-
Home
Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2011Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.
-
In Production
Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2011Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.
-
september 22 2011
Weimberg, Ryan Pick Berkeley ‘Brain’
Michael Fox
Sep 21, 2011Two Berkeley filmmakers tap vitality of 84-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond.
-
Festivals
Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
-
Home
Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
-
June 30, 2011
Critic's Notebook: Frameline at 35 Still Finds Youth a Focus
Matt Sussman
Jun 25, 2011It gets better: Frameline35 offers a strong selection of work about youth.
-
Feb 3 2011
Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
-
Home
Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
-
In Production
Schneider-Jarmel Clan Take ‘Balz’ to Cuba
Michael Fox
Feb 2, 2011Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider follow 'Speaking in Tongues' with a doc that talks baseball.
-
Festivals
The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
-
Home
The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
-
November 4, 2010
The View from Here
Michael Fox
Nov 4, 2010San Francisco Film Society's Cinema by the Bay festival puts the focus on locals.
-
Home
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
-
November 4, 2010
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
-
Q & A
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
-
Home
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
Q & A
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
September 2, 2010
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
August 24, 2010
SFFS Screen: 'The Two Escobars'
Aug 30, 2010In Jeff and Michael Zimbalist's documentary, sports, drugs, money, and the peaks and valleys of success and failure are intertwined by the parallell lives of Escobars Andres and Pablo, one an assassinated soccer star, the other a government-hunted drug lord. It's presented on the SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki.
-
Home
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
Q & A
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
September 2, 2010
Bar-Lev on the True 'Tillman Story'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 30, 2010Amir Bar-Lev follows a family's continuing fight in 'The Tillman Story.'
-
Home
Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 27, 2010The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.
-
Reviews
Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 27, 2010The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.
-
September 2, 2010
Two Zimbalists and 'Two Escobars'
Susan Gerhard
Aug 27, 2010The stories of an assassinated soccer star and the nation's most notorious criminal merge in a portrait of '80s-'90s Colombia.
-
Q & A
Filmmakers Stuff 'Bag!' With Self-Distribution Dreams
Michael Fox
Dec 15, 2009Filmmakers Justine Jacob And Alex da Silva release the documentary Ready, Set, Bag!, which follows competitive grocery baggers from across the country.
-
Reviews
Clough's Rough Time in 'Damned United'
Adam Hartzell
Oct 22, 2009There's an advantage to being an insulated American while watching Tom Hooper's dramatization of an important part of the life of football coach Brian Clough.
-
In Production
The horror, the horror: 'Tweaker With an Axe'
Michael Fox
Jul 1, 2009An interview with Flynn Witmeyer about his debut feature Tweaker With an Axe, and the desire to make genre films—horror or sci-fi or fantasy—that incorporate gay and lesbian characters.
-
Q & A
Miller Brothers Touch Home at AT&T Park
Michael Fox
Jun 2, 2009The Miller brothers take their memoir-release to the local ballpark.
-
In Production
Veteran Berkeley Filmmaker's Baseball Doc
Michael Fox
Jan 28, 2009While ballplayers were relaxing in the off-season, Eugene Corr plowed ahead with his baseball documentary From Ghost Town to Havana.
-
In Production
Veteran Berkeley Filmmaker's Baseball Doc
Michael Fox
Jan 28, 2009While ballplayers were relaxing in the off-season, Eugene Corr plowed ahead with his baseball documentary From Ghost Town to Havana.
-
Digital
Greenscreen Envy
Hannah Eaves
Dec 5, 2008The Sixth Screen: Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management and iFanboy producer and co-host Ron Richards talks about Revision3, the next generation of TV.
-
Reviews
Review: 'Surfwise'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 10, 2008In 'Surfwise', documentarian Doug Pray examines the eccentric Paskowitz clan, whose patriarch and nine children have been legends in the surfing world for decades.
-
Festivals
SFIFF51: The Miller Brothers on writing, pitching, acting, directing, and hitting one out of the ballpark
Susan Gerhard
Apr 16, 2008Touching Home by Bay Area-raised identical twins Logan and Noah Miller is a largely autobiographical coming-of-age film that radiates sincerity.
-
Reviews
Five Great Skate Features
Justin Juul
Dec 7, 2007In honor of Gus Van Sant's new film, 'Paranoid Park,' five skate films that matter to the skate junkie, and three honorable mentions.
-
Reviews
"Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox;" "Ten Canoes"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 10, 2007Reviews: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox and Ten Canoes
-
Reviews
"Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait"
Susan Gerhard
May 17, 2007Not even widely released yet in the States, Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon's "ZidaneÉ" has already been considered a portrait of the century.
-
Festivals
SFIFF50, Diving In
Johnny Ray Huston
May 8, 2007The 50th annual SF International Film Festival is as good a time to put forth an argument. Here’s one: The most compelling movie stars of the current era are athletes, and the most dynamic 21st-century cinema is sports cinema.
-
Festivals
SFIFF50, Diving In
Johnny Ray Huston
May 8, 2007The 50th annual SF International Film Festival is as good a time to put forth an argument. Here’s one: The most compelling movie stars of the current era are athletes, and the most dynamic 21st-century cinema is sports cinema.
-
Reviews
Reviews: "Color Me Kubrick" and "Pride"
Dennis Harvey
Mar 20, 2007One film shows how an inspirational movie can actually inspire; the other that a con sometimes looks better on paper.
-
Reviews
Reviews: "Color Me Kubrick" and "Pride"
Dennis Harvey
Mar 20, 2007One film shows how an inspirational movie can actually inspire; the other that a con sometimes looks better on paper.
-
News & Blogs
Case Studies in Indie Distribution at Digimart
Sean Uyehara
Nov 8, 2006The resounding refrain at Digimart 2006 was that the traditional model of independent film and video distribution was dying.
-
Reviews
Would Football By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Susan Gerhard
Jun 30, 2006Bay Area soccer fans offer their takes on the best football films.
Follow Us on Twitter
Become a Fan on Facebook© Copyright 2024 San Francisco Film Society