Jimmy Ryan Balboa Be Bop Band
No, jazz legend Coleman Hawkins is not from the Bay Area, and he’s not back from the dead. But you’ll learn about him, and other jazz greats, in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, “A Great Day...
View ArticleMaking "Reel" Change with Independent Film
San Francisco has more film festivals than any other city in the country besides New York. In fact, the oldest film festival still running anywhere in the Americas is the San Francisco International...
View ArticleBlack gay film mogul Dexter Davis on tonight's Out in the Bay (7pm Thursday)
D Street Media's CEO Dexter Davis: How does an openly gay African-American man become a film mogul? He acted like one. Hear Marilyn Pittman's interview with D Street Media CEO Dexter Davis. His global...
View ArticleLocal noir cinema is "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" at the Old Mint
While The Birds and Vertigo may be some of the more obvious classic films featuring the Bay Area, a new exhibit showing at the Old Mint building in San Francisco is exploring the obvious, the not so...
View ArticleOakland youth view their neighborhoods through a new lens
More of a police presence and better police community relations are good ways to prevent violence, but a group of young men in Oakland are trying a different approach. They call themselves "Warriors...
View ArticleThe "ever turning wheel of life" on film
Imagine you can witness the most beautiful, and most disturbing, sights in the world. Riding a hot air balloon over exquisite Burmese temples; descending into poisonous sulfur mines in Java; meeting...
View ArticleArab Film Festival: Private Sun sheds light on being a Palestinian woman
This weekend marks the Arab Film Festival in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 40 films showing this year from all over the Arab world.The Palestinian short film Private Sun deals with the ironic...
View ArticleToday on Your Call: What is the power of conveying history through film?
On today's Your Call we’re talking about movies as a tool for looking at history. Recent historical fiction movies like Lincoln, Django Unchained, Argo, and Zero Dark Thirty have captivated...
View ArticleFilm of first Saudi Arabian female director showing in the Bay Area
We’re used to making movies here in California, but there are still places in the world where that art form is rare. Like in Saudi Arabia, which recently» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleAnother Hole In The Head film festival marks 10th anniversary
Another Hole in the Head is the most popular indie horror and sci-fi film fest in San Francisco and it is marking its tenth year this month by...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival enters its 11th year
The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival will screen over 40 films from more than a dozen countries beginning this week. Executive Director...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThis year's CAAMFest highlights food and music as well as film
Tonight is opening night at CAAMFest, the country's largest Asian American film festival. The 11 day event showcases local and international films...» E-Mail This
View ArticleTackling Oakland's child trafficking problem through film
Oakland activist and filmmaker Sheri Shuster has been advocating against the sex trafficking of youth for more than a decade. Her new film, 'Child Sex...» E-Mail This
View Article"Hello Gorgeous!" Cheyenne Jackson & the SF Symphony
7pm Thursday, meet Cheyenne Jackson - in his own words, "AmFAR's bitch." He's an award-winning Broadway actor, movie star, songwriter and singer who...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMarriage begets crisis in "Love is Strange"
Love is Strange is a new film starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as an older gay couple, together 39 years, who get married after New York...» E-Mail This
View ArticleTakei: The most accepted outsider ever
Takei was one of the first stars to portray Asian Americans in a positive light on the small screen. But he’s been a role model in other ways too. In...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThe Life and Death of The Golden Gate Bridge (In Movies)
Disasters often befall the Golden Gate Bridge. You know, in movies. » E-Mail This
View ArticleHarnessing the political power of "Nuns on a Bus"
As head of the Catholic Social Justice group network, Sister Simone Campbell, who is a nun, worked for immigration reform, healthcare, and economic...» E-Mail This
View ArticleOddball Film and Video creates an unusual night at the movies
Ever wonder what happens to films too bizarre for the big, or even small screen? Many of them end up at Oddball Film and Video, a stock footage company...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSandip Roy: After My Garden Grows
In a village in northern Bengal there are no silver bells or cockle shells. But there are pretty maids all in a row. Some 50,000 of them including 17...» E-Mail This
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