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Where Are their Stories?
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 17, 2011The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.
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October 20, 2011
Where Are their Stories?
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 17, 2011The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.
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Reviews
Where Are their Stories?
Johnny Ray Huston
Oct 17, 2011The best is yet come for Mexican wunderkind Nicolás Pereda, whose elliptical narratives allow room meditation and imagination on the part of a viewer.
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Unbound by Genre, Taiwan's Films Travel Unique Paths
Adam Hartzell
Oct 13, 2011Expectations defied in Taiwan Film Days. It could be argued that Taiwanese cinema, best known through the work of three auteurs, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, is not tied to audience-generating genres. It’s certainly been able to travel more diverse cinematic avenues than some of its neighbors. San Francisco Film Society's Taiwan Film Days running from October 14–16, however, offers evidence for any number of arguments you’d like to make about Asian cinema and Taiwan in particular. On the docket this year are ...
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‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
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‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
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October 14, 2011
‘New Environmentalists’ Salutes Gutsy Grassroots Guerillas
Michael Fox
Oct 7, 2011Goldman Prize-winning environmentalists' work highlighted in short-form pieces by Parrinello, Antonelli and Dusenbery.
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Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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In Depth
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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September 1, 2011
Graham Leggat and a Film Society Transformed
Susan Gerhard
Aug 26, 2011Leggat’s eventful six-year tenure with the San Francisco Film Society changed an institution as well as the filmmaking landscape in the Bay Area and beyond.
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Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc
Adam Hartzell
Jul 15, 2011Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.
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July 21, 2011
Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc
Adam Hartzell
Jul 15, 2011Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.
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Rapaport Brings Depth to Tribe Called Quest Doc
Adam Hartzell
Jul 15, 2011Actor’s first documentary outing pays tribute to Quest’s influence.
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July 12, 2011
Silent Film Festival
Jul 14, 2011The SF institution returns to the Castro Theatre with 18 rediscovered films and live musical accompaniment. Highlights include a collection of Disney's Laugh-O-Grams, a travelogue of an expedition to the Antarctic and a film once cited as "the single greatest masterwork in the history of cinema" by stately film journal Cahiers du Cinema. More info castrotheatre.com.
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June 7, 2011
‘My Heart Is an Idiot’
Jun 10, 2011David Meiklejohn’s first feature-length documentary, ‘My Heart Is An Idiot,’ which follows Davy Rothbart as he travels and receives love-life advice from those he encounters, plays at Roxie Theater. Zooey Deschanel, Ira Glass, Newt Gingrich and Davy’s mom are among those contributing thoughts. More at roxie.com.
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June 9, 2011
‘My Heart Is an Idiot’
Jun 10, 2011David Meiklejohn’s first feature-length documentary, ‘My Heart Is An Idiot,’ which follows Davy Rothbart as he travels and receives love-life advice from those he encounters, plays at Roxie Theater. Zooey Deschanel, Ira Glass, Newt Gingrich and Davy’s mom are among those contributing thoughts. More at roxie.com.
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We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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May 12, 2011
We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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We Are All Made of Stars in Patrico Guzmán's Universe
B. Ruby Rich
May 12, 2011'Nostalgia for the Light' may be the most optimistic film in Guzmán's oeuvre, but he still knows how to make us cry, mourn and remember.
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April 7, 2011
Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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Juelich Rides ‘Neon’ Roller Coaster
Michael Fox
Apr 6, 2011Jennifer Juelich uses California carnivals as atmosphere for her DIY drama.
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March 22, 2011
Disposable Film Festival
Mar 24, 2011Created in 2007 by Eric Slatkin and Carlton Evans to celebrate possibilities of media we might consider "throwaway" (devices like cell phones and pocket cameras), the Disposable Film Festival has grown into a popular one-day event and year-round traveling showcase. This year, it debuts at the Castro Theatre. More at castrotheatre.com.
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February 24, 2011
Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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Nakadate’s Fever Dreams Heat the Screen
Sean Uyehara
Feb 23, 2011Filmmaker/photographer Laurel Nakadate talks about acting, power and identity.
