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CFI Education Puts 10 Young Girls Behind the Camera
The California Film Institute screened 10 short films made by girls aged 11-14 at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael as a part of their “My Place/My Story” program. Designed to familiarize the girls with digital tools...
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SFIFF Announces Opening and Closing Night Films
The 57th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs from April 24-May 8, has announced its opening night film as The Two Faces of January, starring Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst, which will be making it’s...
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Hot Docs 2014 Lineup Announced
The Hot Docs film festival finally unveiled its line-up today, revealing plenty of exciting new titles along with screenings of documentary classics and undiscovered gems. The festival announced 197 titles from 43 countries that will screen over 11 days....
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CAAMFest: How to Fight, Grace Lee Boggs, Cold Eyes
How to Fight in Six Inch Heels Last Thursday night at San Francisco’s beautiful Castro theater, CAAMFest 2014 kicked with a silly-fun romantic comedy to set the tone for the rest of the 11-day fest. With a ritzy red...
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7 Favorite Films From SXSW 2014
I was pleasantly surprised in the amount of quality films that I saw at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, although I admit that I was fairly selective in the titles I wanted to see. My favorites range from time-traveling...
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Richard Linklater to be Honored at SFIFF 2014
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 8. Linklater wowed the SFIFF festival goers last year with...
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SXSW 2014: Rubber Soul, Ping Pong Summer, & Open Windows
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, though the film does jump between the two interviews, sometimes...
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CAAMFest 2014 Kicks Off Tomorrow Night In San Francisco
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 American Media, the festival pays tribute to pioneers of Asian...
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SXSW 2014: Before I Disappear & The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
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 I Disappear. Richie (Christensen) is asked to turn the other...
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SXSW 2014: Frank & The Guest
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 recently tried to drown himself in the ocean. The best...
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SXSW 2014: Joe & Faults
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 after one of the main characters (Cage), Joe is about...
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Giveaway: 12 Years a Slave Blu-ray
This is a big one, folks! We’re giving away two blu-ray copies of 12 Years a Slave, which took home several awards this year including Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, an armful of Independent...
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SXSW 2014: She’s Lost Control, The Heart Machine, & Creep
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 erotic contact (think Helen Hunt in The Sessions). While at...
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SXSW 2014: The Infinite Man
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 the independent world because of budget restraints. And only a...
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