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    Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

    Michael Fox
    Nov 3, 2011

    With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

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    Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

    Michael Fox
    Nov 3, 2011

    With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

  • November 3, 2011

    Essential SF: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

    Michael Fox
    Nov 3, 2011

    With riveting characters, cascading revelations and momentous breakthroughs, Epstein and Friedman’s work paved the way for contemporary documentary practice.

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    NFPF’s ‘Treasures 5’ Excavates 'The West'

    Michael Fox
    Oct 28, 2011

    The National Film Preservation Foundation delivers another gem with the fascinating three-disc box set 'The West 1898-1938.'

  • October 28, 2011

    NFPF’s ‘Treasures 5’ Excavates 'The West'

    Michael Fox
    Oct 28, 2011

    The National Film Preservation Foundation delivers another gem with the fascinating three-disc box set 'The West 1898-1938.'

  • Reviews

    NFPF’s ‘Treasures 5’ Excavates 'The West'

    Michael Fox
    Oct 28, 2011

    The National Film Preservation Foundation delivers another gem with the fascinating three-disc box set 'The West 1898-1938.'

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    Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 10, 2011

    Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.

  • October 14, 2011

    Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 10, 2011

    Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.

  • Q & A

    Arab Spring Arrives in a Festival-Packed Fall

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 10, 2011

    Arab Film Festival Executive Director Michel Shehadeh speaks to building an all-encompassing international space.

  • Deadlines

    Funding: TFI Documentary Fund

    Oct 10, 2011

    The TFI Documentary Fund provides grants and guidance to exceptional filmmakers developing engaging feature-length documentaries which emphasize character and that allow audiences to consider history, culture and society through the experiences of extraordinary individuals. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be non-fiction motion pictures with an intended length of at least 70 minutes and should creatively document unique character(s); submissions can be in the advanced stages of development, production or post-production and must not have aired on any form. Foreign language documentaries are eligible, but must be subtitled and suitable for an American audience. Applicants must be over 18-years old. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Grants of at least $10,000 will be awarded in 2012. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/tfi_documentary/.

  • Events

    'Passione'

    Oct 3, 2011

    John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  • October 4 2011

    'Passione'

    Oct 3, 2011

    John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  • September 27 2011

    'Passione'

    Oct 3, 2011

    John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  • Festivals

    Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox

    B. Ruby Rich
    Sep 18, 2011

    Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.

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    Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox

    B. Ruby Rich
    Sep 18, 2011

    Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.

  • september 22 2011

    Dark Thoughts Fill TIFF’s Lightbox

    B. Ruby Rich
    Sep 18, 2011

    Sex-filled fictions dominate Toronto International Film Festival; eclectic docs inspire action.

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    ‘Aurora’ Startles, Subtly

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 15, 2011

    Unhurried, character-driven story demonstrates the filmmaking finesse that’s brought Romanian cinema to the fore. Though it had made an occasional international impression before—notably with a long history of Cannes entries and prize winners—few could have anticipated the splash Romanian cinema would create in the last few years. Or that the attention paid it would bring a number of often long, difficult, obtuse movies out of their usual habitat (the festival circuit) into theaters around the world. The collapse of Communism and execution of Romania's quarter-century dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 freed the filmmaking industry from strict governmental control and propagandic content. But it took until the middle...

  • September 15, 2011

    ‘Aurora’ Startles, Subtly

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 15, 2011

    Unhurried, character-driven story demonstrates the filmmaking finesse that’s brought Romanian cinema to the fore. Though it had made an occasional international impression before—notably with a long history of Cannes entries and prize winners—few could have anticipated the splash Romanian cinema would create in the last few years. Or that the attention paid it would bring a number of often long, difficult, obtuse movies out of their usual habitat (the festival circuit) into theaters around the world. The collapse of Communism and execution of Romania's quarter-century dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 freed the filmmaking industry from strict governmental control and propagandic content. But it took until the middle...

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    Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

    Michael Fox
    Sep 8, 2011

    San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  • September 8 2011

    Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

    Michael Fox
    Sep 8, 2011

    San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  • August 30, 2011

    'Film Socialisme'

    Sep 2, 2011

    San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema sets sail with Jean-Luc Godard's 2010 provocation, 'Film Socialisme.' As Robert Avila writes in SF360.org later this week, the "playful, somber meditation on where history has brought us is brimming with ideas and aesthetic pleasures." Screenings begin September 2. More info on the new SFFS venue at Post Street (between Webster and Buchanan) in sffs.org.

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    Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

    Robert Avila
    Sep 1, 2011

    The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  • Reviews

    Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

    Robert Avila
    Sep 1, 2011

    The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  • September 1, 2011

    Jean-Luc Godard Sets Course for Adventure

    Robert Avila
    Sep 1, 2011

    The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.

  • August 25, 2011

    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

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    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

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    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

  • November 24, 2010

    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

  • November 3 2010

    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

  • Reviews

    Essential SF: Lynn Hershman Leeson

    Stephanie Rosenbaum
    Aug 23, 2011

    Lynn Hershman Leeson catalogues revolutions past and pushes the art and technology envelope well into the future.

  • August 16, 2011

    'The African Queen'

    Aug 18, 2011

    Canonized director John Huston's 'The African Queen,' now mostly remembered for its tumultuous production history, was also the director's biggest grossing film, securing Humphrey Bogart his first Oscar for acting. The Alameda Theatre screens this battle-of-the-sexes classic on film Wednesday and Thursday only. More info at alamedatheatres.com.