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First Person
American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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January 13, 2011
American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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First Person
American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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January 13, 2011
American Doc Showcase Visits Angola
Xandra Castleton
Jan 11, 2011A filmmaker’s trip to Luanda with a State Department program brings insight on the growth of a young national cinema.
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Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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In Depth
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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September 23, 2010
Radical Light: 'Image Dissectors'
Rebecca Solnit
Sep 17, 2010Pacific Film Archive offers the first of three excerpts from its monumental new book, 'Radical Light.'
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Documentary
The Story Beyond the Story
Fernanda Rossi
Jun 11, 2010Screens are getting smaller. From the cineplex to TV to the computer or iPhone screen, surfaces have shrunk but creativity and resourcefulness have expanded.
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Festivals
SFIFF53: Women's Worlds
Max Goldberg
May 1, 2010Don t let Hollywood crow about The Hurt Locker and the year of the woman until more filmmakers of the sort featured at this year s festival benefit.
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Q & A
'Lesh Sabreen?' On Red Vic Screen
Robert Avila
Mar 15, 2010Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, was not even aware there was such a thing as Palestinian cinema until, as a teenager, he came to the Bay Area to visit his brother and sister.
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In Production
Laotian Tourists Focus Murray's Camera
Michael Fox
Mar 2, 2010When Laos revised its visa structure to allow visitors to stay for more than one week, Westerners with digital cameras surged over the border.
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Festivals
Words from Sundance Staffers: Duc Bieu Pham
Hilary Hart
Jan 28, 2010Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.
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Q & A
George Csicsery's Hard Problems
Michael Fox
Jan 4, 2010With more than 25 documentaries to his credit, many on mathematicians and scientists, George Csicsery is arguably the most prolific filmmaker in the Bay Area.
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Reviews
Top 10s of 2009: Insiders and Fans
Susan Gerhard
Dec 29, 2009It was a big year for 3D, but Bay Area critics and film-industry folk found many other dimensions in the cinema of 2009.
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Q & A
Pamela Jean Smith Brings Home Movies to Big Screen
Max Goldberg
Oct 12, 2009Though often made for private reasons, home movies are treasure troves of culture ephemera and social history.
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Berkeley-based writer Barry Gifford's wild screen-rides
Sura Wood
Jul 19, 2009A peripatetic childhood laid fertile ground for the heated imagination of Berkeley-based author Barry Gifford, who has written Wild at Heart and Lost Highway.
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In Production
Cyrus Omoomian's 'Democracy': From Iran to Chile
Michael Fox
May 26, 2009Iranian filmmaker Cyrus Omoomian documents post-Pinochet Chile in work-in-progress Pushing Towards Democracy.
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Reviews
SFIFF52: "Lightness of Being" – Eight Wry Films
Dennis Harvey
Apr 24, 2009The eight films in the San Francisco International Film Festival's Lightness of Being spotlight are Laila's Birthday, Small Crime, Mid-August Lunch, Every Little Step, (Untitled), In the Loop, Our Beloved Month of August and Still Walking.
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Cary Joji Fukunaga on the (Very) Bay Area Story Behind 'Sin Nombre'
Judy Stone
Mar 15, 2009His personal curiosity on family histories and some actual events, are behind this movie about complex families Ñthose in Mexican gangs and those traveling immigrants looking for a better life in the U.S.
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Essay Films at the Pacific Film Archive
David Winks Gray
Jan 30, 2009The PFA's series of "essay films," a collection of diverse work, offers the viewer an opportunity to adapt to the peculiar tone of these films.
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César Charlone Directs 'The Pope's Toilet'
Miguel Pendás
Jan 27, 2009Oscar-nominated cinematographer César Charlone recently codirected his first theatrical feature film, a darkly comic farce about Pope John Paul II.
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Reviews
Sundance Blogs: 'Everything Strange and New' and 'La Mission'
Susan Gerhard
Jan 22, 2009Susan Gerhard blogs on what is strange and new about watching movies in these particular mountains.
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Reviews
Season's Gleanings, a Holiday Preview
Dennis Harvey
Dec 15, 2008Dennis Harvey reviews some of 2008's year-end sobering dramas.
