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Festival: Hot Docs
Jan 13, 2012
Hot Docs – Canadian International Documentary Festival (April 26–May 6, 2012) is a competitive event seeking Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths (feature length: 60 min. or longer; mid-length: 30 to 59 min.; short: under 30 min.) and subject matter. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must have been completed after January 1, 2011; cannot have been screened publicly prior to January 1, 2011; must be Toronto premieres; must be in English, subtitled in English; must be exhibited in one of the following screening formats: 35mm film, DigiBeta (NTSC or PAL) and HDCAM. Entry fees: $33.90 CDN for short films; $67.80 CDN (before December 2, 2011) or $118.65 CDN (before January 13, 2012) for mid and feature length films. AWARDS: Hot Docs features two juried competition programs and several noncompetitive programs. DEADLINE: December 2, 2011 (early); January 13, 2012 (late). WEBSITE: hotdocs.ca/.
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Funding: California Story Fund
Nov 15, 2011
The California Story Fund, presented by California Council for the Humanities (CCH), supports public humanities programs that bring light to compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have California tax-exempt organizational status or partner with a California tax-exempt organization that will serve as a fiscal sponsor, not have an open grant with CCH, and be in good standing with CCH. Projects should be based on stories gathered from community members, include a public discussion component and at least one humanities expert. Film/video projects should not exceed a total budget of $50,000. AWARDS: Applicants may request up to $10,000, which must be matched by at least an equivalent contribution of non-federal funds or in-kind services. DEADLINE: November 15, 2011. WEBSITE: calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf.htm.
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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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Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
In Depth

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
November 3, 2011

Essential SF: Karen Larsen
Michael Fox
Oct 31, 2011
Universally warm sentiment is attached to the Bay Area's hardest working indie/art film publicist.
News & Blogs

San Francisco Chronicle: 'Online publication sf360.org closing down"
Oct 19, 2011
"The launch of SF360.org, an online publication devoted to covering the entire Bay Area film community, was one of San Francisco Film Society Executive Director Graham Leggat's first initiatives when he took over the organization," writes Pam Grady. "...in November, a victim of financial realities and organizational changes in the wake of Leggat's recent death, SF360.org will cease publication." More at SFGate.
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Funding: TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund
Oct 10, 2011
The TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund supports innovative film and video artists who are living or working in Mexico, Central and South America and working independently in their efforts to reach a larger audience. ELIGIBILITY: Submissions must be animation, documentary and/or hybrid feature-length films with an intended length of at least 70 minutes. Submissions must be in production or post-production and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theaters or via the internet. Projects may be in any language or dialect. Applicants must be over 18 years old. Student films and stand-alone short films are not eligible for submission. $25 entry fee. AWARDS: Last year, the Fund administered $10,000 grants to four selected films. In addition to funding, each grantee will receive a U.S. based advisor and guidance from the Tribeca Film Institute. DEADLINE: October 10, 2011. WEBSITE: tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/latin_fund/.
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‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011
Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
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‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011
Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
October 14, 2011

‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011
Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
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On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011
Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
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On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011
Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
September 29 2011

On Chronicling Criminals
George Rush
Sep 27, 2011
Though it's legal to film illegal acts, crime can certainly complicate your filmmaking process.
News & Blogs

SF Chronicle: "Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Plan"
Sep 21, 2011
"The proposal for the 82,000-square-foot facility made public Wednesday evening comes 15 months after the university-owned institution restarted the effort to build itself a new home on the downtown edge of the UC Berkeley campus at Center and Oxford streets," reports John King. Read more at sfgate.com.
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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Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
Q & A

Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
September 15, 2011

Iranian Teenage Love Sparks ‘Circumstance’
Susan Gerhard
Sep 10, 2011
Director, producer speak of challenges, inspirations behind a story of the urban Iranian underground.
August 25, 2011

ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
News & Blogs

ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
August 25, 2011

ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
News & Blogs

ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World
Michael Fox
Aug 24, 2011
Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.
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'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011
Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
News & Blogs

