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- Movie | March 6, 2013
Like Someone in Love
Abbas Kiarostami’s gift is his ability to elicit feelings in his audience from the inside out; he sneaks into our subconscious, plants a seed that germinates and grows slowly—at his pace, specifically—and eventually flourishes into a flood of emotion,...
- Film Festival | February 27, 2013
SF IndieFest Coverage Wrap-Up
After two weeks of movie-watching, subway-riding, popcorn-eating, people-meeting, white-russian-drinking madness, all I can say is that SF IndieFest is an incomparable experience not to be missed by any fan of independent film. What makes SF IndieFest special are the...
- Interview | February 25, 2013
Interview: Paul Bunnell – The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
I had a lot of memorable experiences at this year’s SF Indiefest, but the screening of director Paul Bunnell’s The Ghastly Love of Johnny X has to be right up at the top of the list. I was greeted...
- Film Festival | February 23, 2013
Top 10 Films from SF IndieFest
The lineup at this year’s SF IndieFest was unbelievably strong; I anticipated that there would be at least a few certified duds, but that wasn’t the case. Though I didn’t love every film, each had its unique voice, ambition,...
- Film Festival | February 22, 2013
SF IndieFest Reviews – All the Light in the Sky, Sun Don’t Shine & More
Joe Swanberg’s All the Light in the Sky is a naturalistic portrait of Marie (Jane Adams), an actress whose career seems to be losing steam. Romantically, she’s gotten to the point where she no longer possesses the energy to...
- Movie | February 22, 2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Werner Herzog chops up and rearranges footage from a Russian television documentary about Bakhtia, a remote Siberian village on the Yenisei river, and provides his signature lyrical narration that elevates the footage into a moving examination of strength,...
- Film Festival | February 21, 2013
SF IndieFest Top 10 Short Films
There were loads of fantastic independent shorts shown at this year’s SF Indiefest, and while I wasn’t able to watch all of them, the ones I did see (I still saw a lot) ran the gamut from exciting, to...
- Interview | February 20, 2013
Interview: James Stewart – Foxed!
The implementation of stereoscopic 3-D in film is still a relatively new concept. It's a polarizing subject, with most casual moviegoers having no problem throwing wads of cash at major studios for the chance to put on the infamously...
- Film Festival | February 19, 2013
SF IndieFest Documentary Reviews
Capsule reviews of several documentaries shown at the 2013 SF IndieFest.
- Film Festival | February 18, 2013
2013 SF Indiefest 2nd Weekend Wrap-up
It was a huge weekend at SF Indiefest, and we’ve got some equally huge coverage from the festival to bring to you all week. Stay locked-in to Way Too Indie this week for reviews, interviews, and our top 10...
- Movie | February 18, 2013
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (SF IndieFest)
A decade in-the-making, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is a retro-tinted window into the mind of director Paul Bunnell, mashing together influences from sci-fi B-movie flicks like Flash Gordon and musicals like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and...
- Movie | February 15, 2013
The Story of Luke (SF IndieFest)
After the great success of the eminently popular Juno and Little Miss Sunshine, there was a deluge of similarly suburban, witty comedies that followed. These indie dramedies, while often good, haven’t stimulated me in a long time. They tend...
- News | February 13, 2013
Screening: The Ghastly Love of Johnny X in San Francisco on February 15th
ATTENTION BAY AREA READERS! As the 2013 Academy Awards approach, you might be prepping yourself for the star-studded event by making plans to throw an Oscar-themed party, maybe making bets on who the big winners will be with your...
- Movie | February 13, 2013
Ghosts with Shit Jobs (SF IndieFest)
Directors Chris McCawley, Jim Morrison, Jim Munroe, and Tate Young’s take on the dehumanization and sterilization of North Americans is inventive, but Ghosts with Shit Jobs often falls flat in its attempts at any significant humor or drama. While...
- Film Festival | February 12, 2013
2013 SF Indiefest Day 4: I Declare War, Simon Killer, Various Shorts
On the docket for day 4 of the festival were two shorts programs: Defying the Limits, a collection of boundary-shattering films that push the medium in new directions, and An Animated World, which, as the title would suggest, showcased...