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2007 Stories by Gregg Rickman

• Buddha's Lost Children

  published November 28, 2007

  This excellent documentary, filmed in the wilds of northern Thailand, tells of an extraordinary Buddhist monk, charismatic tattooed ex-boxer... More >>

• How to Cook Your Life

  published October 24, 2007

  Cook and Zen priest Edward Brown is profiled in this documentary by German filmmaker Doris Dörrie (Enlightenment Guaranteed).... More >>

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  published June 13, 2007

  Of all the expected summer blockbusters, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the most likely to be good, and also the most likely... More >>

• Coming Soon

  published June 13, 2007

  The first 10 years of the 21st century may go down as the worst in Hollywood history, a candyfloss desert (not dessert) of blockbusters, comic... More >>

• SFIFF Film Capsules

  published April 25, 2007

  Why Didnt Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad in Afghanistan? (Cyrus Frisch, Holland) Filmmaker Cyrus Frisch... More >>

• Documentaries

  published April 25, 2007

  Documentaries A flip through the program guide tells the story. The documentaries on view at the 50th San... More >>

• Singing for Your Supper

  published January 17, 2007

  Carmelo Muñiz Sanchez is an undocumented Mexican national who ekes out a living playing the guitar and singing in Mission District... More >>