Festival Report | Nov 06, 2009

American Indian Film Festival

Like every other identity-oriented festival on the crowded Bay Area film calendar, the annual survey of movies by and about indigenous peoples is of substantial interest and value to nonmembers of the tribe (so to speak). By Michael Fox

Event | Oct 30, 2009

Kevin Smith at the Warfield

Kevin Smith, everyone's favorite chubby, foul-mouthed, bespectacled Jersey boy is coming to the Warfield for some stand-up. Will he actually speak or will he show up as Silent Bob? By Jonathan Kiefer

Festival Report | Oct 22, 2009

Cinema by the Bay Preview

Even with all the film festivals crammed into the local calendar, there isn't room to showcase all the remarkable work by Bay Area filmmakers. Cinema by the Bay neatly plugs the gap (a little). By Michael Fox

Film Review | Oct 18, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

A classic by all accounts, and an unimprovable symbiosis of content and form, Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are ranks high among "Oh no they didn't" fodder for movie adaptation. By Jonathan Kiefer

Event | Oct 17, 2009

Visible Histories

What do author Eric Lyle (On the Lower Frequencies), Oscar-nominated local documentarian Sam Green, and Oregon filmmaker Vanessa Renwick have in common with Carl Sagan? Find out tonight at Other Cinema. By Jonathan Kiefer

Art Review | Oct 15, 2009

Mama Don't Go: Candice Breitz at SFMOMA

Candice Breitz preys on the collective memories of popular culture, using familiar characters to create her video mash-ups, two of which are now on view at SFMOMA. By Kristin Farr

Truly CA Shorts | Oct 10, 2009

Close to Home

View Theo Rigby's short film, Close to Home, which follows the story of a father broken from the loss of his son, and a daughter waiting for the father that she once had.

Festival Report | Oct 08, 2009

Mill Valley Film Festival

They call it the launching pad for the Oscar campaign. I don't know who "they" are, but that's what they call it. Which means classy! But cozy classy (as opposed to, you know, slickly obsequious) because that's how the Mill Valley Film Festival rolls. By Jonathan Kiefer

Film Review | Oct 02, 2009

Capitalism, A Love Story

The activist filmmaker's latest finds him less angry and contemptuous than we've ever seen him. But do we really want a kinder, gentler Michael Moore? By Michael Fox

Film Review | Oct 02, 2009

Coco Before Chanel

With the release of Coco Before Chanel, we are confronted with a shock: where on earth did Audrey Tautou's charm and vitality go? By Jeffrey Edalatpour

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