FEATURES
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SF International Asian American Film Festival Visits the Archives
A theme that emerged in this year’s San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) was the importance of archives in the film world. The existence of film... 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
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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