SFIFF 2011
Hahaha Review [SFIFF]
Hahaha, which means, "Summer Summer Summer" in Korean (where the film hails from), won director Sang-Soo Hong the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Film Festival. In previous years, the prestigious award has gone to films l...
The Sleeping Beauty Review [SFIFF]
Catherine Breillat has become famous as a French director who is not afraid to push the boundaries of sexuality in her films. Often she preaches precariously on the awkward time between childhood and adulthood, during those tum...
End Of Animal Review [SFIFF]
I'd like to avoid terms like post-apocalyptic when describing Sung-Hee Jo's End of Animal. But it's necessary. Please do not conjure images of 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, or anything by by Roland Emmerich. It's much closer to...
The Selling Review [SFIFF]
I'm going to be completely honest, my first film at SFIFF was underwhelming. It's a little film (with an even smaller budget) called The Selling. The festival catalog calls it witty and original, and claims it deftly handles a ...
We Got This Covered Visits The San Francisco International Film Festival
I have just arrived in the bay area for the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival. While the relationship is still young, I don't mind saying that San Francisco is my favorite city America. Whether SFIFF will become my...
