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  Box set "Treasures" unearths buried avant-garde

  Michael Fox
  Apr 2, 2009

  National Film Preservation Foundation, Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, is a splendid package of 26 films, drawn from New York and San Francisco.

  
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  Back to Nature with Ben Rivers

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 27, 2009

  Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.

  
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  Back to Nature with Ben Rivers

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 27, 2009

  Ben Rivers makes his Bay Area debut this week presenting in person two programs, both providing a slightly dislocative experience at once tranquil and sinister.

  
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  Re-Viewing 'The Savage Eye'

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 18, 2009

  This "dramatized documentary" was a labor of love–if also a graphic portrayal of the vast LA detached from Hollywood's success-bubble glamour.

  
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  SF Cinematheque: New Year, New Direction

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 2, 2009

  SF360.org joined in on a conversation about Cinematheque's past and present when Steven Jenkins lunched with Jonathan Marlow at Caffe Centro.

  
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  SF Cinematheque: New Year, New Direction

  Susan Gerhard
  Feb 2, 2009

  SF360.org joined in on a conversation about Cinematheque's past and present when Steven Jenkins lunched with Jonathan Marlow at Caffe Centro.

  
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  Irina Leimbacher and Konrad Steiner on "kino21"

  Max Goldberg
  Aug 13, 2007

  The co-programmers discuss their newest endeavor, though those already from the Bay Area will be familiar with their work at S.F. Cinematheque.

  
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  Stacey Wisnia, talking silent pictures

  Sean Uyehara
  Jul 9, 2007

  Stacey Wisnia has been a vibrant fixture in the San Francisco film scene for years and has became the Executive Director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival,

  
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  "Lover Other"

  Matt Sussman
  Jun 26, 2007

  Review: startling portraits Claude Cahun, her half-sister and lover Marcel Moore took of themselves and each other dressed in a variety of personas, costumes and genders in Lover Other.

  
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  "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.

  
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  "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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  Nathaniel Dorsky's Secret World

  Michael Fox
  Dec 5, 2006

  Song and Solitude, is a twilight sojourn to a secret world much like our own, rendered with profound patience and a hint of wistfulness.

  
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  Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 19, 2006

  For close to a decade now, Miranda July has been exploring and often crossing the traditional boundaries between life and the movies.

  
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  City Poet Bruce Baillie Returns

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 10, 2006

  When onlookers or bystanders disparagingly refer to experimental film as torturous or a bore, it’s a safe bet that they’ve never seen anything by Bruce Baillie.

  
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  City Poet Bruce Baillie Returns

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Oct 10, 2006

  When onlookers or bystanders disparagingly refer to experimental film as torturous or a bore, it’s a safe bet that they’ve never seen anything by Bruce Baillie.

  
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  New Executive Director of S.F. Cinematheque on Experimental Film

  Michael Fox
  May 29, 2006

  Newly appointed S.F. Cinematheque executive director Caroline Savage discusses the state of experimental film.

  
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  Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare" Remains an Unlikely Masterpiece

  Max Goldberg
  May 18, 2006

  Perfumed Nightmare, a Filipino art film in which process is ultimately indivisible from form, is largely forgotten today but created a minor sensation upon its release.

  
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  Kidlat Tahimik's "Perfumed Nightmare" Remains an Unlikely Masterpiece

  Max Goldberg
  May 18, 2006

  Perfumed Nightmare, a Filipino art film in which process is ultimately indivisible from form, is largely forgotten today but created a minor sensation upon its release.