The 37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival interrogates the complexities of Jewish life and identity. Highlights include: Love Is Thicker Than Water, Moos, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is inventive — to a fault
Marianne Elliott’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time takes us inside the mind of Christopher Boone, a sixteen-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome who loves maths.
San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival showcases under-the-radar LGBTQ films
For Bay Area cinephiles, the Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival is often an opportunity to catch up with queer films that previously screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival. But it’s also a chance for the films to find an entirely new audience.
Toronto’s InsideOut Film Festival highlighted great queer coming-of-agers
Toronto’s InsideOut Film Festival, a showcase for current LGBT cinema, featured several great queer coming-of-agers from around the world: Handsome Devil, A Date for Mad Mary, In Between, and God’s Own Country.
Doubles and disguises reign in Desdemona Chiang’s excellent As You Like It at CalShakes
Desdemona Chiang’s As You Like It at CalShakes is an inventive modern dress production emphasizing doubles, disguises, and the performance of love.
Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail
In this excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, Steve James discusses the making of his documentary ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here. Steve James’ new documentary, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail is a wonderful little treasure. On one […]