  • August 4, 2011

    Cinematographer Cardiff's Eye Prized in 'Cameraman' Doc

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 29, 2011

    'Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff' is a lovely portrait of an innovator and consummate craftsman.

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    Cinematographer Cardiff's Eye Prized in 'Cameraman' Doc

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 29, 2011

    'Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff' is a lovely portrait of an innovator and consummate craftsman.

  • Reviews

    Cinematographer Cardiff's Eye Prized in 'Cameraman' Doc

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 29, 2011

    'Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff' is a lovely portrait of an innovator and consummate craftsman.

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    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  • In Depth

    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  • July 28, 2011

    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  • Home

    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  • In Depth

    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

  • July 28, 2011

    Essential SF: ‘Freedom On My Mind,’ ‘The Good War’

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2011

    The best of the Bay Area's historical docs transform our understanding of previous eras, and, consequently, our own.

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    Generator Everything

    Bruce Sterling
    Jul 21, 2011

    'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'

  • In Depth

    Generator Everything

    Bruce Sterling
    Jul 21, 2011

    'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'

  • July 21, 2011

    Generator Everything

    Bruce Sterling
    Jul 21, 2011

    'If Marius Watz programmed it, then it's going to be vivid. It's going to be crisp, spiky and angular. It will be fast, bright and noisy. And there's going to be a whole, whole lot of it.'

  • July 12, 2011

    Silent Film Festival

    Jul 14, 2011

    The SF institution returns to the Castro Theatre with 18 rediscovered films and live musical accompaniment. Highlights include a collection of Disney's Laugh-O-Grams, a travelogue of an expedition to the Antarctic and a film once cited as "the single greatest masterwork in the history of cinema" by stately film journal Cahiers du Cinema. More info castrotheatre.com.

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    Border Trouble Comes to Pacific Film Archive

    Max Goldberg
    Jun 30, 2011

    New series spotlights the fascination with Mexico in American noir.

  • June 30, 2011

    Border Trouble Comes to Pacific Film Archive

    Max Goldberg
    Jun 30, 2011

    New series spotlights the fascination with Mexico in American noir.

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    Border Trouble Comes to Pacific Film Archive

    Max Goldberg
    Jun 30, 2011

    New series spotlights the fascination with Mexico in American noir.

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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.

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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.

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    Vintage Kinski Uncorked at YBCA

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 17, 2011

    YBCA digs a delightfully disturbing live Kinski document from the archives.

  • Reviews

    Vintage Kinski Uncorked at YBCA

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 17, 2011

    YBCA digs a delightfully disturbing live Kinski document from the archives.

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    Soap-Operatic 'Bride Flight' Is an Entertaining Ride

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 10, 2011

    An historical-romantic novel in screen form, 'Bride Flight' offers all the pleasures (some guilty ones) of a film made half a century ago.

  • June 16, 2011

    Soap-Operatic 'Bride Flight' Is an Entertaining Ride

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 10, 2011

    An historical-romantic novel in screen form, 'Bride Flight' offers all the pleasures (some guilty ones) of a film made half a century ago.

  • Reviews

    Soap-Operatic 'Bride Flight' Is an Entertaining Ride

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 10, 2011

    An historical-romantic novel in screen form, 'Bride Flight' offers all the pleasures (some guilty ones) of a film made half a century ago.

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    Elizabeth Taylor Tribute Maps Unusual Star Path

    Dennis Harvey
    May 26, 2011

    The Castro's Elizabeth Taylor retrospective brings the actress back to her most devoted fans. The first and last time I attended the now-defunct Taos Film Festival, it gave a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (who lived in the area), allowing me to spend an hour sitting about ten feet from one of the most famous movie stars ever. Arriving by wheelchair with a little dog on her lap, she was petite and attractive, though infirmity had taken its own toll on her figure. She was also funny, candid, unpretentious, occasionally ribald, passionately serious about her causes (especially AIDS research and education), and a little dotty—occasionally she'd drift off on some strange...

  • May 26, 2011

    Elizabeth Taylor Tribute Maps Unusual Star Path

    Dennis Harvey
    May 26, 2011

    The Castro's Elizabeth Taylor retrospective brings the actress back to her most devoted fans. The first and last time I attended the now-defunct Taos Film Festival, it gave a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (who lived in the area), allowing me to spend an hour sitting about ten feet from one of the most famous movie stars ever. Arriving by wheelchair with a little dog on her lap, she was petite and attractive, though infirmity had taken its own toll on her figure. She was also funny, candid, unpretentious, occasionally ribald, passionately serious about her causes (especially AIDS research and education), and a little dotty—occasionally she'd drift off on some strange...

  • 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.

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    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  • May 19, 2011

    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  • Reviews

    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

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    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  • May 19, 2011

    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

  • Reviews

    Lost Legends Haunt Roxie's Latest Noir Series

    Matt Sussman
    May 13, 2011

    The devil is in the details of I Wake Up Screaming, the Roxie's annual two-week spring celebration of noir's shadiest titles.

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    We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe

    B. Ruby Rich
    May 12, 2011

    'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.

  • May 12, 2011

    We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe

    B. Ruby Rich
    May 12, 2011

    'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.

  • Reviews

    We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe

    B. Ruby Rich
    May 12, 2011

    'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.

  • May 10, 2011

    ‘COINTELPRO 101’

    May 12, 2011

    Director Claude Marks participates in a discussion following the screening of his film, ‘COINTELPRO 101,’ which presents the history and impact of the FBI Counter Intelligence Program. More at redvicmoviehouse.com.

  • Festivals

    Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 28, 2011

    Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.

