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YEAR IN FILM: Parsing the po-mo rom-comJustin Timberlake and Mila Kunis work out their fuck-buddy ground rules in Friends with Benefits.PHOTO BY GLEN WILSONarts@sfbg.comYEAR IN FILM We ask depressingly...
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Python not pictured: "The Queen of Versailles."Photo by Lauren GreenfieldIt’s been a week since the San Francisco International Film Festival ended, but after 15 days largely spent sitting in the dark...
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Frameline celebrates 20 years of "New Queer Cinema"— and beyondWe found love: A scene from 'Bye Bye Blondie.'Related: You @ the festivalGimme morearts@sfbg.comFRAMELINE It was Blue (1993) and Swoon...
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What's your type?: 'Populaire'Courtesy of the San Francisco Film SocietyAt the outset of Friday evening’s SFIFF screening of the ’50s-set French film Populaire, director Régis Roinsard offered two...
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Ever-evolving characters Jesse and Celine return in 'Before Midnight'arts@sfbg.comFILM Half a lifetime ago that is to say, sometime in the mid-'90s on a train rolling through Austria, a young...
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Love story 'Blue is the Warmest Color' courts acclaim — and controversyYou give me fever: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux in Blue is the Warmest ColorCOURTESY OF SUNDANCE SELECTSarts@sfbg.comFILM...
View ArticleA few quick hits from the SF International Film Festival as it comes to a close
The Two Faces of JanuaryCOURTESY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETYSexual jealousy, filial betrayal, and bloodshed amid a civilization’s ruins. The SF International Film Festival began on these cheerful...
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