In our report of week 1 of San Francisco International Film Festival, we cover films like Generation Wealth, City of Sun, First Reformed, Hal and many more!
We were able to talk with Niclas Gillis and Tanisha Lambright, the director and star of the short film drama Hold Me Down, which follows a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub in the South Bronx to support her child.
Tyler Perry’s latest directorial effort shows his tropes are continuing to wear thin, with no sign of improvement. To make things worse, he completely wastes the magnetic screen presence of Taraji P. Henson.
Gemini asks, in a city overflowing with people who want it all, when you’re famous, are you ever really safe?
Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future.
Camp films are delightful, and demonstrate the range of ways in which a movie can leave a noteworthy impact on an audience. But what exactly is camp?
Despite a tendency to overdo it when it comes to the scares themselves, Paco Plaza’s Veronica contains enough focus on character and symbolism to be an effective demonic possession horror.
In this third part of Fantasy Science, we’re going to get into how multiple universes may be possible. We’ll attempt to categorize some of the ones represented in popular fiction, starting off with the film The Golden Compass.
A Gentle Creature is a divisive film, too exaggerated to be a realistic condemnation of the corrupt bureaucracy it seeks to lampoon.
Director Chloe Zhao follows up her debut film with an outstanding sophomore feature, The Rider, that in a just world would see her get an Oscar nomination for her impactful direction.
Away from the hype and the Twitter hubbub and the behind the scenes stories, Fantastic Four is still a very bad movie. Hopefully, it hasn’t put the final nail in the coffin of perspective Fantastic Four adaptations.
Daughter of the Nile is a prime example of the underseen gems that we are privileged to finally have access to thanks to distributors like the Cohen Film Collection. You might have to dig a little deeper to find them, but when you do, you are rewarded with something special.
Told in just nine powerful takes, this harrowing legal drama from director Kaouther Ben Hania uncompromisingly depicts one woman’s search for justice following a sexual assault in a corrupt, patriarchal society.
Alex Arabian spoke with Jason Sudeikis on the red carpet of upcoming Netflix film Kodachrome at San Francisco International Film Festival, about working with Ed Harris, Elizabeth Olson and director Mark Raso.
Beast seduced many during its festival run, drawing praise for its unfolding mystery and strange tonal quality. It’s the feature debut of writer/director Michael Pearce, and people took note of such a striking first film.