema touring program brings classics to the locations they made famous, with a mobile outdoor projection unit and inflatable screen.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Fall 2006 Festival Season

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 25, 2006

  SF360 checks in with a few Bay Area festival insiders to see what they're excited about at upcoming festivals.

  
• 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
  
  

  TurnHere's Travel Videos

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 18, 2006

  There's one resource on the Net where some of the best travel videos have congregated, the Emervyille company aptly named TurnHere.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  All About Eva

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 11, 2006

  The List: Ten faves from Eva Sollberger's YouTube series, The Deadbeat Club, which revisits the decade she spent working in the Bay Area film community.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  All About Eva

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 11, 2006

  The List: Ten faves from Eva Sollberger's YouTube series, The Deadbeat Club, which revisits the decade she spent working in the Bay Area film community.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Tale of Two Shorts Festivals

  Robert Avila
  Aug 10, 2006

  SF Shorts and the SF Underground Short Film Festival provide a big-screen showcase for oft-overlooked short subjects.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Tale of Two Shorts Festivals

  Robert Avila
  Aug 10, 2006

  SF Shorts and the SF Underground Short Film Festival provide a big-screen showcase for oft-overlooked short subjects.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, from the Salton Sea to San Francisco

  Michael Fox
  Jul 31, 2006

  Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer talk about their acclaimed debut Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea, their influences, and making films in San Francisco.

  
• 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
  
  

  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
  
  

  SFMOMA Curator on Matthew Barney

  Thomas Logoreci
  Jul 17, 2006

  Benjamin Weil took time out from preparations for the upcoming Barney show to answer questions about the artist's "Drawing Restraint" series.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Larry Clark's New Kids on the Block

  Glen Helfand
  Jul 3, 2006

  SF360 spoke with Clark about Impaled, in which his exploration of adolescent mores reaches in discomfiting, yet fascinating new directions.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Zack Bazzi, War Correspondent

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 28, 2006

  In The War Tapes, Deborah Scranton exposes war as an industry - for those who fight it and for those who don't.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bay Area Filmmakers at SF International LGBT Film Festival

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 23, 2006

  16 filmmakers from the Bay Area find at least 15 minutes of fame in the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this year.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Bay Area Filmmakers at SF International LGBT Film Festival

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 23, 2006

  16 filmmakers from the Bay Area find at least 15 minutes of fame in the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this year.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Critic's Notebook, Frameline30

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 22, 2006

  S.F. International LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary as a forum for the LGBT community to celebrate its own hard-won survival and progress. 

  
• Q & A
  
  

  By the Numbers -- The Making of "Colma: The Musical"

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 21, 2006

  Wong weighs in on the hardest song to bring to life in Colma: The Musical, a story about a city in which the dead outnumber the living.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  By the Numbers -- The Making of "Colma: The Musical"

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 21, 2006

  Wong weighs in on the hardest song to bring to life in Colma: The Musical, a story about a city in which the dead outnumber the living.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

  Dennis Harvey
  Jun 15, 2006

  Highlights from San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival's 30th annual edition.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  The Outsiders

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 14, 2006

  Sheerly Avni talks about his book, Cinema by the Bay, a rich, visual history of San Francisco Bay Area filmmaking. 

  
• Q & A
  
  

  The Outsiders

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 14, 2006

  Sheerly Avni talks about his book, Cinema by the Bay, a rich, visual history of San Francisco Bay Area filmmaking. 

