FEATURES
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Vertigo Celebrates 50 Years of Acrophobia, Fear of Flying and San Francisco
Not many movies call for a celebration of their anniversaries (did anyone celebrate the 50th anniversary of Citizen Kane?), but Vertigo is an exception, especially in this self-absorbed, any-excuse-for-a-party town,... more
NEWS
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AP: "Slow Food US debut: San Francisco, Aug. 29-Sept. 1"
"Labor Day weekend marks the first major stateside event for the Italian-born group that trumpets sustainable, local and artisanal foods as the best antidote to the world’s increasingly industrialized (and... more
BLOGS
Interview. Olivia Thirlby.
"When Juno exploded into the pop culture in 2007, it catapulted a young actress named Olivia Thirlby from the indie world's best kept secret into an overnight success," notes Sean Axmaker, introducing his interview. "...
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CALENDAR
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"Manoel de Oliveira: Talking Pictures"--Aug. 9-Sept. 28"
A director who’s completed half his lifetime film output after the age of 80, Manoel de Oliveira more than deserves this centennial appreciation, which opens this week with Voyage to... more
Golden opportunity
Three hundred public, private, and homeschool students gathered Wednesday morning at the Bridge Theatre for a San Francisco Film Society screening of “The Golden Compass,” which many were reading in school. Afterward, visual effects supervisor Matt Jacobs and visual effects producer Carol Corwin from Tippett Studio demonstrated and discussed some of the animated effects they helped create for the film, including the complicated final battle scene between the ice bear and an army with wolves. (Photo by Elena Sheehan and write-up condensed from Joanne Parsont)
12.05.2007
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