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Truly CA Shorts | Feb 07, 2010
Our Lady of Tamale
View Cecil B. Feeder's short film, Our Lady of Tamale, a rockumentary about a Mexican immigrant who found love selling hot tamales in the bars of San Francisco.
Festival Report | Feb 04, 2010
Mostly British Film Festival
The second annual Mostly British Film Festival, starts tonight, Thursday, Feb 4 and runs through Feb 11, 2010. Over the course of seven solid days of programming, a true anglophile may find it difficult to stay away from the lineup for longer than an afternoon matinee. By Jeffrey Edalatpour
Festival Report | Feb 02, 2010
Sundance: Beat Poetry and Utopia in Park City
Of the two dozen some odd movies I plowed through (and sometimes even enjoyed) while at Sundance, two in particular have stayed on my mind. As it happens, they're both experimental nonfiction works from Bay Area filmmakers. That's handy! By Jonathan Kiefer
Event | Jan 31, 2010
The Kids Are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture
Starting TONIGHT, PFA explores what happened to the movie musical after the rise of rock 'n roll with the series The Kids are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture. By Tessa Stuart
Film Review | Jan 22, 2010
A Town Called Panic
Although children can enjoy it, A Town Called Panic isn't for them so much as it is for the parents who'd let them tip over a trunk full of toys in the living room, then ask what they're up to and actually listen to the answer. By Jonathan Kiefer
Event | Jan 19, 2010
Duck, You Sucker
Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns are buddy movies. The buddies are usually cranky killers who seem to despise one another, but the dusty, loner, sharp-shooters are still buddies at heart. By Molly Samuel
Film Review | Jan 15, 2010
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
I learned more than I wanted to about "rich people scamming each other," and some of the more despicable reasons for the phenomenal rise in art prices at auction over the past ten years. By Kristin Farr
Event | Jan 11, 2010
Steven Severin: Music for Silents
Q: What could be better live-entertainment fodder than the obsessive subconscious mind of a sexually frustrated priest, as surreally probed by a lesbian feminist avant-gardist? A: Setting it all to music by Siouxsie and the Banshees co-founder Steven Severin. By Jonathan Kiefer
Film Review | Jan 08, 2010
Mine
Geralyn Pezanoski's generous look at custody battles over Katrina pets speaks to our better angels. By Michael Fox
Movies | Dec 31, 2009
Ten films of the past ten years that I'd like to mention now
KQED film critic Jonathan Kiefer picks his ten favorite films from the last decade. By Jonathan Kiefer
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'Avatar' Success Prods Theaters On 3-D Tech
The box-office success of Avatar is making movie theaters consider upgrading to 3-D projection systems. Cleveland Cinemas is one chain that has converted some screens to the format. Jon Forman, president of Cleveland Cinemas, talks about converting to 3-D digital.
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Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big
Hulu's most-watched movie is not, as the title might suggest, just about sex. Strictly Sexual, despite never making it to the big screen, has made more than 10 times its cost because of its success on Hulu. This could mean the Internet is a good place for independent filmmakers to thrive.
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1962: The Year Oscar Really Needed 10 Nominees
This year Hollywood nominated 10 films for Best Picture instead of the usual five, leaving some movie buffs feeling nostalgic for years that honestly could have used more Best Picture slots. Critic Bob Mondello points to one year in particular that had more than its share of potential contenders.
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Capturing England's Wild 'Red Riding' On Film
In the complicated, often gory films of The Red Riding Trilogy, a serial killer and a rogue police force are both terrorizing a disillusioned Yorkshire town. Pat Dowell speaks with a director, the screenwriter and the novelist behind a startling cinematic epic — one based on a story that's entirely too true.