'Vigilante, Vigilante' Opens Can of Worms
Michael Fox
Aug 18, 2011
Filmmakers find themselves outside the 'buffer' zone as film about graffiti-abaters hits local screens, and streets. Editor's note: Vigilante, Vigilante: The Battle for Expression, a Bay Area-made film on graffiti "abatement," opened with a clamor last weekend at the Roxie, as San Francisco's Department of Public Works made an issue of cleaning up the film's street-art advertising campaign. The filmmakers responded that they've asked that their materials not be posted illegally, but that hasn't stopped DPW requesting them to cease and desist attracting audiences via wheatpaste. What follows is sf360.org's interview...
August 18, 2011

‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
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‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
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‘The Arbor’s’ ‘Verbatim Theatre’ Approach Strikes Chord
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2011
Clio Barnard's ‘The Arbor’ takes a fascinating and unconventional look at Andrea Dunbar's brief, brilliant career.
August 11, 2011

Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
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Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
Q & A

Miranda July Throws Cautionary Tale to the Wind with ‘The Future’
Sean Uyehara
Aug 8, 2011
The filmmaker talks about time, life, storytelling and her new film, ‘The Future.’
June 14, 2011

'Klaus Kinski: Jesus Christ the Savior'
Jun 16, 2011
Herzog "best fiend" Klaus Kinski battles hecklers and personal ghosts in this newly restored print of his 1971 one-man show, one of scant few opportunities for English audiences to bear witness to his truly unhinged, but deeply compelling public persona. Plays at YBCA; more info YBCA.org.
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Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
June 16, 2011

Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
Q & A

Lewis Rides Herd on Lusty ‘Longhorns’
Michael Fox
Jun 13, 2011
An SF Chronicle editor speaks about his third feature, a Texas-set sex comedy making its debut at Frameline35.
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Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011
San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
June 9, 2011

Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011
San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
News & Blogs

Celebrating a Reel Education
Jennifer Preissel
Jun 9, 2011
San Francisco Film Society commemorates 20 years of education programs in 2011. Since 1991, the San Francisco Film Society has been educating youth in film, but it’s not all elementary, or middle, or high school-oriented: What began as a K–12 Schools at the Festival program that brought students and international cinema together has, 20 years later, grown into year-round educational programming that serves not just under-18s, but lifelong learners, professional and novice filmmakers and university students.
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‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite
Michael Fox
Jun 1, 2011
Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.
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‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite
Michael Fox
Jun 1, 2011
Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.
June 2, 2011

‘Kiss the Cook’ Sparks Weidlinger’s Appetite
Michael Fox
Jun 1, 2011
Tom Weidlinger creates a cooking show that offers surprises for the slow-foodie.
May 17, 2011

City College of San Francisco City Shorts Film Festival
May 19, 2011
City College of San Francisco offers a best-of program in the one day, student-run City Shorts Film Festival. The festival is free to the public. More at cityshorts.tumblr.com.
May 3, 2011

‘These Amazing Shadows’
May 6, 2011
Opening weekend of ‘These Amazing Shadows,’ a docu on American movies, features Q&As with its Bay Area filmmakers, as well as other local figures, including SF Chron critic Mick LaSalle, SF Public Defender (and filmmaker) Jeff Adachi and cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw. More at theseamazingshadows.com.
May 3, 2011

SFIFF: ‘American Teacher’/20 Years of Schools at the Festival
May 3, 2011
SFFS's Schools at the Festival toasts its 20 years with clips, stories, tributes, food and drink (5:00 pm), followed by a special Teacher Appreciation Night screening of ‘American Teacher’ (6:30 pm), a documentary exploring the frustrating realities facing public school teachers, with special guests in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
03.31.11

Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown
Michael Fox
Mar 30, 2011
A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.
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Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown
Michael Fox
Mar 30, 2011
A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.
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Good’s ‘Vigilante’ Tags Graffiti Showdown
Michael Fox
Mar 30, 2011
A nonfiction tagging doc takes a novel approach, looking at those who erase graffiti as opposed to those who make it.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
March 17, 2011

YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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YBCA Brings Attention to Embattled Iranian Artists
Max Goldberg
Mar 17, 2011
YBCA rallies behind Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof with its ‘Iran Beyond Censorship’ series.
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Burroughs’ Story Still Stranger than Fiction
Dennis Harvey
Mar 11, 2011
A new Burroughs documentary revisits a familiar story, but delivers fresh insight.
March 17, 2011

