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News & Blogs
Below the Line: "SPY Delivers Visual Effects, DI and Stereo Conversion for Coppola's 'Twixt' "
Sep 22, 2011"San Francisco-based visual effects and post house SPY, a FotoKem company, recently contributed hundreds of visual effects shots, the digital intermediate and 3D conversion services for Francis Ford Coppola’s latest feature film, Twixt," reports Below the Line. More at btlnews.com.
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Festivals
Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 2, 2011Berkeley-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, 2011Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.
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September 8 2011
Telluride’s 38th Festival Underway in Colorado
Jackson Scarlett
Sep 2, 2011Berkeley-programmed Festival is a favorite for cinephiles; features Caetano Veloso as 2011 Guest Director.
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News & Blogs
SFFS Announces Winners of Spring 2011 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants
Aug 15, 2011The 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.
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Home
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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In Depth
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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July 21, 2011
Essential SF: ‘North Beach,’ ‘Medicine For Melancholy’
Michael Fox
Jul 20, 2011Two Bay Area location-based features that speak to the moment are poised to stand the test of time.
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april 22 2011
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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First Person
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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Home
Production Values: Debbie Brubaker
Adrianne Anderson
Apr 19, 2011A veteran producer talks about the art, craft and industry behind her work.
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April 7, 2011
The Power of ‘Poetry’
Adam Hartzell
Apr 7, 2011A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
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The Power of ‘Poetry’
Adam Hartzell
Apr 7, 2011A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
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Reviews
The Power of ‘Poetry’
Adam Hartzell
Apr 7, 2011A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
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First Person
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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March 24, 2011
Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms
Erica Marcus
Mar 22, 2011The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
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Festivals
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February 24, 2011
Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate
Mary Gaitskill
Feb 24, 2011On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.
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Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate
Mary Gaitskill
Feb 24, 2011On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.
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In Depth
Beg For Your Life: In the Well with Laurel Nakadate
Mary Gaitskill
Feb 24, 2011On the amoral goodness of nature, shapelessly shaped things and the hereness of bodies.
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February 8, 2011
Scary Cow 13th Indie Film Festival
Feb 13, 2011Short and feature films completed over the previous year by the Scary Cow’s co-op members play at Castro Theater. Attendees vote on which filmmakers should receive funding for future projects. More at scarycow.com.
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Feb 3 2011
SF360 Live at Sundance: 285 Steps
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2011Reality bursts through daydreams; labors of love pay off in 2011's edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
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Festivals
SF360 Live at Sundance: 285 Steps
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2011Reality bursts through daydreams; labors of love pay off in 2011's edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
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SF360 Live at Sundance: 285 Steps
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2011Reality bursts through daydreams; labors of love pay off in 2011's edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
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January 31, 2011
SF360 Live at Sundance: 285 Steps
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2011Reality bursts through daydreams; labors of love pay off in 2011's edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
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News & Blogs
SFFS/KRF Announce Fall 2010 Grant Recipients
Dec 6, 2010Press 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.
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November 10, 2010
Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Kelly Reichardt with B. Ruby Rich
Nov 11, 2010This event marks the debut of an exciting new filmmaker-in-person series presented by BAM/PFA. Regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary American indie cinema, director Kelly Reichardt presents and discusses her work with professor, author (and SF360.org contributor) B. Ruby Rich at the Pacific Film Archive. Feature films include ‘Ode,’ ‘Old Joy,’ ‘River of Grass’ and ‘Wendy and Lucy,’ as well as two shorts, ‘Then a Year,’ and ‘Travis.’ More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.
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Home
'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History
Susan Gerhard
Sep 23, 2010Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.
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September 23, 2010
'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History
Susan Gerhard
Sep 23, 2010Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.
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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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Home
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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In Production
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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September 2, 2010
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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August 19 2010
Maoz Speaks of the Limits of Language in 'Lebanon'
Jessica Sapick
Aug 16, 2010The Lebanon War of 1982 informs Samuel Maoz's 'Lebanon.'
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Maoz Speaks of the Limits of Language in 'Lebanon'
Jessica Sapick
Aug 16, 2010The Lebanon War of 1982 informs Samuel Maoz's 'Lebanon.'
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Q & A
Maoz Speaks of the Limits of Language in 'Lebanon'
Jessica Sapick
Aug 16, 2010The Lebanon War of 1982 informs Samuel Maoz's 'Lebanon.'
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August 19 2010
Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Home
Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Reviews
Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Jon Ho
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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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Jennie-Marie Adler
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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In Production
Bay Area Narrative Filmmakers Thriving in Doc Capital
Michael Fox
Dec 23, 2009Michael Fox shows independent filmmakers who are thriving in the Bay Area.