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    Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 28, 2011

    Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.

  • May 5, 2011

    Stone not Cold in Castro Conversation

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 28, 2011

    Oliver Stone reflects on his own heated past, and the world’s, as he accepts the Founder’s Directing Award onstage at the Castro Theatre during SFIFF54.

  • April 14, 2011

    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

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    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

  • In Production

    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

  • April 14, 2011

    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

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    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

  • In Production

    Film Globally, Screen Locally

    Michael Fox
    Apr 13, 2011

    Local filmmakers reflect on the opportunities presented by screenings at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

  • April 7, 2011

    Kehr Recalls ‘When Movies Mattered’

    Michael Fox
    Apr 4, 2011

    A collection of Dave Kehr's analytical, entertaining pieces from 30-plus years ago offers critical enlightenment for a short-form era.

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    Kehr Recalls ‘When Movies Mattered’

    Michael Fox
    Apr 4, 2011

    A collection of Dave Kehr's analytical, entertaining pieces from 30-plus years ago offers critical enlightenment for a short-form era.

  • Reviews

    Kehr Recalls ‘When Movies Mattered’

    Michael Fox
    Apr 4, 2011

    A collection of Dave Kehr's analytical, entertaining pieces from 30-plus years ago offers critical enlightenment for a short-form era.

  • February 17, 2011

    On the Making of 'Crooked Beauty'

    Ken Paul Rosenthal
    Feb 15, 2011

    A filmmaker delves deep into the process of embodying 'madness' in movie form.

  • First Person

    On the Making of 'Crooked Beauty'

    Ken Paul Rosenthal
    Feb 15, 2011

    A filmmaker delves deep into the process of embodying 'madness' in movie form.

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    On the Making of 'Crooked Beauty'

    Ken Paul Rosenthal
    Feb 15, 2011

    A filmmaker delves deep into the process of embodying 'madness' in movie form.

  • February 10, 2011

    Silent Film Festival Is in the Money

    Michael Fox
    Feb 10, 2011

    SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.

  • Festivals

    Silent Film Festival Is in the Money

    Michael Fox
    Feb 10, 2011

    SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.

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    Silent Film Festival Is in the Money

    Michael Fox
    Feb 10, 2011

    SF Silent Film Festival's Winter Event offers financial dramas that speak volumes.

  • February 10, 2011

    Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

    Michael Fox
    Feb 9, 2011

    Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

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    Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

    Michael Fox
    Feb 9, 2011

    Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

  • In Production

    Scary Cow Stampede Continues Apace

    Michael Fox
    Feb 9, 2011

    Scary Cow matches makers with crews, and, every quarter, finds audiences for both.

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    Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

    Michael Fox
    Jan 18, 2011

    Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  • January 20, 2011

    Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

    Michael Fox
    Jan 18, 2011

    Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  • Q & A

    Alexander Excavates Educational Film Treasures

    Michael Fox
    Jan 18, 2011

    Geoff Alexander opens a window into the 20th century with a book about films for/from the classroom.

  • December 14, 2010

    'Mifune x Kurosawa: A Beautiful Man'

    Dec 21, 2010

    One of the greatest actor-director duos in history, Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa collaborated on 16 films during their careers. VIZ Cinema's series 'Mifune x Kurosawa: A Beautiful Man' includes classics 'Drunken Angel,' 'Red Beard,' 'Seven Samurai' and more. More at newpeopleworld.com.

  • December 21, 2010

    'Mifune x Kurosawa: A Beautiful Man'

    Dec 21, 2010

    One of the greatest actor-director duos in history, Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa collaborated on 16 films during their careers. VIZ Cinema's series 'Mifune x Kurosawa: A Beautiful Man' includes classics 'Drunken Angel,' 'Red Beard,' 'Seven Samurai' and more. More at newpeopleworld.com.

  • December 16, 2010

    Film 2010: Big Pictures Light up the Small Screen

    Michael Fox
    Dec 16, 2010

    Perhaps it's OK to bring art film home for the holidays with sophisticated collections of DVDs and must-buy film books.

  • December 28, 2010

    Film 2010: Big Pictures Light up the Small Screen

    Michael Fox
    Dec 16, 2010

    Perhaps it's OK to bring art film home for the holidays with sophisticated collections of DVDs and must-buy film books.

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    Film 2010: Big Pictures Light up the Small Screen

    Michael Fox
    Dec 16, 2010

    Perhaps it's OK to bring art film home for the holidays with sophisticated collections of DVDs and must-buy film books.

  • Reviews

    Film 2010: Big Pictures Light up the Small Screen

    Michael Fox
    Dec 16, 2010

    Perhaps it's OK to bring art film home for the holidays with sophisticated collections of DVDs and must-buy film books.

  • December 7, 2010

    'Remembering Playland' with Tom Wyrsch in Person

    Dec 12, 2010

    Bay Area filmmaker Tom Wyrsch examines the history of San Francisco’s one-time seaside amusement park, Playland, whose origins dated back nearly a century before being torn down in 1972. Wyrsch appears in person at the Smith Rafael Film Center. More at cafilm.org.

  • December 9, 2010

    Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically

    Dennis Harvey
    Dec 10, 2010

    The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.

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    Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically

    Dennis Harvey
    Dec 10, 2010

    The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.

  • Reviews

    Stiller's 'Sir Arne's Treasure' Brought Back to Life, Musically

    Dennis Harvey
    Dec 10, 2010

    The Mountain Goats offer an original score for Mauritz Stiller's rambunctious adventure-turned tragedy/morality tale of 1919.