Burroughs’ Story Still Stranger than Fiction
Dennis Harvey
Mar 11, 2011
A new Burroughs documentary revisits a familiar story, but delivers fresh insight.
Reviews

Burroughs’ Story Still Stranger than Fiction
Dennis Harvey
Mar 11, 2011
A new Burroughs documentary revisits a familiar story, but delivers fresh insight.
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SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
March 10, 2011

SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
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.
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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.
January 25, 2011

'August to June' World Premiere
Jan 27, 2011
Filmmakers Amy and Tom Valens appear in person at Smith Rafael Film Center for the world premiere of their documentary ‘August to June,’ which follows Amy in her final year as an instructor at a public elementary school in the city of Lagunitas. More at cafilm.org.
December 23, 2010

Film 2010: The Year in Quotes
Michael Fox
Dec 17, 2010
Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.
December 28, 2010

Film 2010: The Year in Quotes
Michael Fox
Dec 17, 2010
Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.
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Film 2010: The Year in Quotes
Michael Fox
Dec 17, 2010
Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.
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Film 2010: The Year in Quotes
Michael Fox
Dec 17, 2010
Outspoken and rarely understated, Bay Area filmmakers took center stage in 2010.
December 9, 2010

Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2010
Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.
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Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2010
Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.
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Lukitsch Pedals into the ‘Gap’
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2010
Laura Lukitsch's new project asks whether we can replace car culture with biking, public transportation and high-speed rail.
December 2, 2010

Sundance Announces Films in Competition
Susan Gerhard
Dec 2, 2010
Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.
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Sundance Announces Films in Competition
Susan Gerhard
Dec 2, 2010
Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.
January 31, 2011

Sundance Announces Films in Competition
Susan Gerhard
Dec 2, 2010
Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.
News & Blogs

Sundance Announces Films in Competition
Susan Gerhard
Dec 2, 2010
Sundance announces its competition class of 2011, which includes Bay Area projects by Tiffany Shlain, Yoav Potash, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and David Weissman.
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Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010
Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
November 3 2010

Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010
Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
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Brown Follows Injuries in ‘Going the Distance’
Michael Fox
Oct 27, 2010
David L. Brown explores traumatic brain injuries with 'Going the Distance.' When ABC’s Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were badly injured by an IED in Iraq in January of 2006, it was the top story for days. We may not know any of the estimated 320,000 soldiers who’ve returned home with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), but we do remember the co-anchor of World News Tonight. To his credit, he and his family created the Bob Woodruff Foundation to advocate for and raise money for veterans with head injuries, and to educate the public. Longtime Brisbane documentary maker David L. Brown was at one of those benefits, a 22-mile traverse....
October 28, 2010

Brown Follows Injuries in ‘Going the Distance’
Michael Fox
Oct 27, 2010
David L. Brown explores traumatic brain injuries with 'Going the Distance.' When ABC’s Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were badly injured by an IED in Iraq in January of 2006, it was the top story for days. We may not know any of the estimated 320,000 soldiers who’ve returned home with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), but we do remember the co-anchor of World News Tonight. To his credit, he and his family created the Bob Woodruff Foundation to advocate for and raise money for veterans with head injuries, and to educate the public. Longtime Brisbane documentary maker David L. Brown was at one of those benefits, a 22-mile traverse....
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'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice
Michael Fox
Oct 13, 2010
Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.
October 14, 2010

'Better This World' Takes a Look at Criminal Injustice
Michael Fox
Oct 13, 2010
Two filmmakers examine the justice system in the U.S. post-Sept. 11.
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'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.
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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.'
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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.'
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Phil Spector, the Spectacle, Viewed in New Doc
Dennis Harvey
Sep 10, 2010
A look at Phil Spector brings back memories, if not that loving feeling.
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Phil Spector, the Spectacle, Viewed in New Doc
Dennis Harvey
Sep 10, 2010
A look at Phil Spector brings back memories, if not that loving feeling.
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A Family Implodes in Biting 'Dogtooth'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 3, 2010
A Greek film incriminates the viewer.
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A Family Implodes in Biting 'Dogtooth'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 3, 2010
A Greek film incriminates the viewer.
08-05-2010

'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010
Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
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'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010
Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
Q & A

