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If you find American TV spots entertaining and clever, you should see the brief bits of brilliance concocted by the whiz kids on the other side of... More >>
If you find American TV spots entertaining and clever, you should see the brief bits of brilliance concocted by the whiz kids on the other side of the Atlantic. The British Arrows Awards (a more color More >>
Chris Metzler fits in perfectly in the eclectic documentary circles of his adopted S.F. home, even if he hasn't shed his L.A. roots. Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, the high-energy fo More >>
Change is the only constant, and every movie marquee provides incontrovertible visual evidence: new movies, promising debuts and fresh succes de scandales, as well as vintage revivals and retro More >>
Animation used to be the province of the fantastic and the impossible: dancing hippos, futuristic planets, talking rabbits, and psychedelic forests. We're still inundated with anthropomorphized anima More >>
Abby Ginzberg can be a fighter or a diplomat, depending on what the situation calls for. For a lawyer (which she was, for a decade) and a documentary filmmaker (her calling for the past 25-plus year More >>
"Courage," declares the gay teenage protagonist in Mary Lou, "is sometimes nothing more than an outburst of great despair." Meir (Ido Rozenberg) plainly needs someone to tell him it gets better in Isr More >>
Fifty years after La Jetee -- the most radical and mesmerizing short work of speculative fiction in cinema history and the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys -- the world still hasn't caught More >>
Aspiring young directors have a choice these days: drop a serious wad on film school, or put the dough into making a feature, where they get a real-world, sink-or-swim education. Scary Cow, our town' More >>
Say goodbye to SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. As of Sept. 1, the San Francisco Film Society is relocating its theatrical exhibition outpost two blocks down Post Street at the New P More >>
It would be a mistake to accuse vaunted San Francisco film archivist and collector Rick Prelinger of living in the past. Sure, he's forever sifting through vintage reels and tapes of unedited material More >>
We love it when local talent gets a big break, and Contractor's Routine is a big example. The psychological thriller was shot in San Francisco. All the cast except Tom Sizemore is local. And it start More >>
A decade ago, Yousef Elhaj left his home and family in the West Bank and came to San Francisco. He diligently and solitarily worked his tail off, paving the way -- or so he hoped -- for his family to More >>
Our national pastime is paranoia, not baseball. In the mid-1970s, when the Watergate revelations about the Nixon White House and a wave of conspiracy theories about JFK's assassination fueled a mood More >>
Say what you will about Oliver Stone, he's a heck of a good sport. The recipient of this year's Founder's Directing Award from the S.F. International Film Festival was feted last night in the More >>
A few years ago, Christine Vachon says, she visited a psychic. Baffled by what the cards spread before her indicated, the spiritualist asked, "Are you a general in the Armyr You're moving great More >>
Peaches Christ doesn't show movies -- she stages events. Peaches is the longtime force behind Midnight Mass and director of last year's horror comedy All About Evil. Her spring salute to taboo-smashi More >>
Here's the first thing you should know after hearing that the San Francisco International Film Festival announced its full program this morning: Even hardcore film buffs and multilingual critic More >>
A guiding principle of art, at least for those without a patron or trust fund, is work with what you've got. Cavemen and women used natural pigments and, well, cave walls, while modern primitives avai More >>
Here's a clue that the startup San Francisco Green Film Festival isn't another feelgood hugfest sprouted by evangelical vegans: Rachel Caplan's business card identifies her as "CEO/Founder" of More >>
The central myth propagated by the annual Academy Awards telecast is that Hollywood is one big happy family of mutually supportive artists in thrall to the sacred muse of inspiration. (We'll pause for More >>
100 ProfilesSF Weekly interviews 100 people in San Francisco arts and culture.No. 99: Craig BaldwinForget about Sumatran coffee blends, lab-concocted energy drinks or full-bore action flicks. If you n More >>
We San Franciscans are lucky when it comes to film. To offset the 100-screen multiplexes in shopping malls throughout the region that show whatever big-budget star vehicles Hollywood sends their way, More >>
Are you appalled by the prospect of turning your brain off for five hours during the national holiday that is Super Bowl Sundayr Do you dread making small talk between commercials with equally benumbe More >>
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil SpectorRoxie Theater$6-$10With the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers, and the Ramones, producer Phil Spector swathed dozens of hit singles in a layered sheen. His sign More >>
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