SFIFF59 made a strong case for supporting the work of female documentarians. I have been thinking a lot recently about how female documentarians are good at effacing themselves for the service of the story, and […]
Category: DIRECTORS
The Wonders dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher, as shown by her lovely first feature film, Corpo Celeste, and her latest, The Wonders, is a first-rate filmmaker and thoroughly original storyteller. Her films convey confidence in her work, ability and subject […]
Inherent Vice: Paul Thomas Anderson and The California Dream
While Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, Inherent Vice, was based on a novel by Pynchon, what it really reminded me of was Didion: “California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of […]
Magic in the Moonlight by Woody Allen
Mr. Allen continues his romantic European streak with Magic in the Moonlight, a funny, beautiful and thoughtful comedy about the nature of reality and the dueling principles of reason/fatih, loyalty/betrayal and magic/logic. Happily there is […]
SFIFF 57: Persistence of Vision Award/Isaac Julien
The last time I attended the POV award ceremony at the San Francisco International Film Festival was for Matthew Barney, whose work continues to infuriate and fascinate me in equal measure. However, I appreciate his […]
Leonine Films 