  • November 30, 2010

    Maya Rudolph in Conversation with Paul Lancour

    Dec 1, 2010

    The former Saturday Night Live player was an essential element to some of the most memorable moments in the show’s recent history. In 2009 the actress displayed her versatility in the Sam Mendes-directed ‘Away We Go,’ costarring with John Krasinski. Maya Rudolph discusses her career as a comedienne with Bay Area broadcasting veteran Paul Lancour at Herbst Theater. More at cityarts.net.

  • Funding

    Going Guerrilla with Zombies

    Holly Million
    Nov 23, 2010

    Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

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    Going Guerrilla with Zombies

    Holly Million
    Nov 23, 2010

    Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

  • November 24, 2010

    Going Guerrilla with Zombies

    Holly Million
    Nov 23, 2010

    Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

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    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • In Depth

    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • November 24, 2010

    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • 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.

  • Home

    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • In Depth

    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • November 24, 2010

    Radical Light: 'A Haven for Radical Art and Experimental Film and Video'

    Steve Anker
    Nov 19, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the second of three excerpts from its monumental work, 'Radical Light.'

  • November 10, 2010

    ‘Ran’ turns 25 at the Castro

    Nov 11, 2010

    Akira Kurosawa was well into his 70s when he began shooting ‘Ran,’ the war epic that took over a year to film and was then Japan’s most expensive movie in history. The Castro Theater celebrates the 25th anniversary of Kurosawa’s 'King Lear' adaptation, which the iconic director considered his best film. More at castrotheatre.com.

  • November 4, 2010

    Essential SF

    Susan Gerhard, Editor
    Nov 5, 2010

    SF360.org profiles the 2011 roster of Essential SF, an ongoing compendium of the film community’s vital figures and institutions.

  • Home

    Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

    Dennis Harvey
    Nov 2, 2010

    Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  • November 3 2010

    Essential SF: Rick Prelinger

    Dennis Harvey
    Nov 2, 2010

    Rick Prelinger’s efforts at preserving ephemeral films have made him indispensable to the cinema of San Francisco—and the world.

  • October 26, 2010

    Nicole Krauss in Conversation with Andrew Sean Greer

    Nov 1, 2010

    Poet turned novelist Nicole Krauss, whose international bestseller ‘The History of Love’ was optioned before completion as a project for Alfonso Cuaron to direct, discusses art and process with bestselling author Andrew Sean Greer. More at cityarts.net.

  • Documentary

    Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?

    Fernanda Rossi
    Oct 12, 2010

    What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.

  • Home

    Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?

    Fernanda Rossi
    Oct 12, 2010

    What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.

  • October 14, 2010

    Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?

    Fernanda Rossi
    Oct 12, 2010

    What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.

  • Home

    Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 8, 2010

    A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  • October 14, 2010

    Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 8, 2010

    A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  • Q & A

    Savoring Fishbone in its Third Insane Decade

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 8, 2010

    A film about the legendary band Fishbone brings California's past 25 years into close relief.

  • Home

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • October 7, 2010

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • Q & A

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • Home

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • October 7, 2010

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • Q & A

    'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present

    Susan Gerhard
    Oct 4, 2010

    Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.

  • Home

    'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 23, 2010

    Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.

  • September 23, 2010

    'Howl' Revisits Key Literary Chapter in SF History

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 23, 2010

    Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.

  • Home

    Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans

    Michael Fox
    Sep 22, 2010

    Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.

  • September 23, 2010

    Irving Glides from Parrots to Pelicans

    Michael Fox
    Sep 22, 2010

    Judy Irving goes from parrots to pelicans with her new documentary.

  • Home

    Altman Versus the World

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 20, 2010

    A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  • Reviews

    Altman Versus the World

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 20, 2010

    A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  • September 23, 2010

    Altman Versus the World

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 20, 2010

    A series at the Roxie mines the fault lines in Robert Altman's varied oeuvre.

  • Home

    Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

    Rebecca Solnit
    Sep 17, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  • In Depth

    Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

    Rebecca Solnit
    Sep 17, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  • September 23, 2010

    Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'

    Rebecca Solnit
    Sep 17, 2010

    Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'

  • Home

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • In Production

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • September 16, 2010

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • Home

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • In Production

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • September 16, 2010

    Tushinski Brings San Francisco into 'Dirty Poole'

    Michael Fox
    Sep 15, 2010

    A filmmaker revisits '70s gay erotic life in the work of Wakefield Poole.

  • September 7, 2010

    Infinite City: Cinema City

    Sep 9, 2010

    SFMOMA has mapped out a set of unique events in conjunction the upcoming release of Rebecca Solnit's new book, 'Infinite City: a San Francisco Atlas.' Thursday, September 9, 'Housing Shadows and Projecting Fog' screens Christian Bruno's work-in-progress film about the Strand movie theater as well as Andy Black and Sam Green's atmospheric 'Fog City.' Saturday, September 11, a Film Crawl through a variety of San Francisco moviehouses—from the Balboa (where Ernie Gehr's 'Cotton Candy,' right, plays at noon) to the Roxie—offers an historic tour of the city's cinema history. More at SFMOMA: http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1722.

  • Festivals

    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  • Home

    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  • September 9 2010

    Telluride Unveils 37th Film Festival

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Sep 3, 2010

    Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.

  • Home

    Going McCarey's Way

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 2, 2010

    A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.

  • Reviews

    Going McCarey's Way

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 2, 2010

    A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.

  • September 2, 2010

    Going McCarey's Way

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 2, 2010

    A Mechanics' Institute series appreciates Leo McCarey's genius with comedy.