'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road
Susan Gerhard
Aug 2, 2010
Director Ben Steinbauer and Bay Area-based producer Malcolm Pullinger talk about anger, RVs, and "going viral" with their new film.
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Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'
Michael Fox
Jul 28, 2010
Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.
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Essential SF: 'Berkeley in the Sixties,' 'Brother Outsider,' 'Weather Underground'
Michael Fox
Jul 28, 2010
Three Bay Area documentaries correct the historical record.
07-21-2010

Wilson-Shepard Doc Blooms in AIDS Grove
Michael Fox
Jul 21, 2010
Tom Shepard and Andy Abrahams Wilson are redefining activist filmmaking with educational films, such as their documentary on the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
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Wilson-Shepard Doc Blooms in AIDS Grove
Michael Fox
Jul 21, 2010
Tom Shepard and Andy Abrahams Wilson are redefining activist filmmaking with educational films, such as their documentary on the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
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Wilson-Shepard Doc Blooms in AIDS Grove
Michael Fox
Jul 21, 2010
Tom Shepard and Andy Abrahams Wilson are redefining activist filmmaking with educational films, such as their documentary on the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
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Charlotte Buchen, Wheels Turning
Adam Hartzell
Jul 12, 2010
Charlotte Buchen’s Bay Area Street Portraits take us on a ride with the everyday bicycling citizen of Berkeley and Oakland.
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Perkins Places 'Trust' in Convicts and Parolees
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2010
Tamara Perkins' The Trust is intended to provide a rare lens into the lives of incarcerated men and their families.
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Perkins Places 'Trust' in Convicts and Parolees
Michael Fox
Jul 7, 2010
Tamara Perkins' The Trust is intended to provide a rare lens into the lives of incarcerated men and their families.
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Media Pulse: A Crude Interpretation of the Law
Jennifer Preissel
Jul 1, 2010
Jennifer Preissel examines the film and the court case that could redefine a journalist’s protection under First Amendment rights.
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Media Pulse: A Crude Interpretation of the Law
Jennifer Preissel
Jul 1, 2010
Jennifer Preissel examines the film and the court case that could redefine a journalist’s protection under First Amendment rights.
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.
In Production

Koppelman Maps International Cybercrime, Cuban Opera
Michael Fox
Jun 9, 2010
Charles Koppelman's documentary in progress, Zero Day, exposes each of three threats to the Internet: cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberwarfare.
Reviews

On Loving the Best Worst Movie of All Time
Dennis Harvey
Jun 3, 2010
For many, the mother of all brain-scrambling cinematic boondoggles is Troll 2; a documentary takes stock of the phenomenal success of this epic failure.
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.
Festivals

San Francisco International's Local Filmmakers Next Step
Michael Fox
May 6, 2010
We caught up with several Bay Area makers, fresh off their high-energy screenings at SFIFF53 and primed to keep the momentum rolling.
In Depth

Dialogues: Gary Snyder on Art, Anarchy and the Environment
Robert Avila
May 3, 2010
Poet, essayist, environmentalist, Buddhist, public intellectual and teacher Gary Snyder speaks on life and the making of 'The Practice of the Wild.'
Q & A

Dialogues: Gary Snyder on Art, Anarchy and the Environment
Robert Avila
May 3, 2010
Poet, essayist, environmentalist, Buddhist, public intellectual and teacher Gary Snyder speaks on life and the making of 'The Practice of the Wild.'
Festivals

SFIFF53: 'At the Movies' with Roger Ebert
Dennis Harvey
Apr 30, 2010
You know someone is well liked when they re used as the standard by which you fall short.
Q & A

Hernandez's Guilty Verdict
Michael Fox
Apr 26, 2010
If there's a sure-fire crowd-pleaser in this year's San Francisco International Film Festival, it s Roberto Hernandez and Geoffrey Smith's Presumed Guilty.
Legal

Do You Pass the Test?
George Rush
Apr 26, 2010
You are awesome. Spectacular, incredible, interesting, accomplished and generally just way awesome. Everyone wants to hear every possible thing there is to know about you.
Legal

Do You Pass the Test?
George Rush
Apr 26, 2010
You are awesome. Spectacular, incredible, interesting, accomplished and generally just way awesome. Everyone wants to hear every possible thing there is to know about you.
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.
Q & A

Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES
Adam Hartzell
Mar 21, 2010
Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.
In Production

Hiler and Brown's Visionary Music
Michael Fox
Mar 17, 2010
The culture war is over, and the reactionaries have won. In this climate, Jerome Hiler and Owsley Brown III s Music Makes a City is a revelation,
Festivals

28th SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Mar 10, 2010
The Center for Asian American Media, formerly known as NAATA and founded to nurture Asian American filmmakers as well as counter ethnic stereotypes, has accomplished that and more.
Q & A

Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North
Michael Fox
Feb 28, 2010
From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.
Legal

Public, Private: A Need-to-Know Guide
George Rush
Feb 23, 2010
People are fascinated by the lives of others. But can someone make a doc, biopic, historical or narrative film about a famous person without their permission?
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.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Ashley Soares
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Krissy Bailey
Hilary Hart
Jan 27, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Festivals

Words from Sundance Staffers: Natalie Mulford
Hilary Hart
Jan 27, 2010
Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
Q & A

Stephen Talbot's World Music
Ryan Prendiville
Jan 24, 2010
Stephen Talbot left PBS s Frontline World to create and develop original media properties, including a globe-trotting TV series about world music.
In Production

Legal Eagle Eye Kristine Enea Zooms 'Off the Grid'
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2009
Kristine Enea's documentary shows The EcoCenter, a San Francisco environmental educational facility that treats and recycles wastewater and generates its own solar power.
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

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.
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.
Q & A

Parker and di Napoli on Parody and High Art
Adam Hartzell
Nov 1, 2009
Bay Area locals Jonathan Parker and Catherine di Napoli discuss (Untitled), a hilarious romp through the world of conceptual art and atonal music.
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

San Francisco Cinematheque Fall Program Underway
Max Goldberg
Oct 3, 2009
A year after Jonathan Marlow took the helm as executive director, the organization is showing fresh signs of life.
In Production

Simon and Gosling Play Strachwitz's Tunes
Michael Fox
Sep 23, 2009
Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling's documentary-in-progress, tentatively titled No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records, pays tribute to an underappreciated artist.
Q & A

Franny Armstrong's S.O.S. to the World
Sean Uyehara
Sep 19, 2009
Franny Armstrong talks about the moral imperative of her films, the importance of Hopenhagen, and the unexpected magnitude of her success.
Q & A

Franny Armstrong's S.O.S. to the World
Sean Uyehara
Sep 19, 2009
Franny Armstrong talks about the moral imperative of her films, the importance of Hopenhagen, and the unexpected magnitude of her success.
First Person

E-news You Can Use
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2009
The rapid adoption of e-newsletters by documentary filmmakers is the latest example of resourcefulness and efficiency among contemporary independents.
In Production

Hess, Janos and the Volunteers of America
Michael Fox
Aug 25, 2009
With in-process Volunteer Nation: Stories of Service, veteran producer-directors Ben Hess and Dan Janos are mobilizing the millennials.
Reviews

Josef von Sternberg Gem
Dennis Harvey
Aug 12, 2009
Josef von Sternberg's The Salvation Hunters caused a small sensation within the industry when it appeared, and is visually assured time capsule of urban poverty.
Reviews

'Lion's Den' and '24 City'
Susan Gerhard
Jul 31, 2009
Veteran filmmakers Pablo Trapero and Jia Zhang-ke complicate their genres with Lion's Den and 24 City.
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.
Festivals

Bruce Goldstein: From NY to SF to 'Con'
Judy Stone
May 17, 2009
Bruce Goldstein recalls his adventures in film land as he prepares to host the Con Film Festival at the Film Forum in New York.
Reviews

Elliot Lavine: 'I Wake Up Dreaming'
Sura Wood
May 11, 2009
Elliot Lavine, a Bay Area film scene fixture, returns to The Roxie to curate I Wake Up Dreaming: The Haunted World of the B Film Noir, a series of 28 lowdown and tawdry films.
Festivals

SFIFF52: Robert Redford Accepts Owens Award
Dennis Harvey
Apr 29, 2009
Robert Redford braves the public and accepts the San Francisco International Film Festival's Peter J. Owens Award.
In Production

