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…
It’s one of those freaky warm San Francisco nights. Perfect mood for the SF Indie Doc Festival. IndieFest calls this annual event a film festival that provides a manageable amount of the truth. Devoted to all things documentary cinema for 15 years, they promise and deliver two weeks of the most weird and wonderful aspects…
SING WITH ME: “Start by admitting From cradle to tomb Isn’t that long a stay. Life is a-bout de-cay, old chum, Only a big de-cay, old chum, And I love a beautiful decay!”. (Apologies to Joel Gray in Cabaret) Somehow this tune kept sticking in my head during the credits of Visitors. Most people would…
YEAR 35: The Mill Valley Film Festival is celebrating it’s 35th anniversary with their usual flare. The 2012 spotlight is on John Hawkes, Billy Bob Thornton, Dreamworks Animation, and a special tribute to Dustin Hoffman and Indian Director Mira Nair. David Tanaka of Pixar directed the opening trailer. This year 160,000 admission tickets help fund…
FIND YOUR STORY: For the 36th year, Frameline brings us the longest running film festival dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming. This year’s theme is “Find your story.” That story is somewhere in the more than 217 films from 30 countries. One of the most buzzed about is a documentary called “Love Free…
If you can’t make it to the SF/Bay Area July 24 – Aug 9th, here’s my greatest hits list for your Netflix queue. As always, this diverse lineup promises to astound you with fantastic performances not likely to ever be seen at a theater near you. If you just have time for one film, pick…
Film Review: I was lucky enough to catch a screening of “Soundtrack for a Revolution“, an incredible story of the American civil rights movement. This is no dry PBS take, the Executive Producers, including actor Danny Glover, took great pains to make this doc accessable to the younger generation through the use of freedom songs…