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AHITH 2022—LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT
The 19th edition of Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (“AHITH”) will take place December 1 to 17, 2022 at the Roxie Theater, 4 Star Theatre, Stage Werks, Eventive, and Zoom. Offering 17 days of...
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BAM/PFA—Pier Paolo Pasolini Retrospective (2022)
Nine years ago the Bay Area celebrated a Pier Paolo Pasolini (2013) retrospective that provided the welcome opportunity to view most of his films. Enthused, at The Evening Class I assembled a listing...
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AFF 2022—Queer Lens Shorts (Diaspora & Displacement)
Like paper flowers in water, short films possess the capacity to expand small intimate stories into larger dimensions of meaning and relevance. “Short” and “small” convert into narrative snapshots of...
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AFF 2022—OPENING NIGHT: The Blue Caftan (2022)
Husband and wife Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (IL VANGELO SECONDO...
My response to the casting and narrative elements of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to Matthew (Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo, 1964) ("Matthew") was originally published on Keyframe, Fandor’s...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—A Resonant Friendship: Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ninetto Davoli. Photo: Unknown."Everything about him has a magical air ... an endless reserve of happiness."—Pier Paolo Pasolini on Ninetto Davoli. Nine years ago in 2013 Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier...
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REVIEW—SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS (2020)
Not since Prince Charming fitted the glass slipper onto Cinderella’s foot has a rags-to-riches story been so compelling as Luca Guadagnino’s affectionate portrait of Salvatore Ferragamo, the “shoemaker...
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REVIEW: IKIRU (1952) / LIVING (2022)
In the program notes for the California premiere of Living (2022) at the 45th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival, David Riedel synopsized: “This beautiful drama, written by Kazuo Ishiguro (The...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME (2019)—BOISE, IDAHO...
With his first directorial feature David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019) emerging as a Sundance darling picked up by Sony Pictures for theatrical distribution, I was touched by A.J. Eaton's invitation...
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GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (2022)—An Evening Class Question For Guillermo...
As I approached the Christmas season this past December, I became curious about painterly representations of the Annunciation and discovered James Tissot’s version of the Biblical event, which depicts...
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TREEFORT 11 (2023)—TEN BANDS TO SEE
With 500+ musical acts scheduled for Treefort 11, the task of shaping an itinerary of what I’m hoping to catch at this year’s edition has been a bit overwhelming; but, here are ten acts I’m looking...
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TREEFORT 11 / WINDOW WALK—The Evening Class Profile of Walter Gerald
It’s the Window Walk on First Thursday that, for me, annually launches Treefort where muralists and downtown businesses combine forces to offer Boiseans a street gallery throughout the month of March....
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PORCELAIN WAR (2024)—REVIEW
Porcelain War (2024), the documentary film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev that won this year’s Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize, follows the experience of Ukrainian artists as they...
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THURSDAY THROWBACK: INLAND EMPIRE—The San Rafael Film Center Q&A With David...
"Transcendental meditation speaks of inner preservation. Transcendental meditation gives you peace of mind."—“Jesus Children of America”, Stevie Wonder. In the September-October 2006 issue of Film...
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REVIEW—ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND (2024)
Directed, written and produced by Raoul Peck (whose 2016 documentary I Am Not Your Negro impressed me) Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (which had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival)...
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TREEFORT INDEX
THE EVENING CLASS: MUSIC Treefort 2014—Bay Area > Boise Treefort 2014—Fave PicksTreefort 2015—The Evening Class Interview With Sun Blood Stories Treefort 2015—Jumping the Shark / The Evening Class...
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REVIEW—LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY (2024)
"I am a part of all that I have met," poet Alfred Tennyson wrote In “Ulysses”, a poem in blank verse that served as a dramatic monologue detailing the Greek hero's travels, encounters, and escapades,...
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REVIEW: EXTRACTED (2025)—Episode 1: “Survive the Night”
Photo courtesy of Entertainment WeeklyI’m not really a reality T.V. enthusiast, but have to admit that one of my guilty viewing pleasures has been watching the American version of Big Brother, which...
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TREEFORT 2025—RAÍCES: The Evening Class Interview With Miguel Almeida
Miguel Almeida is an illustrator / muralist based in Boise, Idaho. He works both digitally and traditionally to create colorful illustrations. His personal work is largely inspired by his Mexican...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—SVFF 2013 / TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 2013: CINEMA DISRUPTION...
"Interesting distributing something like this with the internet and then not really knowing much beyond that."—Zach Voss, Retroscope Media. Fourteen years ago, in the Spring of 2011, I brokered my...
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REVIEW: EXTRACTED (2025)—Episode 2: “Gimme Shelter”
Austin & Justin Denison in HQ; courtesy of Fox.With 80 robotic surveillance cameras positioned in the Survival Zone, and who knows how many observing from HQ, the amount of footage needing to be...
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REVIEW: EXTRACTED (2025)—Episode 3: “The Hunt”
Justin & Austin Denison. Photo courtesy of Fox.The third installment of the Fox reality series Extracted raises the question of where it is that drama resides? Which human qualities offer...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 9 (2021)—The Evening Class Interview...
Photo: Rachel Bennett. All rights reserved.Since first seeing Smokey Brights at the 9th edition of Treefort Music Fest, I have caught them in performance several times. They continue to be one of my...
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TREEFORT FEST 2025 / ARTFORT / THE EVENING CLASS INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY GAYTAN
Any city is composed of surfaces: walls, streets, sidewalks, fences and traffic boxes. A citizenry negotiates these spaces, maneuvering through the rhythms of their working lives, craving diversion to...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY / TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 2016—The Evening Class Interview...
It is wonderful to see how the Treefort Music Fest has expanded over the years, but I will always have a fondness for its early years and the young musicians and artists who embraced me when I first...
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