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2014 Golden Globe Award Winners
Awards | Dustin Jansick | January 12, 2014Tina Fey and Amy Poehler continued hosting duties for the second consecutive year for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe awards. Over the course of the award ceremony there were many big winners which include: American Hustle which...
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Giveaway: Blue Jasmine Blu-ray
News | Dustin Jansick | January 10, 2014Any film directed by Woody Allen gets us pretty excited, especially after recently proving he still has it with his wonderful 2011 film Midnight in Paris. Cate Blanchett has already received a number of nominations (Spirit Award, Golden Globes)...
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Charlie Chaplin’s “Tramp” Celebrates Centennial in SF
News | Bernard Boo | January 9, 2014This Saturday, January 11th at San Francisco’s Castro Theater, there’s going to be an all-day, 100-Year Anniversary celebration of one of the most essential, irreplaceable, and beloved characters in the history of film, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Tramp”. The bumbling, infectiously...
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Full List of Films Released in 2013
News | Dustin Jansick | January 3, 2014There were a total of 964 films that were released commercially in 2013 in New York City. That is an increase of 91 films above 2012’s total. Here is the entire list alphabetically, in case you need to make...
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Another Hole in the Head Capsule Reviews 2
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | December 19, 2013San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head genre film festival comes to a close tonight at New People Cinema, with the world premieres of The G-String Horror Demon Cut, a horror film by Charles Webb set in the streets of...
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South Asian International Film Festival: Ankhon Dekhi and More
Film Festival | Jonathan Andrews | December 16, 2013Coverage from the South Asian International Film Festival Good Morning, Karachi Good Morning, Karachi, directed by Sabiha Sumar and staring actress and model Amna Ilyas, is a tale of a young woman named Rafina who is forced to confront...
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Rwandan Drummers Rock California, Spread ‘Sweet Dreams’
News | Bernard Boo | December 9, 2013On Sunday night, Ingoma Nshya–Rwanda’s first female drum troupe and subjects of the wonderful documentary Sweet Dreams–filled the San Rafael Film Center in California with thunderous music, to the delight of the packed house in attendance. Traveling thousands of miles...
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Trailer: Labor Day
News | Martin Messner | December 7, 2013Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of Up In The Air and Juno, returns with his new film Labor Day. The film is an adaptation of Joyce Maynard’s 2009 novel of the same name and stars Oscar-winner Kate Winslet...
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Another Hole in the Head Capsule Reviews
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | December 6, 2013Another Hole in the Head–San Francisco’s 10-years-young independent genre film festival–finished up its run at the Balboa theater last night, with a screening of the supernatural high school thriller, All Cheerleaders Die, which got a great response (and a round...
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Fandor Expands Library With New Partnerships
News | Bernard Boo | December 5, 2013When it comes to VOD and streaming services, none cater to the arthouse, indie crowd (you guys) like Fandor.com. With over 5,000 titles geared toward independent, international, and obscure film lovers, it’s one of the key supporters of today’s...
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South Asian International Film Festival Coverage Introduction
Film Festival | Jonathan Andrews | December 2, 2013Coming up this week is HBO’s tenth annual South Asian International Film Festival, featuring a diverse blend of some of the finest contemporary filmmakers South Asia has to offer. With several world premieres, exclusive interviews, (and what look like...
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Another Hole in the Head Celebrates 10 Years of Genre Madness
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | November 29, 2013Tonight, after the insanity of Black Friday shopping has passed and everyone’s Turkey-itis has subsided, the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival will be kicking off its three-week-long program, introducing San Franciscans to a whole new kind of...
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2014 Spirit Award Nominations Announced
Awards | Dustin Jansick | November 26, 2013Nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning by Octavia Spencer, who was probably happy to announce that Fruitvale Station (a film she is in) picked up 3 nominations. But the film with the most nominations...
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Giveaway: Dallas Buyers Club Soundtrack & Focus Features Blu-ray set
News | Dustin Jansick | November 25, 2013Inspired by true events, a Texas cowboy (Matthew McConaughey) named Ron Woodroof has his life turned upside down after being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given just 30 days to live. To help support Dallas Buyers Club (now playing in...