The Center for Asian American Media puts on the Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) every year in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s a well-run festival, and every year, it presents an opportunity to see a LOT of really good films. (more…)
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area (or more specifically, if you’re in Berkeley), the Pacific Film Archive is a great place to see great cinema. A lot of films show up here that you might not get to see elsewhere, even on DVD.
The new schedule for Pacific Film Archive showed up in the mail today, and when I opened it, I was delighted! On page 3, it announced that Bela Tarr’s Satantango will be showing in its full 450 minute glory (and in a new print, to boot) on February 17, 2007 at 1 pm.
As Susan Sontag said: “Devastating, enthralling for every minute of its seven hours. I’d be glad to see it every year for the rest of my life.”
I watched Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together today. It’s a 59-minute documentary about the making of Wong Kar-Wai’s film Happy Together. While the making-of-the-movie aspect is interesting, looking at all the footage that wasn’t used in the final film is the best part. There are some really compelling images in this film. (more…)