  • 08-05-2010

    Looking to the Skies for Cinema

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Aug 5, 2010

    Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  • Festivals

    Looking to the Skies for Cinema

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Aug 5, 2010

    Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  • Home

    Looking to the Skies for Cinema

    Gianmaria Franchini
    Aug 5, 2010

    Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.

  • Home

    Crime on the Mind

    Sura Wood
    Jul 29, 2010

    The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.

  • Reviews

    Crime on the Mind

    Sura Wood
    Jul 29, 2010

    The Pacific Film Archive's Criminal Minds series offers a liberating mix of asocial outlaws and sordid stories based on the ripped-from-the-headlines exploits of real-life gangsters and killers.

  • Home

    Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2010

    Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  • In Depth

    Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 28, 2010

    Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.

  • Home

    Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 23, 2010

    Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.

  • In Depth

    Essential SF: 'Times of Harvey Milk,' 'Crumb,' 'Cockettes'

    Michael Fox
    Jul 23, 2010

    Three films document essential chunks of San Francisco's tragic and mythic past, told in empathetic but non-hagiographic testimony.

  • 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.

  • Home

    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.

  • Home

    Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'

    Michael Fox
    Jun 30, 2010

    East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.

  • In Production

    Guevara-Flanagan Soars with 'Wonder Woman'

    Michael Fox
    Jun 30, 2010

    East Bay filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan muscles her way through her new documentary feature, The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • First Person

    Fast-Track Filmmaking with the 48 Hour Film Project

    Ryan Riddle
    Jun 14, 2010

    Making a film called Stagecoach in the Sky as part of the 48 Hour Film Project requires planning, as well as a flying boat.

  • Reviews

    Stevenson's Oddball Scandinavian Cinema

    Dennis Harvey
    May 21, 2010

    Former San Franciscan Jack Stevenson returns from Denmark to promote the U.S. publication of Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s.

  • Q & A

    Behind the Music with 'Simonal'

    Julia Barbosa
    May 3, 2010

    The documentary Simonal: No One Knows How Tough it Was explores the polemic surrounding a man considered by many to be the greatest singer in Brazilian history.

  • Festivals

    SFIFF53: The Art of Revival

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 29, 2010

    Through most of its history, the Festival has featured revivals of restored classics and little-known gems. This year s selections run an unusually wide gamut.

  • 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.

  • Reviews

    Independent Inuit Films at YBCA

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 8, 2010

    Inuit peoples—the indigenous cultures rooted in Arctic regions from Alaska to Greenland—have an honored place in film history, dating to Flaherty's Nanook of the North.

  • Q & A

    Rosen's Insights into 53rd San Francisco International

    Michael Fox
    Apr 5, 2010

    With opening night approaching, Rachel Rosen talked about her L.A. Rolodex, the function of festivals in a broadband world and her favorites in the festival.

  • Reviews

    Herzog's Unexpected 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'

    Dennis Harvey
    Feb 19, 2010

    With its comfortable suburban setting, flashback structure and mystery-suspense framework, My Son, My Son is, by Herzogian standards, almost mainstream-conventional. I said almost.

  • Q & A

    Ehrlich, Goldsmith on Pentagon Papers

    Michael Fox
    Feb 14, 2010

    The Oscar nomination for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a validation of the doc's right-now relevance.

  • In Production

    Wendy Slick's 'Virtuoso' Turn

    Michael Fox
    Feb 9, 2010

    Olga Samaroff, the path-breaking 20th-century concert pianist, critic and teacher, was born Lucy Hickenlooper in San Antonio, Texas. That's right, she reinvented herself.

  • Q & A

    Scott MacDonald on Art in Cinema at SFMoMA

    Max Goldberg
    Feb 7, 2010

    The film historian looks back at Frank Stauffacher's seminal mid-century series, which hatched a Bay Area avant-garde.

  • Q & A

    Sam Green's 'Utopia' at Sundance

    Susan Gerhard
    Jan 31, 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.

  • Legal

    What's In a Name?

    George Rush
    Jan 5, 2010

    The thing about titles is they re too short to receive copyright protection. For copyright purposes, a title is like a label of a copyrighted work.

  • Q & A

    David Thomson Revisits 'Psycho's' Critical Moment

    Michael Fox
    Dec 14, 2009

    David Thomson's new book commemorates the golden anniversary of Hitchcock's "Psycho."

  • Festivals

    Wintering with the SF Silent Film Festival

    Dennis Harvey
    Dec 9, 2009

    Highlights from the 2009 San Francisco Silent Film Festival winter event.

  • Reviews

    The Cockettes' Celluloid Afterglow Still Strong at 40

    Dennis Harvey
    Dec 3, 2009

    The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art honors the 40th anniversary of The Cockettes with a one-night-only program.

  • In Production

    Antonelli's 'Crossing Over' and Cooke's Soulful Genius

    Michael Fox
    Dec 1, 2009

    Marin County filmmaker John Antonelli talks about his documentary on influential late singer-songwriter Sam Cooke for PBS's "American Masters" series.

  • Reviews

    Gerald Peary on the Rise and Fall of the Film Critic

    Susan Gerhard
    Nov 14, 2009

    Boston Phoenix film critic Gerald Peary's film tours the rise, fall and reorientation of film criticism in the United States.

  • In Production

    Marissa Aroy Unearths Forgotten California history

    Michael Fox
    Nov 3, 2009

    Aroy's film excavates the history and contributions of Filipino farmworkers in the Golden State since the 1920s.

