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Articles by Jeffrey M. Anderson
A still from “Fire of Love” by Sara Dosa, which shows at the SFFILM Festival on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. at the Castro Theatre and on Sunday, April 24, at 5 p.m. at BAMPFA. (Courtesy Sara Dosa/SFFILM)
14 local films to make any Bay Area...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

SFFILM Festival features dazzling moments of local storytelling and a unique dance number on BART

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Colin Woodell (center) plays a rookie EMT named Scott in Michael Bay’s “Ambulance,” which opens in local theaters Friday. (Universal Pictures)
San Francisco-born Colin Woodell takes a ride toward...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

‘When you’re working on a Michael Bay film, there are no floaty devices. You just jump right in.’

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The 65th SFFILM Festival gives a special tribute to Michelle Yeoh — star of “Supercop,” “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” — on Friday, April 29 at the Castro Theatre, hosted by Sandra Oh. (Photo by Thomas Laisne/Getty Images, Courtesy SFFILM)
65th S.F. Film Festival announces 2022 program and...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Festival features 130 films from 56 countries, with half directed by women or non-binary filmmakers

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Festival Director Sophoan Sorn and Festival President Noémie Njangiru unveiling the feature live action and documentary film lineup of the 26th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival on February 22, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Klien)
Berlin & Beyond Film Festival is 26 and...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Hallo to dozens of North American premieres and auf Wiedersehen to at-home movie watching

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Domee Shi, the director of “Turning Red.” The film is about a Chinese-Canadian teenager who, at the onset of puberty, is transformed into a giant red panda. (Jessica Chou/The New York Times)
Pixar’s first female director breaks ground on many...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Bay Area native Domee Shi opens up about ‘Turning Red,’ which premieres this weekend

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Christine Turner grew up in Bernal Heights to an African American father and a Chinese American mother, both of whom worked in the nonprofit sector. She credits her parents as an inspiration for veering toward documentary film. (Christine Turner)
‘Lynching Postcards,’ by S.F. native Christine Turner, explores...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

The Oscar-shortlisted short documentary re-appropriates images to show their evil and horror

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“The Conversation” was released on April 7, 1974. Critics noted the film was an uncanny yet unintentional response to the Watergate wiretapping scandal. Gene Hackman starred as Harry Caul. (Photo courtesy of Rialto Pictures)
Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens at Opera Plaza...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Special to The Examiner

Themes of technology and privacy in ‘The Conversation’ still resonate today

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Ari Wegner, director of photography, and Jane Campion, director/producer, on the set of “The Power of the Dog, which one eight awards from the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle. (Kristy Griffin/Netflix)
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle lauds...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Besides Jane Campion, other winners include Mike Mills, Rita Moreno, Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Luis, who lives on the streets in San Francisco, is one of the people profiled in "Lead Me Home,” which is available on Netflix Nov. 30. (Courtesy Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk/Netflix)
Netflix doc ‘Lead Me Home’ gets to the...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Co-directors Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk depict plight of people living on our streets

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Sharon Stone in Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller “Basic Instinct” set in San Francisco. (Courtesy Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal)
‘Basic Instinct,’ which once caused a fervor, returns...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Strange San Francisco film gets 30th anniversary rerelease

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Berkeley-born director Mike Mills’ movie, which opens Wednesday, draws inspiration from his own life. (Photo by Julieta Cervantes)
Mike Mills discusses his Oakland family movie ‘C’mon...
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Special to The Examiner

Story of radio journalist played by Joaquin Phoenix is about ‘finding things’

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