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Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
September 20, 2011

Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
News & Blogs

Ninth Street Announces Incubator Participants
Jul 1, 2011
Press release: The Ninth Street Independent Film Center announced today five new participants for the Center's Media Arts Incubator Program for 2011-2012. "This is a great group of participants," says Skye Christensen, Executive Director of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. "Each brings a very dynamic project to the Program, and we're really looking forward to what they'll accomplish during their time here." Ninth Street’s Media Arts Incubator Program is designed to nurture socially relevant independent media projects at Ninth Street Independent Film Center. The Incubator Program supports independent filmmakers, start-up film festivals and small media nonprofits through access to workspace and shared resources, such as cross-promotional opportunities, co-productions, affordable meeting or exhibition space and community connections with established media arts partners (Center for Asian American Media, Frameline, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and others). Participants are: Rachel Caplan (CEO) and Daniela Rible (Deputy Director) of the annual SF Green Film Festival; Jennifer Tipton and Cary McQueen Morrow, the directors of Art with Impact, which is a platform for the creation of new media on critical social issues; David Evan Harris, Executive Director of the Global Lives Project, a media arts nonprofit that seeks to collaboratively build a video library of human life experience; Scarlett Shepard is Executive Director of the SF Women’s Film Festival; and J.R. Flemming, director and producer of Guarding Dogs, which is a documentary film with a crowd-sourcing model currently in production that makes the case for adopting a dog instead breeding/buying.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
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Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
June 30, 2011

Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
Home

Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
June 30, 2011

Critic's Notebook: A Day in the Life
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Jun 26, 2011
One day of Frameline35 finds Witi Ihimaera offering insight into the writing of 'Kawa,' dour Norweigan drag kings processing endlessly and Ma Rainey being well-remembered.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
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Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
June 30, 2011

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
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Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
June 30, 2011

Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011
It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
June 14, 2011

SF Int'l LGBT Film Festival
Jun 23, 2011
In its 35th anniversary year, Frameline brings a vastly diverse selection of films to the world's largest LGBT showcase. It continues through June 26. More at Frameline.org.
June 21, 2011

SF Int'l LGBT Film Festival
Jun 23, 2011
In its 35th anniversary year, Frameline brings a vastly diverse selection of films to the world's largest LGBT showcase. It continues through June 26. More at Frameline.org.
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A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
June 23 2011

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
June 23, 2011

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
Q & A

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
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A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
June 23 2011

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
June 23, 2011

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
Q & A

A City’s Smutty History, Embraced
Julia Barbosa
Jun 21, 2011
Stabile film at Frameline, Tribeca and, soon, YBCA, looks at San Francisco’s sex-film history.
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Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
June 23 2011

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
June 23, 2011

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
Q & A

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
Home

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
June 23 2011

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
June 23, 2011

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
Q & A

Percifield Runs with Board of Supes Candidate
Michael Fox
Jun 19, 2011
First-time doc-maker Dain Percifield offers notes on capturing the highs and lows of drag queen Anna Conda's 2010 run for S.F. Supervisor.
June 14, 2011

Roxie Stages
Jun 17, 2011
The Roxie's new Saturday night sideshow program continues its showcase of local talent before Frameline's 'I Am' on June 17. Roxie Stages runs most Saturdays. More at roxie.com.
Festivals

Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program
Dennis Harvey
Jun 16, 2011
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.
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Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program
Dennis Harvey
Jun 16, 2011
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.
June 16, 2011

Frameline35 Opens, Features Wildly Diverse Program
Dennis Harvey
Jun 16, 2011
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival delivers internationally as well as locally made films of every identity and genre stripe.
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Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
June 16, 2011

Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
Q & A

Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
Festivals

Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
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Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
May 26, 2011

Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
Festivals

Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
Home

Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
May 26, 2011

Frameline Announces Titles in 2011 Festival
Susan Gerhard/Michael Fox
May 25, 2011
Margaret Cho, transgender cinema are highlights of 2011 LGBT festival.
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Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain
Adam Hartzell
May 23, 2011
Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.
May 26, 2011

Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain
Adam Hartzell
May 23, 2011
Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.
Q & A

Topp Twins Agitate, Yodel, Entertain
Adam Hartzell
May 23, 2011
Leanne Pooley's Topp Twins documentary views world politics through the prism of two eccentric lesbian performers from New Zealand.
April 7, 2011