  • Reviews

    Yes Men Take On the World

    Dennis Harvey
    Oct 30, 2009

    The documentary chronicles several large-scale pranks devised in the hopes of fooling corporate/government event attendees and/or the media.

  • In Production

    Don't Criticize it: 'Holding On to Jah'

    Michael Fox
    Oct 28, 2009

    It’s hard to imagine a venue where the new documentary Holding On to Jah will sound better than it did at Mezzanine last Wednesday night.

  • Documentary

    Structuring Your Doc With Your Voice - and Vision

    Fernanda Rossi
    Oct 27, 2009

    Ask the Documentary Doctor: I'm told the way to structure my doc is by adding narration. Others say voice-over will ruin the film.

  • 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

    Pamela Jean Smith Brings Home Movies to Big Screen

    Max Goldberg
    Oct 12, 2009

    Though often made for private reasons, home movies are treasure troves of culture ephemera and social history.

  • Reviews

    William Klein's Restless Mind

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 9, 2009

    The movies of William Klein are suffused with the same impudence, social commentary and aesthetic surprise found in his photos.

  • Reviews

    'Until the Light Takes Us'

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 29, 2009

    Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's documnetary, Until the Light Takes Us examines the dark intersection of local Norwegian history and Death Metal.

  • Q & A

    Shelley Diekman Reflects on Well-Spent life

    Hilary Hart
    Jul 27, 2009

    Newly-retired Pacific Film Archive publicist Shelley Diekman discusses her cinephile tastes, her past and her future.

  • Q & A

    Shelley Diekman Reflects on Well-Spent life

    Hilary Hart
    Jul 27, 2009

    Newly-retired Pacific Film Archive publicist Shelley Diekman discusses her cinephile tastes, her past and her future.

  • Reviews

    Social Justice and the S.F. Jewish Film Festival

    Michael Fox
    Jul 22, 2009

    The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival arrives with an expansive program spotlighting the Jewish tradition of social justice and human rights.

  • Reviews

    An Ample Display of Tilda Swinton's Edge

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 10, 2009

    Tilda Swinton's edge of riskiness is on ample display in Julia, a new film by French director Erick Zonca.

  • Festivals

    SF Silent Film Festival

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 9, 2009

    Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho is one of the many highlights on screen during the three-day San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

  • 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.

  • Reviews

    Iron Curtain Call in the Poland of 'Katyn'

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 19, 2009

    Katyn is a sizable period saga about a tragic, still-controversial chapter in Poland's 20th-century history, one with particular resonance for Andrzej Wadja.

  • 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.)

  • Screenwriting

    The Hero, Deconstructed

    Lisa Rosenberg
    May 18, 2009

    Beyond Words: Linda Rosenberg explores the transformation of the contemporary film hero in Doubt and In Bruges.

  • In Production

    Kaufman and Snitow: New Jewish Identity

    Michael Fox
    May 12, 2009

    Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow explore the customs and modernity of the next generation of Jews in their documentary Dis-Continuity.

  • Festivals

    SFIFF52 Blogs: Keeping Scores

    Marc Capelle
    May 11, 2009

    Marc Capelle's ode to Westerns and Buddy films as well as noteworthy festival scores.

  • Reviews

    SFIFF52 Blogs: Cataloguing California

    Jennifer Preissel
    May 4, 2009

    California Company Town, blends the sights and sounds of the state's economically depressed towns, industrial wastelands and failed utopian communities.

  • Reviews

    SFIFF52 Blogs: Coppola & Lucas at the Castro

    Dennis Harvey
    May 3, 2009

    An Evening with Francis Ford Coppola & Friends honored Coppola with the Founder Directing Award and included a moderated discussion with editing/sound design genius Walter Murch, director Carroll Ballard, scenarist-turned-director Matthew Robbins, and George Lucas.

  • Reviews

    SFIFF52: Movie-Scribe Meltdown

    David Winks Gray
    May 2, 2009

    SF360.org interviews film critics about the changing landscape of film criticism. A panel discussion and screening of For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism will take place on Sunday, May 3, at 6 p.m.

  • 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.

  • In Production

    Kitchell on Another Hot Topic with Environmental Movement Doc

    Michael Fox
    Mar 24, 2009

    Mark Kitchell current project is an ambitious summation of the environmental movement, from the protests of the 1960s, the '70s focus on pollution, the Greenpeace campaigns and the global climate change.

  • 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.

  • In Production

    Leban and Szajko's Gay Marriage Doc

    Michael Fox
    Feb 18, 2009

    The tentatively titled Winter of Love uses Prop. 8 as a framework for a look at the increasing acceptance of gay marriage.

  • Reviews

    Re-Viewing 'The Savage Eye'

    Dennis Harvey
    Feb 18, 2009

    This "dramatized documentary" was a labor of love–if also a graphic portrayal of the vast LA detached from Hollywood's success-bubble glamour.

  • Festivals

    San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Event

    Jonathan Kiefer
    Feb 12, 2009

    The S.F. Silent Film Festival's Winter Event allows you to spend hours in the dark with the madcap movie entertainments of 80-plus years ago.

  • Reviews

    Stephane Gauger on 'Owl and the Sparrow'

    Judy Stone
    Feb 9, 2009

    In this fable-like movie, an indomitable young orphan finds friendship with a lonely flight attendant and a teen-age caretaker of elephants.

  • 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.

  • Reviews

    '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.

  • Reviews

    Essay Films at the Pacific Film Archive

    David Winks Gray
    Jan 30, 2009

    The PFA's series of "essay films," a collection of diverse work, offers the viewer an opportunity to adapt to the peculiar tone of these films.

