San Luis Obispo Int’l Film Festival
Festival Highlights SLOIFF 2025 was a record-breaking event, drawing large audiences to its diverse programming.
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Weeki Wachee: A Mermaid Mecca & an Old Florida Treasure
Weeki Wachee is a Florida attraction known for live mermaid shows, crystal-clear springs, kayaking, and natural beauty
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The Limón Dance Company – A Modern Dance Legacy
Since my first ballet class at age five, I have been mesmerized by the graceful elegance of professional dancers. The pure talent and athleticism are often hidden behind a cloak of artful choreography. They make it look so easy! All forms of dance movement, from ballet to hip-hop, are outlets of emotionally-charged expression on many…
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Millie Vanilli Biopic: Girl You Know It’s True
Roxie Theater hosted the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival’s North American Premiere of “Girl You Know it’s True“, a biopic about Fab Morvan, and the rise and fall of his band Milli Vanilli. Fab made a personal appearance in San Francisco to answer audience questions and graciously pose with admirers. A little history: Fab Morvan was…
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival in Wine Country
Healdsburg itself is a charming destination and relaxing experience – but add in an incredible music festival and it quadruples the reason for a memorable vacation getaway. Sonoma County’s premier summer music event, Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns to the heart of Northern California’s internationally-renowned wine country for its 26th annual festival from June 15 – 23, 2024 featuring many…
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FILM: The Peasants – a feast for the senses set in a starving rural scenario
I was fascinated and challenged from the moment this film started. At first I thought it was going in and out of focus or maybe the theater reel was just a bit off on timing – finally it dawned on me I was watching 2D Animation. Artist oil pastel renderings over each frame of footage….
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BELLA! Film Review: Powerful Doc of 70’s Feminist Icon
The historic Castro Theatre hosted BELLA!, the 2023 closing night selection of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, oldest such festival in the world. If you don’t know who Bella Abzug is, you weren’t alive in the 1970s, but trust me, you want to see this documentary of an extraordinary woman, beginning her career as…
