Art Collecting 101
Travel broadens our mind. Well so does art. Original art. Tango Diva has compiled the top five reasons to start your collection.
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival June 1-4
In San Francisco this weekend? We highly recommend you check out the Silent Film Festival. Intriguing titles include The Dumb Girl From Portici, and Get Your Man. Clearly not politically correct in today’s world, but educational nonetheless. Venue: the beautiful, classic, Castro Theatre, featuring live music at all performances. kids under ten, f r e…
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FIlm Review: Patti Cake$
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Director Geremy Jasper just graduated Wesleyan, now living in his parent’s basement. Convinced he would never get out of Jersey, his daily routine was taking care of his grandparent with a broken hip, writing rap lyrics, and dreaming of another life as a New York City musician. After actually making it…
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Film Review: The Man With A Movie Camera + DeVotchKa
Get off your couch, fellow potatoes. Go to the cinema, sit with real people not staring at their phone (much). Picture this… watching “The Man With A Movie Camera”, at the beautiful Castro Theatre, accompanied by the live band, DeVotchKa. Thank you, San Francisco International Film Festival. Seriously, pure bliss. Who knew, this 1929, black…
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Film Review: Tania Libre
RESISTANCE NOW ! Lynn Hershman Leeson takes nothing at face value. Her film, installation, and multimedia work highlight acts of courage against censorship and repression, unknown stories that have little chance of being told, if not for her persistence of vision. TANIA LIBRE In the documentary “Tania Libre”, Leeson introduces us to Tania Bruguera, a…
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Bill Nye: Science Guy
Just in time for Earth Day, “Bill Nye: Science Guy” screened at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival. In this documentary, we go behind-the-scene to rocket launches, a giant creationist wood arc, a robot competition, and an ice cave, where scientists monitor global warming. Once a children’s show host, Nye is now CEO of…
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San Francisco Int’l Film Fest: Shah Rukh Kahn
reviews of the SFFILM – San Francisco International Film Festival, including special guest appearances, live music, documentaries, local directorial debuts, independent films, surprise guests.