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In Production
Jerusalem's Lone Gay Bar
Michael Fox
Sep 17, 2008Yun Suh's film City of Borders documents group dynamics and conflict through the doors of a Jerusalem's only gay bar: a locale where anyone can, "come, be themselves, and be accepted."
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Chris Marker Comes Home, At Last
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2008I confess that for a long while I had the misperception, based on almost no exposure to his work, that French essayist Chris Marker made dense, dry films steeped in political theory and inaccessible to anyone but a narrow strata of irrelevant European intellectuals.
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Festivals
Inside the Telluride Film Festival
Hilary Hart
Aug 29, 2008A Telluride veteran gives a festival overview, and explains why film lovers and filmmakers travel to a remote corner of Colorado on blind faith.
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Reviews
In Spain with 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Dennis Harvey
Aug 12, 2008Woody Allen's latest is a superb travel guide in addition to being an amusing, intelligent if not exactly profound meditation on fate, chance, and romance.
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Q & A
Muayad Alayan, Christian Bruno
Robert Avila
Jul 29, 2008Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, speaks about the making of Lesh Sabreen?.
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Reviews
Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'
Dennis Harvey
Jun 26, 2008Eternally fascinated with extremes of location, Werner Herzog's latest documentary, Encounters at the End of the World, finds the filmmaker exploring life on the edge in Antarctica.
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Reviews
Hong Sang Soo on the SFFS Screen
Adam Hartzell
Jun 18, 2008Woman on the Beach is a wonderful introduction to South Korean director Hong Sang Soo's films, in large part due to its subtle comedy.
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Reviews
Critic's Notebook: Hole Head, Week One
Dennis Harvey
Jun 17, 2008Dennis Harvey covers the first week of low-budget geeks, weirdos and gore on display at the Another Hole in the Head Festival.
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Reviews
Travel Guide Through Another Hole in the Head Film Festival
Dennis Harvey
Jun 5, 2008The Hole Head Festival takes audiences back to terrifying locales and dangerous situations that should be pleasantly familiar to horror aficionados.
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Reviews
Finding Warren Sonbert
Max Goldberg
May 14, 2008Unlike most experimental filmmakers, Sonbert's collected works have had the benefit of full retrospectives at major museums (SFMOMA, NYMOMA, Guggenheim) and a strong preservation effort.
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Q & A
Alan K. Rode on Noir and Charles McGraw
Michael Fox
Jan 28, 2008Alan K. Rode, a cofounder of the Film Noir Foundation, sang the praises of San Francisco movie audiences on the horn from L.A., then got down to brass tacks.
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Q & A
Q&A with "Holly" Filmmakers
Jennifer Young
Dec 5, 2007"I suddenly found myself surrounded by a group of 15 little [Cambodian] girls aggressively soliciting me for prostitution," Guy Jacobson told a MVFF audience.
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Aaron Woolf Seeding Doubt in "King Corn"
Jonathan Marlow
Oct 29, 2007Woolf shares insights drawn from his disparate experiences as a filmmaker in Peru, a fisherman in Alaska, and a restauranteur in New York.
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Q & A
Ariella Ben-Dov, Madcat Mastermind
Susan Gerhard
Sep 24, 2007As the Madcat Women's International Film Festival heads into its final stretch this coming week in San Francisco, SF360.org felt it was important to catch up with its chief curator, Ariella Ben-Dov.
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Q & A
"Sunshine" on my shoulders
Claire Faggioli
Jul 18, 2007Sunshine tells the story of the eight astronauts aboard the ominously named "Icarus II," a vessel bound to kick-start the sun, Earth's last hope for survival.
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Reviews
"Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox;" "Ten Canoes"
Dennis Harvey
Jul 10, 2007Reviews: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox and Ten Canoes
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News & Blogs
Movies and Martinis, A Movement
Susan Gerhard
Jun 15, 2007For some movies, Sprite and popcorn aren't enough. You need gin and vodka and a room of unruly bodies shouting when they're not supposed to,
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Festivals
Frameline31
Dennis Harvey
Jun 14, 2007Now 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.
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Reviews
Reviews: "Brand Upon the Brain!", "Golden Door"
Matt Sussman
Jun 12, 2007Brand is no short supply of Guy Maddin's usual firecrackers: apostrophe, hyperbole, and of course, catastrophe.
