RBG traces Justice Ginsburg life growing up as a first generation American in Brooklyn to studying law at Cornell & Columbia and then making her career as a lawyer and a teacher. She became the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
We caught up with Academy award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius when he was in San Francisco for the SFFILM festival. We spoke to him about his new film Godard Mon Amour. The film is based on the memoirs of Anne Wiazemsky, who was married to Godard and looks at a specific time period in the couple’s life –… Continue Reading
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s documentary RBG. Justice Ginsburg, who is in her 80’s hits the gym 3 times a week. Cohen describes how they got to shoot the Justice exercising in the gym for their film. We have an extended interview coming up with Cohen and West… Continue Reading
Los Angeles-based Ben Rekhi shares how the idea for his new film THE ASHRAM (2018) was born while he was traveling in India. The film is available online and starts Sam Keeley, Melissa Cox, Kal Penn, Radhika Apte and Hera Hilmar. This is a highlight from our upcoming extended interview with Rekhi where we talk about… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Aaron Katz talks about the making of GEMINI, a noir film set in Los Angeles. The film centers around the relationship between a famous young actress (Zoe Kravitz) and her personal assistant (Lola Kirke). Often, the boundaries between their personal and professional life is blurred. We met Katz in San Francisco and spoke on… Continue Reading
Lights, camera, action, cut, edit and watch the creations of the celluloid dreamers on the big silver screen. Yes, it is that time of the year in the Bay Area. Get ready for the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) that runs from April 4-17, 2018. The 10-day festival is packed with films, live music,… Continue Reading
Renowned British physicist Dr.Stephen Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018. He was 76 years old. In 2014 Eddie Redmayne essayed the role of Dr. Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything. I got a chance to interview Redmayne about how he prepared for the role and his meeting with Dr. Hawking. Here is… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Alexander Dean shares why she made Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story. The Hollywood actress was known for her beauty but not her interest in technology. During World War II Lamar co-invented a secret communication systems based on frequency hopping. It was only decades later that Lamarr got recognition for her work. Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story… Continue Reading
We spoke with filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega about the making of A Fantastic Woman and how they got the idea to make a film about a transgender actress. The film is about love and politics of identity. Last week A Fantastic Woman won an Oscar in the foreign language film category and… Continue Reading
A highlight from our upcoming interview with Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega. I got to ask them a couple of questions from the famous Proust Questionnaire. We have a longer interview coming up with Lelio and Vega. Lelio’s film A Fantastic Woman is Chile’s entry in the best foreign-language film category for… Continue Reading
I did not know what to expect from filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. I missed multiple screening opportunitiesto see the film. I deliberately skipped reading the reviews since I wanted to discover for myself what the film was about. Finally, a few days ago I watched the film and came away thinking what a beautiful… Continue Reading
For 132 minutes I was totally absorbed in watching Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World. David Scarpa’s screenplay is strong and effective and is inspired by a true story. If ever there was a tale to tell this was it was the first thought that popped in my head when the end credits… Continue Reading
We spoke with director Paul McGuiganabout his new film Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool and working with Annette Bening and producer Barbara Broccoli of the James Bond franchise fame.We also spoke with McGuigan about directing the first few episodes of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Paul McGuigan shares how he got involved in directing the first few episodes of BBC’s Sherlock series with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and others. Sherlock series is available on Netflix. We have a longer interview coming up with McGuigan on his new film Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool l starring Annette Bening and… Continue Reading
Is filmmaker Richard Linklater a vivid, visual thinker? That was the question I asked him. He has some version of photographic memory shares Linklater. His mom thought something weird was going on and he got tested for it as a kid, but that visual thinking did not help him in school he says. It was… Continue Reading
Jason Sussberg shares how he and David Alvarado came up with the idea to make their documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy. The filmmakers pitched the idea to Nye to make a film on his life and legacy and his fight against anti-science. Nye is on a mission to educate adult, especially millennials on the importance… Continue Reading
If it is fall then it is time for 3rd i SF International South Asian Film Festival. The festival celebrates its 15th anniversary Nov 9-12 in San Francisco and Nov 18 in Palo Alto. The film festival spotlights South Asian filmmakers from around the world, including films from India’s dream factory – Bollywood. This year’s opening film… Continue Reading
Ever wondered how filmmaker Richard Linklater watches films? I did. Linklater famously watched 3 films a day as a young filmmaker. So, I wondered how he watches a film? I got to ask him that question at a recent interview we did with him in San Francisco. Linklater famously watched 3 films a day as… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck), shares on what drew him to make his new documentary Jane (on Jane Goodall), his most soulful film yet as he put it. Jane is based on over 100 hours of 16mm archival footage shot by Hugo van Lawick, Goodall’s first husband, for National Geographic. The film is a… Continue Reading
Meet Emmy Award-winning director Pete Nicks, whose documentary The Force won him a directing award at the 2017 Sundance film festival. The Force takes you behind the scenes of the beleaguered Oakland Police Department that has been under federal monitoring for 10 years. It took over 2 years for Nicks to make this documentary, which is… Continue Reading
Winchester House is a mystery house in Silicon Valley. It is also known as the Winchester Mystery House. This sprawling 19th mansion with 160 rooms was built by Sarah Winchester, an heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. In the 1880s Winchester moved from Connecticut to San Jose, California, where she bought a farm-house and began… Continue Reading
Take a peek into the highlights of our filmmaker interviews with James Ivory, Mark Pellington, Amit Madheshiya, James Gray, Ritesh Batra and more. We talk to them about the making of their films, how they got started in films and who influenced them. Those are just a few questions, there is a lot more that… Continue Reading
I sat down to talk with filmmaker Corbett Redford about his debut documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk. This is a rich and dense documentary that traces the history of punk rock in the Bay area from the 1970s. The film released in 2017. Redford shares how he became involved in… Continue Reading
Watch the highlights of our upcoming 2-part interview with San Francisco Bay area filmmaker Pete Nicks. We talk to him about his new documentary The Force that won him a directing award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Nicks takes you behind the scenes of the Oakland Police department that has been under federal monitoring… Continue Reading
Activist Dolores Huerta is the subject of filmmaker Peter Bratt‘s new documentary Dolores. I caught up with them at the 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival to find out why it took so long to make a film on Huerta, who worked alongside Cesar Chaves on California’s farm workers movement. Huerta’s involvement goes back to… Continue Reading
Corbett Redford’s documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk made its debut at the 2017 San Francisco SFDoc Festival. The film is a rich and dense chronicle of punk music from San Francisco’s East Bay region that gave birth to bands like Green Day and others. Green Day is the executive producer of… Continue Reading
I sat down with journalist and author Jeannette Walls to talk about her memoir The Glass Castle that is now a Hollywood film. The film stars Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts and others. The film releases on August 11, 2017. Walls grew up poor and lived in a home with no running water or electricity.… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Alexandra Dean wrote and directed a new documentary on Hedy Lamarr, who was a Hollywood actress and an inventor. Lamarr was often described as the “most beautiful woman in the world” But, what was little known is that Lamarr was an inventor and her invention paved the way for bluetooth, GPS, wi-fi and other… Continue Reading
We sat down with filmmaker David Lowery to talk about his new film A Ghost Story. Lowery wrote, directed and edited the film. At first blush the film appears to be about a ghost that haunts its old home. But, the film stays with you long after you have seen and prompts thoughts about the… Continue Reading
We sat down with Noah Cowan, Executive Director of SFFILM to find out about their long-term strategic direction and what it means to be a film institute in San Francisco. In early 2017 they changed their name to SFFILM from San Francisco Film Society. SFFILM has year around programs and works with various organizations to… Continue Reading
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