Opening weekend of the San Francisco International Film Festival featured a wide range of documentaries, from the delightful and impressive Iris to the …
[Read more...] about Docs Iris and Best of Enemies delight and educate
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Opening weekend of the San Francisco International Film Festival featured a wide range of documentaries, from the delightful and impressive Iris to the …
[Read more...] about Docs Iris and Best of Enemies delight and educate
The San Francisco International Film Festival kicked off last Friday, and it was a busy weekend full of premieres, restorations of classics, as well as flicks …
[Read more...] about Weekend 1 at SFIFF: Mr. Holmes, Entertainment, and Sand Dollars
Québécois filmmaker Maxime Giroux discusses his TIFF-winner Felix and Meira, telling authentic stories about Hasidic Jews, and why he wanted to make the film. …
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One of the great pleasures of attending the San Francisco International Film Festival is the ability to binge on films by female auteurs, which are much harder …
[Read more...] about Women shine behind the camera at SFIFF58
Ex Machina isn't just misogynistic; it gets the science wrong, too. …
[Read more...] about Ex Machina is yet another film about boys and their toys
With its wonderful and often hilarious new production, “Stupid F##king Bird,” Aaron Posner’s modernization of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” directed by Susi Damilano, …
[Read more...] about Terrific production of ‘Stupid F##king Bird’ proves SF Playhouse has arrived