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Articles from Picture Talk, newsletter of the Film Society
Read the complete transcript of the 2008 State of Cinema Address. By Kevin Kelly. May 2008
May 2008
March 2008
This Festival presents a chance for us not only to celebrate the kinds of work that inspire and entertain us, but also to take a step back and reinvest animated work with a renewed sense of wonder and engagement. By Sean Uyehara. October 2007
An invigorating crop of new work will be on view in the 11th annual New Italian Cinema series, bookended by two diverse films from female directors. By Rod Armstrong. October 2007
Read the complete transcript of the 2007 State of Cinema Address. By Peter Sellars. May 2007
Rob Nilsson makes films about the lives of those living on the fringes. By Jennifer Preissel. May 2007
Read the complete transcript of the 2006 State of Cinema Address. By Tilda Swinton. May 2007
John Alton must be counted among the top few cinematographers to influence the history of cinema. ?I could see in the dark,? he is famously quoted as saying. January 2007
An eight-day series of Italian narrative features and shorts. October 2006
One of the most fertile and creative genres in cinema and television, animation is a hub for cross-pollination among artistic, commercial and industrial media. September 2006
The First Annual SF International Animation Showcase comes to town this October 12?15. May 2006
Read an interview with Play director Alicia Scherson from Chile, conducted by Scoop du Jour. By Maria Belilovskaya. May 2006
On December 11, the Film Society presented the Bay Area premiere of the computer-animated caper comedy, Hoodwinked, produced by longtime Film Society board member Maurice Kanbar. January 2006
At this year?s Sundance Film Festival, Graham Leggat unveiled SF360, a broad spectrum of initiatives designed to showcase the extraordinary vitality, variety and innovation of the Bay Area film and media scene. January 2006
On a single night in early April, San Franciscans will gather together in informal cineclubs with their friends and neighbors to watch one specially selected film in the largest citywide film screening in the country. January 2006
The 49th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 20?May 4) offers the superb breadth of work that attendees have come to expect, as well as some exciting new programs and events. January 2006
This year the San Francisco International Film Festival (April 20?May 4, 2006) will offer expanded services and support to Industry professionals throughout the Festival, including the introduction of new passes and benefits. January 2006
On November 13, 2005, New Italian Cinema returns to the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres for an eight-day series of Italian narrative features and shorts. October 2005
In the past few years audiences watching Film in the Fog have been provoked to ask such pressing questions as, Did that man just poke the Blob with a stick? September 2005
Our reporters covered filmmaker Q&A sessions at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival for the Festival's daily newsletter, Scoop du Jour. September 2005
The 48th Festival concluded with a screening of the wickedly satirical Hollywood noir, The Dying Gaul, directed by Craig Lucas and starring Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott and Peter Sarsgaard. June 2005
Over the past several months the San Francisco Film Society has had the privilege of inviting its supporters to two events featuring a reception, preview screening and the chance to mingle and hear stories from two of Hollywood?s greatest leading men. By Alexandra Ruhmann. December 2004
The Bridge Theatre celebrates its 65th anniversary with films from 1939, newsreels, cartoons and in-person guests. December 2004
This year's edition of San Francisco's favorite way to see new Italian films features live guests inlcuding Lina Wertm?ller, F. Murray Abraham, Beppe Cino and Maria Grazia Cuccinota. October 2004
October 2004
The Film Society and the Presidio Trust present the third annual Film in the Fog outdoor film and music program, to be held on the lawn of the Main Post Theatre in the Presidio. September 2004
San Francisco voters in the November 2 election will be confronted with a proposition that claims to be in favor of saving neighborhood theaters so they can be used as venues for independent filmmakers. September 2004
The Film Society copresents You I Love (Ja Lublju Tebja), from Russian directors Olga Stolpovskaya and Dmitry Troitsky, June 22 and 27. June 2004
The 47th San Francisco International Film Festival concluded with a screening of the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction, directed by Peter Howitt and starring Julianne Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Frances Fisher and Parker Posey. June 2004
Early December found a delegation from the San Francisco Film Festival boarding planes for a day-long journey to Havana, Cuba to participate in the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. By Roxanne Messina Captor. March 2004
The 47th Festival will be hosting an onstage interview with legendary dancer and actress, Cyd Charisse, followed by a screening of the classic film, Silk Stockings (1957). March 2004
The 47th San Francisco International Film Festival is set to open on Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm, at the historic Castro Theatre with Jim Jarmusch?s Coffee and Cigarettes, a humorous collection of caf? conversations on various offbeat topics. March 2004
On April 21 at the Castro Theatre, there will be a tribute to Chris Cooper featuring retrospective film clips and an onstage interview prior to a screening of John Sayles?s Matewan (1987). March 2004
Milos Forman will receive the Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the 47th Festival, presented by Danny DeVito on Thursday, April 22 at Film Society Awards Night at the Ritz-Carlton. March 2004
?To see Paolo Cherchi Usai open a can of nitrate film that is new to him is a spectacle to cherish,? writes David Robinson. March 2004
The most vicious femme fatale in the history of American movies,? says film noir author Eddie Muller of Ann Savage. December 2003
New films by first-time directors with filmmakers, actors and others in attendance, the newest releases from renowned directors Pupi Avati and the late Tonino Cervi and a tribute to Francesca Archibugi. October 2003
The free, all-ages picnic, concert and movie screening Saturday, October 4 will feature the campy 1950s science fiction classic, The Blob, starring Steve McQueen. September 2003
Summer studio blockbusters do not always break box office records as anticipated. This summer, most of the surprise successes came from the independent film world. By Roxanne Messina Captor. September 2003
After a long and influential career in film writing, Michel Ciment has been chosen to be the guest programmer for the 46th Film Festival. By Jerry White. December 2002
You may have wondered how we pick the films that show at the San Francisco International Film Festival each year. By Roxanne Messina Captor.. September 2002
My first visit to the Berlin International Film Festival was as a producer, not a programmer. It was in the mid-?80s and I was presenting some of my short films from Hong Kong in the International Forum for Young Cinema. By Roger Garcia. March 2002
On the first Tuesday of the Toronto Film Festival I found myself speedwalking from my hotel to the Varsity Cinemas for an 8:30 am screening; there was much buzz surrounding the film. By Carl Spence. December 2001
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