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SVFF 2013: WORKS IN PROGESS—The Evening Class Interview With Dave Jones
Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Film FestivalA brave—if challenging—new programming initiative at the 2013 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) were the three works-in-progress featured in a separate sidebar:...
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SVFF 2013—STUCK (2013)
It's easy to see why Stuart Acher's Stuck (2013) [Official site / Facebook] won Audience Award at the recent Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF). This vehicular narrative—which, in mood, is 180° away from...
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SVFF 2013 / TREEFORT MUSIC FEST 2013: CINEMA DISRUPTION (ONLINE, IN CINEMA &...
"Interesting distributing something like this with the internet and then not really knowing much beyond that."—Zach Voss, Retroscope Media.My focus at this year's edition of the Sun Valley Film...
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FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (2011): Nostalgia For the Future—By Frako Loden
©2011 Chizuru Takahashi - Tetsuro Sayama - GNDHDDT"For those (like me) weary of CGI fantasy and 3D effects, the latest animated film from Ghibli Studios is a fresh sea breeze scented with flowers. From...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013: THE RAMP-UP
Pituka Ortega Heilbron, director of the International Film Festival of Panamá (IFF Panamá), has announced the line-up for IFF Panamá's sophomore edition, to be held April 11-17, 2013. IFF Panamá will...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—STORIES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
Whereas the regional cinema of Idaho earnestly sought a national stage at the 2013 Sun Valley Film Festival, the upcoming International Film Festival Panamá (IFF Panamá) inverts the strategy and...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—BLANCANIEVES (2012)
My air itinerary from San Francisco to Panama City is such that I will be arriving too late for the International Film Festival Panamá (IFF Panamá) opening night gala screening of Pablo Berger's...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—DESPUÉS DE LUCÍA / AFTER LUCIA (2012)
Después de Lucía / After Lucia / (Dir. Michel Franco, Mexico, 2012, 102m)—As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "The story of a teenage girl ruthlessly targeted by her classmates, Mexican writer-director Michel...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—FIN / THE END (2012)
Fin / The End (Dir. Jorge Torregrossa, Spain, 2012, 90m)—As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "The first feature from Spanish director Jorge Torregrossa is a stunning apocalyptic thriller set against the...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—CUATES DE AUSTRALIA / DROUGHT (2011)
Cuates de Australia / Drought (Dir. Everardo González, Mexico, 2011, 83m)—As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "A work of lyrical ethnography, Everardo González's Drought explores the isolated community of...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—7 CAJAS / 7 BOXES (2012)
7 Cajas / 7 Boxes (Dirs. Juan Carlos Maneglia& Tana Schémbori, Paraguay, 2012, 105m)—As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "A teenage delivery boy working in a popular Paraguayan market must dodge thieves,...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—UNA NOCHE / ONE NIGHT (2012)
Una Noche / One Night (Dir. Lucy Mulloy, Cuba, 2012, 90m)—As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "Briskly paced and brimming with atmosphere, Lucy Mulloy's electrifying debut chronicles an attempt made by two...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—DANS LA MAISON (IN THE HOUSE, 2012)
As synopsized by IFF Panamá: "A high school French teacher (Fabrice Luchini) becomes implicated in a series of increasingly precarious and unethical acts when he encourages a student to explore his...
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IFF PANAMÁ 2013—PALABRAS MÁGICAS (MAGIC WORDS, 2012) / CARRIÈRE, 250 METROS...
Two documentaries screened back-to-back at IFF Panamá's new venue, the Teatro Anita Villalaz (situated in the National Institute of Culture), both of which utilized the poetics of memory to further...
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SFIFF56—Michael Hawley Previews the Line-up
The 56th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF56) gets underway in just a few days and Bay Area cinephiles are busy gearing up for two weeks of movies, movies and more movies. The entire...
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A cursory glance at the "Country Index" included in the program guide for the 56th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) reveals several titles showing up more than once; a...
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SFIFF56—Michael Hawley Wraps Up Week One
A most memorable 56th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) ended last week after having presented 158 films from 51 countries spread out over 15 days and 263 screenings—144 of which were...
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SFIFF56—Michael Hawley Wraps Up Week Two
The 56th International San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) ended last week after screening 158 films from 51 countries, spread out over 15 days and 263 screenings—144 of which were sell...
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SFIFF56—FANDOR
It's always such a pleasure to interact with Fandor—specifically Susie Gerhard, editor of Fandor's Keyframe—who requested the transcript of my interview with San Francisco Film Society Executive...
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ROXIE THEATER: I WAKE UP DREAMING: 99 44/100% NOIR—The Evening Class...
Elliot Lavine [interviews one and two] continues to entertain his San Franciscan audiences with noir oddities culled from studio vaults, private collections and Blu-rays, curatorially assembled into...
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