I caught two movies on Thursday, both at the New Mission, but this time, not in the big Theater 1. C Southside with You Here we have yet another variation on Before Sunrise. Two attractive people who barely know each other walk through a city, talking, doing fun and meaningful things, and getting to know … Continue reading Thursday at the San Francisco International Film Festival
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Wednesday at the San Francisco International Film Festival
I saw two movies Wednesday at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The first was pretty good, the second fantastic. Both were screened at the New Mission's huge and beautiful Theater 1. Both films are on the festival's Hold Review List, which means that at this point in time, I have to review the films … Continue reading Wednesday at the San Francisco International Film Festival
SFIFF: Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent, and this year’s Kanbar Award
The San Francisco International Film Festival's Kanbar Award used to go to a screenwriter. Now they've expanded it to "storytellers," which can mean just about anyone who works in film. And so screenwriters remain the least visible people making movies. This year, the award went to Tom McCarthy, who is a screenwriter, as well as … Continue reading SFIFF: Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent, and this year’s Kanbar Award
New Zealand comedy & the horrors of war: Sunday at SFIFF
Passover kept me away from the movies on Friday and Saturday, so Sunday became my first regular day at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. Here's what I saw: B Hunt for the Wilderpeople I caught this one at the New Mission's theater 5. The auditorium is short and wide; not the best configuration … Continue reading New Zealand comedy & the horrors of war: Sunday at SFIFF
SFIFF opening night and Love & Friendship
I attended the opening night program for this year's San Francisco International Film Festival Thursday night. The introductions, the movie, and the Q&A were all appropriately funny. But as usual for festivals' big nights, the reserved seat problem annoyed a lot of people. Unless you like to sit very close, very far back, or off … Continue reading SFIFF opening night and Love & Friendship
San Francisco Intl. Film Fest previews
Here are six films I've previewed for this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. I'm listing them in order from best to worse, although they're all at least pretty good. A Leaf Blower Finding keys in a huge pile of leaves is a daunting task, especially if you're not sure which huge pile is the … Continue reading San Francisco Intl. Film Fest previews
SF International Film Fest Announced
This year's San Francisco International Film Festival was officially launched with a press conference and the opening of its website this morning (Tuesday). The festival will run from April 21 to May 5 at the Castro, the Pacific Film Archive, but mostly has several theaters in the Mission, including the Roxie and the New Mission. … Continue reading SF International Film Fest Announced
SFIFF: International Film Festival changes venues, announces some programming
We've still got more than two weeks to go before the San Francisco International Film Festival announces this year's program, but they've already fed us a few interesting tidbits about what we have to look forward to. The biggest change: The festival won't be in the Western Addition anymore. This shouldn't come as a surprise. … Continue reading SFIFF: International Film Festival changes venues, announces some programming
Experimenter and Closing Night at the San Francisco International Film Festival
This year's San Francisco International Film Festival closed Thursday night with the local premiere of Michael Almereyda's Experimenter--a biopic about social psychologist Stanley Milgram, whose controversial experiments examined how we react when our empathy conflicts with our obedience to authority. Speaking of authority figures, when we entered the Castro Theatre, we found almost all of … Continue reading Experimenter and Closing Night at the San Francisco International Film Festival
War and music: The Kronos Quartet at the San Francisco International Film Festival
Wednesday night, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet came to the San Francisco International Film Festival to present their music-and-moving-image piece, Kronos Quartet Beyond Zero: 1914-1918. I was in the audience. This was not the usual silent movie presentation. The Quartet commissioned Aleksandra Vrebalov to write the music. Then they commissioned Bill Morrison to create a new … Continue reading War and music: The Kronos Quartet at the San Francisco International Film Festival
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