Machine Girl — movie review

Director: Noburo Iguchi
Starring: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Honoka
Genre: Japan, comedy, horror
This film will be screening at SF Indie’s Another Hole in the Head 2008, June 6, 12, and 14. Click here for showtimes.
Former AV director Noburo Iguchi’s latest picture will undoubtably be compared to Yudai Yamaguchi’s Meatball Machine — at least by those attending SF’s [...]

SF’s Noir City 6 hits Castro Jan 25 - Feb 3

Press Release below:
NOIR CITY 6
January 25 - February 3, 2008
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
The most fabulous Film Noir festival on earth returns to darken the Bay City
and delight the most dedicated moviegoers in the world. Presented by the Film
Noir Foundation, whose mission is to “rescue and restore America’s noir
heritage,” this year’s festival continues its tradition of [...]

Compound Eye — [Mill Valley Film Festival] — movie review

Despite the proliferation of cheap digital recording mechanisms, cinema verite is something you don’t really see attempted these days. Sure, you have your Dogme style independent films, with their handheld DV camerawork and natural lighting, but the realism provided by their adherence to one or more of the movement’s 10 simple rules more often than [...]

Murder Party — he said, she said — movie review — screener!

Murder Party
SHE SAID:
Somewhere there is a man who looks like Chris Elliot, but you will actually care if he dies. Chris Sharp plays Christopher S. Hawley, a totally blah, totally random alprazolam-popping traffic cop whose sorry socialization solely involves interactions with his cat. One Halloween, when the battle for the armchair is again lost to [...]

Another Hole in the Head Festival Lineup ‘07

The Festival Lineup for SF Indie’s annual Horror Fest, Another Hole in the Head, has been published. This year the festival will run from June 1st through the 14th, and will feature the following films:
FEATURES

Aachi & Ssipak http://youtube.com/watch?v=w14kQlT8hjg
Automaton Transfusion http://youtube.com/watch?v=sk6N69lXWBs
Blood Car http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiQTOL6XTkE
Driller http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJInsBdGeQ
El Muerto http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkCz3mLGdIg
The Forbidden Zone http://youtube.com/watch?v=GY1XmUKPjFc
Hazard http://youtube.com/watch?v=x0-zMw2OojI
ID  http://youtube.com/watch?v=XVLED-nWYrA
Last House In The Woods http://youtube.com/watch?v=4y21FZ-xo5c
Living [...]

San Francisco International Film Festival ‘07 April 26th

Just a heads up. The San Francisco International Film Festival starts April 26th. This year marks the festival’s 50th Anniversary (The SFIFF is the first American film festival to actually hit that mark), and one of their best film lineups yet. After just a cursory check of their screening list I’ve noted at least five [...]

San Francisco International Film Fest ‘06

The San Francisco International Film Fest is starting this weekend. Many cool films, including Seijun Suzuki’s Princess Raccoon. I’l admit, some of the films shown can be purchased down on Clement for cheaper than the price of two tickets, but it’s still nice to see these on the big screen.
Check out the lineup here.

Bunny and Clydo at LAKIFF

I actually got this about five minutes ago from Giant Robot’s Filmmatters division. What sparked my interest is Rocky Jo’s short film, Bunny and Clydo is playing. Kris and I actually made a road trip from the San Francisco Bay Area all the way out to Austin, TX to help with the filming last summer. [...]