Holtzman: Psychedelic Cambodian Rock in 'Dengue Fever'
Michael Fox
Apr 15, 2009
Zac Holtzman scores The Lost World with Dengue Fever, creating a sound that has been described as a psychedelic version of vintage Cambodian rock'n'roll, fueled by Cambodian singer Chhom Nimol's vocal stylings and Ethan Holtzman's organ and accordion shadings.
Q & A

SFIFF52: Light and Saraf's 'Empress Hotel'
David Winks Gray
Apr 13, 2009
Local filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf's latest film Empress Hotel delves into the lives of the residents at the titular building, a Tenderloin housing facility for the recently homeless. The film makes visible an area many city dwellers may only experience in the fringe of their consciousness and provides insight into the lives of the residents within.
Reviews

Beloved publicist Bill McLeod dies
Apr 4, 2009
William W. (Bill) McLeod, 59, one of the Bay Area's most respected film publicists died at his home on March 29th, 2009.
Festivals

Cinequest, Transforming
Dennis Harvey
Mar 1, 2009
What you'll get at Cinequest's three downtown San Jose venues is a mix of tributes, seminars, parties and, of course, a whole lot of movies, including no fewer than 18 world premiere features.
Reviews

Terence Davies' 'Of Time and the City' is Poetic, Personal
Dennis Harvey
Feb 10, 2009
Davies' latest film recalls his earlier autobiographical narratives, but is also unlike anything he has done before, being nonfiction.
Reviews

Warhol's Screen Tests Get Dean & Britta Treatment
Dennis Harvey
Feb 2, 2009
13 Most BeautifulÉSongs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests offers a cherry-picking of the famous Warhol reels accompanied by live original-soundtracking.
Reviews

Sundance '09: Award-Winners, Bloggers, and More
Susan Gerhard
Jan 26, 2009
Susie Gerhard gives an overview of a festival moving back to the basics of art-making.
First Person

Funder as Supplicant
John R. Killacky
Jan 20, 2009
First-Person: A program officer at the San Francisco Foundation has a sobering experience making a documentary.
Q & A

Eddie Muller and Noir City
Sura Wood
Jan 18, 2009
SF360.org spoke with Eddie Muller, who launched Noir City, an annual noir festival that has attracted an avid following in the Bay Area and beyond.
In Production

'Tongues' Cracks the Language Barrier
Michael Fox
Jan 13, 2009
The forthcoming film Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse local public-school students enrolled in language-immersion programs.
News & Blogs

Unresolutions of 2009
Hannah Eaves
Jan 9, 2009
Certain questions in 2008 endlessly plagued the film world, leading to outlandish predictions, flame-war mayhem and an outbreak of opinionated public speaking.
Q & A

Pamela Harris, GFEM, and Filmmaker Funding
Michael Fox
Dec 22, 2008
Oakland's Pamela Harris and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media are connecting media makers with financial resources.
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

David Thomson and 1,000 Unusual Suspects
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2008
Film historian and essayist David Thomson talks to SF360 about his new book, Have You Seen . . . ? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films.
Festivals

Carnival of Nonfiction Filmmaking
Dennis Harvey
Oct 16, 2008
The extreme, the strange, the silly and surreal all have big seats at the SF DocFest table.
Reviews

Room for Thought at SFMOMA
Michael Fox
Sep 4, 2008
A film in a darkened theater commands our undivided attention, but a video installation in a museum doesn't have the same effect.
Q & A

Stephen Olsson and Link TV
Michael Fox
Aug 17, 2008
SF360.org talks to the senior director of original programming at Link TV, which provides an antidote to the standard television news mix.
Reviews

Not About Royalty
Michael Fox
Aug 6, 2008
Empress Hotel looks at residents of a hotel turned homeless people's residence through San Francisco's Access to Housing program.
Q & A

Hard Look at China in 'Blind Mountain'
Judy Stone
Jul 11, 2008
Li Yang speaks about commercial pressures in Chinese film and the story behind Blind Mountain.
Reviews

The World of 'Derek' at Frameline32
Max Goldberg
Jun 25, 2008
A documentary tribute to Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien's Derek does not seek to enlarge or complicate the filmmaker's legacy so much as succor its loss.
Reviews

