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
Undercover?
When a viewer at the Dolby Labs screening of “Wassup Rockers” asked about whether Larry Clark felt in any danger filming in a neighborhood where shootings are commonplace, Clark offered the story of how one of his friends was approached by a local gang banger who wanted to know who the white guy who’d been hanging around was. After assurances that Clark “was cool” the man admitted that he had thought Clark was an undercover cop and that he’d been planning to shoot him. (Photo and reporting by Tom Erikson)
07.03.2006
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