comedy
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Michael Tully Talks ‘Ping Pong Summer’
Michael Tully’s Ping Pong Summer is a tidal wave of ’80s nostalgia that follows a shy, hip-hop and table tennis loving...
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The Grand Seduction
Advice: sometimes going into a film knowing almost nothing about it is NOT the way to go. After...
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J.P. Chan and Cast Talk ‘A Picture of You’ (Part 2)
In A Picture of You, a brother and sister (Andrew Pang and Jo Mei) return to their rural childhood...
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J.P. Chan and Cast Talk ‘A Picture of You’
In A Picture of You, a brother and sister (Andrew Pang and Jo Mei) return to their rural childhood...
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We Are The Best!
“Punk is dead” is a phrase heard several times throughout We Are the Best!, but it’s certainly not...
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Whiplash (Cannes Review)
Like the two previous Sundance hits, Whiplash goes through familiar emotional motions which prevent it from being the...
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The Double
A few years ago, Jesse Eisenberg was regarded by many (especially in the mainstream) as a less famous alternative...
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The Toy Soldiers
Erik Peter Carlson’s début feature Transatlantic Coffee was a visually stimulating observation of one man’s story of isolation...
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SFIFF57: Alex of Venice Red Carpet Interviews
This past Thursday we chatted with the stars of Alex of Venice, which closed out this year’s San Francisco...
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Gloria
It’s been over a year since Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria wowed festival goers at the 2013 Berlinale, where it...
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SFIFF57: The Double, Heaven Adores You, Of Horses & Men, Impossible Light
In Submarine director Richard Ayoade’s stylish Dostoyevsky adaptation The Double, Jesse Eisenberg impresses yet again in a dual performance as...
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Filth
Watching Filth, I noticed a few things. One, I felt increasingly as the film progressed that a good long...
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Hot Docs 2014: I Am Big Bird, Private Violence, Mateo, Portrait of Jason
I Am Big Bird I Am Big Bird is, not surprisingly, one of the more popular titles at...
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Fading Gigolo
After an evocative opening credit sequence featuring warm, grainy 8mm footage of old buildings in New York City...
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Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge character, while only well-known in America to diehard BBC fanatics, is an amusing creation that...