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  • News & Blogs

    SFGate: 'New Director at Film Festival'

    Sep 13, 2010

    SF Chronicle: "Masashi Niwano, who most recently was executive director of the Austin Asian American Film Festival in Austin, Texas, has been named festival and exhibitions director for the San Francisco International Asian American Festival." More at SFGate.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Festivals

    SF Indiefest 2009

    Dennis Harvey
    Feb 5, 2009

    With a roster that sprawls from horror to softcore to verite-style drama and documentary, the only constant is that you won't be bored.

  • News & Blogs

    Remembering Ave Montague

    Tim Etheridge
    Jan 31, 2009

    On January 24 the San Francisco film and arts community lost Ave Montague, who was well known for her hard work, creativity and passion for the arts.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Q & A

    Stephen Parr's Oddball Films

    Sean Uyehara
    Sep 21, 2008

    Parr licenses film and video footage, and presents some of the best screenings in town through his Oddball Films series.

  • 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.

  • Reviews

    Room for Thought at SFMOMA

    Michael Fox
    Sep 4, 2008

    A film in a darkened theater commands our undivided attention, but a video installation in a museum doesn't have the same effect.

  • Festivals

    Inside the Telluride Film Festival

    Hilary Hart
    Aug 29, 2008

    A Telluride veteran gives a festival overview, and explains why film lovers and filmmakers travel to a remote corner of Colorado on blind faith.

  • 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

    Strand's Marcus Hu and Frameline's Michael Lumpkin

    Marcus Hu
    Jun 16, 2008

    Strand Releasing President Marcus Hu speaks with Frameline Artistic Director Lumpkin about Frameline, queer cinema and the future of this niche festival.]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    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

    SF Int'l announces its 51st program and year-round screen

    Susan Gerhard
    Apr 1, 2008

    The SFIFF announced its 2008 program and the June 13 launch of its year-round programming on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki

  • Reviews

    "Shelter"

    Dennis Harvey
    Mar 24, 2008

    Writer/director Jonah Markowitz's Shelter is a romantic gay surfer that more than earns its spurs in terms of real-world credibility and psychology.

  • Reviews

    "A Genuine Tribute to Peter Bogdanovich"

    Max Goldberg
    Mar 5, 2008

    "A Genuine Tribute to Peter Bogdanovich" is a major coup for Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, after all these years later, he's ready for a retrospective of his own.

  • Reviews

    Joseph Cornell at SFMOMA

    Max Goldberg
    Oct 11, 2007

    Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination comes to San Francisco for the first major west-coast exhibition of the artist's work in 40 years.

  • Reviews

    Abbas Kiarostami: "Image Maker"

    Robert Avila
    Aug 2, 2007

    An impressive PFA series runs alongside an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum of Kiarostami's striking photographic work.

  • Reviews

    Saul Bass, "Phase IV"

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 25, 2007

    Few people not employed as directors, producers, cinematographers, costume or production designers have had as much impact on the "look" of movies.

  • Reviews

    The art of Muppetry

    Claire Faggioli
    Jun 21, 2007

    Muppets, Music, and Magic, a Jim Henson career retrospective pleases not only Muppet-lovers but also people whose tastes stretch beyond.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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