FEATURES
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Red Vic Reprising 'Lesh Sabreen?'
Muayad Alayan, a 24-year-old filmmaker from the only remaining Arab neighborhood in West Jerusalem, was not even aware there was such a think as Palestinian cinema until, as a teenager,... more
NEWS
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53rd San Francisco International Film Festival to Present Founder's Directing Award to Walter Salles
Press Release: The San Francisco Film Society announced this week that Walter Salles will receive the Founder’s Directing Award at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. The Founder’s... more
CALENDAR
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Tiburon International Film Festival—Mar. 18-26
The ninth annual film festival begins this Thursday, opening with the comedy from Italy and Albania, East, West, East: The Final Sprint, and featuring the work of both local and... more

Satrapi and Paronnaud
The chemistry between Satrapi and Paronnaud was comic; they explained on stage how they wrote the screenplay together — adapted from Satrapi’s memoir — at 6:30 a.m. each day. “He wrote with a pencil,” said Satrapi, “because he doesn’t know how to type.” (Photo by Tommy Lau)
12.13.2007
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