• 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.