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Hao’s picks for the 2009 SF International Film Festival

www.sffs.org

Miniguide: http://www.sffs.org/assets/P2009_SFIFF_miniguide.pdf

Tickets are $10/11/12.50. Venue is Kabuki unless stated otherwise.

Thu Apr 23  7:00PM La Mission (USA, dir. Peter Bratt, starring his brother Benjamin Bratt and Benjamin’s wife Talisa Soto-Bratt [Mortal Kombat], all in attendance), film & party VIP $135, film & party $70/85 @Castro
Fri Apr 24  9:30PM Confessional (Philippines)
Sat Apr 25  12:00PM Battle for Terra (USA)
2:45PM It’s Not Me, I Swear! (Quebec)
6:30PM Laila’s Birthday (Palestine)
10:30PM Midnight Awards (Evan Rachel Wood [Thirteen, The Wrestler], Elijah Wood [Lord of the Rings, The Ice Storm, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]) $50 @ W Hotel
Sun Apr 26 12:45PM Khamsa (France)
3:00PM Le Amiche (Italy, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1955) @ Castro
8:00PM David Sedaris @ Zellerbach
Mon Apr 27  9:15PM Tulpan (Kazakhstan) opens in May
Tue Apr 28  6:30PM Kisses (Ireland)
9:30PM In the Loop (UK, dir. Armando Iannucci)
Wed Apr 29  7:30PM Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (USA, 1969, Robert Redford in attendance) $20/25 @ Castro
Thu Apr 30  9:30PM City of Borders (USA/Israel/Palestine)
Fri May  1  6:30PM Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country (Denmark/Sweden/Burma)
9:30PM Hooked (Romania)
11:59PM Grace (USA)
Sat May  2  1:00PM Mid-August Lunch (Italy)
3:45PM Modern Life (France)
7:30PM 500 Days of Summer (USA, Joseph Gordon-Levitt [Mysterious Skin] in attendance) film and party $45/50, film only $15/20 opens July  17  ltd
Sun May  3 10:00AM Members’ Screening
12:30PM Once Upon a Time in the West (Italy, dir. Sergio Leone, 1968) @ Castro
5:00PM Nights of Cabiria (Italy, dir. Federico Fellini, 1957) @ Castro
8:45PM Still Walking (Japan, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Mon May  4  6:00PM Home (Switzerland)
9:30PM Can Go Through Skin (Netherlands)
Tue May  5  6:45PM Unmistaken Child (Israel/Nepal)
9:00PM Autumn (Turkey)
Wed May 6  6:45PM Troubled Water (Norway)
9:00PM My Suicide (USA)
Thu May  7  7:00PM Unmade Beds (UK, dir. Alexis Dos Santos [Glue], in attendance), film & party VIP $125, film & party $60/75, film only $20/25 @ Castro

Other recs:

The Age of Stupid (England)
Claustrophobia (Hong Kong)
Crude (USA/Ecuador)
Everything Strange and New (USA)
The Good Life (Chile)
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (USA)
Kabuli Kid (Afghanistan)
Kimjongilia (USA/South Korea)
Lake Tahoe (Mexico)
Mesrine 1 (Algeria)
Mesrine 2 (Algeria)
Nomad’s Life (Switzerland)
Our Beloved Month of August (Portugal)
The Paranoids (Argentina)
Rudo y Cursi (Mexico, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna)
Small Crime (Greece)
Snow (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Son of a Lion (Pakistan)
The Lost World (USA, 1925) with live score by Dengue Fever @ Castro $15/20
35 Shots of Rum (France, dir. Claire Denis)
The Other One (France)
Tyson (USA) $20/25 opens 5/8
Wild Field (Russia)
The Window (Argentina)
A Woman Under the Influence (USA, dir. John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, in attendance)
Zift (Bulgaria)

Hao’s picks for the 27th SF Asian American International Film Festival 2009 http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/2009/ Opening Night Film + Gala Reception Thu, Mar 12, 7:00pm Castro Theater / Asian Art Museum $55.00 $45.00 1 $45.00 License to Live Sat, Mar 14, 1:00pm Sundance Kabuki 4 $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Project Kashmir Sat, Mar 14, 4:15pm Sundance Kabuki 4 $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Children of Invention Sat, Mar 14, 7:00pm Sundance Kabuki 3 $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Dirty Hands Sat, Mar 14, 9:30pm Castro Theatre $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Kanchivaram: A Communist Confession Sun, Mar 15, 3:00pm Castro Theatre $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Fruit Fly Sun, Mar 15, 6:15pm Castro Theatre $15.00 $12.00 1 $12.00 Lust, Caution: Ang Lee in Conversation with Linda Williams Tue, Mar 17, 7:00pm Wheeler Auditorium $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Tokyo! Wed, Mar 18, 9:15pm Sundance Kabuki 4 $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Closing Night Film + Party Thu, Mar 19, 7:00pm Sundance Kabuki 1 / Temple Night Club $35.00 $30.00 1 $30.00 All Around Us Sat, Mar 21, 8:20pm Pacific Film Archive $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Love of Siam Sun, Mar 22, 2:00pm Camera Cinemas 10 $11.00 $8.00 1 $8.00 Order Total: $159.00

http://www.yelp.com/events/san-francisco-2008-sf-frameline-lgbt-film-festival

http://www.frameline.org/festival/index.aspx

All tickets $9/10 unless otherwise indicated.