  • 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.

  • Reviews

    Autobio-Animation and the Horrors of War

    Dennis Harvey
    Jan 6, 2009

    Waltz with Bashir is another animated feature that embraces a more grown-up story and audience than anything in the long history of "cartoons."

  • Reviews

    Debra Chasnoff's 'Straightlaced'

    Judy Stone
    Jan 5, 2009

    50 California students talk about their problems with gender in the new documentary Straightlaced–How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up.

  • Reviews

    Something Wild: Martha Colburn's Collage Animations

    Max Goldberg
    Dec 1, 2008

    Martha Colburn's recent shorts plunge the interstices of Americana for a hidden history of fanaticism and double-faced hypocrisies.

  • Q & A

    Sragow on 'An American Movie Master'

    Michael Fox
    Nov 30, 2008

    Former San Francisco Examiner film critic Michael Sragow talks about his newly released book Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master.

  • Q & A

    Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black on 'Milk'

    Michael Fox
    Nov 23, 2008

    Michael Fox chats with Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black on the eve of Milk's much-anticipated theatrical release.

  • Q & A

    Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to

    Michael Fox
    Nov 17, 2008

    Scott McDonald's Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, details the formation of the revered Bay Area artists' collective in the early 1960s.

  • In Production

    A Documentary on Death and Survival in Paradise

    Michael Fox
    Oct 28, 2008

    A husband and wife filmmaking pair are in the midst of a documentary on mysterious disappearances in the Galapagos.

  • Q & A

    A Talk With Arab Film Festival's Executive Director

    Michael Fox
    Oct 13, 2008

    We sat down with Michel Shehadeh, who joined the festival earlier this year, for a wide-ranging interview on Arab film.

  • Festivals

    7th SF DocFest Program

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 25, 2008

    The seventh San Francisco International Documentary Film Festival has the potential to be every bit as raucous as the other festivals under the organization's umbrella.

  • 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

    Toronto 2008: Slow Food, Fast Festival

    B. Ruby Rich
    Sep 12, 2008

    Every year, people grumble. Every year, someone points out how much worse it is than before. And every year, there are films that pull everyone out of the doldrums and guarantee it all continues. Welcome to this season’s Toronto International Film Festival.

  • 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.

  • 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

    Exhuming History with "The Judge and the General"

    Susan Gerhard
    Aug 11, 2008

    SF360.org asked Bay Area filmmaker Elizabeth Farnsworth about her film, which follows Judge Juan Guzmán as he investigates General Pinochet's crimes.

  • Reviews

    Vertigo's 50th Anniversary

    Miguel Pendás
    Aug 8, 2008

    Not many movies call for a celebration of their anniversaries, but one exception is what many have called 'the ultimate San Francisco film.'

  • Reviews

    Jacques Nolot and 'Before I Forget'

    Dennis Harvey
    Jul 31, 2008

    Dyspeptic rather than tragic, Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget may be the best gay feel-bad movie ever.

  • Reviews

    'Mongol's' Mr. Nice Guy: Genghis Khan

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 20, 2008

    Dennis Harvey reviews Sergei Bodrov's Mongol, a distinctive look at the early life of the conqueror.

  • Q & A

    SFIFF51: Craig Baldwin Shoots the Moon, and the Desert

    Michael Fox
    Apr 18, 2008

    The Mission filmmaker has slaved in the underground for some three decades, a guide and shaman for other artists working on the fringes.

  • Festivals

    SFIFF51: Dawn Logsdon, on new hope in an old neighborhood, "Faubourg TremŽ"

    Susan Gerhard
    Apr 15, 2008

    Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie dig through the rubble of Hurricane Katrina to tell the story of Faubourg TremŽ, which was home to African Americans and fertile ground for political activism, music and literary life.

  • Reviews

    10 Reasons to See "Cinema Piemonte"

    Staff
    Feb 29, 2008

    The Associazone Piemontesi of Northern California, with the Italian Cultural Institute and Regione Piemonte, presents "Cinema Piemonte," four movies made in that beautiful region.

  • Q & A

    Emiko Omori and Wendy Slick's "Passion & Power"

    Susan Gerhard
    Feb 18, 2008

    “Passion & Power, the Technology of Orgasm” gives Rachel Maines’ entertaining academic book on the subject a new life onscreen.

  • Q & A

    SF Indiefest Opening Night: Riding "Shotgun" With Jeff Nichols

    Eve O'Neill
    Feb 6, 2008

    The first-time filmmaker managed to build, for under half a million dollars, a relatable story and characters with substance rarely seen in mainstream film.

  • Q & A

    Amanda Micheli Going for La Corona

    Sean Uyehara
    Jan 23, 2008

    A reprinting of an interview with Amanda Micheli because her film, now playing Sundance, has just made the final cut for an Academy Award.

  • Reviews

    SFMOMA's Emile de Antonio Series

    B. Ruby Rich
    Jan 3, 2008

    As this retrospective makes clear, de Antonio's documentaries are a different species entirely from the kind of celebrity-driven, headline chasing theatricals now in favor.

  • Q & A

    Connie Field, from Berkeley to Johannesburg

    Robert Avila
    Nov 5, 2007

    The filmmaker talks about her recent projects, including Salud!, which looks at Cuba's world-class health system.

  • Reviews

    "Punk's Not Dead"

    Dennis Harvey
    Sep 18, 2007

    The freshing thing about Susan Dynner's new documentary ÔPunk's Not Dead' Ñ beyond the fact that it's not the 9,482nd recap of The Early Years (circa 1976-85) Ñ is its unabashed if not uncritical acknowledgment that punk is here to stay.

