#Crucial21DbW: The Feeling of Being Watched by Assia Boundaoui
Read my blog post for #DirectedbyWomen today: #Crucial21DbW: The Feeling of Being Watched by Assia Boundaoui “What can you...
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The Value of a Woman’s Work in ROMA and FINDING VIVIAN MAIER on IDA’s Essential Doc Reads of the Week
Thanks to International Documentary Association for including my article published by cléo journal: ”The Value of a Woman’s Wor...
Read the restThe art of distribution: Rams at the Opera Plaza and other case studies
I’m puzzled. I’m puzzled because I just cannot understand why Rams, a film that garnered large acclaim at film festivals aroun...
Read the restSon of Saul and Serious Holiday Fare
Coming to theaters this holiday season are a slew of romantic throwbacks to days gone by (and sometimes not-so-flatteringly). H...
Read the restSundays are for Revivals: Shepitko and an argument for a Thinking-Woman's Screening in San Francisco
I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was new to San Francisco and taking one of my first solo trips to the local movie h...
Read the restWhat I’m Watching This Week: Maidan, Lingering Limbs, and Liv Ullmann
The coming weeks can be a drag of early Oscar hopefuls (Steve Jobs) and near misses (Black Mass) but I’m taking a break after s...
Read the restMovies Come in Pairs: The legacies of Disney & Jobs
In theatres and streaming online today is a pair of engrossing documentaries about two of the best salesmen known to man, Walt ...
Read the restBack To Night: Noir City returns to San Francisco for it’s 13th installment
Tonight the Castro Theatre goes dark with the return of annual Noir City film festival featuring the great and often overlooked...
Read the restWhat I’m Watching This Week: Big Eyes and Gene Wilder
This week I’m taking a deviation from Oscar hopeful watching to indulge in some fun flicks and I think you should join me! I’m...
Read the restToday in SF: Juicy News to close and 'Pac Heights' in cinema
2014 has come to an end in San Francisco and there is much to be proud of (i.e. Burma Love) and reflect on (i.e. The destructiv...
Read the restZero Motivation: the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and bridging the cultural divide with comedy.
Tomorrow I head to Opera Plaza Cinema to catch sight of a new black comedy from Israel titled Zero Motivation. Cited as a mi...
Read the restDocumentary Haven at The Roxie
This weekend is all about the documentary at the Mission’s own Roxie Theater. Tomorrow evening the Roxie will be showing Happy...
Read the restLocation Scout: Or how Woody Allen gets San Francisco COMPLETELY wrong
The other day my best friend wrote me about how her flight back from France reminded her of me as she watched Woody Allen’s Blu...
Read the restRome, My Open City, Cinecittà, and SFFS Fall Season
Please excuse my long absence as my film world went into full blown festival prep and travel mode up until just recently. Now ...
Read the restJazz on a Summer’s Day in person, online, and on screen
The city is a blur with the sweet sounds of Jazz this week as the SF Jazz Festival rages into it’s last day in the Hayes Valley...
Read the restSF Silent Film Festival: Tonight at the Castro
Of all the film festivals to grace the Castro Theatre year-round, the SF Silent Film Festival is one of it’s finest gems. Comin...
Read the restMade in SF: Godzilla and the big block on blockbusters in California
Currently in theaters (and shaking the walls over at Sundance Kabuki) is Godzilla, the epic monster movie attempt and once agai...
Read the restSF International Film Festival 2: The Trip to Italy
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take humor to the edge once again in The Trip to Italy, the latest from London-based director Micha...
Read the restSF Int’l Film Festival: Great writing and a deep love of cinema with David Thomson
Photo credit: Courtesy of the San Francisco Film Society On May 4th, 2014, the San Francisco International Film Festival will...
Read the restWhat I’m watching this week: Finding Vivian Maier at The Clay
Less a film review and more a recommendation, I’m going to see Finding Vivian Maier this evening and I think you should definit...
Read the restMade in SF: A Simple Intro to the SF Film Commission
One of my favorite professors while in school spent an a lot of energy informing his students on ways to make shooting in the ...
Read the restParticles, fevers and the documentary tradition
Out this week at the Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinemas is a small, yet potent documentary about a scientific experim...
Read the restLunchboxes, Clay, and Dinner
Over the past decades technology and globalization have increasingly leveled the playing field in terms of the cinematic qualit...
Read the restVermeers, renovations and tomato soup
Last night I took the M Line over to Embarcadero and found myself at the Embarcadero Center Cinema, owned by Landmark Theatres....
Read the restThe Oscars are coming
Knee deep in the playoffs is where we find ourselves this month in the film world. Every film site you visit is ripe with “for ...
Read the restNumero Uno
Hello and welcome to my blog. After graduating from film school a few years back I took a jump and moved to LA. That didn’t wor...
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