March 21st, 2007 - Two incredible nights of film to blog about – then I’m out. The festival continues through tonight (I’m seeing Syndromes and a Century and then I’ll head over to the Rickshaw Stop for Directions in Sound with KIIIIIII, Scrabbel, Dreamdate, and DJ Pickpocket), Read more »
March 19th, 2007 - The island sun (see Saturday’s column) gave way to more typical San Francisco weather over the weekend, but for me, the light and mood changed every two hours or so, as I journeyed through nine amazing programs. Read more »
March 17th, 2007 - San Francisco weather put me in Hawaii mode well before I watched Na Kamalei: Men of Hula on Friday night. Last year, I recall we were thanking the Hawaiian gods for their “rain blessing” during opening night’s torrential downpour. Read more »
March 14th, 2007 - A few weeks ago, at the Festival Launch Party, a woman exclaimed to me – “This festival is the highpoint of my whole year!” Yeah, it’s like that. Read more »
March 8th, 2007 - If there is one quality that the world of American film distribution is infamous for, it is its notorious fickleness. Stars, filmmakers and even racial groups fall in and out of favor Read more »
March 8th, 2007 - “I’m not tryin’ to change the world or anything like that,” Spencer Nakasako says modestly. Read more »
March 2nd, 2007 - Six filmmakers, four narrative features, one year. The Class of 1997 comprised Read more »
March 2nd, 2007 - South Korean cinema is still riding the wave of its moment on the world stage, thanks to its high production values and wealth of talent. Read more »
February 13th, 2007 - Greetings and welcome to the eleven-day long birthday bash that we will affectionately call the 25th annual Read more »
