Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.
Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.
Director Mina T. Son talks about the creation of ‘Making Noise in Silence,’ screening the United Nations Association Film Festival this week.
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
Filmmakers, critics and fans celebrate their mothers’ unique, eccentric, foundational contributions to their movie-loving lives.
A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
A South Korean gem, Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’ inspires.
Rosenblatt’s meditative essay on the difficult subject of suicide finds its way to HBO. Narrative films may occasionally conjure the shock of a suicide—last year’s The Father of My Children is a fine example—but it’s the nature of character dramas to keep pace with the living rather than meditate in the shadow of loss. In his most recent lyrical essay-film, The Darkness of Day, local filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt creates such a meditative space, intertwining different stories and perspectives of suicide: near and far, first-person and third, male and female, young and old, anonymous and notable. Rosenblatt cues the multiple narratives to a poetic stream of found...
Rosenblatt’s meditative essay on the difficult subject of suicide finds its way to HBO. Narrative films may occasionally conjure the shock of a suicide—last year’s The Father of My Children is a fine example—but it’s the nature of character dramas to keep pace with the living rather than meditate in the shadow of loss. In his most recent lyrical essay-film, The Darkness of Day, local filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt creates such a meditative space, intertwining different stories and perspectives of suicide: near and far, first-person and third, male and female, young and old, anonymous and notable. Rosenblatt cues the multiple narratives to a poetic stream of found...
The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
The Media that Matters Conference showcased innovative formats and powerful storytelling.
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
Build an action picture with a poor script? At your own risk.
Ever wonder how a literary heavyweight might critique your angst-ridden teenage poetry? In ‘Bad Writing’ filmmaker Vernon Lott hands his dusty pages over to some seasoned pros in search of honest feedback and an answer to the film’s predominant question: What’s the difference between good writing and bad? Plays at the Roxie Theater. More at roxie.com.
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman offer insight into the making of 'Howl,' a movie about a poem and a time.
Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
Surprising themes and high profile documentaries are among the highlights of the Telluride 2010 lineup.
A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
A filmmaker offers a script excerpt in appreciation of Jules Laforgue on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'
Writer Jim Harrison offers thoughts about his relationship to Gary Snyder and his contributions to 'The Practice of the Wild.'
Anne McGuire finds the beauty in the strange, and the strangeness in the beautiful. That's not perversity, people; that's poetry.
The story of teenagers living like a savage, roaming pack of animals, The Beautiful Person locates a classic in a contemporary setting.
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman combine live-action period drama and animation in retelling of Ginsburg's Howl
Chris Felver traces the life of antiauthoritarian Lawrence Ferlinghetti, owner of City Lights Books, from his days as a Navy serviceman in World War II through the landmark First Amendment trial in Ferlinghetti.
Beyond Words: Skillful dialogue on film can achieve a structural dimension that shapes the narrative as surely as plot does.
The unassuming young director and producer spent five years on their optimistic yet unsentimental doc spotlighting four teenagers from the S.F.-based Youth Speaks project.
The unassuming young director and producer spent five years on their optimistic yet unsentimental doc spotlighting four teenagers from the S.F.-based Youth Speaks project.
The List: We take the opportunity to link you to four short films from the Big Ugly Review, an online publication that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more.
An impressive PFA series runs alongside an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum of Kiarostami's striking photographic work.
James Longley's Fragments stands out amongst the crowded field of Iraqumentaries, while Others pulls back the Iron Curtain to powerful effect.
The product of a true cinematic innovator and gloriously individual poet, Broughton's film work remains much too idiosyncratic to be deconstructed,
The product of a true cinematic innovator and gloriously individual poet, Broughton's film work remains much too idiosyncratic to be deconstructed,
Song and Solitude, is a twilight sojourn to a secret world much like our own, rendered with profound patience and a hint of wistfulness.
The veteran Israeli filmmaker, in town for the Jewish Film Festival, talks about radical art and Free Zone.
16 filmmakers from the Bay Area find at least 15 minutes of fame in the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this year.
Newly appointed S.F. Cinematheque executive director Caroline Savage discusses the state of experimental film.
Direct cinema pioneers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker discuss seeing and believing.