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An Evening with John Lithgow
Oct 4, 2011
The Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters join forces to bring celebrated actor John Lithgow to the Sundance Kabuki for an evening in discussion of his new autobiography, 'Drama: An Actor's Education.' More info/tickets at brownpapertickets.com.
October 4 2011

An Evening with John Lithgow
Oct 4, 2011
The Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters join forces to bring celebrated actor John Lithgow to the Sundance Kabuki for an evening in discussion of his new autobiography, 'Drama: An Actor's Education.' More info/tickets at brownpapertickets.com.
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Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
September 20, 2011

Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
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Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
January 27, 2011

Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
January 31, 2011

Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
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Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
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.
May 3, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Letters from the Big Man’
May 3, 2011
‘Letters from the Big Man,’ a story of a friendship built between a young woman and a sasquatch, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and New People with director Christopher Munch in town. More at fest11.sffs.org.
May 3, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Joy’
May 3, 2011
A 16-year-old teenager overcomes the harsh realities of life in Rio de Janeiro by using her imagination in ‘The Joy,’ which plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. Director Felipe Bragança in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
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Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011
Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
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Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011
Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
May 5, 2011

Unrestrained at SFIFF54, Barney Offers Live Insight
Robert Avila
May 2, 2011
Matthew Barney talks art, sports and spectacle at the Sundance Kabuki.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Circumstance’
May 1, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner, ‘Circumstance,’ which tells the story of two Iranian women who fall in love, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and May 3. Director Maryam Keshavarz attends each screening of her debut feature. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Salesman’
May 1, 2011
‘The Salesman,’ a feature that follows an aging car salesman in a struggling Quebec town, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and Pacific Film Archive on May 3. Director Sebastian Pilote attends the screenings. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF Centerpiece: ‘Terri’
Apr 30, 2011
San Francisco International Film Festival’s 2011 Centerpiece selection, ‘Terri,’ featuring John C. Reilly as a vice principle who befriends an insecure junior high student, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas with director Azazel Jacobs and actor Jacob Wysocki in attendance. The evening’s after party is at Clift's Velvet Room. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Selling’
Apr 29, 2011
San Francisco director Emily Lou attends the screening of her comedic horror film, ‘The Selling,’ which tells the story of a real estate agent who struggles to sell a haunted house. Film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘She Monkeys’
Apr 27, 2011
‘She Monkeys,’ a coming-of-age psychological drama about the friendship and competitiveness of two teenage females fighting for a spot on the local equestrian vaulting team, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on April 25 and 26, with director Lisa Aschan in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
april 22 2011

Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
March 1, 2011

SFFS Screen: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Mar 8, 2011
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s much anticipated ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,' a dramatic feature that tells the story of a dying man who visits the incarnations of his past lives in his final days, remains at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas for a few days. More at sffs.org.
March 8, 2011

SFFS Screen: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Mar 8, 2011
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s much anticipated ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,' a dramatic feature that tells the story of a dying man who visits the incarnations of his past lives in his final days, remains at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas for a few days. More at sffs.org.
February 22, 2011

SFFS Screen: 'How I Ended This Summer'
Feb 25, 2011
SFFS Screen presents Alexei Popogrebsky’s, ‘How I Ended This Summer,’ a psychological drama about two men's relationship over a summer of working at a meteorological station in the Arctic Circle. The film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
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'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011
Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
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'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011
Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
February 8, 2011

SFFS Screen: 'Come Undone'
Feb 11, 2011
SFFS Screen offers ‘Come Undone,’ Silvio Soldini’s recent dramatic film featuring Alba Rohrwacher of ‘I Am Love.’ The film examines the reasons behind and subsequent emotional effects of a couple's extramarital affair. The film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
February 1, 2011

SFFS Screen: 'The Time That Remains'
Feb 4, 2011
SFFS Screen returns to the Sundance Kabuki with a new one from Elia Suleiman, a story about the the lives and hardships of Palestinians who were branded "Israeli Arabs." It's a film that the Toronto International Film Festival calls a "fusion of the political and personal, the historical and hysterical." More at sffs.org.
November 10, 2010

‘Carlos’ continues at Kabuki
Nov 10, 2010
Olivier Assayas’s five-and-a-half hour masterpiece about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal continues on SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. A 15-minute intermission divides the epic. More at sffs.org.
November 2, 2010

SFFS Screen: 'Carlos'
Nov 9, 2010
Olivier Assayas's five-and-a-half hour epic (with a 15-minute intermission) about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos The Jackal is being regarded as the director’s masterpiece. ‘Carlos’ plays for a week at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
September 21, 2010

A 'Howl' Exclusive
Sep 24, 2010
'Howl' filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will host a Q&A and present the San Francisco opening of their new film at the Sundance Kabuki.
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'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
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'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
September 16, 2010

'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
September 9 2010

'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
August 24, 2010

SFFS Screen: 'The Two Escobars'
Aug 30, 2010
In 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.
August 19 2010

Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010
Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010
Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Back with a 'Vengeance'
Matt Sussman
Aug 13, 2010
Johnnie To delivers on his trademark themes with 'Vengeance.'
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Behind the Music with 'Simonal'
Julia Barbosa
May 3, 2010
The documentary Simonal: No One Knows How Tough it Was explores the polemic surrounding a man considered by many to be the greatest singer in Brazilian history.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: 'Utopia,' 'Morning'
SF360
Apr 27, 2010
Live & Onstage thought globally and drafted locally with Sam Green and musician Dave Cerf s live Utopia in Four Movements, which never takes the exact same form.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: The Butcher Block; Opening Night
SF360
Apr 24, 2010
To be from the Bay Area and called The Butcher Brothers might mean you get mixed up with purveyors of grass fed meats.
Q & A

'Utopia' in San Francisco
Susan Gerhard
Apr 18, 2010
I found Sam Green deep in preparation, but he found time to walk me through the greatest dreams and worst nightmares of the 20th century.
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'It Came from Kuchar,' 'La Mission' in Theatres
sf360
Apr 16, 2010
Bay Area-made and Mission-inspired, Peter Bratt's La Mission joins Jennifer Kroot's wild and woolly It Came from Kuchar in Bay Area theaters this week.
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The Greatest Finds of My Generation
Susan Gerhard
Jan 26, 2010
The harsh glare of the spotlight that brought Howl mixed reviews from critics on opening night of Sundance had melted into a warm glow by Saturday.
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Heddy Honigmann and the Art of Interview
Max Goldberg
Oct 2, 2009
With the Netherlands-based filmmaker's latest portrait in resilience, Oblivion, opening Friday, it's a good time to celebrate one of documentary's most engaging storytellers.
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Roy Andersson on "You, the Living"
Erik Augustin Palm
Sep 25, 2009
A study in contrasts, Everyman and intellectual, Roy Andersson speaks about his career and new film, You, the Living.
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Lucrecia Martel and "The Headless Woman"
Gail Spilsbury
Sep 18, 2009
To viewers of Lucrecia Martel's earlier work, The Headless Woman is the crowning achievement; the filmmaker speaks about her vision of the world.
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High Drama in High school in 'The Beautiful Person'
Max Goldberg
Sep 4, 2009
The story of teenagers living like a savage, roaming pack of animals, The Beautiful Person locates a classic in a contemporary setting.
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Suspense, Stillness and Beauty in 'Three Monkeys'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 26, 2009
Turkey may be lonely, but it is indeed beautiful in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys.
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Suspense, Stillness and Beauty in 'Three Monkeys'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 26, 2009
Turkey may be lonely, but it is indeed beautiful in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys.
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Iron Curtain Call in the Poland of 'Katyn'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 19, 2009
Katyn is a sizable period saga about a tragic, still-controversial chapter in Poland's 20th-century history, one with particular resonance for Andrzej Wadja.
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Lee Isaac Chung on 'Munyurangabo'
Elizabeth Rader
Jun 12, 2009
One can't help but think about the concept of cinematic language, as well as spoken language, when talking with Munyurangabo filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung.
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'Fados' finds Saura on his toes
Dennis Harvey
Jun 4, 2009
Fados, about a Portuguese musical genre, reveals Carlos Saura as an effortless master at weaving together disparate performances.
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Local Makers Line Up Next Shot after SFIFF
Michael Fox
May 4, 2009
The 2009 SFIFF has been a launching pad for the numerous Bay Area filmmaker
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SFIFF52 Blogs: Wilkerson's Proving Strong
David Winks Gray
May 2, 2009
On May Day Eve, Travis Wilkerson performed Proving Ground, probably the first multimedia Leninist rant to have ever graced the Sundance Kabuki.
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SFIFF52 Blogs: Wilkerson's Proving Strong
David Winks Gray
May 2, 2009
On May Day Eve, Travis Wilkerson performed Proving Ground, probably the first multimedia Leninist rant to have ever graced the Sundance Kabuki.
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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.
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SFIFF52 Blogs: Portillo's 'Al Más Allá'
David Winks Gray
Apr 29, 2009
Lourdes Portillo's partly autobiographical documentary Al Más Allá draws a laugh from the San Francisco International Film Festival crowd.
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SFIFF52: Yun Suh's "City of Borders"
David Winks Gray
Apr 26, 2009
City of Borders, the debut film by Bay Area filmmaker Yun Suh, follows several Palestinian characters seeking refuge at a gay bar. The film testifies to the intolerance that members of the LGBTQ community face in addition to all of the other walls, physical and social, separating people in the region.
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SFIFF52: Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and a 'New Muslim Cool'
Sura Wood
Apr 6, 2009
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's documentary, New Muslim Cool, focuses on Hamza Perez, a Catholic hip hop artist, who converted to Islam; whose life is now a crucible of disparate urban influences.
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'Examined Life' Puts Ideas into Action
Dennis Harvey
Mar 6, 2009
An engaging documentary sampler of nine leading contemporary theorists, interviewed in settings that one way or another in real world terms illustrate (or contrast with) the concepts they discuss.
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Strand Releasing Turns 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 26, 2009
Twenty years after its founding, Strand Releasing remains an active, irreplaceable and distinctive presence on the U.S. distribution scene.
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'Just Another Love Story' Offers Shock Treatment
Dennis Harvey
Feb 17, 2009
A title like this is its own disclaimer, hinting there will be nothing "normal," or very loving, about this story.
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Stephane Gauger on 'Owl and the Sparrow'
Judy Stone
Feb 9, 2009
In this fable-like movie, an indomitable young orphan finds friendship with a lonely flight attendant and a teen-age caretaker of elephants.
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César Charlone Directs 'The Pope's Toilet'
Miguel Pendás
Jan 27, 2009
Oscar-nominated cinematographer César Charlone recently codirected his first theatrical feature film, a darkly comic farce about Pope John Paul II.
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SFFS Screens 'Delwende'
Dennis Harvey
Oct 28, 2008
Veteran Burkina Faso director S. Pierre Yameogo's new film shows an isolated society still vulnerable to superstition.
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The Fantastical Imagination of 'Wind Man'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2008
When Wind Man appeared on the SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas' schedule, moral crisis ensued.
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The Fantastical Imagination of 'Wind Man'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2008
When Wind Man appeared on the SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas' schedule, moral crisis ensued.
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'Days and Clouds' Finds Changes in the Weather
Dennis Harvey
Aug 26, 2008
Economic troubles reveal the true depths of a couple's long-taken-for-granted bond in a film by Italian director Silvio Soldini.
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Jacques Nolot and 'Before I Forget'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 31, 2008
Dyspeptic rather than tragic, Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget may be the best gay feel-bad movie ever.
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'CSNY: Deja Vu'
Dennis Harvey
Jul 16, 2008
Those attracted to the new film CSNY: Deja Vu simply expecting an opportunity to recall the old days might be in for a surprise.
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.
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SFFS Screen's 'Hank and Mike'
Pam Grady
Jul 3, 2008
Thomas Michael remembers well the birth of Hank and Mike, the titular blue-collar Easter bunnies in director Matthiew Klinck's absurdist workplace comedy.
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SFFS Screen's 'Hank and Mike'
Pam Grady
Jul 3, 2008
Thomas Michael remembers well the birth of Hank and Mike, the titular blue-collar Easter bunnies in director Matthiew Klinck's absurdist workplace comedy.
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New Rohmer on SFFS Screen
Max Goldberg
Jun 24, 2008
Eric Rohmer's latest "moral tale," The Romance of Astrea and Cèladon, filled with evanescent beauty, plays as part of SFFS Screen.
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Hong Sang Soo on the SFFS Screen
Adam Hartzell
Jun 18, 2008
Woman on the Beach is a wonderful introduction to South Korean director Hong Sang Soo's films, in large part due to its subtle comedy.
News & Blogs

SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008
The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
News & Blogs

SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008
The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
Festivals

Cinemania at the SF International
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2008
The Jules Feiffer quote at the bottom of festival superfan Sue Jean Halvorsen's email reads, "Movies are better than real life."
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"Cachao: Uno Mas"
Chuy Varela
Apr 10, 2008
Cachao: Uno Mas documents acclaimed bassist and cuban music innovator Israel "Cachao" Lopez's work and San Francisco concert at Bimbo's
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SF Int'l announces its 51st program and year-round screen
Susan Gerhard
Apr 1, 2008
The SFIFF announced its 2008 program and the June 13 launch of its year-round programming on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki
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SF Int'l announces its 51st program and year-round screen
Susan Gerhard
Apr 1, 2008
The SFIFF announced its 2008 program and the June 13 launch of its year-round programming on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki
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SFIAAFF's winners
Susan Gerhard
Mar 21, 2008
Two top winners at the SFIAAFF focused on breakadancing, an art form taken up with vengeance by Asians, with Koran teams a particularly dominant force.
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Mar 18, 2008
SFIAAFF has grown from a niche event to a major international festival - with more than enough voices to justify its unwieldy moniker.
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Ten SFIAAFF Picks From Judy Stone
Susan Gerhard
Mar 13, 2008
Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Judy Stone offers her top ten picks from the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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S.F. International Asian American Announces '07 Program
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2007
This year's 125 films follow the fest's growth from 13 films in 1982 in the wake of Wayne Wang's Chan is Missing.
News & Blogs

Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8
Susan Gerhard
Mar 24, 2006
Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.
News & Blogs

Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8
Susan Gerhard
Mar 24, 2006
Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.

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