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Marc Huestis and a Wrinkle in Time

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 13, 2006

  Marc Huestis talks about his latest film, , and the pros and cons of getting old.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  The San Francisco Black Film Festival

  Cheryl Eddy
  Jun 12, 2006

  Highlights of San Francisco Black Film Festival's eighth annual edition.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jesse Ficks and "Midnites for Maniacs"

  Max Goldberg
  Jun 5, 2006

  Film programmer Jesse Hawthrone Ficks talks about the enduring appeal of midnight movies.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jesse Ficks and "Midnites for Maniacs"

  Max Goldberg
  Jun 5, 2006

  Film programmer Jesse Hawthrone Ficks talks about the enduring appeal of midnight movies.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  A Writer and Filmmaker Bring "Alice" to the Screen

  Staff
  May 10, 2006

  Insights into the initial process of bringing the screenplay adaptation of a short story to the screen.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Terry Zwigoff, "Confidential" and Uncensored

  Michael Fox
  May 8, 2006

  San Francisco filmmaker Terry Zwigoff, a former curmudgeon softened by success, discusses Art School Confidential.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  San Francisco International Film Festival's Award Winners

  Susan Gerhard
  May 5, 2006

  A complete list of the winners of the Golden Gate Awards show, which was all about celebrating the city, with filmmakers of all genres saying a kind word or two about it.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Choose Your Words

  Robert Avila
  Apr 27, 2006

  Memorize these words that supposedly can bring you under government scrutiny when said over the phone, or written in a text message or email.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Five Moments on Market Street, 1905-2006

  Melinda Stone
  Apr 14, 2006

  I first saw the remarkable A Trip Down Market Street, 1905 at the Exploratorium seven years ago, feeling chills as I gazed into the past.

  
• 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!"

  
• First Person
  
  

  Sam Green's Tour Through "Lot 63, Grave C"

  Sam Green
  Apr 12, 2006

  For people who know their rock trivia, or saw Gimme Shelter, Altamont represents one of the most infamous moments in Bay Area cultural history.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Sam Green's Tour Through "Lot 63, Grave C"

  Sam Green
  Apr 12, 2006

  For people who know their rock trivia, or saw Gimme Shelter, Altamont represents one of the most infamous moments in Bay Area cultural history.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Totally, Tenderly 20th-Century: Lopate Curates Critics

  Thomas Logoreci
  Apr 11, 2006

  With American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now, N.Y. essayist Phillip Lopate compiles nearly a century of groundbreaking and entertaining criticism.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  49th Annual SFIFF Lineup

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 28, 2006

  San Francisco International Film Festival announces lineup for the 49th annual festival.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 24, 2006

  Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour

  Robert Avila
  Mar 23, 2006

  The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  A JT LeRoy Reader

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 23, 2006

  The List: How JT LeRoy went from fiction to fact in the media.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Chuck Stephens on the Set of "Citizen Dog"

  Chuck Stephens
  Mar 22, 2006

  Chuck Stephens shares his thoughts, existential and otherwise, on the Bangkok set of Citizen Dog.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Filmmaker Ham Tran Rights an Historical Wrong

  Thomas Logoreci
  Mar 21, 2006

  Vietnamese American filmmaker Ham Tran rights an historical wrong in his debut feature film on the Vietnam War.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Cambodian Americans Exiled in New Film, Sentenced Home

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 20, 2006

  A conversation with the filmmakers and one star of "Sentenced Home," about three Cambodian Americans in the process of being exiled.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  A Talk with SFIAAFF Directors Chi-hui Yang and Taro Goto

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 14, 2006

  Asian America everywhere: A talk with San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival directors Chi-hui Yang and Taro Goto.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Public Defender Jeff Adachi Adds Filmmaker to Resume

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 13, 2006

  Jeff Adachi, San Francisco public defender, adds filmmaker to the resume.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Tiburon Film Festival Turns a Tourist Town Around

  Louise Carroll
  Mar 9, 2006

  The newest film festival on the dock, Tiburon International, turns a tourist town around.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Garrett Scott, Filmmaker, 1968-2006

  Christopher D. Cook
  Mar 8, 2006

  A tribute to the life and work of the late documentary maker Garrett Scott.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Leacock-Pennebaker Tribute at SF State's Documentary Film Institute

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 27, 2006

  With a Leacock-Pennebaker tribute, SF State's Documentary Film Institute proves there's no reason to "revive" cinema verite; it never died.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Delicious 'All About Evil' In Production

  Michael Fox goes behind the scenes on Peaches Christs' slice-'em-up.