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Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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July 14, 2011
Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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July 7, 2011
Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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Reviews
Weitz Explores the Other L.A. with 'A Better Life'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 8, 2011'A Better Life' succeeds as an L.A.-set remake of bleak Italian neorealist classic 'The Bicycle Thief.'
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News & Blogs
Reuters: "'Toy Story 3' Wins Oscar for Animated Feature"
Feb 27, 2011Reuters: "'Toy Story 3' won the Oscar for animated feature on Sunday, becoming the fourth Pixar release to win the category in as many years." More at reuters.com.
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News & Blogs
LA Times: "Oscars: 'Inside Job' Wins for Documentary Feature"
Feb 27, 2011LA Times Blogs: "Inside Job” won the Oscar for documentary feature at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. “Inside Job” is an exploration of the causes and corollaries of the 2008 financial crisis. The award goes to Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs." More at latimesblogs.latimes.com. And from SF360.org: Bay Area-based Ferguson's speech began with a statement of fact, "After financial fraud not a single financial executive has gone to jail," before thanking his colleagues.
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Reviews
Pixar's Latest Oscar High
Michael Fox
Mar 8, 2010Cementing its status as the preeminent animation company of the 00s, Pixar won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for the third time in seven years.
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Reviews
As Oscars Approach, Winners Still Up in the Air
Dennis Harvey
Feb 16, 2010Last month's nominations announcement was anticipated with unusual interest, largely because the Academy reverted to ten Best Picture nominees, a practice abandoned in 1943.
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Reviews
As Oscars Approach, Winners Still Up in the Air
Dennis Harvey
Feb 16, 2010Last month's nominations announcement was anticipated with unusual interest, largely because the Academy reverted to ten Best Picture nominees, a practice abandoned in 1943.
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Q & A
Ehrlich, Goldsmith on Pentagon Papers
Michael Fox
Feb 14, 2010The 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.
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Reviews
Bay Area's Strong Presence at 82nd Oscars
Susan Gerhard
Feb 3, 2010Films with Bay Area connections featured prominently in the 82nd Academy Award nominations announced yesterday.
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Reviews
Bay Area's Strong Presence at 82nd Oscars
Susan Gerhard
Feb 3, 2010Films with Bay Area connections featured prominently in the 82nd Academy Award nominations announced yesterday.
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Q & A
Sam Green's 'Utopia' at Sundance
Susan Gerhard
Jan 31, 2010I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.
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Festivals
Live from Mill Valley: Woody Harrelson and Uma Thurman
Dennis Harvey
Oct 19, 2009At their respective festival tributes, the actors gave entertaining and revealing onstage interviews.
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News & Blogs
'The Greatest Year in Film' at the Castro
Dennis Harvey
Jul 2, 2009A series at the Castro marks 1939 as the high-water mark of cinema.
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Reviews
Debra Chasnoff's 'Straightlaced'
Judy Stone
Jan 5, 200950 California students talk about their problems with gender in the new documentary Straightlaced–How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up.
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Reviews
The Year in Film 2008: Oscar Odds
Dennis Harvey
Jan 2, 2009Instead of breaking it down strictly category-by-category, Dennis Harvey meanders through some principal heat-seeking prestige films and their various chances.
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Reviews
Review: 'The Living End,' remixed and remastered
Dennis Harvey
May 13, 2008Gregg Araki's "irresponsible" movie was the first to respond to the AIDS crisis with ACT UP-style radical rage rather than lamentation or case-pleading.
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Festivals
The San Francisco Irish Film Festival
Eve O'Neill
Mar 4, 2008San Francisco Irish Film Festival begins this Wednesday at the Roxie with a slate of narratives and documentaries imbued with Ireland's particularly unique sense of time and place
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Reviews
Cinema, Israeli Style
Michael Fox
Feb 21, 2008Even as the country has become a typically affluent Western society, its cinema has retained its status as a crucial component of the national dialogue.
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Q & A
Amanda Micheli Going for La Corona
Sean Uyehara
Jan 23, 2008A reprinting of an interview with Amanda Micheli because her film, now playing Sundance, has just made the final cut for an Academy Award.
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News & Blogs
'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director at 79th Oscars
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Feb 26, 2007When all was said and done in Los Angeles tonight, The Departed was the big winner at the 79th Academy Awards.
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'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director at 79th Oscars
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Feb 26, 2007When all was said and done in Los Angeles tonight, The Departed was the big winner at the 79th Academy Awards.
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Festivals
A Royal Family
Susan Gerhard
Feb 21, 2007It'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.
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Q & A
Von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated "The Lives of Others"
Miljenko Skoknic
Feb 12, 2007Von Donnersmarck talks about his Lola-winning and Oscar-nominated debut during a visit to San Francisco.
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Q & A
Von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated "The Lives of Others"
Miljenko Skoknic
Feb 12, 2007Von Donnersmarck talks about his Lola-winning and Oscar-nominated debut during a visit to San Francisco.
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Reviews
A Whole Lotta Holiday Film
Dennis Harvey
Dec 21, 2006Hollywood is the Santa that bestows gifts every Yuletide,; but you have to pick which ones you want, then pay for them.
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Festivals
Picks for the San Francisco International Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
Mar 31, 2006The List: B. Ruby Rich picks her favorites for the 2006 San Francisco International Film Festival.
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News & Blogs
Measuring Cities By Their Taste in Film
Susan Gerhard
Mar 3, 2006A quick guide to measuring a city's taste in films by its critics' organizations.
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