Ozon's 'Trophy Wife' Is a Winner
Dennis Harvey
Apr 1, 2011
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
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Ozon's 'Trophy Wife' Is a Winner
Dennis Harvey
Apr 1, 2011
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
Reviews

Ozon's 'Trophy Wife' Is a Winner
Dennis Harvey
Apr 1, 2011
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
September 14, 2010

San Francisco Latino Film Festival
Sep 20, 2010
The San Francisco Latino Film Festival, which runs through September 26, kicks off this week with a screening of director Javier Fuentes-Léon's 'Contracorriente' at the Roxie.
Festivals

SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
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SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles
Michael Fox
Jul 22, 2010
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.
Festivals

Frameline34, a Festival Refreshed
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2010
Critical consensus on Frameline34 marks it a good year. The audience wanted something different, and the festival has largely obliged.
Festivals

Frameline34, a Festival Refreshed
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2010
Critical consensus on Frameline34 marks it a good year. The audience wanted something different, and the festival has largely obliged.
Festivals

Frameline's History Lessons
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2010
Frameline34 brought together a wide array of programs following the retrospective impulse.
Festivals

Frameline's History Lessons
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2010
Frameline34 brought together a wide array of programs following the retrospective impulse.
Q & A

Polk Street Lures Boswell's 'Stranger'
Michael Fox
Jun 23, 2010
Scott Boswell’s marvelous debut feature, The Stranger In Us, plays out on Polk Street and in the Tenderloin, far from the oft-photographed glamour spots of San Francisco.
Festivals

Frameline34 Focuses on Warhol and Worlds of LGBT Cinema
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2010
Frameline34 takes a fresh look at Andy Warhol's world while offering a view to the world of international LGBT cinema 2010.
Festivals

Frameline34 Focuses on Warhol and Worlds of LGBT Cinema
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2010
Frameline34 takes a fresh look at Andy Warhol's world while offering a view to the world of international LGBT cinema 2010.
News & Blogs

SF Chronicle: 'Frameline film festival to showcase 219 films'
May 26, 2010
Frameliine 34 presents a Beat movement mini-theme and 10 gay-themed films from South America.
Reviews

'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.
Q & A

Reed's Promise of Prodigal Sons
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2010
If Kimberly Reed took a not particularly unique path into filmmaking, she certainly took an interesting road out of it.
In Production

Bay Area Narrative Filmmakers Thriving in Doc Capital
Michael Fox
Dec 23, 2009
Michael Fox shows independent filmmakers who are thriving in the Bay Area.
Festivals

Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009
A festival full of drama finds no more emotional screening than the homophobia-in-sports double bill of Training Rules and Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial.
Festivals

Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009
A festival full of drama finds no more emotional screening than the homophobia-in-sports double bill of Training Rules and Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial.
Reviews

Frameline33: Youth in Revolt
Lynn Rapoport
Jun 22, 2009
In this year's Frameline Fest, as so often in life, it's all about the one(s) that got away.
Reviews

Frameline33: Youth in Revolt
Lynn Rapoport
Jun 22, 2009
In this year's Frameline Fest, as so often in life, it's all about the one(s) that got away.
Q & A

Cronenwett's 'Maggots and Men' at Frameline
Michael Fox
Jun 20, 2009
A case could be made that Cary Cronenwett's Maggots and Men isn't just the most unique work in Frameline33, but of any festival all year.
Festivals

Frameline33: Something Old, Something New
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2009
A 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.)
Reviews

Strand Releasing Turns 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 26, 2009
Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.
Reviews

Bruce LaBruce's 'Otto': Zombies With Heart
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2009
A look at Otto; or, Up with Dead People, from a late arrival in the New Queer Cinema wave.
Q & A

New at Frameline: K.C. Price
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2008
Frameline's new executive director discusses his non-profit background and graduate school pipe dream of being a novelist.
Q & A

Parvez Sharma and 'A Jihad for Love'
Judy Stone
Aug 14, 2008
Sharma might never have made his film had he not felt guilty about causing unhappiness to his dying mother by telling her he was homosexual.
Festivals

Frameline's New Lesson Plan
Lynn Rapoport
Jul 1, 2008
Critic's notebook: Marriage changes everything at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Festivals

