Entries from SFist tagged with 'chriswiggum'
August 6, 2007
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Did you love Rivers and Tides and its idyllic aesthetic view of the world? Well, take that and give it a twist of despair -- famous art photographer Edward Burtynsky went to China to take some beautiful pictures of the horrors of mass industrialization, and they've made a documentary about his work, called Manufactured Landscapes. The movie is supposed to be absolutely amazing. If you're interested in seeing it, it's opening at the Lumiere......
Continue Reading "Industry And Horror At The Movies "June 1, 2005
Oh holy cow SFist loves scary movies. Last year, before we had this glorious soapbox to teeter on, we spent two glorious nights at SF IndieFest's first horror film festival Another Hole in the Head. In fact, when SFist was stil in fetal form, we remember telling the folks who would be our fellow editors how much we were looking forward to covering this year's festival -- and now it is upon us! (We......
Continue Reading "(Yet) Another Hole in the Head: SFist Has You Covered"March 11, 2005
SFist was thrilled to receive an invitation to opening night of the 23rd Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. After the screening of the fantastic Saving Face, the action turned to the gala reception, held at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The evening began well for SFist, for as soon as we entered to Museum, we ran into Alice Wu, director of Saving Face, which we had just seen and......
Continue Reading "SFIAAFF: Parties To Which We Were Invited"March 11, 2005
NAATA must be so proud of the great opening night screening of Saving Face at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. There was a big crowd outside the Castro Theater as we arrived, and as we entered the theater we were disconcerted by all the folks who seemed to be reserving seats for others. Then, we realized that we were being total rubes, and that the "purses" in the theater chairs were......
Continue Reading "SFIAAFF: Saving Face"March 10, 2005
SFist is proud of our coverage of local events, including SF IndieFest, SF Noise Pop, and Cinequest. We're really happy to continue this tradition with our coverage of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, running in San Francisco from March 10-17, Berkeley March 11-20 and San Jose from March 18-20. While our coverage will focus mainly of the San Francisco screenings, most of the films are being shown in multiple locations. Brought......
Continue Reading "SFIAAFF: SFist Has You Covered"