Bernard Boo
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Interview: Sarah Polley of Stories We Tell
Director Sarah Polley took time to sit with us at the San Francisco International Film Festival to talk about her critically acclaimed, hyper-personal documentary, Stories We Tell, in which she excavates her late mother, Diane’s life story by interviewing...
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Interview: Onata Aprile, Scott McGehee, David Siegel of What Maisie Knew
In What Maisie Knew, we witness a custody battle gone sour through the eyes of the innocent center of contention, Maisie, played by the brilliant 7-year-old Onata Aprile. Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan star as Maisie’s bitter, bickering parents,...
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Interview: Jeremy Teicher of Tall as the Baobab Tree
Tall as the Baobab Tree was one of my favorite films at the San Francisco International Film Festival, a serene, beautiful story about a Senegalese family torn between modernity and tradition. Director Jeremy Teicher took some time to chat...
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Interview: Michael Ling of Edward Lee’s the Bighead
In Michael Ling’s adaptation of Edward Lee’s gory-as-hell novel The Bighead, he channels the gritty, uncompromising exploitation horror films of the ‘70s. He’s made a short film version of the story, which acts as a sampler of the unrelenting...
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2013 SFIFF Wrap-Up and Top 5
The thing I’ll remember most about this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival were the amazing conversations I had with some of the talented filmmakers in attendance during the festival’s two-week stretch. Everybody was open and willing to share...
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On the Red Carpet of SFIFF – Photos of Michael Cera, Richard Linklater, George Lucas & more
Way Too Indie was on the red carpet of the San Francisco International Film Festival to capture photos of Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof from Much Ado About Nothing as well as legendary award winners such as Harrison Ford,...
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2013 San Francisco Film Society Awards
Tuesday night saw an elite group of cinema saints receive awards from the minds and hands behind the 56th annual SFIFF, the San Francisco Film Society. The red carpet was graced by the man who gave us Dolby Digital,...
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2013 SFIFF: Crystal Fairy, Before You Know It, Nights With Theodore
Crystal Fairy The ever-awkward Michael Cera plays Jamie, a self-absorbed asshole who goes on a road trip through Chile with some friends to find some San Pedro—a cactus which, when ingested, sends you on a different kind of ‘trip’...
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2013 SFIFF: Inequality for All & Prince Avalanche
Inequality for All Inequality for All’s message—about the threat of the expanding income gap between the middle class and top 1% in the United States—is delivered by an extraordinarily charismatic and inspirational messenger, Robert Reich. Director Jacob Kornbluth couldn’t...
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2013 SFIFF: You’re Next & Museum Hours
You’re Next Throughout the first week of SFIFF, as I walked, drove, and BARTed my way around the city, there was one thing I heard more than anything else from fellow festival-goers—“You need to see You’re Next!” No other...
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Way Too Indie’s Top 10 Indie Sci-fi Films
When you think sci-fi movies, you might think of the low, swirling drone of a lightsaber. You might think of a DeLorean barreling through a parking lot at 88mph and vanishing into thin air as it leaves a trail...
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2013 SFIFF: Stories We Tell & The Patience Stone
One of my favorite things about film festivals is being able to interact with and pick the brains of the talented filmmakers behind great films you’ve just discovered. Yesterday, I got to do just that, with two incredible filmmakers....
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2013 SFIFF: Twenty Feet From Stardom & The King of Summer
Twenty Feet From Stardom If you’re a music fan, names like Tata Vega, Merry Clayton, and Darlene Love should be familiar to you, but chances are they aren’t. That’s because these ladies—powerhouse singers and masters of their craft—have spent...
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2013 SFIFF: Much Ado About Nothing
On Saturday night, SFIFF was all about the screening of Joss Whedon’s much buzzed-about Shakespeare adaptation, Much Ado About Nothing, and the excitement emanating from the gorgeous Sundance Kabuki Cinema was infectious. There was a line stretching down the...
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2013 SFIFF: What Maisie Knew
The San Francisco International Film Festival is the biggest festival of the year in the Bay Area, and my SFIFF experience got off to a great start. My festival activities began at the gorgeous Fairmont hotel where I conducted...