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MING STUDIOS: A MAN OF LETTERS—The Evening Class Interview With Noel B. Weber
If you've not yet stopped by Ming Studios to take a look at their current exhibit "A Man of Letters"—Ming's retrospective showcase of Master Sign Painter, Noel B. Weber—then you can't really call...
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BLANCHE DUBOIS IN PURGATORY (2014)
Have you ever wondered what happened to Blanche DuBois after she accepted the kindness of strangers and allowed that mild-mannered doctor to lead her off to the looney bin? Comparatively, have you ever...
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READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP: THE FILMS OF BILLY WILDER—David Thomson on Some Like...
The Pacific Film Archive (PFA) series "Ready For His Close-up: The Films of Billy Wilder" (programmed by Steve Seid) begins to wind down this weekend with three of Wilder's most creative efforts: a...
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TREEFORT 2015: BAY TO BOISE & BACK—A FIVEPICK
Anyone who knows me well knows that I'm in my element in the conduit between San Francisco, California and Boise, Idaho, monitoring the cross-pollinations flourishing in that high-trafficked corridor...
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TREEFORT 2015: The Evening Class Interview With SUN BLOOD STORIES
Photo: Kate GrosswilerI first heard Sun Blood Stories while waiting in line for a street taco at Treefort 2013. A virile guttural howling was haunting the air from the Main Stage and it drew me front...
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PFA: The Evening Class "Exit" Interview With Steve Seid
In recent years PFA programmer Steve Seid has become one of my favorite quipsters. Case in point, when I learned that he was retiring from the Pacific Film Archive (PFA) after 26 years of service, I...
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A RARE NOIR IS GOOD TO FIND—INDEX
If attendance at last Fall's series "The French Had A Name For It" is any indication, it's likely that "A Rare Noir Is Good To Find"—kicking off tomorrow evening at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006)—The Evening Class Interview With...
With today's welcome announcement that Guillermo del Toro will be the recipient of the Irving M. Levin Directing Award at the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23-May 7, 2015), my...
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TRANSGENDER COMEDY—The Evening Class Interview With Ian Harvie
Photo: Austin YoungAfter the demoralizing setback (I won't call it defeat) at Boise, Idaho's Add the Words hearing on Thursday, January 9, 2015, the prescience of filmmakers Cammie Pavesic and Michael...
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TFF 2015—LOCAL GEMS
"Idaho's state gem is the star garnet," Treefort Film Festival (TFF) states in their program notes, "but lesser known yet equally brilliant Treasure Valley gems fill this slate of films."Runaway (dir....
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TFF 2015—LAKE LOS ANGELES (2014)
Mike Ott's Lake Los Angeles (2014) is not about Southern California's City of Broken Dreams and Fallen Angels, but is situated instead deep in the Antelope Valley on the western tip of the Mojave...
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FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (2013)—The Evening Class Q&A With Charlie Siskel
The story told by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel's documentary Finding Vivian Maier (2013) is intriguingly open-ended, provoking questions not only about the biographical details of a charismatic yet...
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A RARE NOIR IS GOOD TO FIND—Un Condamné À Mort S'est Échappé (A Man Escaped,...
As an appropriate segué from last November's wildly successful French noir series "The French Had A Name For It", the opening night double-bill for "A Rare Noir Is Good to Find" (running...
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A RARE NOIR IS GOOD TO FIND—Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (The Scarlet Dove, 1961) /...
Now here's a very odd double-bill pairing Finnish director Matti Kassila's Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (The Scarlet Dove, 1961) with Hong Kong's Tian-lin Wang's Ye Mei Gui Zhi Lian (The Wild, Wild Rose,...
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TFF 2015: MAX HELMS: CURSE OF THE RELIC (2015)—The Evening Class Interview...
Hutt Wigley catapuled into visibility with his collaboration on last year's "Skyship Tour" ramp-up videos to Treefort 2014 (parts one, two and three) produced by Retroscope Media. He follows up this...
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TFF 2015: VIEW FROM A PEDAL BUGGY (2015)—The Evening Class Interview With...
Design: Ryan JohnsonMichael Guillén: Zach, you're doing a double-whammy this year with Treefort. Retroscope Media has, of course, produced the "Dance Battle" promotional videos, and your short film...
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SFIFF58—MICHAEL HAWLEY ANTICIPATES THE LINE-UP
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) is busy gearing up for its 58th edition, with the full line-up set to be announced at a March 31 press conference. Based on press releases...
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YBCA—DARK HORSE: Film Noir Westerns
San Franciscan audiences are an especially noir-savvy group. Elliot Lavine and the Roxie Theatre began re-introducing the "genre" (as it were) decades ago and the popularity of Lavine's programs...
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TREEFORT MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015: JUMPING THE SHARK—The Evening Class Interview...
Photo: Jason SieversAlex Cameron was 15 minutes late to his Treefort gig at The Linen Building. Considering he'd been given the run-around securing a visa to enter the U.S., flew in to Los Angeles from...
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A RARE NOIR IS GOOD TO FIND—Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (The Scarlet Dove, 1961) /...
Now here's a very odd double-bill pairing Finnish director Matti Kassila's Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (The Scarlet Dove, 1961) with Hong Kong's Tian-lin Wang's Ye Mei Gui Zhi Lian (The Wild, Wild Rose,...
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