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SFFS Announces 2014 Documentary Film Fund Winners
The San Francisco Film Society has announced the winners for their 2014 Documentary Film Fund with awards totaling more than $75,000. All films are in postproduction, and since its inception the fund has awarded over $300,000 to filmmakers with non-fiction...
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Trailer: American Blogger
In this day and age, it can truly be said that bloggers have a remarkable influence on the general public, whether it be what music we listen to, what products we buy, or what trends we follow. More importantly...
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The Reunion
Anna Odell’s The Reunion is split into two distinct halves, each half appearing to be directly inspired by a different film. The first half, called “The Speech”, clearly owes a lot to Thomas Vinterberg’s The Celebration. It opens at...
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Nymphomaniac Vol. 2
A complimentary companion to Volume 1 while distinctly upping the ante in both shock and style.
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Cuban Fury
Nick Frost, best known as Simon Pegg’s tubby partner in crime in the “Cornetto Trilogy” (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End), casts his own shadow in Cuban Fury, an amiable dance-infused rom-com that dazzles and charms despite missing a...
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Trailer: Oculus
Are you ready to be freaked out by a mirror? Mike Flanagan’s horror film Oculus is about an antique mirror that supposedly possesses people into committing murder. Two siblings attempt to prove the mirror is at fault for their...
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Trailer: Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam’s wonderfully bizarre film Borgman made its world premiere last year at Cannes. Trailer does a great job of capturing the strange nature of the film that is somewhat of a cross between Holy Motors and Dogtooth...
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Nick Frost Conquers Fear, Salsas Butt Off in ‘Cuban Fury’
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 his late 30’s, Bruce is an overweight, insecure pushover who...
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Charlie Siskel Talks ‘Finding Vivian Maier’
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 photographs she took around the city, of which there are...
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Patrick Epino Talks Becoming an Awesome Asian Bad Guy
Awesome Asian Bad Guys, which screened a couple of weeks ago at CAAMFest, is an action-comedy that follows The National Film Society, a couple of Asian Los Angeles Youtubers (Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco), as they attempt to track...
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On My Way
What’s surprising about On My Way, a latter-life crisis road trip film starring Catherine Deneuve, is that the film flounders and fumbles while the French living legend is alone at the helm. Only when a talented young actor (Nemo Schiffman)...
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Way Too Indie Hangout #3 – Film Festival Experiences and Best Films We’ve Seen in 2014 (so far)
In our Way Too Indie Hangout #3, we discuss our experiences from festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and SFIFF. Topics range from proper film festival etiquette, selecting our favorite seats, and if reactions are exaggerated during festivals. We also...
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Barefoot
Andrew Fleming’s Barefoot falls short of being both an intriguing and emotionally moving film. Coming from a director credited for cult classics such as The Craft and Dick, I had a level of expectation for this film, which by...
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The Raid 2: Berandal
Welsh-born filmmaker Gareth Evans’ The Raid: Redemtion shook up the martial arts movie genre in 2011 with its exhilarating action, scintillating fight choreography, and no-holds-barred brutality. The film didn’t have much of a plot to speak of: A police raid...
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