Iron Man

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Superhero Action Movie Written by a whole bunch of people Directed by Jon Favreau After 15 days of documentaries, serious dramas, and dark comedies at the San Francisco International Film Festival, nothing cleanses the palette like a well-made, big-budget Hollywood entertainment. Iron Man fit the bill perfectly. While not up to the quality of Spiderman … Continue reading Iron Man

You Know You’re Spending Too Much Time at a Film Festival When…

~ Lincoln Spector

You start every conversation with “Seen anything good?” Your spouse asks what you want for dinner, and you answer “The usual--popcorn.” You step outside on a beautiful afternoon and run immediately back into the theater. You see people on the street talking in a foreign language, and your eyes automatically drop down for the subtitles. … Continue reading You Know You’re Spending Too Much Time at a Film Festival When…

SFIFF: Up the Yangtze

~ Lincoln Spector

Tuesday evening I caught Up the Yangtze, a documentary by Canadian director Yung Chang. China’s Three Gorges Dam, still under construction, may be the largest hydroelectric project ever attempted, and Chang’s film takes an unusual but effective approach to examining the project’s repercussions. He focuses his camera on two teenagers working a cruise ship that … Continue reading SFIFF: Up the Yangtze

SFIFF: Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

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I just caught Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans. It’s a basic, PBS-style documentary without anything truly creative or exciting technically or artistically. But the subject matter--an integrated New Orleans neighborhood which might have been the largest community of free Blacks in the pre-Civil War south. It follows the neighborhood through it’s … Continue reading SFIFF: Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

SFIFF: Kevin Kelly’s State of Cinema Address

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Now I can get to Kevin Kelly’s State of Cinema Address. Kelly isn’t a movie person. He’s a technology geek, and he writes about technology. Since I also write about technology (it pays better than Bayflicks--but then, so does flipping burgers), I found this talk especially interesting. Kelly is best known for founding The Well and … Continue reading SFIFF: Kevin Kelly’s State of Cinema Address