Wednesday, November 04, 2015

THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 2: LA LUMIERE D'EN FACE (1955)

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As with the first edition of "The French Had A Name For It", curators Donald Malcolm and Elliot Lavine start off their second ro...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

MVFF38: SEMBÈNE!—An Evening Class Question for Jason Silverman

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Nearly ten years ago when I started The Evening Class , I was being influenced by my first exposure to national cinema(s) from the Global ...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

FRAKO LODEN ON 3RD I (2015)

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The Third i San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival (3rd I) is the highlight of my autumn film festival schedule. I'm ...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

MVFF38: TRUTH (2015)—Q&A with James Vanderbilt

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"Truth will out," my mother used to say to me, "and your lies will find you." She wanted me to believe that honesty w...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

MVFF38—AMNESIA (2015)—An Evening Class Question for Barbet Schroeder

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Not since Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1971) has an audience been asked to abandon expectations, suspend disbelief, and invest them...
Monday, October 12, 2015

MVFF38—An Evening Class Question for Sir Ian McKellen

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Without question, Sir Ian McKellen is one of the most beloved actors of many generations. When I mentioned to him at a recent San Franci...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

MVFF38—SACRED BLOOD (2015)

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The World Premiere of Christopher Coppola 's Sacred Blood (2015) at the 38th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival proves, yet a...
Thursday, October 08, 2015

MVFF38—MICHAEL HAWLEY PREVIEWS THE CANNES & BERLINALE CROSSOVERS

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The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is perhaps best known as a showcase for indie-ish Telluride / Toronto movies making their autumnal t...
Friday, September 25, 2015

MVFF38—LATINBEAT

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It's been several years since I've attended the Mill Valley Film Festival —a consequence of timing more than anything else—but...