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Reviews
New Social Issue Dramas from Rainin Grant-Winners
Michael Fox
Nov 24, 2009The scoop on the projects of the inaugural class for the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, which support lively, intelligent social-issue narrative films.
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Q & A
Frazer Bradshaw on "Everything Strange and New"
Susan Gerhard
Nov 23, 2009Susan Gerhard caught up with the director of an Oakland-shot domestic drama whose first-time feature was chosen for Sundance.
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Screenwriting
Carmen Madden on Watching People, Writing Characters
Lisa Rosenberg
Nov 16, 2009Writer/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.
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Q & A
Robert Mailer Anderson on Mendo Madness of 'Pig Hunt'
Dennis Harvey
Oct 26, 2009After ripping it up at various genre fests, the Bay Area indie horror flick settles in for a theatrical run at the Red Vic.
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Q & A
'Sorry, Thanks' Lavishes Love on the Mission
Michael Fox
Oct 24, 2009From the steep slope of 22nd Street down to La Taqueria, from the Attic to Boogaloos, this droll feature showcases the Mission to glowing advantage.
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First Person
A Fat Line Between Love and Hate
David Munro
Oct 6, 2009First Person: How can people respond in diametric and, at times, vitriolic opposition to the same film? Mine.
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Festivals
SFIFF52: Golden Gate Awards Uncorked, SFFS/KRF Grant Winner Announced
Susan Gerhard
May 7, 2009SFIFF handed out approximately $100,000 and announced the winner San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant during its Golden Gate Awards.
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Reviews
SFIFF52 Blogs: Portillo's 'Al Más Allá'
David Winks Gray
Apr 29, 2009Lourdes Portillo's partly autobiographical documentary Al Más Allá draws a laugh from the San Francisco International Film Festival crowd.
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Q & A
Michael Jacobs 'Audience of One' at the Roxie
Susan Gerhard
Mar 30, 2009Michael 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.
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News & Blogs
Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced
Susan Gerhard
Jan 28, 2009Grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films made in the Bay Area will be distributed by the SFFS and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
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Reviews
César Charlone Directs 'The Pope's Toilet'
Miguel Pendás
Jan 27, 2009Oscar-nominated cinematographer César Charlone recently codirected his first theatrical feature film, a darkly comic farce about Pope John Paul II.
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Digital
SWAG: Free Feature Films On the Web
Hannah Eaves
Sep 26, 2008The Sixth Screen: Here are some browser-based legal zones for free online feature film viewing pleasure. No installation required.
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Festivals
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Mary B. Scott
Jul 9, 2008Back at the Castro this weekend for the 13th year, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents a variety of titillating titles.
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Q & A
Q&A: Alex Rivera, 'Sleep Dealer'
Michael Guillen
May 14, 2008Rivera's debut centers on a young man grappling with a technological future in which neural implants, telerobotics and ubiquitous computing serve a global economy.
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Q & A
Q&A: Brillante Mendoza
Sean Uyehara
Mar 18, 2008Filipino Director Brillante Mendoza discusses his aesthetic: a basic approach that resists facade and pretense and desires to depict to things as they really are.
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Q & A
SF Indiefest Opening Night: Riding "Shotgun" With Jeff Nichols
Eve O'Neill
Feb 6, 2008The first-time filmmaker managed to build, for under half a million dollars, a relatable story and characters with substance rarely seen in mainstream film.
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News & Blogs
'Be Kind Rewind' Brings Michel Gondry to SF
Susan Gerhard
Jan 7, 2008Susan Gerhard enjoys an hour or so inside the wilds of Gondry's brain at the Apple Store, SF.
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Q & A
Q&A with "Holly" Filmmakers
Jennifer Young
Dec 5, 2007"I suddenly found myself surrounded by a group of 15 little [Cambodian] girls aggressively soliciting me for prostitution," Guy Jacobson told a MVFF audience.
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Festivals
International Latino Film Festival and S.F. International Animation Festival
Robert Avila
Nov 8, 2007In 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.
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Q & A
'Joshua's' George Ratliff
indieWIRE
Jul 11, 2007George Ratliff talks about his first feature narrative Joshua, described by Sundance as a "horror story disguised as a sophisticated family drama."
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Festivals
San Francisco Black Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jun 7, 2007Nine years' vintage makes the SFBFF a newcomer by Bay Area standards. In terms of programmatic diversity and premieres, it's got old-soul depth.
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Q & A
A Rob Nilsson 10
Staff
Apr 27, 2007The List: An Amerindie helmer well before the term was invented, Nilsson names 10 films which deeply affected him.
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News & Blogs
Remembering Jim Lyons: 1960 - 2007
Staff
Apr 18, 2007The editor and actor, known for his frequent work with Todd Haynes, died in New York. His friends share their thoughts.
