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Funding: California Story Fund
Nov 15, 2011The California Story Fund, presented by California Council for the Humanities (CCH), supports public humanities programs that bring light to compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have California tax-exempt organizational status or partner with a California tax-exempt organization that will serve as a fiscal sponsor, not have an open grant with CCH, and be in good standing with CCH. Projects should be based on stories gathered from community members, include a public discussion component and at least one humanities expert. Film/video projects should not exceed a total budget of $50,000. AWARDS: Applicants may request up to $10,000, which must be matched by at least an equivalent contribution of non-federal funds or in-kind services. DEADLINE: November 15, 2011. WEBSITE: calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf.htm.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director
Oct 24, 2011Press 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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Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As 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.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As 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.'
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September 8 2011
Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’
George Kuchar
Sep 7, 2011As 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.'
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August 4, 2011
Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
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Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
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Q & A
Yoav Potash Takes 'Crime's' Case to Larger Audience
Judy Stone
Aug 1, 2011Deborah Peagler's case in 'Crime After Crime' gets its time in court and on screen, with moving results.
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June 21, 2011
'Forgetting Dad'
Jun 27, 2011Rick Minnick, oldest son a middle-aged father of five who started a new life after suffering from amnesia, returns to California in an attempt to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance in this haunting doc. Minnick and some film subjects will be present for Q&A at both screenings. More at redvic.com.
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April 14, 2011
Film Globally, Screen Locally
Michael Fox
Apr 13, 2011Local 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, 2011Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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In Production
Film Globally, Screen Locally
Michael Fox
Apr 13, 2011Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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April 7, 2011
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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First Person
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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News & Blogs
IndieWIRE: "Meet the San Francisco International Film Fest Programmers (In Their Own Words)"
Apr 2, 2011IndieWIRE reports: "With the sheer number of arts-related events in San Francisco, one might mistake the city as one of America’s largest metropolises, but in fact it’s California’s fourth largest city. San Francisco has however had a long tradition of embracing arts on the cusp, reflecting its vibrant and diverse citizens." More at indieWIRE.com.
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Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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In Production
Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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March 24, 2011
Merk Mixes ‘Cocktails’ for Television
Michael Fox
Mar 23, 2011Ron Merk sends a San Francisco-set series into the ring.
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De Oliveira's 'Angelica' Balming, Enlivening
Dennis Harvey
Jan 7, 2011'The Strange Case of Angelica' finds Manoel de Oliveira, at 102 years old, in fine form.
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January 13, 2011
De Oliveira's 'Angelica' Balming, Enlivening
Dennis Harvey
Jan 7, 2011'The Strange Case of Angelica' finds Manoel de Oliveira, at 102 years old, in fine form.
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Reviews
De Oliveira's 'Angelica' Balming, Enlivening
Dennis Harvey
Jan 7, 2011'The Strange Case of Angelica' finds Manoel de Oliveira, at 102 years old, in fine form.
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December 7, 2010
'Pixar: 25 Years of Animation' Exhibition
Dec 8, 2010This popular Oakland Museum of California exhibition is an all encompassing look at the world’s leading animation studio and includes artwork from 'Ratatouille', 'Wall E', 'Up' and 'Toy Story 3.' More at museumca.org
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Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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November 24, 2010
Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'
Steve Anker
Nov 19, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'
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Film Arts: How Cinema Was Born by the Bay
Margarita Landazuri
Oct 26, 2010With Eadweard Muybridge's motion experiments and Niles Essanay's early productions, the San Francisco Bay Area brought the silent film to life.
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In Depth
Film Arts: How Cinema Was Born by the Bay
Margarita Landazuri
Oct 26, 2010With Eadweard Muybridge's motion experiments and Niles Essanay's early productions, the San Francisco Bay Area brought the silent film to life.
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October 28, 2010
Film Arts: How Cinema Was Born by the Bay
Margarita Landazuri
Oct 26, 2010With Eadweard Muybridge's motion experiments and Niles Essanay's early productions, the San Francisco Bay Area brought the silent film to life.
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Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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October 28, 2010
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Q & A
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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October 28, 2010
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Q & A
Mike Ott on the Guileless Filmmaking of 'Littlerock'
Jessica Sapick
Oct 25, 2010Mike Ott, now up for a Gotham Award, speaks on filmmaking process and his indie film 'Littlerock.'
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Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade
Susan Gerhard
Oct 8, 2010A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.
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October 14, 2010
Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade
Susan Gerhard
Oct 8, 2010A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.
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Q & A
Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade
Susan Gerhard
Oct 8, 2010A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.