Frameline's New Lesson Plan
Lynn Rapoport
Jul 1, 2008
Critic's notebook: Marriage changes everything at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Reviews

The World of 'Derek' at Frameline32
Max Goldberg
Jun 25, 2008
A documentary tribute to Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien's Derek does not seek to enlarge or complicate the filmmaker's legacy so much as succor its loss.
Reviews

The World of 'Derek' at Frameline32
Max Goldberg
Jun 25, 2008
A documentary tribute to Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien's Derek does not seek to enlarge or complicate the filmmaker's legacy so much as succor its loss.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline32
Dennis Harvey
Jun 24, 2008
Critic Dennis Harvey reviews select films screened at the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline32
Dennis Harvey
Jun 24, 2008
Critic Dennis Harvey reviews select films screened at the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Q & A

Ruby Yang on 'A Double Life'
Michael Guillen
Jun 23, 2008
SF360 caught up with Ruby Yang during a recent Bay Area visit to discuss her "latest and most lyrical film yet," A Double Life.
Festivals

Argentina's New Wave at Frameline
Matt Sussman
Jun 19, 2008
A look at the films in the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT FIlm Festival indicates the rise of Argentina's new wave.
Festivals

Argentina's New Wave at Frameline
Matt Sussman
Jun 19, 2008
A look at the films in the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT FIlm Festival indicates the rise of Argentina's new wave.
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.]
Reviews

The List: Michael Lumpkin Looks Back
Dennis Harvey
Jun 13, 2008
Michael Lumpkin's mini-retrospective of features that highlight some personal favorites that made waves at the Frameline Festival (and sometimes in the larger cinematic world).
Festivals

Frameline's 32nd SFLGBT Festival Program
Susan Gerhard
May 20, 2008
The historic Castro Theatre, its marquee recently revamped for the Milk biopic shoot, hosted Frameline's announcement of its 2008 festival.
Festivals

Frameline31
Dennis Harvey
Jun 14, 2007
Now past its third-decade anniversary, SFILGBTFF — the producing organization keeps trying to change its public-recognition name to something more manageable, which this annum would be Frameline31 — now has filmmakers and distributors banging on its door.
Festivals

Lumpkin and Morris on Frameline's Big Picture
Susan Gerhard
Jun 11, 2007
Frameline directors Michael Lumpkin and Jennifer Morris speak about the programming, controversy and the landscape of LGBT films.
Festivals

A Strandful at Frameline31
Michael Guillen
Jun 8, 2007
Strand Releasing can always be relied upon for some of the best art films and queer indies, and it has a strong festival presence,
Festivals

Frameline Announces 31st Program
Susan Gerhard
May 23, 2007
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival lineup includes several world premieres and international features from Korea, Argentina, and Cuba.
Festivals

Frameline, Scalped
Laura Irvine
May 16, 2007
Jeff Iorillo on the fourth festival trailer that he's written and directed for the S.F. International LGBT Film Festival.
Q & A

Opening "Red Doors" in Asian American Family
Susan Gerhard
Sep 19, 2006
Filmmaker Georgia Lee discusses her narrative feature with family member Frances Chang.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook, Frameline30
Dennis Harvey
Jun 22, 2006
S.F. International LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary as a forum for the LGBT community to celebrate its own hard-won survival and progress.
Q & A

By the Numbers -- The Making of "Colma: The Musical"
Susan Gerhard
Jun 21, 2006
Wong weighs in on the hardest song to bring to life in Colma: The Musical, a story about a city in which the dead outnumber the living.
Q & A

By the Numbers -- The Making of "Colma: The Musical"
Susan Gerhard
Jun 21, 2006
Wong weighs in on the hardest song to bring to life in Colma: The Musical, a story about a city in which the dead outnumber the living.
Reviews

"Broken Sky" and "Two Drifters" at the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival
Johnny Ray Huston
Jun 20, 2006
Julián Hernández and João Pedro Rodrigues show their second features at the S.F. International LGBT Film Festival.
Festivals

San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jun 15, 2006
Highlights from San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival's 30th annual edition.
Festivals

Frameline's 30th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
May 23, 2006
The 2006 program for the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival features an eclectic mix of genres and narrative types.

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