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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.
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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.
april 22 2011

On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011
Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
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On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011
Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
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On Producing Killer Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 18, 2011
Christine Vachon examines her varied indie successes while offering notes on the world of change engulfing cinema.
03.31.11

Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
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Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
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Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’
Michael Fox
Mar 27, 2011
Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.
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Buscemi in Fine, Droll Form in 'St. John of Las Vegas'
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2010
Steve Buscemi is one of those actors people are instantly happy to see on screen, even if their recall stretches no farther than, Hey, it's that guy!
Festivals

Frameline33: Icons and Unsung Heroes
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2009
A festival full of drama finds no more emotional screening than the homophobia-in-sports double bill of Training Rules and Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial.
In Production

Leban and Szajko's Gay Marriage Doc
Michael Fox
Feb 18, 2009
The tentatively titled Winter of Love uses Prop. 8 as a framework for a look at the increasing acceptance of gay marriage.
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Bruce LaBruce's 'Otto': Zombies With Heart
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2009
A look at Otto; or, Up with Dead People, from a late arrival in the New Queer Cinema wave.
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Bruce LaBruce's 'Otto': Zombies With Heart
Dennis Harvey
Jan 13, 2009
A look at Otto; or, Up with Dead People, from a late arrival in the New Queer Cinema wave.
Q & A

New at Frameline: K.C. Price
Michael Fox
Dec 8, 2008
Frameline's new executive director discusses his non-profit background and graduate school pipe dream of being a novelist.
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.
Festivals

Critic's Notebook: Frameline32
Dennis Harvey
Jun 24, 2008
Critic Dennis Harvey reviews select films screened at the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
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Ruby Yang on 'A Double Life'
Michael Guillen
Jun 23, 2008
SF360 caught up with Ruby Yang during a recent Bay Area visit to discuss her "latest and most lyrical film yet," A Double Life.
Festivals

Argentina's New Wave at Frameline
Matt Sussman
Jun 19, 2008
A look at the films in the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT FIlm Festival indicates the rise of Argentina's new wave.
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Strand's Marcus Hu and Frameline's Michael Lumpkin
Marcus Hu
Jun 16, 2008
Strand Releasing President Marcus Hu speaks with Frameline Artistic Director Lumpkin about Frameline, queer cinema and the future of this niche festival.]
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Strand's Marcus Hu and Frameline's Michael Lumpkin
Marcus Hu
Jun 16, 2008
Strand Releasing President Marcus Hu speaks with Frameline Artistic Director Lumpkin about Frameline, queer cinema and the future of this niche festival.]
Festivals

Frameline's 32nd SFLGBT Festival Program
Susan Gerhard
May 20, 2008
The historic Castro Theatre, its marquee recently revamped for the Milk biopic shoot, hosted Frameline's announcement of its 2008 festival.
Reviews

Review: 'The Living End,' remixed and remastered
Dennis Harvey
May 13, 2008
Gregg 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.
Q & A

Andrea Sperling, powering up
Claire Faggioli
Jun 24, 2007
Sperling's Itty Bitty Titty Committee closes the SF International LGBT Film Festival, at which Sperling—17 films strong—receives the Frameline Award.
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.
Festivals

Lumpkin and Morris on Frameline's Big Picture
Susan Gerhard
Jun 11, 2007
Frameline directors Michael Lumpkin and Jennifer Morris speak about the programming, controversy and the landscape of LGBT films.
Festivals

A Strandful at Frameline31
Michael Guillen
Jun 8, 2007
Strand Releasing can always be relied upon for some of the best art films and queer indies, and it has a strong festival presence,
Festivals

Frameline Announces 31st Program
Susan Gerhard
May 23, 2007
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival lineup includes several world premieres and international features from Korea, Argentina, and Cuba.
News & Blogs

Remembering Jim Lyons: 1960 - 2007
Staff
Apr 18, 2007
The editor and actor, known for his frequent work with Todd Haynes, died in New York. His friends share their thoughts.
Reviews

Reviews: "Black Snake Moan"; "Cinemachismo"
Michael Guillen
Feb 27, 2007
risks ridiculousness in chasing down unpolished redemption, while de la Mora delivers essential reading in Mexican film, gender studies, and theories of queer spectatorship.
Reviews

"Alternative Visions" at the PFA
Johnny Ray Huston
Feb 15, 2007
The Pacific Film Archive's standing as a cinema-centric educational institution brings the avant-garde into conversation with a broad program of film history.
Reviews

James Broughton, and a DVD Eden
Robert Avila
Dec 20, 2006
The product of a true cinematic innovator and gloriously individual poet, Broughton's film work remains much too idiosyncratic to be deconstructed,
Reviews

Fighting for Freedom: Exploring Vachon's "Killer Life"
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Oct 3, 2006
Killer Films' Christine Vachon's new memoir, A Killer Life (written with Austin Bunn), bolsters the producer as the driving force of independent film.
Q & A

John Cameron Mitchell's long "Shortbus" ride
Susan Gerhard
Oct 2, 2006
John Cameron Mitchell's latest film: A bright, sexually explicit ensemble piece featuring American friends and acquaintances who might have made good primetime TV.
Reviews

Francois Ozon, Mortal
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 2, 2006
Ozon's Time to Leave demonstrates how central he's become to European cinema, and reminds us that he's among gay world cinema's most accomplished writer/directors.
Q & A

Tracy Flannigan Watches Tribe 8 "Rise Above"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 10, 2006
SF360 spoke to the director of Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary, showing at the Red Vic Movie House and an imminent DVD release.
Reviews

We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"
Staff
Jun 27, 2006
Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.
Reviews

Bay Area Filmmakers at SF International LGBT Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
Jun 23, 2006
16 filmmakers from the Bay Area find at least 15 minutes of fame in the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival this year.
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.
Festivals

San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jun 15, 2006
Highlights from San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival's 30th annual edition.
Q & A

Marc Huestis and a Wrinkle in Time
Susan Gerhard
Jun 13, 2006
Marc Huestis talks about his latest film, , and the pros and cons of getting old.
Festivals

2006 San Francisco International Arts Festival
Robert Avila
May 25, 2006
The 2006 San Francisco International Arts Festival focuses on Latino culture across North and South America.
Festivals

Frameline's 30th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Susan Gerhard
May 23, 2006
The 2006 program for the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival features an eclectic mix of genres and narrative types.

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