Review: 'Surfwise'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 10, 2008
In 'Surfwise', documentarian Doug Pray examines the eccentric Paskowitz clan, whose patriarch and nine children have been legends in the surfing world for decades.
Reviews

Review: "Postal"
Dennis Harvey
May 27, 2008
It may not be easy being Uwe Boll, but it must be fun. He's a boundlessly energetic fanboy-turned-maker who thinks large.
Q & A

SFIFF51: Katherin McInnis Cues the Carnival Music
Jennifer Preissel
Apr 28, 2008
The longtime Bay Area resident, who recently relocated to Brooklyn, screens Woodward's Gardens in the shorts program "In A Lonely Place: New Experimental Cinema."
Festivals

I [heart] Jason Lee
Dennis Harvey
Apr 25, 2008
The star of My Name Is Earl is (alongside Grindhouse superstarlet Rose McGowan) the recipient of this year's SFIFF Midnight Award.
Q & A

"2 Husbands," One Amazing Race?
Sean Uyehara
Mar 24, 2008
Tanner Shea and Zach Slow have launched the 2 Husbands contest and website, where they ask women to post videos in consideration of becoming their wives.
Q & A

Alan K. Rode on Noir and Charles McGraw
Michael Fox
Jan 28, 2008
Alan K. Rode, a cofounder of the Film Noir Foundation, sang the praises of San Francisco movie audiences on the horn from L.A., then got down to brass tacks.
Reviews

Art Stars of Sundance
Glen Helfand
Jan 25, 2008
At Sundance 2008, a swath of features, docs, installations, and projected art shared similar socio-political concerns, which they grappled with via well-honed aesthetic filters.
News & Blogs

Heath Ledger, a Loss
Dennis Harvey
Jan 23, 2008
Heath Ledger's death was sad not just because any young death is sad, but because we'd only just begun to know Heath Ledger as a real artist.
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.
Q & A

Christopher Coppola Wants You
Robert Avila
Dec 6, 2007

Somewhere between iPhone and YouTube there’s a wee festival known as miniPAH. A more slender version of PAH-FEST, the touring weeklong digital film festival founded a year and a half ago by filmmaker Christopher Coppola, “miniPAH: San Francisco” happens this weekend at Coppola’s alma mater, San Francisco Art Institute, ahead of a full-fledged Bay Area PAH sometime next year.
Reviews

"Hannah Takes the Stairs"
Dennis Harvey
Nov 27, 2007
A perfect example of the emerging genre of improv-based, digitally shot, minimally budgeted seriocomedies about twentysomethings stumbling through, you know, relationship stuff.
Q & A

Reverend Billy on Missionary Mall Work
Dennis Harvey
Nov 19, 2007
The documentary What Would Jesus Buy? makes bad news go down easy, thanks largely to its "star," Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping.
Reviews

The Short Films of Big Ugly Review
Susan Gerhard
Nov 16, 2007
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.
Reviews

"Redacted"
Dennis Harvey
Nov 13, 2007
Sometimes even presumably good intentions can warp into artistic misdeeds most foul.
Q & A

Jamie Meltzer on "Welcome to Nollywood"
Michael Fox
Oct 8, 2007
Jamie Meltzer talks about his new film on Nigeria, where the digital revolution enables entrepreneurs to churn out movies quickly and inexpensively.
Festivals

SF Docfest Report
Robert Avila
Sep 27, 2007
Reality, generally considered over-rated by the moving-going public, is the unapologetic core of SF DocFest.
Q & A

Lynn Hershman Leeson's "Culture" war
Michael Fox
Sep 20, 2007
Lynn Hershman Leeson discusses her new project, ÔStrange Culture'.
Reviews

"The King of Kong;" "2 Days in Paris"
Dennis Harvey; Kristi Mitsuda
Aug 21, 2007
SF360.org reviews a masterpiece of train-wreck voyeurism and "Sunset" stripped.
Reviews

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Dennis Harvey
Aug 16, 2007
S.F.Ôs Italian Cultural Institute is launching an extensive if not quite exhaustive retrospective of Pasolini's features.
Reviews

