SFIFF57: Sara Dosa Talks Mushroom Hunting, ‘The Last Season’By Bernard Boo Sara Dosa’s debut feature, The Last Season, which screens today at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas as part of SFIFF57, is a multi-layered story about Kouy Loch, a Cambodian immigrant who resisted the Khmer...
SFIFF57: Jeremy Ambers and Ben Davis Talk ‘Impossible Light’By Bernard Boo Jeremy Ambers’ directorial debut, Impossible Light, chronicles the conception, design, and construction of The Bay Lights, the world’s most massive light sculpture. Ben Davis, the founder of Illuminate the Arts...
Charlie and Lucy Paul Talk Ralph Steadman, ‘For No Good Reason’By Bernard Boo In Charlie Paul’s For No Good Reason, the British filmmaker allows us a peek into the world of artist Ralph Steadman, one of the key Gonzo visionaries and good friend of...
Jordi Morató tells the astounding story behind ‘The Creator of the Jungle’By C.J. Prince The Creator of the Jungle is one of those documentaries that sounds unbelievable at first. Garrell, a middle aged man with a massive childlike imagination, spent his childhood playing...
John Turturro Talks ‘Fading Gigolo’, Woody Allen’s Brutal HonestyBy Bernard Boo John Turturro writes, directs, and stars in Fading Gigolo, a tender comedy about a stoic bookstore employee whose boss (Woody Allen) convinces him to become a male prostitute, acting as...
Steven Knight Talks ‘Locke’, the Theater of the AutomobileBy Bernard Boo In Steven Knight’s experimental chamber piece Locke, we follow construction manager Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) who, while driving on a highway late at night, has his whole world crumble around him...
Helen Simon Describes the Difficulties of Making the Important Doc ‘No Lullaby’By C.J. Prince No Lullaby is a difficult film to watch, but that’s precisely why Helen Simon made it. Simon tells the story of Tina Reuther, a woman who was repeatedly abused...
Dave Jannetta and Poe Ballentine Talk ‘Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere’By C.J. Prince In the small town of Chadron, Nebraska, math professor Steven Haataja vanished without a trace shortly after starting his new job. It took several months to find his body,...
Matt Wolf Bridges Past and Present Youth Culture in ‘Teenage’By Bernard Boo With Teenage, filmmaker Matt Wolf chronicles the rise of the phenomenon known as the teenager from its inception around World War I and through World War II. Based on the...
Music Hangout – Nate JarrettBy Manjot Jawa I wanted to start this by asking if you remembered those college days, and then I realized that I’m in no position to ask that since I’m still in...
Music Hangout – Lowercase NoisesBy Manjot Jawa The thing about ambient music is that it takes patience. Not only to compose it, but also to listen to it. We are naturally drawn to narratives, well at...
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller Talk ‘The Galapagos Affair’By Bernard Boo In The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, married San Francisco filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller explore the dark human history of the titular islands. Filled with deceit,...
Nick Frost Conquers Fear, Salsas Butt Off in ‘Cuban Fury’By Bernard Boo In dance-comedy Cuban Fury, directed by James Griffiths, Nick Frost plays Bruce Garrett, a former childhood salsa prodigy who was bullied out of the ballroom to never return. Now in...
Charlie Siskel Talks ‘Finding Vivian Maier’By Bernard Boo Finding Vivian Maier, a layered documentary co-directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, pieces together the life story of the titular Chicago nanny (now deceased) by utilizing the amazing...
