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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013)—Ryan Lattanzio Interviews Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy
In 1995, gen Xers Jesse and Celine met on a train in Vienna and spent 24 hours falling in love and getting to know each other. But then, the sun rose and they went their separate ways until 2005, when...
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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013)—An Onstage Conversation With Richard Linklater, Julie...
Noting that the 15-day length of the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) is longer than the average film festival, programmer Rachel Rosen posed that ordinarily she would be feeling a...
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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013)—SFIFF56 Closing Night Q&A With Richard Linklater &...
Photo courtesy of Pamela Gentile, San Francisco Film Society.With Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (2013) opening theatrically this weekend, here at The Evening Class we offer a triple toast. First,...
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FILL THE VOID / LEMALE E HA'HALAL (2012)—The Evening Class Interview With...
Rama Burshstein was sitting at a wedding with a friend when a beautiful 17-year-old girl came to their table. She was wearing a lot of jewelry, which signified she'd recently been engaged. Burshtein's...
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YBCA: NEW FILIPINO CINEMA 2013—The Evening Class Interview With Joel Shepard
Last year about this time, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) launched New Filipino Cinema to introduce American audiences to the startlingly creative yet relatively unknown work coming out of the...
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YBCA: NEW FILIPINO CINEMA—Kalayaan (Wildlife, 2012)
Reminiscent of the sensually dilated visions of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and João Pedro Rodrigues (Tropical Malady and O Fantasma, respectively), Adolfo Alix, Jr.'s Kalayaan (Wildlife, 2012) likewise...
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YBCA: THE PARADISE TRILOGY: The Evening Class Interview With Ulrich Seidl
Fresh off the success of his New Filipino Cinema program, Joel Shepard and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) score another programming coup with Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy, providing San...
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FRAMELINE 37: PIT STOP (2013)—The Evening Class Interview With Producer...
It was my honor to write the Frameline 37 program capsule for Yen Tan's Pit Stop (2013) [Facebook], especially after having been so enamored with Tan's earlier effort Ciao (2008), and which I replicate...
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FRAMELINE 37: WHITE NIGHT (BAEK YA, 2012)
Positioned within Frameline 37's spotlight on Queer Asian Cinema, South Korean entry White Night (Baek Ya, 2012) is LeeSong Hee-il's follow-up to No Regret (2006), which emerged as a milestone in...
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FRAMELINE 37—Michael Hawley Previews the Line-up
The world's oldest LGBT film festival celebrates its 37th anniversary this year, as Frameline's 2013 edition rolls out in San Francisco and Berkeley from June 20 to 30. Globally, the fest also remains...
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FRAMELINE 37—Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013)
Big Joy: the Adventures of James Broughton (2013) [Official site / Facebook], a documentary portrait of the famed poet / filmmaker / sexual liberator, has been created with evident affection by...
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FANTASIA 2013—THE FIRST WAVE
The Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 through August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world,...
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FANTASIA 2013—A Lifetime Achievement Award for Andrzej Żuławski
Photo courtesy of SIPA Press / East NewsFor his singular vision, passion and bravery, the Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) is bestowing their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to the great...
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FANTASIA 2013: SPECIAL LIVE THEATRE EVENT—Clive Barker's A History of the Devil
Photo courtesy of Julia MilzThe Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) will again be delving into the realm of live theatre with a special three-night engagement of Title 66 Productions'...
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PUNTO DE VISTA FESTIVAL—Oskar Alegria Appointed New Artistic Director
One of the definite highlights of my participation in the recent San Francisco International Film Festival was befriending Oskar Alegria and having the opportunity to watch his transcendent...
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FANTASIA 2013—THE SECOND WAVE
The Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) announced the first wave of programming for their 17th edition last week, and now proudly unveil several additional highlights in anticipation of...
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FANTASIA 2013—Extensive Artist Talks with Bryan Singer and Simon Boswell
The Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) will once again offer audiences the opportunity to participate in illuminating artist talks, expositions, and panels, with a chief highlight being...
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FANTASIA 2013—Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett Bare It All In Joe Swanberg's 24...
The Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) will unveil the world premiere screening of mumblecore icon Joe Swanberg's recently completed 24 Exposures (2013) as part of its Camera Lucida...
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SMOKE: SET VISIT—The Evening Class Interview With Actors Joel Nagle and...
Photo courtesy of Debbie Courson SmithIn 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...
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WHEN MOVIES MATTERED—The Film International Interview With Dave Kehr
Photo courtesy of John Von PamerIn his contribution to Project: New Cinephilia, Chris Fujiwara quoted Shigehiko Hasumi, film critic and president emeritus of Tokyo University: "At the beginning of the...
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