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Giveaway: The To Do List Prize Package
News | Dustin Jansick | November 20, 2013Way Too Indie is celebrating the recent Blu-ray and DVD release (Nov. 17th) of the raunchy throwback comedy film, The To Do List, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg, and Bill Harder, by traveling back in time...
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The Industry’s Brightest Gather for SFFS Fall Celebration Panel
News | Bernard Boo | November 17, 2013This past Thursday in San Francisco, the San Francisco Film Society held their inaugural Fall Celebration, honoring four films that look to be contenders come Oscar season: Nebraska, Fruitvale Station, Her, and The Square. Patrons gathered at elite social club The Battery to...
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Watch Wes Anderson’s ‘Castello Cavalcanti’ Starring Jason Schwartzman
News | Bernard Boo | November 14, 2013Wes Anderson is certainly keeping himself busy these days (lucky us!) A short film written and directed by Anderson himself and produced for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti follows Jed Cavalcanti (Anderson favorite Jason Schwartzman) as he ends up stranded in 1955...
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Factory 25 Acquires Joe Swanberg’s ‘All the Light in the Sky’
News | Bernard Boo | November 13, 2013New York independent film and music distributor Factory 25 has acquired rights to mumblecore god Joe Swanberg‘s (Drinking Buddies) All the Light in the Sky, starring Jane Adams (Hung.) Adams plays Marie, a middle-aged actress living in Malibu who’s struggling...
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Divergent Trailer Premiere
News | Bernard Boo | November 13, 2013Below, check out the brand new trailer for Divergent, the latest release from Summit Entertainment, the folks who brought us the recent Ender’s Game adaptation and, of course, the Twilight series. Helmed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist), the adaptation of Veronica Roth’s novel...
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Trailer: Dear Mr. Watterson
News | Martin Messner | November 13, 2013Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary by Joel Allen Schroeder, examines the cultural impact of cartoonist Bill Waterson’s famous Sunday comic strip, Calvin and Hobbs, through the perspectives of fans and colleagues. The film was made without any involvement from...
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‘Gravity’ VFX Breakdown Showcases 3-D Convergence
News | Bernard Boo | November 12, 2013Not only is Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity one of the most visually immersive moviegoing experiences in memory, it’s also one of the handful of films that utilize 3-D technology to enhance the cinematic experience in a significant way. The “survival” element of...
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3rd i’s ‘South Asian Film Festival’ Enlivens SF, Rolls Into Palo Alto
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | November 12, 2013Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema This year’s run of 3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival had a fantastic four day run this past weekend in San Francisco, and continues this Saturday night, November 16th in...
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Trailer: Open Grave
News | Martin Messner | November 10, 2013If you’re still riding a sugar-high and aren’t ready to let go of Halloween just yet, check out the trailer for Open Grave, a new horror-thriller from Spanish filmmaker Gonzalo López-Gallego (Apollo 18, El Rey de la Montaña, Nómadas)....
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12 Years a Slave Q&A (Mill Valley Film Festival)
News | Bernard Boo | October 18, 2013At the 36th Mill Valley Film Festival last week, one of the biggest highlights in the festival’s stunning lineup was Steve McQueen’s (Shame, Hunger) highly-anticipated new film, 12 Years a Slave (which opens today) see our review, based on the autobiography and...
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Giveaway: 2 Free Movie Tickets to All Is Lost
News | Dustin Jansick | October 18, 2013People are already talking about Oscar potential for Robert Redford’s performance in J.C. Chandor’s (Margin Call) open-water thriller, All Is Lost. The film is about a man’s struggle to survive the elements at sea and face mortality after his...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Day 10 and Closing Night Recap
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | October 14, 2013On MVFF’s gigantic penultimate day, a quintet of some of the industry’s most exciting directors gathered for a meeting of the minds, the stars and directors of At Middleton and Beside Still Waters unveiled their respective films to packed houses, and the...
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Giveaway: Before Midnight Blu-ray and Soundtrack
News | Dustin Jansick | October 14, 2013Ranking up there as one of our favorite films of the year is Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, the third installment of his romance saga that jumps ahead nine years in the storyline where Jesse and Celine spend their holiday...
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Mill Valley Film Festival: Days 6-9 Recap
Film Festival | Bernard Boo | October 12, 2013Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave, and the Unexpected Guest Of all the films in the exceedingly strong MVFF lineup, none have generated the momentum and near-universal acclaim of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, based on the autobiography of...