Monthly Archives: April 2011

San Francisco Film Festival: Drawing Restraint 17 by Matthew Barney

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Barney at his most restrained and linear. A compact, silent, heart-breaking, and beautifully composed short film, it had all the echoes of previous works: the textures of substances (glues, soil, plastic, wood, mud), the presence of place (here, the fantastic … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Film Festival: The Good Life by Eva Mulvad

Posted on April 28, 2011 by
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A beautifully-composed, moving and incredibly contained documentary which has the sheen and the pace of fiction. Eva Mulvad, who directed and filmed herself, is an able and intelligent filmmaker. It was an aesthetic, emotional and intellectual pleasure to watch the … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Film Festival: Autumn by Aamir Bashir

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Set in contemporary Kashmir, Mr. Bashir’s début film as writer-director is full of gentle but important flashes of color: red autumn leaves rustling in the wind, black eagles soaring over the mountains and the lake, the deep green of the … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Film Festival: State of the Cinema by Christine Vachon

Posted on April 24, 2011 by
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I was thrilled to see Christine Vachon this evening, giving the highly-anticipated State of the Cinema address. I had never heard her speak before, and she was everything I imagined she would be: funny, witty, tough, pragmatic, engaging, unapologetic, and … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Film Festival: First Weekend

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Opening weekend at the SFFF and the excitement in certain corners of San Francisco (and of Berkeley) is palpable. A truly democratic group of moviegoers and filmmakers of different ages, genders, ethnicities, neuroses. Speaking to my fellow film nerds while … Continue reading →

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Now Playing: Women Inflict Violence

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

I can’t help but notice this recent trend: films about very young heroines with a thirst for revenge. Hanna is sent out by her father on a deadly mission. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo avenges violence inflicted on her. … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Film Festival: Top picks

Posted on April 2, 2011 by
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Tickets are on sale for the festival, which starts on the 21st April! http://fest11.sffs.org/ Incendies (France), Denis Villeneuve Drawing Restraint 17 (USA), Matthew Barney The City Below (Germany), Christoph Hochhausler Asleep in The Sun (Argentina), Alejandro Chomski The Tiniest Place … Continue reading →

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