All screenings at the Castro unless otherwise indicated.

Thu Jun 19 7:00PM Affinity $75/90 (UK)
Fri Jun 20 6:00PM Solos @ Victoria (Singapore)
9:15PM Saturn in Opposition (dir. Ferzan Ozpetek, Italy)
Sat Jun 21 11:00AM Fun in Boys’ Shorts
4:00PM Tru Loved (USA)
5:30PM Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon @Victoria (USA)
9:00PM Manuela y Manuel (Puerto Rico)
Sun Jun 22 12:15PM Don’t Go (USA)
2:45PM Ciao (USA, Italy, China)
5:00PM When I Knew (USA)
6:30PM Sex Positive @Roxie (USA)
9:30PM Before I Forget (France)
Mon Jun 23 6:30PM Steam (USA)
9:15PM The Edge of Heaven (Germany’s Oscar nominee)
@Victoria
Tue Jun 24 7:00PM XXY $10/15 (Uruguay)
9:30PM She’s a Boy I Knew @Roxie (Canada)
Wed Jun 25 7:00PM La Leon @Victoria (Argentina)
10:00PM Eleven Minutes (USA)
Thu Jun 26 9:30PM On the Other Hand Death (USA)
June 26, 2008 7:00PM: San Francisco, CA, Books, Inc David Sedaris
June 26, 2008: SF Magazine Best of the Bay party
Fri Jun 27 6:00PM Were the World Mine (USA)
June 27, 2008 6:30PM: Berkeley , CA , Diesel Bookstore David Sedaris
8:30PM Butch Jamie (USA)
Sat Jun 28 11:00AM Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (Netherlands)
1:15PM Sordid Lives (USA)
3:15PM Call Me Troy @Victoria (USA)
6:00PM The Kinsey Sicks (USA)
8:30PM Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (USA)
10:00PM Pink Saturday Party
Sun Jun 29 4:30PM Derek (UK, written by Tilda Swinton)
7:30PM Breakfast with Scot $50/60 (Canada, starring Ben
Shenkman, Thomas Cavanaugh)

October 27, 2008 – San Francisco, CA. Opera House, 8PM. Contact: 415-392-4400
or www.cityboxoffice.com. David Sedaris

Hao’s picks for the 2008 SF International Film Festival

http://fest08.sffs.org/

Tickets are $10/11/12.50. Venue is Kabuki unless stated otherwise.

