Back on April 13, Gothamist published this great interview with director Todd Solondz. At the time, we wondered if he'd be screening his new film, , at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Sure enough, he did, and SFist BFF Steve Portigal made the misttake of mentioning he was going to see it.

As Palindromes opens in the Bay Area this weekend, (see locations and times here), we hit Steve up for his thoughts on Solondz's Gothic farce about a pregnant 12-year-old (played by multiple actresses) travelling through a freak show of humanity, and he hit us back with a remarkably frank and thorough assessment, which we'll share with you after the jump. God, our readers are the best. Just the best.

Palindromes