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San Francisco International Film Festival

Alex Heeney / May 10, 2022

Navalny film: Investigating your own murder on film is bizarre

Daniel Roher’s documentary Navalny is an entertaining and thrilling film about the Russian politician who challenged Putin and paid the price.

Alex Heeney / May 3, 2022

Palm Trees and Power Lines is a harrowing debut from Jamie Dack

Jamie Dack’s Palm Trees and Power Lines finds a film language to depict sexual assault and coercion in a way that keeps us emotionally involved with our heroine, without reveling in the horrors of the abuse

Alex Heeney / April 29, 2021

A virtual 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival

The 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival went virtual and featured highlights such as the Dry, Skies of Lebanon, and In the Same Breath.

Mad World, Wong Chun

Alex Heeney / April 13, 2017

Review: Mad World tackles stigmas about mental illness in Hong Kong

Wong Chun’s Mad World depicts the harrowing consequences of stigmas about mental illness but fails to engage with the reality of mental illness in favour of an uplifting family narrative where love is just as good as medication. Mad World is screening at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival.

I Called Him Morgan, Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Kasper Collin.

Alex Heeney / April 7, 2017

Interview: Director Kasper Collin on I Called Him Morgan and paying tribute to a jazz great

Director Kasper Collin on creating a duet between Lee Morgan’s trumpet and his wife Helen Morgan’s voice in his new documentary I Called Him Morgan.

Rebecca Miller, Maggie's Plan

Alex Heeney / May 27, 2016

Writer-director Rebecca Miller discusses her great remarriage screwball comedy Maggie’s Plan

Maggie’s Plan writer-director Rebecca Miller discusses creating a modern take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, finding a frothy tone, fitting her script to the actors, the importance of two-shots, and the art of costume and production design.

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