• Q & A
  
  

  Borshay Liem's Double Exposure of Korean Adoptions

  Michael Fox
  Mar 12, 2010

  Deann Borshay Liem's 1999 doc First Person Plural recounted her experience as an orphaned Korean adoptee raised in an East Bay suburb.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity

  Judy Stone
  Jan 8, 2010

  Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Jennifer Phang On Half-Life and Identity

  Judy Stone
  Jan 8, 2010

  Jennifer Phang has experienced more than enough culture shocks in her life to empathize with the identity challenges of the characters in her debut feature.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Nani Walker's 'Other Nature' At 15,000 Feet

  Michael Fox
  Jan 5, 2010

  Nani Sahra Walker went to Nepal for seven months, and returned with a one-hour documentary. OK, a rough cut. No big deal? Enlightenment guaranteed, indeed.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Soulful "35 Shots of Rum" Gently Intoxicating

  Dennis Harvey
  Dec 17, 2009

  Claire Denis proves her unpredictability and versatility as a director with the 2008 release 35 Shots of Rum.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  New Social Issue Dramas from Rainin Grant-Winners

  Michael Fox
  Nov 24, 2009

  The scoop on the projects of the inaugural class for the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, which support lively, intelligent social-issue narrative films.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Daven Gee Docs on the New American Family

  Michael Fox
  Nov 17, 2009

  Two films from Oakland filmmakers, Dhana & Indra and Family 2469, illuminate the changing face of the country as the 21st Century unfolds.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  The Exiled Ingrid Bergman at PFA

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 6, 2009

  The PFA is offering a rare overview of Bergman's European films in the series, A Woman's Face: Ingrid Bergman in Europe.

  
• 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.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Telles charts 'Storm' of Mexican Revolution

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2009

  Ray Telles's ambitious two-hour film, The Storm that Swept Mexico, with a budget north of $1.2 million, reaches out to the world.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Richard Levien, from 'Immersion' to 'La Migra'

  Jennifer Preissel
  Jun 29, 2009

  New Zealand transplant Richard Levien, a longstanding fixture of the San Francisco indie film community, breaks out of the editing room with Immersion.

  
• 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
  
  

  Berlin & Beyond at 13

  Michael Fox
  Jan 10, 2008

  The Goethe-Institut's festival offers a pointed reminder that Germany, Austria and Switzerland aren't just in the center of Europe, but in the middle of international cinema.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Samoan Wedding"; "Romantico"

  Robert Avila
  Jan 16, 2007

  A delightfully funny movie on boy-men redeeming themselves from New Zealand, and Mark Becker's absorbing documentary on a musician in the Mission. 

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  Roxie, The Vote

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 6, 2006

  The List: 25 Bay Area landmarks, including the Roxie and the Fox Oakland, are vying for $1 million in preservation grants from American Express.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre on Border Life

  Susan Gerhard
  Sep 18, 2006

  The Maquilapolis filmmakers talk about empowering their subjectsÑwomen factory workers in Tijuana.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Sweet "Quinceañera" vs. MTV's greedy "My Super Sweet 16"

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Aug 15, 2006

  Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's exploration of a teen's rite of passage is the warmhearted opposite of MTV's glorification of wasteful and selfish spending.