Richard Linklater to be Honored at SFIFF 2014By Bernard Boo The San Francisco Film Society will honor Richard Linklater with the 2014 Founder’s Directing Award at the 57th annual San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs from April 24-May...
SXSW 2014: Rubber Soul, Ping Pong Summer, & Open WindowsBy Dustin Jansick Rubber Soul Rubber Soul reenacts two in-depth interviews of John Lennon that were conducted ten years apart from each other. No words of Lennon’s were altered during this reconstruction,...
CAAMFest 2014 Kicks Off Tomorrow Night In San FranciscoBy Bernard Boo CAAMFest, formerly known as the San Francisco International Asian Film Festival, kicks off tomorrow night, Thursday, March 13th, and runs through March 23rd. Presented by the Center for Asian...
SXSW 2014: Before I Disappear & The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron SwartzBy Dustin Jansick Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen converts his Academy Award winning short film featuring a man who discovers his motivation to stay alive into a full feature film with Before...
SXSW 2014: Frank & The GuestBy Dustin Jansick Frank An aspiring keyboardist named Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) stumbles into an impeccable opportunity when he walks passed a band that just so happens to need a keyboardist after theirs...
SXSW 2014: Joe & FaultsBy Dustin Jansick Joe Director David Gordon Green returns to the indie festival circuit after last year’s Prince Avalanche with a new film starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sherdian entitled, Joe. Named...
SXSW 2014: She’s Lost Control, The Heart Machine, & CreepBy Dustin Jansick She’s Lost Control As a surrogate partner therapist, its Ronah’s (Brooke Bloom) job to try to heal people of their sexual intimacy issues through various sessions and stages of...
SXSW 2014: The Infinite ManBy Dustin Jansick The Infinite Man It’s pretty hard to believe that The Infinite Man is Hugh Sullivan’s feature directorial debut as very few attempt to make a science fiction film in...
SFIFF Announces Feature Film Competition ContendersBy Bernard Boo The 57th annual San Francisco International Film Festival has announced the slates for its 2014 New Directors Prize and Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature. The festival runs April...
Mill Valley Film Festival Announces 2014 Dates and Call For EntriesBy Bernard Boo Mark Fishkin, California Film Institute (CFI) Executive Director and Founder, has announced that the 37th annual Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) will be held October 2 – October 12, 2014. MVFF’s programming...
10 Most Anticipated Films At SXSW 2014By Dustin Jansick After last year’s surprise breakout film Short Term 12, many people are wondering if the SXSW Film Festival will premiere another indie sensation. Only time will tell if lightning...
SF Indiefest Capsules: Hide Your Smiling Faces, Bluebird, MoreBy Bernard Boo Hide Your Smiling Faces Set in a beautifully photographed forested town in the rural North East, Hide Your Smiling Faces by Daniel Patrick Carbone is a moving, richly atmospheric coming-of-age...
Joanna Arnow Talks Baring All in “i hate myself :)” (SF Indiefest)By Bernard Boo i hate myself 🙂 begins with New York filmmaker Joanna Arnow aiming her camera at her first boyfriend James, a crude, oft-drunk showman who enjoys screaming the n-word to...
SF Indiefest Capsules: Proxy, A Field in England, MoreBy Bernard Boo A Field in England Ben Wheatley’s fever dream of a film, A Field in England, will have you scraping your brain off of the floor by the time the end...
