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A goat gets mixed up with a South African gang. An educated Algerian woman treks through the desert to find her unknown mother. A Lebanese girl longs for warm contact... more
NEWS
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SFBG: "A look at the man, the movie, the myth, the martyr -- and the modern legacy of Harvey Milk"
"It took Hollywood 30 years to make a feature film about the life of Harvey Milk, and when Gus Van Sant finally got the gig, and Sean Penn agreed to... more
BLOGS
Fests and events, 11/20.
Holly Willis in the LA Weekly on Coleen Fitzgibbon: Internal Systems: "The history of smart, feminist, experimental films has been sadly neglected; this program represents the brilliance waiting to be revisited." Sund...
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CALENDAR
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Scott MacDonald/The Spirit of Canyon Cinema--Nov. 21-23
Scott MacDonald’s new book, Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, is feted in three evenings of avant-garde film screenings and discussion—one at Ninth Street Independent... more
"U2 3D" -- and live
Over the 60 years of Cannes, the festival has had many iconic moments. From Brigitte Bardot posing on the beach in a bikini and Madonna slowly making her way to to the Palais in Galtier lingerie for a screening of “Truth or Dare” amidst a throng of fans, to rows of Stormtroopers lining the famous red steps for the world premiere of the final “Star Wars” film. Add to the list the sight of Irish rock band U2 performing live on the red carpet in Cannes earlier this week. Equipment was set up at the top of the stairs and after midnight a DJ began playing U2 songs as the crowd just got bigger and bigger. The band performed “Vertigo” and “Where the Streets Have No Name” before walking into the Lumiere theater for their 1 a.m. world premiere of “U2 3D” (by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington), but not before Bono could salute the festival, “Bon anniversaire, Cannes!” he yelled. Here, Bono waives to fans as he gets into his car at the Majestic Hotel before the big night. (Photo and text by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE. Reprinted with permission, copyright 2007.)
05.31.2007
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