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"Waltz with Bashir": autobio-animation and the horrors of war
Just as the graphic novel has in recent decades completely altered the once strictly-kidstuff landscape of the “comic book,” so now animated features are beginning to embrace more grown-up stories... more
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Sun shines on the wardrobe shed during the Civic Center-based filming of Milk in San Francisco this past year. After filling the Castro Theatre for the month, the film is... more
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Rocchi's Retro Rental: Donald Westlake, 1933-2008
Point Blank (1967) I know, I know -- I wrote about a crime film last week. And there's always the danger of turning this column into a constantly rotating memorial, where whichever notable...
[From SFGate: Culture Blog!]
SF Chronicle: "Longtime head of Frameline to step down"
“In the movie business, 28 years is several lifetimes, and that’s why it’s major news that Michael Lumpkin, programmer and former director of Frameline — the group behind the San Francisco International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Film Festival — is leaving the organization after next year’s event,” writes Walter Addiego. “Lumpkin served as executive director for 22 of those years. The nonprofit Frameline bills itself as the world’s largest LGBT arts organization.” More at SFGate.
10.21.2007
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