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  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• September 2, 2010
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• Home
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• September 2, 2010
  
  

  Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'

  Susan Gerhard
  Aug 30, 2010

  Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'

  
• 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.

  
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  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.

  
• 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.

  
• 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
  
  

  Soviet-Critical 'Cargo 200' at YBCA

  Matt Sussman
  Nov 11, 2008

  The controversial Cargo 200, a take-down of the Soviet era, makes its U.S. theatrical debut at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  MVFF: Mulford and Cruz On Chile's Dark Past

  Michael Fox
  Oct 8, 2008

  Marilyn Mulford collaborated with Quique Cruz on the pensive, humanistic, and inspiring Archaeology of Memory: Villa Grimaldi.

  
• 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.

  
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  Johnny Symons and "Ask Not"

  Michael Fox
  Apr 12, 2008

  East Bay filmmaker Johnny Symons' documentary "Ask Not" moves beyond stereotypes to examine what experience is really like for gays and lesbians in the military.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Eran Kolirin and "The Band's Visit"

  Judy Stone
  Feb 12, 2008

  Underneath The Band's Visit's poignant humor, the film subtly reflects the director's attempt to comprehend Israel's pull between the Middle East and the West.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Loach's Palme d'Or Winner

  Robert Avila
  Apr 5, 2007

  A Western occupying power faces opposition from the locals and responds with brutal military suppression, spurring a countrywide resistance movement reaching down to the grassroots.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  "Radical Closure" at the PFA

  Robert Avila
  Dec 7, 2006

  This series of cinematic responses to war, curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari, opens up possibilities for re-imagining the dehumanized landscape of violence.

  
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  A Documentary on Peru's Terror War

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 25, 2006

  A conversation with Pamela Yates, director of State of Fear, on Peru's 20-year war on terror, which bears an unsettling resemblance to U.S. current events.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Zack Bazzi, War Correspondent

  Susan Gerhard
  Jun 28, 2006

  In The War Tapes, Deborah Scranton exposes war as an industry - for those who fight it and for those who don't.