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October 5, 2010
'Cecil Taylor: All the Notes'
Oct 6, 2010Free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor is captured in performance and interviewed in Christopher Felver’s documentary ‘Cecil Taylor: All the Notes’. A discussion between Felver and California Poet Laureate Al Young follows the screening at the Smith Rafael Film Center.
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Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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September 23, 2010
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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Q & A
Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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September 16, 2010
Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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Q & A
Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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September 16, 2010
Innovative Characters, Concepts Inform New California Website
Adam Hartzell
Sep 13, 2010A new film/photography website offers compelling characters, bold artistry and innovative storylines.
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Festivals
Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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September 9 2010
Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival
Gianmaria Franchini
Sep 3, 2010Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
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August 10 2010
'Madame Butterfly' in High-Def
Aug 12, 2010As a final curtain call for the summer-long Grand Opera Cinema Series, the California Film Institute and San Francisco opera present a chance to see an encore high -definition recording of Madame Butterfly at the Rafael Film Center on August 12-14.
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News & Blogs
San Francisco Habitue John Waters Offers Role Models
Michael Fox
Jun 10, 2010With 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.
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In Production
Omori, Hardy Conspire to Tattoo the World
Michael Fox
May 25, 2010Emiko 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.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: California Dreamin' at Film Society Awards Night
Susan Gerhard
Apr 30, 2010San 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.
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Festivals
SFIFF53 Reports: The Butcher Block; Opening Night
SF360
Apr 24, 2010To be from the Bay Area and called The Butcher Brothers might mean you get mixed up with purveyors of grass fed meats.
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Reviews
Can-Can Do: Silent Shooting at the Victoria
Jane Riccobono
Apr 13, 2010The 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.
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Q & A
Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International
Michael Fox
Apr 5, 2010With opening night approaching, Rachel Rosen talked about her L.A. Rolodex, the function of festivals in a broadband world and her favorites in the festival.
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Reviews
West with 'Sweetgrass'
Dennis Harvey
Mar 9, 2010There 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.
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Festivals
Cinequest at 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 21, 2010Wasn't it just yesterday that Cinequest was the scrappy upstart amongst Bay Area festivals? Apparently not: San Jose's annual cinematic blowout is entering its third decade.
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In Production
Final Chapter in Kelly and Yamamoto's Art Trilogy
Michael Fox
Feb 16, 2010Transformation, of any kind, an ephemeral, elusive thing to capture on film. One advisor told Nancy Kelly she'd never do it. Difficult, sure, but impossible?
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Festivals
Mostly British and Very Entertaining
Dennis Harvey
Feb 4, 2010Tragically underrepresented in the Bay Area's densely packed world of globally oriented film festivals is the land(s) of our erstwhile colonial rulers!
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Elizabeth Duran
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
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Q & A
Butchers Chop Shop at Sundance
Glen Helfand
Jan 21, 2010The 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.
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Q & A
David Sherman and Wasteland Utopias
Michael Fox
Nov 30, 2009In 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.
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In Production
Marissa Aroy Unearths Forgotten California history
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2009Aroy's film excavates the history and contributions of Filipino farmworkers in the Golden State since the 1920s.
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Reviews
Remembering Chick Strand
Max Goldberg
Oct 23, 2009Chick Strand, a crucial pioneer of West Coast experimental cinema, died July 11 at 78.
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In Production
Weissman's 'Heartbreak and Heroism'
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2009David Weissman speaks on his new project, Heartbreak and Heroism, revisiting the early years of the AIDS outbreak in San Francisco.
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Festivals
Frameline33: Something Old, Something New
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2009A 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.)
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Reviews
SFIFF52 Blogs: Cataloguing California
Jennifer Preissel
May 4, 2009California Company Town, blends the sights and sounds of the state's economically depressed towns, industrial wastelands and failed utopian communities.
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Reviews
Beloved publicist Bill McLeod dies
Apr 4, 2009William W. (Bill) McLeod, 59, one of the Bay Area's most respected film publicists died at his home on March 29th, 2009.
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In Production
Kitchell on Another Hot Topic with Environmental Movement Doc
Michael Fox
Mar 24, 2009Mark 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.
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In Production
Leban and Szajko's Gay Marriage Doc
Michael Fox
Feb 18, 2009The tentatively titled Winter of Love uses Prop. 8 as a framework for a look at the increasing acceptance of gay marriage.
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Reviews
Debra Chasnoff's 'Straightlaced'
Judy Stone
Jan 5, 200950 California students talk about their problems with gender in the new documentary Straightlaced–How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up.
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Q & A
Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to
Michael Fox
Nov 17, 2008Scott 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.