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Q & A
Mike White's Alter Egos
Michael Fox
Apr 14, 2007White's heroes and heroines are content with their mundane lives until some uninvited intruder or unforeseen event exposes their frustration and complacency.
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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
Reviews: "Police Beat"; "The Page Turner"
Dennis Harvey
Apr 3, 2007It's taken over two years for Police Beat to go from one of the most praised films at Sundance to a theatre near you.
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Q & A
Phillip Haas on "The Situation"
Michael Fox
Mar 26, 2007An interview with documentary and narrative filmmaker Philip Haas upon the release of his latest film, The Situation.
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Q & A
Michael Arndt, Little Mr. Sunshine
Michael Guillen
Feb 23, 2007The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine made a Cody's San Francisco bookstore appearance promoting the publication of the shooting script.
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Q & A
Von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated "The Lives of Others"
Miljenko Skoknic
Feb 12, 2007Von Donnersmarck talks about his Lola-winning and Oscar-nominated debut during a visit to San Francisco.
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Q & A
"Man Push Cart" Director's New York-by-Way-of-Pakistan Story
Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
Dec 4, 2006Ramin Bahrani's debut feature follows a solitary, quiet immigrant struggling to make a go of it in New York City.
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Reviews
Teshigahara at The Castro
Dennis Harvey
Nov 23, 2006Filmmaking was just one among many creative outlets for Japanese multimedia artist Hiroshi Teshigahara.
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Festivals
A Cinequest 35
Susan Gerhard
Nov 17, 2006Cinequest announces a plan to distribute indie films via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales.
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Reviews
Found: 'Marie Antoinette' in Paris
Max Goldberg
Oct 18, 2006After weeks of Western Europe, what better way for the young cineaste to crash the City of Light than a trip to the silver screen?
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Q & A
John Cameron Mitchell's long "Shortbus" ride
Susan Gerhard
Oct 2, 2006John Cameron Mitchell's latest film: A bright, sexually explicit ensemble piece featuring American friends and acquaintances who might have made good primetime TV.
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Q & A
Opening "Red Doors" in Asian American Family
Susan Gerhard
Sep 19, 2006Filmmaker Georgia Lee discusses her narrative feature with family member Frances Chang.
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Reviews
Sweet "Quinceañera" vs. MTV's greedy "My Super Sweet 16"
Johnny Ray Huston
Aug 15, 2006Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's exploration of a teen's rite of passage is the warmhearted opposite of MTV's glorification of wasteful and selfish spending.
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Q & A
Night Listening with Patrick Stettner
indieWIRE
Aug 14, 2006The director of The Business of Strangers talks about his second feature, starring Robin Williams.
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Q & A
Keith Fulton and "Brothers of the Head"
indieWIRE
Aug 8, 2006The co-director talks about his provocative fictional documentary about conjoined twins groomed for rock Ôn' roll stardom.
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Reviews
Francois Ozon, Mortal
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 2, 2006Ozon's Time to Leave demonstrates how central he's become to European cinema, and reminds us that he's among gay world cinema's most accomplished writer/directors.
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Q & A
Amos Gitai's Reality
Michael Fox
Aug 1, 2006The veteran Israeli filmmaker, in town for the Jewish Film Festival, talks about radical art and Free Zone.
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Festivals
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Mary B. Scott
Jul 13, 2006Back at the Castro this weekend for the 13th year, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents a variety of titillating titles.
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Q & A
Larry Clark's New Kids on the Block
Glen Helfand
Jul 3, 2006SF360 spoke with Clark about Impaled, in which his exploration of adolescent mores reaches in discomfiting, yet fascinating new directions.
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Reviews
Would Football By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Susan Gerhard
Jun 30, 2006Bay Area soccer fans offer their takes on the best football films.
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Festivals
San Francisco International Film Festival's Award Winners
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2006A 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.
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Q & A
"Full Grown Men" On the Road
Michael Fox
Apr 17, 2006David Munro and Xandra Castleton speak about making their indie Full Grown Men and taking it to the Tribeca Film Festival.
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First Person
Chuck Stephens on the Set of "Citizen Dog"
Chuck Stephens
Mar 22, 2006Chuck Stephens shares his thoughts, existential and otherwise, on the Bangkok set of Citizen Dog.
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Q & A
Filmmaker Ham Tran Rights an Historical Wrong
Thomas Logoreci
Mar 21, 2006Vietnamese American filmmaker Ham Tran rights an historical wrong in his debut feature film on the Vietnam War.
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News & Blogs
SFFS and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Fall 2010 Grant Finalists
SFFS Press Release: "The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced the ten finalists for the fourth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants of up to a total of $225,000, to be given to one or more feature films that through plot, character, theme or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time." More at sffs.org
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