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FILMFORT: CARBON (2016)—The Evening Class Interview With Christian Lybrook
Poster design: Mankit Lam.We are stardust (we're made of million-year-old carbon).We are golden (we just got caught up in some devil's bargain).—Joni MitchellWhen I first moved to Boise, Idaho, I was...
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FILMFORT: SMOKE (2016)—The Evening Class Interview With Alan Heathcock
Photo: Matthew WordellFilmfort's program "Idaho Elements"—offered free to the public on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 6:00PM at the Owyhee—features the Boise debut of Cody Gittings' and Stephen Heleker's...
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FILMFORT: SMOKE (2016)—The Evening Class Interview With Amadeus Serafini &...
In a particularly lovely entry on his Facebook timeline, award-winning author Alan Heathcock recalls that when he was nine years old, his grandfather told him a story. The story sat inside him,...
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TREEFORT 2016—The Evening Class Interview With Tisper (née Samwise Carlson)
Photo: Joey Tribiani.With the sweetest of smiles and the strongest of embraces, Tisper (née Samwise Carlson) has distinguished himself in Boise's musical scene as an elven incarnation of fantasy folk,...
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FICCI56—MATE-ME POR FAVOR (KILL ME PLEASE, 2015)
Ten narrative features competed for the India Catalina statue and over $100,000 in prizes at the recently-held 56th edition of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI56), which took place...
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SFIFF59—MICHAEL HAWLEY PREVIEWS THE EARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) heads crosstown to the Mission District for its 59th edition, thereby concluding nearly three decades of being headquartered at Japantown's...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2016—IBERO AMERICAN PORTAL
IFF Panamá celebrates its fifth edition on April 7-13, 2016. For a North American film journalist, the undisputed value of an international film festival venued in Latin America resides in the...
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SFIFF59 2016—MICHAEL HAWLEY FOCUSES ON FRENCH CINEMA
Franco-cinephiles in the Bay Area look upon the San Francisco Film Society, with its international film festival and French Cinema Now series, as their principal source for important and interesting...
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SFIFF59 2016—MICHAEL HAWLEY FOCUSES ON ASIAN CINEMA
Perhaps it's a just matter of perception, but it appears there might be fewer Asian films at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. Admittedly, not many movies from the continent...
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SFIFF59 2016—MICHAEL HAWLEY FOCUSES ON MORE AWARDS & SPECIAL EVENTS
After weeks of anticipation, the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF59) is finally set to kick off Thursday night. Bay Area cinephiles are going to be crazy-busy for the next 15 days....
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SFIFF59—The Evening Class Interview With Rachel Rosen, Director of Programming
Short of a decade ago, in celebration of the 50th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), Russell Merritt conducted interviews for the San Francisco Film Society's Oral...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2016: EL APÓSTATA (THE APOSTATE, 2015)—The Evening Class Interview...
Federico Veiroj's long-awaited third feature El Apóstata (The Apostate, 2015) had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, continued on to the 63rd San Sebastian...
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SFIFF59: PETER J. OWENS ACTING AWARD—Onstage Conversation With Ellen Burstyn...
Triple-crown award winner Ellen Burstyn claims she realized as a young actress that she wouldn't be able to rely on her looks if she wanted to have a career, and yet at a spry 83 years old, Burstyn is...
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EDUARDO COUTINHO: A CINEMA OF LISTENING—Two Evening Class Questions For João...
I arrived in San Francisco just in time to catch the tail end of the Pacific Film Archive's retrospective "Eduardo Coutinho: A Cinema of Listening", highlighting the documentary artistry of Brazilian...
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SFIFF59—WEEK ONE
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), heralded as the oldest annual film festival in North America, shifts into its 59th edition (April 21-May 5, 2016) steeped in history but with its...
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SFIFF59—WEEK TWO
Week two of the 59th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) proved the vast, subjective and multifold nature of spectatorial pleasure, especially with SFIFF's programming team...
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SFIFF59—Michael Hawley Wraps Up the Special Events & Documentary Features
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) concluded its 59th edition after 15 satisfying days of movies and special events. While I have some reservations about the festival's move from...
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SFSFF21 2016—Michael Hawley Previews the Line-up
Hot on the heels of last year's 20th anniversary blow-out, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) is back with another stunning roster for 2016. The Western Hemisphere's most prestigious silent...
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IFF PANAMÁ: HEART OF A DOG—A Conversation With Laurie Anderson By María Zacco...
With evident Buddhist mirth registering in her twinkling eyes and her dimpled smile, Laurie Anderson gamely accepted the challenge of engaging a whirlwind series of 10-minute interviews, one after the...
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FANTASIA 2016—FIRST WAVE (A-F)
The Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer from July 14 to August 2, 2016, once again returning to Concordia Hall Cinema as its...
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