  • Q & A

    Irina Leimbacher and Konrad Steiner on "kino21"

    Max Goldberg
    Aug 13, 2007

    The co-programmers discuss their newest endeavor, though those already from the Bay Area will be familiar with their work at S.F. Cinematheque.

  • Festivals

    Film Society Awards Night

    Brian Brooks/indieWIRE
    May 4, 2007

    If the Bay Area oozed self-regard last night, it couldn't exactly be blamed.

  • Festivals

    A Festival, a Half Century

    B. Ruby Rich
    Apr 24, 2007

    Is there anyone who doesn't know that the San Francisco International Film Festival is turning 50 this month?

  • Q & A

    Amanda Micheli's Wonder Women

    Sean Uyehara
    Apr 2, 2007

    When Bay Area filmmaker Amanda Micheli approaches, you can see that she is an athlete. She's sure of herself.

  • Q & A

    Michael Arndt, Little Mr. Sunshine

    Michael Guillen
    Feb 23, 2007

    The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine made a Cody's San Francisco bookstore appearance promoting the publication of the shooting script.

  • Festivals

    A Royal Family

    Susan Gerhard
    Feb 21, 2007

    It's a big week for Peter Morgan, partly because the SFFS announced he'll receive the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting at the 50th SFIFF.

  • Q & A

    Rory Kennedy and 'The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib'

    Michael Fox
    Feb 19, 2007

    Filmmaker Rory Kennedy talks about her process and approach with making her new chilling documentary Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.

  • Q & A

    A Word From Our Sponsored Films

    Max Goldberg
    Nov 28, 2006

    Collector and archivist Rick Prelinger puts on a show at the Other Cinema to celebrate his new book, A Field Guide to Sponsored Films.

  • Festivals

    Cinema, New Italian Style

    Michael Fox
    Nov 9, 2006

    The relationship between intellectualism and passion, a distinctly Italian concern, propels the 2006 edition of New Italian Cinema.

  • Festivals

    Truman Capote , 1974

    Susan Gerhard
    Nov 1, 2006

    A visit to the 50th anniversary portion of San Francisco Film Society’s web site nets not just the real Truman Capote candidly essaying on life and the movies in a 1974 visit to the SF International Film Festival.

  • Reviews

    Jack Stevenson's vault of vice

    Michael Fox
    Sep 28, 2006

    The expat archivist and writer makes his near-annual pilgrimage to San Francisco with a flurry of shows teeming with goodies from his personal collection.

  • Q & A

    Ian Inaba on Stolen and Influenced Elections

    Susan Gerhard
    Sep 25, 2006

    The real voter fraud is orchestrated under the radar, says the director of American Blackout.

  • Q & A

    Stephen Parr In the Home-Movie Archives

    Michael Fox
    Aug 7, 2006

    The San Francisco Media Archive director talks about the weirdness and normality revealed on Home Movie Day.

  • Festivals

    San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

    Dennis Harvey
    Jun 15, 2006

    Highlights from San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival's 30th annual edition.

  • Q & A

    The Outsiders

    Susan Gerhard
    Jun 14, 2006

    Sheerly Avni talks about his book, Cinema by the Bay, a rich, visual history of San Francisco Bay Area filmmaking.

  • Reviews

    "Kees Kino: The Film Work of Weldon Kees"

    Jenni Olson
    Jun 7, 2006

    San Francisco Cinematheque guest curator Jenni Olson reflects on her show, Kees Kino: The Film Work of Weldon Kees.

  • Q & A

    Jesse Ficks and "Midnites for Maniacs"

    Max Goldberg
    Jun 5, 2006

    Film programmer Jesse Hawthrone Ficks talks about the enduring appeal of midnight movies.

  • Reviews

    Showstopping Filmmakers Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon

    Danny Plotnick
    May 17, 2006

    Rodney Ascher and Syd Garon are only two people whose works curator Danny Plotnick would show sight unseen.

  • Q & A

    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.

  • Reviews

    'Hot Fuzz' a Cheeky Riposte to H-wood

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 17, 2006

    This English comedy, the second feature made by the guys behind that genius horror spoof, 'Shaun of the Dead,' satirizes fake cinematic testosterone.

  • Reviews

    "Reel SF" Finds a Tough, Moody Kinda Town

    Dennis Harvey
    Apr 13, 2006

    Until the 1960s, Hollywood cast S.F. as a city where everyone was too busy brawling, floozing,and plotting intrigue to exclaim,"Look at that view!"

  • First Person

    Sam Green's Tour Through "Lot 63, Grave C"

    Sam Green
    Apr 12, 2006

    For people who know their rock trivia, or saw Gimme Shelter, Altamont represents one of the most infamous moments in Bay Area cultural history.

  • Reviews

    Tehran Contemporary Art Exhibit On Tour

    Robert Avila
    Mar 23, 2006

    The documentary Persian Garden chronicles the grandest art exhibition in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.

  • Q & A

    Interview With Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker

    Susan Gerhard
    Mar 7, 2006

    Direct cinema pioneers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker discuss seeing and believing.

  • Q & A

    David Kipen Posits New Auteur Theory

    Michael Fox
    Mar 6, 2006

    A conversation with David Kipen about his book, The Schreiber Theory, which reclaims the contribution of screenwriters to motion pictures.

  • News & Blogs

    Measuring Cities By Their Taste in Film

    Susan Gerhard
    Mar 3, 2006

    A quick guide to measuring a city's taste in films by its critics' organizations.


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