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

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

Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 2, 2011
Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.
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Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 2, 2011
Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.
September 8 2011

Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 2, 2011
Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Gifts My Mother Gave Me
Michael Guillen
May 8, 2011
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
May 12, 2011

Gifts My Mother Gave Me
Michael Guillen
May 8, 2011
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
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Gifts My Mother Gave Me
Michael Guillen
May 8, 2011
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
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Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
January 27, 2011

Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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Red Lantern Meetup Reels in Film Fans
Adam Hartzell
Jan 24, 2011
The Red Lantern Meetup group brings Asian film fans together.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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SFIFF53 Reports: Divine Madness at 'All About Evil' Premiere
Dennis Harvey
May 4, 2010
Judging from Saturday night s festivities, half the capacity Castro Theatre audience had worked on or otherwise invested in Joshua Grannell a.k.a. Peaches Christ s debut feature.
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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: '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.
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.
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'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

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.
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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.
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It's 'Playtime' with Jacques Tati in New Series
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2010
You could make a case for Tati as the last great silent comedian even if he didn't begin making features until two decades into the sound era.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Soulful "35 Shots of Rum" Gently Intoxicating
Dennis Harvey
Dec 17, 2009
Claire Denis proves her unpredictability and versatility as a director with the 2008 release 35 Shots of Rum.
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Holiday Film Preview, Part II
Dennis Harvey
Dec 11, 2009
Dennis Harvey weighs in on the upcoming films of the holiday season.
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'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

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

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.
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.
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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.
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'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.
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Sundance Blogs: 'Everything Strange and New' and 'La Mission'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 22, 2009
Susan Gerhard blogs on what is strange and new about watching movies in these particular mountains.
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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.
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.
News & Blogs

Unresolutions of 2009
Hannah Eaves
Jan 9, 2009
Certain questions in 2008 endlessly plagued the film world, leading to outlandish predictions, flame-war mayhem and an outbreak of opinionated public speaking.
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

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.
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

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.
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."
Q & A

'Thrillville' turns 11
Michael Fox
Apr 9, 2008
Will "the Thrill" Viahro, impresario of East Bay cult movie extravaganza "Thrillville," discusses the difference between "trash" and "garbage" in film.
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.
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Teshigahara at The Castro
Dennis Harvey
Nov 23, 2006
Filmmaking was just one among many creative outlets for Japanese multimedia artist Hiroshi Teshigahara.
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.
News & Blogs

Hip Hop Cinema
Susan Gerhard
Jul 28, 2006
Film journalist Cathleen Rountree's lists five categories and 27 films of an under-discussed genre: hip hop cinema.
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One Screen, Three San Francisco Cinephiles
Johnny Ray Huston
May 15, 2006
Christian Bruno, Julie Lindow and R.A. McBride discuss their love of San Francisco and its theaters over beers at the Uptown.
Festivals

Cinephiles and Oenophiles: Sommelier Pairings for Sonoma Valley Fest
Miriam Wolf
Apr 7, 2006
You can sunbathe topless at Cannes and ski at Sundance, and drink your fill of fine wine at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival.
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.

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