Out of the hundreds of festival films, here’s just a handful of personal choices — based on preference for the unusual, the civilized, and substance over flash.‘Ad Lib Night’Country:Korea (2006)Running time: 1 hour, 39 minutesDirector: Lee Yoon-kiScreens: May 7, 9 p.m.; May 8, 3:45 p.m. and May 10, 5 p.m. at the Kabuki
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Humble they weren’t, but the beginnings of the San Francisco International Film Festival radiated rookie spirit as grand-thinking organizers gave eager audiences a gold mine of global cinema. Fifty years later, celebrating its golden anniversary, the festival, which opens today, has continued to represent such achievement.It was Dec. 4, 1957, when locals dressed in gowns and tuxes arrived at the Metro, on Union Street, for the film festival’s inaugural show. The opening feature was Helmut Kautner’s "The Captain From Kopenick." Actor Franchot Tone emceed.
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In 1956, Irving "Bud" Levin organizes San Francisco’s Italian Film Week. The success of the film series prompts Italian consul general Pierluigi Alvera to suggest to Levin that he start an international film festival in San Francisco. » 1957: The San Francisco International Film Festival, run by Irving Levin, makes its debut on Dec. 4. Fifteen feature films screen at the 15-day affair, which takes place at the Metro theater. Satyajit Ray’s "Pather Panchali," receives the best-picture prize.
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President and founder Ruth A. Felt announced San Francisco Performances’ 28th season lineup Tuesday. The 66-event, 2007-08 season features chamber music, recitals, contemporary dance and jazz; it runs Sept. 28, 2007, through May 20, 2008, in San Francisco and Berkeley. Subscriptions are on sale now and single tickets go on sale Aug. 20.
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Joined-at-the-hip lovebirds Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo will be spending even more time together now. The duo moved into a new two-bedroom NYC condo April 15, reports People. Reps were mum on buzz that the bicoastal couple is also now sharing Nick’s West Coast house. Your move, Jessica and John. Mel B. names baby after Eddie MurphyFormer Spice Girl Melanie Brown is determined to make it official that Eddie Murphy is the father of her newborn baby. First, she put his name on the birth certificate. And now she’s given the infant his last name.
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Acclaimed Celtic singers Ashley Davis and Mary McLaughlin appear in an evening of colorful stories and luminous song at 8 tonight at Cafe Du Nord. Davis, an Irish-American born in Kansas, is a former soloist for Michael Flatley’s "Lord of the Dance"; McLaughlin, a fluent Gaelic speaker from Northern Ireland, now lives in California. The club is at 2170 Market St., San Francisco. Tickets are $16. Call (415) 861-5016.
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"Prog folk" isn’t exactly a familiar genre, but what else do you call rock music packed with "old-time" instrumentation, obscure literary references, brave musical choices and period costuming? Whether or not their music has its own aisle at the store, Portland rockers the Decemberists, who play the Warfield today and Thursday, are pioneering the sound in a big way.
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Jarvis Cocker, the bohemian who fronted Britain’s brainy pop combo Pulp for two decades, still wields a sharp wit.
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In the twisted world of New York playwright Nicky Silver’s "Past Perfect," now receiving an impressive world premiere at Theatre Rhinoceros, everyone loves the wrong person, and almost everyone’s a little sadistic, or masochistic, or both.
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Are Pamela Anderson’s exes competing over a new woman? At a Victoria’s Secret party, a spy told Page Six, Tommy had eyes for Kid’s girlfriend, model May Andersen: "He was desperately trying to talk to May. Tommy even sent members of his entourage over to ask her to join him at his table." She reportedly declined. Madonna’s trip to Malawi a mysteryDid Madonna and her adopted son, David, meet with the boy’s biological father in Malawi — or did the singer’s handlers scratch the reunion at the last minute?
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