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VENOM

October 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment

VENOM

We none of us, least of all your humble correspondent, lives in a vacuum. So perhaps it’s because I’ve recently seen THE PREDATOR that the mere, yet aggressive, mediocrity of VENOM did not make for a completely awful cinematic experience. Which is not to say that this ploddingly plotted effort is good, but for sheer… Read More »

Tagged With: ALIEN, ethics, Marvel Universe, MCU, pangolin tail, San Francisco, science experiments, Stan Lee, symbiote, symbiotic relationship, Tater Tots

DEFENDER — Jeff Adachi Interview

April 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment

DEFENDER — Jeff Adachi Interview

Jeff Adachi has devoted his professional life to public service, serving as a public defender for 32 years, the last 15 of which in the top elected spot in the public defender’s office. Somehow he has also managed to carve out a sideline as a filmmaker, making documentaries that examine racial issues in our culture… Read More »

Tagged With: BART police, Black Lives Matter, criminal justice system, immigration court, implicit bias, Japanese internment, Public defender, racism, San Francisco, scapegoat, travel ban

COMPANY TOWN — Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow Interview

October 27, 2016 By Leave a Comment

COMPANY TOWN — Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow Interview

The 2014 election for the supervisor of District 3 in San Francisco became the referendum on tech for filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow. The two candidates, Aaron Peskin and Julie Christensen had different approaches to the issues, including the effect of the so-called “sharing economy” on affordable housing in San Francisco.  When we spoke… Read More »

Tagged With: Aaron Peskin, affordable housing, AirBNB, Chinatown, corporate tax breaks, district elections, evictions, gentrification, homelessness, Julie Christensen, losing the middle class, Lyft, Mission District, monetizing, San Francisco, Sharing economy, Silicon Valley, tech economy, tech workers, transparency, Twitter, Uber

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition — Katharina Kubrick Interview

July 8, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition — Katharina Kubrick Interview

One of the first things I said to Katharina Kubrick when I interviewed her on July 1, 2016, was that for every question I asked her, there would be another 100 that would have to go unasked. That’s the tyranny of time, and, to be fair, a week with this charming, witty, and vivacious woman… Read More »

Tagged With: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Avid editor, Christmas presents, Contemporary Jewish Museum, EYES WIDE SHUT, MPAA ratings, NAPOLEON, San Francisco, unmade films, Warner Bros

PUSHING DEAD with Tom E. Brown

June 18, 2016 By Leave a Comment

PUSHING DEAD with Tom E. Brown

One of the first things I established with Tom E. Brown when I spoke with him on June 17, 2016 was that his debut feature film, PUSHING DEAD, was not autobiographical. It does, however, reflect his mordant sense of humor about living with HIV+ status, and it includes an interlude where a character is pelted… Read More »

Tagged With: absurdity, AIDS, black comedy, diagnosis, Frameline, health insurance, HIV, HIV meds, narrative film, salvage therapy, San Francisco, Sundance Labs

Anita Monga on the 2016 San Francisco Silent Film Festival

June 1, 2016 By 1 Comment

Anita Monga on the 2016 San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Few people speak about silent cinema with such authority and such affection as Anita Monga, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. When we spoke on May 16, 2016, it was to discuss not just the dynamic slate of films at this year’s festival, its 21st, but also the work that the festival… Read More »

Tagged With: Abel Gance, Albatross Studios, Anthony Asquith, BFI, Bryony Dixon, Castro Theatre, cinema history, Cinemateque Francais, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Emil Jannings, Ernst Lubitsch, film history, film restoration, Guenter Buchwald, Hal Roach, Hayes Code, John Mirsalis, Laurel and Hardy, Louise Brooks, Nanook of the North, Oakland Symphony chorus, Oscar Micheaux, Ozu, pie fight, Pola Negri, Rene Clair, Rob Byrne, San Francisco, silent cinema, silent film, Silent Film Festival, The Battle of the Century, Universal Pictures, Within Our Gates

Donna LoCicero and Robert Campos Pay Tribute to 3 STILL STANDING

December 29, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Donna LoCicero and Robert Campos Pay Tribute to 3 STILL STANDING

Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero started out as fans of the three stand-ups profiled in their film, 3 STILL STANDING. Will Durst, Johnny Steele, and Larry “Bubbles” Brown were part of that heady brew that was the comedy scene in San Francisco in the 1970s and 80s that also gave us Robin Williams, Paula Poundstone,… Read More »

Tagged With: 1980s, 3 STILL STANDING, Alex Bennett, Bobby Slayton, Brandon Dumlao, Eli Olsen, Johnny Steele, Larry “Bubbles” Brown, Robin Williams, San Francisco, Shark Week, stand-up comedy, the Pit Bull of Comedy, Will Durst

Alamo Drafthouse Revives A Classic in San Francisco with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

December 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Alamo Drafthouse Revives A Classic in San Francisco with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

The restoration of the New Mission Theater here in San Francisco into the latest addition of the Alamo Drafthouse chain has been going on for over a year.  For cinephiles it has been a long wait that is finally coming to an end when the theater opens for business on December 17, 2015 with STAR… Read More »

Tagged With: 3D laser scan, Alamo Drafthouse, architectural restoration, cinemas, CREED, Mike Keegan, multiplex conversion, neon lights, Philly Cheesesteak, plasterwork, San Francisco, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, Tim League

THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION — Stanley Nelson

October 3, 2015 By Leave a Comment

THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION — Stanley Nelson

When Stanley Nelson started working on THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION, it was seven years ago and he thought the history of that movement was particularly relevant to those times. In 2015, he thinks it’s even more relevant. When I spoke to him on October 1, 2015, the echoes of the Panther movement in… Read More »

Tagged With: 10 point program, 1960s, 1970s, American history, Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO, dignity, Erica Huggins, FBI, Huey Newton, J. Edgar Hoover, Los Angeles, MacArthur Genius, Martin Luther King, New York, Oakland, open-carry, police brutality, Ralph Abernathy, revolution, San Francisco, Second Amendment, self-defense, Stanley Nelson

William Farley and PLASTIC MAN: THE ARTFUL LIFE OF JERRY ROSS BARRISH

August 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment

William Farley and PLASTIC MAN: THE ARTFUL LIFE OF JERRY ROSS BARRISH

William Farley was a great choice to direct a film about Jerry Ross Barrish.  They are both artists who came from the working class, they both worked in sculpture and in film. It gives Farley an insight into Barrish as a person as well as an artist that others, no matter who talented, might miss. … Read More »

Tagged With: Adam Keker, art, bail bonds, bail bondsman, Bill Evans, bronze casting, dyslexia, found materials. Mal Sharpe, Free Speech Movement, Janis Plotkin, jazz musician, Jerry Ross Barrish, Mary Ashley, PLASTIC MAN, Richard Levine, Robert Ashley, Sally Shaywitz, San Francisco, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, sculpture, The Center for Contemporary Music, THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY, William Farley

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