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  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
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  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Nov. 6

  Nov 6, 2011

  Essential SF shines a light on the Bay Area’s legendary, idiosyncratic and multifaceted contributions to the filmmaking world at SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 7:00 pm. An outgrowth of SF360.org’s Essential SF column, the event this year also pays tribute to the half-decade-plus SF360.org project.

  
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  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
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  Under the Spell of French Cinema Now

  Dennis Harvey
  Oct 25, 2011

  Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
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  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• Events
  
  

  Taiwan Film Days

  Oct 14, 2011

  SFFS's Taiwan Film Days opens Friday with director Wang Chi-tsai's well modulated dark comedy 'Formosa Mambo' and an accompanying post-screening party at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. The now annual showcase closes Sunday evening with Chienn Hsiang's riveting 'Ranger.' More info at sffs.org.

  
• October 11, 2011
  
  

  Taiwan Film Days

  Oct 14, 2011

  SFFS's Taiwan Film Days opens Friday with director Wang Chi-tsai's well modulated dark comedy 'Formosa Mambo' and an accompanying post-screening party at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. The now annual showcase closes Sunday evening with Chienn Hsiang's riveting 'Ranger.' More info at sffs.org.

  
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  'Passione'

  Oct 3, 2011

  John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  
• October 4 2011
  
  

  'Passione'

  Oct 3, 2011

  John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  
• September 27 2011
  
  

  'Passione'

  Oct 3, 2011

  John Turturro 's 'Passione' illuminates the history of Neapolitan music for a second week at SF Film Society | New People Cinema. Compared favorably to Wim Wenders' beloved 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the film is the actor-director's first foray into the documentary form. More info at sffs.org.

  
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  Turturro Makes a Case for 'Passione'

  Max Goldberg
  Sep 29, 2011

  John Turturro shares his passion for the Neapolitan songbook.

  
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  Turturro Makes a Case for 'Passione'

  Max Goldberg
  Sep 29, 2011

  John Turturro shares his passion for the Neapolitan songbook.

  
• September 29 2011
  
  

  Turturro Makes a Case for 'Passione'

  Max Goldberg
  Sep 29, 2011

  John Turturro shares his passion for the Neapolitan songbook.

  
• September 20, 2011
  
  

  SF Film Society | New People Cinema Opening

  Sep 22, 2011

  Celebrating the grand opening of the SF Film Society | New People Cinema, a state-of-the-art venue for art, independent and world cinema, San Francisco Film Society offers an open house reception and ribbon cutting with food, drink, musical performances and screenings in the theater itself throughout the night. More info at sffs.org.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen

  Adam Hartzell
  Sep 22, 2011

  Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.

  
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  SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen

  Adam Hartzell
  Sep 22, 2011

  Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.

  
• september 22 2011
  
  

  SFFS's Hong Kong Cinema Series Brings Fan Fare to New Screen

  Adam Hartzell
  Sep 22, 2011

  Audience-engaging stories in a variety of genres highlight SFFS's inaugural Hong Kong Cinema weekend.

  
• September 13 2011
  
  

  'Aurora'

  Sep 16, 2011

  SFIFF standout 'Aurora' screens at SF Film Society | New People Cinema starting this Friday. Following the lead set by his highly praised 2005 film, 'The Death of Mr. Lazarescu,' Cristi Puiu's latest is the blackest of comedies, exposing the anatomy of a crime to the smallest, most innocent detail. More info sffs.org.

  
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  ‘Aurora’ Startles, Subtly

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 15, 2011

  Unhurried, character-driven story demonstrates the filmmaking finesse that’s brought Romanian cinema to the fore. Though it had made an occasional international impression before—notably with a long history of Cannes entries and prize winners—few could have anticipated the splash Romanian cinema would create in the last few years. Or that the attention paid it would bring a number of often long, difficult, obtuse movies out of their usual habitat (the festival circuit) into theaters around the world. The collapse of Communism and execution of Romania's quarter-century dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 freed the filmmaking industry from strict governmental control and propagandic content. But it took until the middle...

  
• September 15, 2011
  
  

  ‘Aurora’ Startles, Subtly

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 15, 2011

  Unhurried, character-driven story demonstrates the filmmaking finesse that’s brought Romanian cinema to the fore. Though it had made an occasional international impression before—notably with a long history of Cannes entries and prize winners—few could have anticipated the splash Romanian cinema would create in the last few years. Or that the attention paid it would bring a number of often long, difficult, obtuse movies out of their usual habitat (the festival circuit) into theaters around the world. The collapse of Communism and execution of Romania's quarter-century dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 freed the filmmaking industry from strict governmental control and propagandic content. But it took until the middle...

  
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  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
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  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
• September 15, 2011
  
  

  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
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  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
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  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
• September 15, 2011
  
  

  ‘Puzzle’ Pieces Together a Life

  Jonathan Kiefer
  Sep 9, 2011

  Maria Onetto quietly dazzles in Argentine film about a midlife jigsaw puzzler.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  Essential SF

  Susan Gerhard, Editor
  Nov 5, 2010

  SF360.org profiles the 2011 roster of Essential SF, an ongoing compendium of the film community’s vital figures and institutions.