Thu Apr 24 7:00PM The Last Mistress (France, dir. Catherine Breillat,
starring Asia Argento), film & party VIP $135, film & party $70/85 6.4
@Castro
Fri Apr 25 6:00PM Latent Argentina (Argentina, dir. Fernando Solanas) 9.0
Fri Apr 25 9:30PM The Golem with Black Francis (Germany), $15/20 7.4 @Castro
Sat Apr 26 12:00PM Ask Not (USA) @Castro
Sat Apr 26 2:45PM Fados (Portugal) 7.3 @Castro
x Sat Apr 26 5:00PM Touching Home (starring Ed Harris, in attendance)
Sat Apr 26 5:45PM Leave Her to Heaven (USA, Oscar winner) 7.5 @Castro
x Sat Apr 26 6:15PM Traveling with Pets (Russia) 7.1
x Sat Apr 26 8:30PM Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (Australia,
dir. Scott Hicks, Oscar winner) 8.3
Sat Apr 26 9:00PM The Warlords (Hong Kong, dir. Peter Ho-sun Chan, starring
Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro) 7.4 @Castro
x Sat Apr 26 9:00PM Water Lilies (France) 7.3
Sat Apr 26 10:30PM Midnight Awards with Rose McGowan and Jason Lee, $50 @W
Hotel
Sun Apr 27 12:00PM Alexandra (Russia, dir. Alexander Sokurov) 7.3
Sun Apr 27 2:30PM Flow: For Love of Water (USA) 8.4
Sun Apr 27 4:30PM Two Ladies (France) 7.6
Sun Apr 27 6:00PM In the City of Sylvia (Spain) $10/12.50 with J. Hoberman
7.1
Sun Apr 27 9:15PM Mongol (Mongolia, Oscar-nominated) 7.5
Mon Apr 28 6:45PM Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (USA) 8.7
x Mon Apr 28 7:15PM Mataharis (Spain) 7.1
Mon Apr 28 9:00PM 1000 Journals (USA) 8.7
x Mon Apr 28 6:30PM Cachao: Uno Mas (producer: Andy Garcia)
Tue Apr 29 7:00PM You, the Living (Sweden) 7.7
x Tue Apr 29 7:30PM Standard Operating Procedure (USA, dir. Errol Morris)
$15/20 7.1
Tue Apr 29 9:00PM Umbrella (China) 7.5
x Wed Apr 30 6:00PM I Served the King of England (Czech) 7.6
x Wed Apr 30 6:30PM Time to Die (Poland) 7.5
x Wed Apr 30 7:30PM Topsy-Turvy (USA, dir. Mike Leigh) $20/25 Founder’s
Directing Award 7.2
x Wed Apr 30 9:15PM Medicine for Melancholy (USA) 9.4
Thu May 1 6:00PM Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane that Crashed on the
Mountains (France) 8.4
Thu May 1 9:30PM My Winnipeg (Canada, dir. Guy Maddin) 8.0
x Fri May 2 6:30PM Still Life (China, dir. Jia Zhang-ke) 7.4
Fri May 2 7:00PM Shadows in the Palace (South Korea) 8.2
x Fri May 2 7:00PM The Yellow Handkerchief (USA, starring Maria Bello)
$20/25 7.0 @Castro
Fri May 2 9:30PM The Art of Negative Thinking (Norway) 7.1
x Sat May 3 7:30PM The Wackness (USA, dir. Jonathan Levine, starring Ben
Kingsley), film & party $45/50, film only $15/20 6.4
Sat May 3 11:00PM Timecrimes (Spain) 7.2
Sun May 4 12:30PM Up the Yangtze (Canada) 8.1
Sun May 4 3:00PM All is Forgiven (France) 7.0 @Clay
Sun May 4 6:00PM Glasses (Japan) 7.5
x Sun May 4 8:45PM Forbidden Lie$ (Australia) 7.8
Sun May 4 9:00PM Secret (Taiwan, dir. Jay Chou) 7.9 @Clay
Mon May 5 6:45PM Vasermil (Israel) 7.3
x Mon May 5 8:00PM The Secret of the Grain (France, dir. Abdellatif
Kechiche) 8.1
Mon May 5 9:15PM Under the Bombs (Lebanon) 8.0
Tue May 6 6:15PM Mutum (Brazil) 8.3
Tue May 6 9:30PM Children of the Sun (Israel) 8.0
Wed May 7 6:45PM The Romance of Astrea & Celadon (France, dir. Eric Rohmer)
7.3 @Clay
Wed May 7 9:30PM La Zona (Mexico) 7.8
x Wed May 7 9:45PM Not By Chance (Brazil, starring Rodrigo Santoro) 7.6
Thu May 8 7:00PM Gonzo: The Life & Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (USA, dir.
Alex Gibney, Oscar winner), VIP film & party $225, film & party $100/125 8.4
@Castro
x Thu May 8 7:30PM The Man From London (Hungary, dir. Bela Tarr, starring
Tilda Swinton) 7.0

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Stability results were medium which suggests you are moderately relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.

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2007 SF Jewish Film Festival Jul 19 - Aug 6

http://www.sfjff.org/site/pages/index.php?ptype=2&pchild_id=66

All shows at Castro unless otherwise indicated

Tickets are $11/9.50/9

Thu Jul 19 6:30PM Sweet Mud (Adama Meshuga’at) [Israel's Best Picture Academy Award Best Picture and Oscar nominee submission] film and party $55/50 film only $22/20
Mon Jul 23 1:30PM Body and Soul [USA, 1947, Oscar winner]
Tue Jul 24 6:45PM My Fuehrer [Germany, 2007, dir: Dani Levy]
Thu Jul 26 8:30PM Making Trouble $22/20
Sat Jul 28 12:30PM The Cemetery Club [Moadon beit hakvarot]
4:30PM Hot House [Israel, 2006, dir: Shimon Dotan]
Tue Jul 31 8:15PM Knowledge is the Beginning [Germany, 2006, dir: Paul Smaczny]
Wed Aug 1 6:15PM Aviva My Love [Aviva Ahuvati] Aquarius
Thu Aug 2 6:15PM The Bubble [Ha Buah] [Israel, 2006, dir: Eytan Fox]
Sat Aug 4 7:30PM A Touch Away Part 1 [Israel, 2006, dir: Ron Ninio]
Sun Aug 5 12:30PM A Touch Away Part 2
4:00PM A Touch Away Part 3

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