The 51st SF International Film Festival began last night, with a screening of Catherine Breillat's THE LAST MISTRESS at the Castro Theatre . Earlier tonight the festival expanded to its other v...
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David Hudson of GreenCine Daily has handily collected extracts from and links to each of the articles in the Guardian 's consummate coverage of the 51st SF International Film Festival . But what...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2008/04/wednesday-weeklies.html
I thought I could remain an elusive and shadowy figure, but you can never count on such things in the close-knit cinephile community here on Frisco Bay. If you ever wanted to know what an obsesse...
I've left link hints in my previous two posts , but I'm not sure how many of my readers follow all the purple-font clickables in some of my more densely-packed entries (what say you, readers?). ...
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In my previous post on the Castro Theatre and its new direction I asked, "Is it possible that, with the fragmenting of niche cinema audiences, the existence of such a large repertory venue in ...
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Last Sunday I learned something that surprised me. I was not only surprised, but also surprised at just how much I was surprised. I learned it while at work, and I almost immediately had to take...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-screen-jones.html
When writing up my preview piece for the SF International Asian American Film Festival, or SFIAAFF , which opened on Thursday and runs through March 23rd, I focused on the directors in the Inte...
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Last Friday I had my first experience attending Cinequest in San Jose. Once I'd survived the transportation logistics of getting down there from the second-most populous city on Frisco Bay , I ...
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After tributing Herzog and Spike Lee , an improvement is not very likely. No one's heard of Suzuki. Argento's too spooky. But they picked a good one with Mike Leigh .
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2008/02/sfiff-2008-directors-award-announced.html
Adam Hartzell sent me a review of a new documentary, one that he saw at a film festival and placed at #3 on his 2007 top ten list . It's opening next Friday at the Rafael Film Center and the Rox...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2008/02/passion-power-technology-of-orgasm.html
I prefer to organize my viewing choices principally around following the careers of directors who intrigue me. (I know-- how boring! I'd surely be a much more interesting cinephile if I spent as ...
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I finally finished up my coverage of the Sundance Film Festival at GreenCine Daily , and now I find myself in the midst of Frisco's festival season. We're in the middle of Indiefest, which I us...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2008/02/better-late-than-never-brief-2007.html
I arrived back from Sundance nearly a week ago but am still putting together a proper wrap-up post. In the meantime, you can read my GreenCine Daily takes on James Benning's CASTING A GLANCE , ...
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Since I've started paying attention, the repertory/revival offerings here on Frisco Bay have seemed just oh-so-slightly less inspiring every year. But I can never be sure if this perception hold...
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Here's a bizarre thought. Imagine if Martin Scorsese had filmed THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST , KUNDUN , THE GANGS OF NEW YORK and THE DEPARTED back-to-back during a period of a year and a hal...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2007/12/intolerance-silents.html
On the eve of a day-long movie marathon , I just wanted to get some items off of my to-blog list. In my last post on silent film, I mentioned that the Berlin and Beyond festival will, as usual...
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Ten reasons to come to the Silent Film Festival 's winter program at the Castro Theatre this Saturday, December 1st: 1. To experience three completely different facets of silent-era Hollywood ...
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I have to hand it to the 10th SF Asian Film Festival and the 5th Korean American Film Festival , both of which ended for me Sunday with a screening of the 1963 Korean War movie MARINES WHO NEVER...
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It's common knowledge that Frisco Bay is home to a lot of film festivals. But this November is the busiest month for them in my memory. It's enough to make a body want to throw up its hands and ...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2007/11/film-festival-frenzy.html
It's far too late for the Totally Unrelated Blog-a-Thon but I feel the need to talk about Halloween a bit. In my previous post , I bitched that the city leaders hadn't put together a plan for ho...
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This October 31st I'm planning to be home for Halloween , spending my entire evening here in the avenues just as I have for the past several years. The last time I tried to attend Halloween in th...
http://hellonfriscobay2.blogspot.com/2007/10/halloween-in-castro-and-beyond.html
How many ways are there to segue from a Blog-A-Thon on William Wyler to one on Luis Buñuel ? More than you might think. Flickhead , the host of the latter 'Thon, has illustrated one pathway by ...
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André Bazin once called him "the consummate artist". James Agee said he was "one of the great ones." He was William Wyler, and this weekend has seen a confluence of celebrations, re-evaluations,...
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Yesterday morning I attended a screening of Tamara Jenkins' THE SAVAGES following a press conference announcing the full program of films, parties, and other events for the Mill Valley Film Fes...
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This coming Wednesday, the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, one of the very best venues on Frisco Bay to view silent films with live musical accompaniment, will screen a pair of Buster Keaton fea...
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