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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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DVD OF THE WEEK: Ping Pong Playa
Ping Pong Playa Directed by Jessica Yu 2007, 96 minutes, English "We flavored the script with details from our own lives: the dad who sings Chinese opera while frying the breakfast Spam (mine), the grown man taking le...
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SF Chronicle: "Film Night in the Park: Movies alfresco"
"Drive-in movies may be on a decline, but parks and other public spaces are increasingly picking up the slack. Films are shown on screens set up on grassy fields, in town squares and in other public places that allow for kicking back on lawn chairs or beach towels with a picnic—no peering over the steering wheel required," writes Paul Kilduff. "‘In the past six years the outdoor movie thing has really exploded,’ says Tom Boss, who founded the Bay Area’s first outdoor movie series, Film Night in the Park, 17 years ago." More at SFGate.
08.14.2008
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