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Festivals
MVFF: Mulford and Cruz On Chile's Dark Past
Michael Fox
Oct 8, 2008Marilyn Mulford collaborated with Quique Cruz on the pensive, humanistic, and inspiring Archaeology of Memory: Villa Grimaldi.
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Reviews
'The Exiles,' a Return Engagement
Dennis Harvey
Jul 30, 2008A film from 1961, The Exiles is a long-in-making unvarnished look at 12 hours in the lives of a group of American Indians who have come to Los Angeles.
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Festivals
Frameline's New Lesson Plan
Lynn Rapoport
Jul 1, 2008Critic's notebook: Marriage changes everything at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
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Festivals
SF International's Golden Gate Awards: Alive and Cooking
Susan Gerhard
May 8, 2008Food scents and film sensibilities mingled in a pungent party atmosphere at the California Culinary Academy.
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Q & A
SFIFF51: California Newsreel at 40
Erika Young
Apr 21, 2008Founded in 1968, San Francisco-based Newsreel is the oldest nonprofit, social-issue documentary film center in the U.S.
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Festivals
Earthdance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival
Robert Avila
Apr 2, 2008The fifth annual EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival screens a juried compilation of 20 short films in two 90-minute installments.
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Reviews
"Shelter"
Dennis Harvey
Mar 24, 2008Writer/director Jonah Markowitz's Shelter is a romantic gay surfer that more than earns its spurs in terms of real-world credibility and psychology.
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Reviews
10 Reasons to See "Cinema Piemonte"
Staff
Feb 29, 2008The Associazone Piemontesi of Northern California, with the Italian Cultural Institute and Regione Piemonte, presents "Cinema Piemonte," four movies made in that beautiful region.
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Q & A
Shooting People's Ingrid Kopp
Susan Gerhard
Oct 22, 2007Kopp's organization is helping filmmakers collaborate by accessing virtual communities, facilitating live gatherings, expanding into book publishing, and more.
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Reviews
A Sean Penn Top 10
Susan Gerhard
Sep 28, 2007Let SF360 count the ways Penn can take on the President, the paparazzi, and the possibilities for peace in our time.
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Reviews
Blood, Sweat, Tears
Claire Faggioli
Aug 10, 2007The List: The following list consists of the most interesting or important moments in the visualization of blood, from sheer abundance to aesthetic appreciation.
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Q & A
A Mighty Wurlitzer Player
Michael Guillen
Aug 1, 2007SF360.org speaks with Edward Millington Stout, III, who is undoubtedly the world's foremost theatrical organ restorationist.
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Reviews
"SiCKO"-time
Susan Gerhard
Jun 28, 2007Sicko's story of the mismanagement of U.S. healthcare takes Michael Moore from the U.S. to Canada to Europe, and most notably, to Cuba.
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Festivals
2007 Mendocino Film Festival
Robert Avila
May 24, 2007The four-day festival offered over 100 films, with an emphasis on documentaries, and attracted some 60 filmmakers, including Albert Maysles.
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Q & A
Weerasethakul Talks Hospitals, Aerobics, and a Boy From Mars
Johnny Ray Huston
Apr 9, 2007One of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Ôs goals as a filmmaker is to simply show what he likes, and what he likes to see.
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Reviews
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Max Goldberg
Dec 13, 2006It would not seem to bode well for the stewardship of studio classics that Preston Sturges's indomitable comedies have been so slow to DVD.
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Reviews
KQED's Wild West in "Truly CA"
Justin Juul
Nov 16, 2006The weekly series is a platform for independent filmmakers in California, showcasing short and full-length documentaries about the state.
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Reviews
All About Eva
Susan Gerhard
Aug 11, 2006The 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.
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Q & A
Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, from the Salton Sea to San Francisco
Michael Fox
Jul 31, 2006Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer talk about their acclaimed debut Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea, their influences, and making films in San Francisco.
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Q & A
Preteens on Surprise Endings
Susan Gerhard
Jul 21, 2006A California Film Institute-procured class of 13somethings needed no help deciding their top ten list of surprise movie endings.
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Q & A
The Outsiders
Susan Gerhard
Jun 14, 2006Sheerly Avni talks about his book, Cinema by the Bay, a rich, visual history of San Francisco Bay Area filmmaking.
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Festivals
Tiburon Film Festival Turns a Tourist Town Around
Louise Carroll
Mar 9, 2006The newest film festival on the dock, Tiburon International, turns a tourist town around.
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News & Blogs
Garrett Scott, Filmmaker, 1968-2006
Christopher D. Cook
Mar 8, 2006A tribute to the life and work of the late documentary maker Garrett Scott.
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