AltWeeklies Wire
Bee True: the documentaries of Berlin and Beyondnew
Three German-language documentaries (More Than Honey, Miles and War, and Redemption Impossible) stand out in San Francisco's annual Berlin and Beyond film festival.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
01-17-2014 |
Movies
This Ain't a Wrapnew
This Ain't California, an unexpectedly controversial film about East German skaters, challenges the establishment in more ways than one.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
12-28-2012 |
Movies
Inconvenient Truths Abound in Eco-Docs 'The Age of Stupid' and 'No Impact Man'new
So then, do the canvas bags, travel mugs, energy-saving appliances, clotheslines, CSA memberships, cycling, recycling, composting, and other ecologically minded efforts of a smattering of well-intentioned individuals matter at all? Or matter enough?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
09-16-2009 |
Movies
Find Those Hoary Old Cult Movie Chestnuts Onlinenew
The San Francisco collective Cosmic Hex is committed to finding, archiving, and digitally preserving just those forgotten treasures of underground exploitation film.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Krimper |
08-05-2009 |
Movies
'Milk': The Politics Behind the Picturenew
The new Harvey Milk movie, which opens later this month, begins as a love story, but after that, the movie gets political -- in fact, by Hollywood standards, it's remarkably political. The movie raises a lot of issues that are alive and part of San Francisco politics today.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
11-19-2008 |
Movies
Bros, Butts, and More at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festivalnew
As I write this, a little over halfway though this year's visit, I haven't yet had a defining Toronto fest moment. Sure, there was the moment I became aware of just how jaded I am -- when I passed by a mob of gawkers and flashbulbs and realized I didn't give a rat's ass about which celebrity had incited such a tizzy. But so far, I haven't seen a film that truly dazzled me.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-11-2008 |
Movies
Strap Yourself In for the Summer Movie Blitznew
Must be summer -- every movie I want to see in the next three months is either a sequel, a superhero movie, or a superhero movie sequel.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
04-30-2008 |
Movies
The Year in Film: Cartooning the Warnew
Transformers and 300 turn the conflict into comic book blockbusters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-28-2007 |
Movies
A Conversation With the Godfather of Gorenew
Between 1960 and 1972, Herschell Gordon Lewis ruled the drive-in with a steady stream of exploitation movies, made on the cheap for crowds unafraid to experience the kind of special effects that earned him the nickname "the Godfather of Gore."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-31-2007 |
Movies
Fall Movie Preview: Fresh Coppola and Eternal Winternew
Running down the top 10 new movies to hit screens this fall, from Across the Universe to Youth Without Youth.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
08-22-2007 |
Movies
Our Springfield Soft Spotsnew
Ten (out of 10,000,000) reasons why we love The Simpsons.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Staff |
07-30-2007 |
Movies
Tags: The Simpsons Movie
Our Springfield Soft Spotsnew
Ten (out of 10,000,000) reasons why we love The Simpsons.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy, Dennis Harvey and Johnny Ray Huston |
07-25-2007 |
Movies
Views of 'Iwo Jimo'new
Japanese responses to Clint Eastwood's Oscar contender.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Taro Gato |
02-21-2007 |
Movies
Tags: Oscars
Look Ma, No Grantsnew
How one independent filmmaker scored alternative arts funding.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Devereaux |
01-10-2007 |
Movies
F Stands for Familynew
... and for fucked up -- an apt tag for 2006's movie kin.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-27-2006 |
Movies