Blood, Sweat, Tears
Claire Faggioli
Aug 10, 2007
The List: The following list consists of the most interesting or important moments in the visualization of blood, from sheer abundance to aesthetic appreciation.
Festivals

Frameline31
Dennis Harvey
Jun 14, 2007
Now past its third-decade anniversary, SFILGBTFF — the producing organization keeps trying to change its public-recognition name to something more manageable, which this annum would be Frameline31 — now has filmmakers and distributors banging on its door.
Q & A

Dan Klores and "Crazy Love"
indieWIRE
Jun 4, 2007
Industy vets will identify Klores with his PR firm, but he's also produced and directed TV docs and Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story.
Q & A

"Once" Again -- A Date With Carney, Hansard, and Irglova
Michael Guillen
Jun 1, 2007
Walking in to interview John Carney and actors/musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the frenetic edge to their on-the-road exhaustion is apparent.
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.
Q & A

Cheryl Eddy, Behind the New "SF360 Movie Scene"
Susan Gerhard
Feb 5, 2007
The latest launch under the SF Film Society's SF360 banner premieres this week on ComcastSF, Channel 11.
Festivals

Key Events of 50th SFIFF Announced at Sundance
Susan Gerhard
Jan 23, 2007
Highlights of the upcoming festival were presented by the San Francisco Film Society Executive Director.
Q & A

James T. Hong on Heidegger, Hitler, and His New Film
Cheryl Eddy
Dec 18, 2006
San Francisco artist James T. Hong is currently working on a documentary, tentatively titled New History Zero, which explores his interest in revisionist World War II history.
Reviews

KQED's Wild West in "Truly CA"
Justin Juul
Nov 16, 2006
The weekly series is a platform for independent filmmakers in California, showcasing short and full-length documentaries about the state.
Q & A

Amy Berg's "Deliver Us From Evil"
indieWIRE
Oct 23, 2006
Segueing from network television news to documentary features, Amy Berg makes her debut with a shocking, powerful film about pedophile priest Oliver Grady.
Reviews

A War Movie Lost to Time
Dennis Harvey
Oct 4, 2006
Though it won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1975, Overlord is one of those movies that mostly slipped through the cracks.
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.
Festivals

Global Lens 2006
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2006
The annual series of films from countries with less developed or out-of-favor national cinemas has several winners.
Reviews

Bukowski By the Bunch
Dennis Harvey
Aug 24, 2006
The author's cult gets another buck-up from the release of Norwegian director Bent Hamer;s first English-language feature, Factotum.
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.
Q & A

Mary Woronov Visits Midnight Mass
Dennis Harvey
Aug 3, 2006
An appreciation of the great actress of cult and mainstream films, before her appearance at a Midnight Mass screening of Death Race 2000.
Reviews

Celebrating "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 6, 2006
The beloved cult classic will screen in conjunction with a live cast reunion at Peaches Christ's Midnight Mass series.
Reviews

Would Football By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Susan Gerhard
Jun 30, 2006
Bay Area soccer fans offer their takes on the best football films.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook, Frameline30
Dennis Harvey
Jun 22, 2006
S.F. International LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary as a forum for the LGBT community to celebrate its own hard-won survival and progress.
News & Blogs

Zero Hour
Carrie Lozano
Jun 6, 2006
Carrie Lozano talks about her inspiration to make Reporter Zero, a documentary on Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts, who documented the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
First Person

Five Moments on Market Street, 1905-2006
Melinda Stone
Apr 14, 2006
I first saw the remarkable A Trip Down Market Street, 1905 at the Exploratorium seven years ago, feeling chills as I gazed into the past.
News & Blogs

A JT LeRoy Reader
Susan Gerhard
Mar 23, 2006
The List: How JT LeRoy went from fiction to fact in the media.
Q & A

Public Defender Jeff Adachi Adds Filmmaker to Resume
Susan Gerhard
Mar 13, 2006
Jeff Adachi, San Francisco public defender, adds filmmaker to the resume.
Festivals

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: More Than "Watching"
Robert Avila
Mar 2, 2006
HRW's series of films chosen for aesthetic value and human rights content continues to grow as it stays true to its roots.
In Production

Delicious 'All About Evil' In Production

Michael Fox goes behind the scenes on Peaches Christs' slice-'em-up.