Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise is probably easier to like if you haven’t read J.G. Ballard’s novel: you won’t know it’s missing 95% of his ideas. Wheatley’s film can barely offer more than views of Tom Hiddleston’s glorious torso. In Simran Hans’ apt words, High-Rise is willfully “anti-intellectual”.
Film Festivals
HotDocs 2016: Conversations with the creative team behind essential doc Check It
Check It follows several members of the inspiring gay and transgender teen gang Check It through their struggles on the harsh streets of Washington, D.C.
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You delves into the life of the renegade 70s television producer
In the new documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Norman Lear is heralded as the saviour of television. Directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing successfully celebrate Lear’s life but the film lacks deeper analysis.
SF Film Fest Director of Programming talks Science in Film Sloan Screenings
The SF Film Festival (SFIFF) Director of Programming talks Science in Film Sloan Screenings at SFIFF: The Man Who Knew Infinity and Operator.
The San Francisco Green Film Festival screens great docs about the natural world
The San Francisco Green Film Festival is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in environmental films and connect to the local environmental community.
10 must-see films at the 2016 San Francisco Film Festival (SFIFF)
Seventh Row’s guide to 10 must-see films — five docs and five features — at the 2016 San Francisco Film Festival, seven of which are directed by women.