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Q & A
"Once" Again -- A Date With Carney, Hansard, and Irglova
Michael Guillen
Jun 1, 2007Walking in to interview John Carney and actors/musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the frenetic edge to their on-the-road exhaustion is apparent.
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Q & A
Hal Hartley, Not So simple
Robert Avila
May 13, 2007Changes in Hal Hartley's geography and work styles have put distance between his early films and also given the director a chance to experiment with form.
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Q & A
Weerasethakul Talks Hospitals, Aerobics, and a Boy From Mars
Johnny Ray Huston
Apr 9, 2007One of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Ôs goals as a filmmaker is to simply show what he likes, and what he likes to see.
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Q & A
Mark Becker's Mission-Inspired "Romantico"
indieWIRE
Jan 15, 2007Hailed as one of the best films of 2005 without distribution, Becker's doc hits theaters nearly two years after it debuted at Sundance.
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Q & A
James T. Hong on Heidegger, Hitler, and His New Film
Cheryl Eddy
Dec 18, 2006San Francisco artist James T. Hong is currently working on a documentary, tentatively titled New History Zero, which explores his interest in revisionist World War II history.
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Reviews
A U.N. Ten
Robert Avila
Oct 20, 2006The List: Ten to catch at the 9th annual United Nations Association Film Festival October 25 through 29 at Stanford University in Palo Alto.
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Q & A
Laura Poitras" "My Country, My Country"
indieWIRE
Aug 28, 2006Director Laura Poitras’ traveled to Iraq for her latest film, “My Country, My Country.”
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Q & A
TurnHere's Travel Videos
Susan Gerhard
Aug 18, 2006There's one resource on the Net where some of the best travel videos have congregated, the Emervyille company aptly named TurnHere.
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Q & A
Mary Woronov Visits Midnight Mass
Dennis Harvey
Aug 3, 2006An appreciation of the great actress of cult and mainstream films, before her appearance at a Midnight Mass screening of Death Race 2000.
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Q & A
Adrian Belic and Just Think Youth Media Educators
Susan Gerhard
Jul 26, 2006Belic helped a group of youths learn about documentary filmmaking in a program designed to offer media skills to under-served Bay Area high schoolers.
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Q & A
A Documentary on Peru's Terror War
Susan Gerhard
Jul 25, 2006A conversation with Pamela Yates, director of State of Fear, on Peru's 20-year war on terror, which bears an unsettling resemblance to U.S. current events.
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Q & A
Matthew Barney, "Drawing Restraint"
Glen Helfand
Jun 19, 2006Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Barney talks to SF360 about his film and gallery project.
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Reviews
"An Inconvenient Truth" Strikes a Nerve
Jonny Leahan
Jun 2, 2006Al Gore's documentary keeps the viewer thoroughly engaged while offering what may be the most comprehensive explanation of global warming for the layperson that exists.
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Festivals
Graham Leggat, SFIFF Executive Director, Indexed
Susan Gerhard
Apr 21, 2006"I got a call out of the blue," Graham Leggat says, explaining how he left the Film Society of Lincoln Center for the left coast.
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Festivals
49th Annual SFIFF Lineup
Susan Gerhard
Mar 28, 2006San Francisco International Film Festival announces lineup for the 49th annual festival.
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Deadlines
Funding: Academy Film Scholars Program
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Foundation Film Scholars Program is stimulating and supporting new and significant works of film scholarship. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be established scholars, writers, historians or researchers possessing either a significant record of achievement, or exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments in their field. Applicants must have written and published at least one book or a comparable collection of articles or monographs. AWARDS: Two grants of $25,000 will be made to qualified and worthy applicants, as reviewed and selected by the Academy's Grants Committee and staff. The Academy will distribute the grant money in two parts: at the commencement and upon completion of the proposed project. The Academy will also cover travel, lodging and per diem expenses, if necessary, for the recipients to attend the Film Scholars awards luncheon and to make their lecture presentation. DEADLINE: Application materials must be received by October 3, 2011. WEBSITE: oscars.org/education-outreach/grants/filmscholars/apply.html.
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