SFist interviews Jeff Ross, founder of Indie Fest...

Nothing makes us feel more like a big pervy loser than standing in line for a porn movie. On a Friday night. Alone. In the rain. Wearing a trench coat no less. Viva--a campy stylized soft porn movie played at the Roxie Theatre for the San Francisco Independent Film Festival last week and our plus-one was running late. The theatre seemed freakishly well-lit and we craned our neck around and made a big production of......

We've been doing far too much reading about relevance and contemporary classical music as of late, so we're looking forward to the opportunity to hear it in a nice room with other people. The SF Tape Music Festival going on all weekend at ODC Theater (3153 17th St at Shotwell) features three distinct programs of audio art over a pristine 16-speaker surround sound system. We like the mix of legends (Brian Eno, with a world......

We're positively reeling from anticipation of all the fun and excitement promised by this weekend's events. Not since we spent Halloween weekend in Las Vegas a few years back have we done so much reeling - though that was mostly due to our alcohol consumption and our difficulty finding an exit out of the New York New York casino. Tonight Hey, it's Halloween weekend, how about a creepy movie: Street Trash, described as "Eraserhead......

We can't count the number of times we've left a movie announcing "That sucked! This is what they should have done..." And then we'd go on in great detail to our long suffering better half, who had to sit through both the flawed work AND our backseat screenwriting and direction. If we were the kind of person who took proactive steps toward bettering her relationship (oh, we're so not, trust us), we'd shut our damn......

The SF Independent Film Festival's San Francisco Documentary Film Festival starts tonight, and our crack team of film fest Fisters couldn't be happier. From the Japanese boy cafes of The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief to the suicide bombers of Diameter of a Bomb, we will be there in full force to bring you the best of the fest. In addition to our coverage, we'll be giving away tickets to DocFest......

SFist interviews Henry Rosenthal, producer of "The Devil and Daniel Johnston"...

The kids at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival are already gearing up for IndieFest 2006, planed for February 2-14 (mark your calendars now!). This Friday they're having another of their trademark events, the Rock N Roll Horror Show, at the 1751 Social Club (1751 Fulton at Masonic). Doors open at 7, Kiss of the Vampire screens at 8, and at 10 musical acts Stolen Babies and The Graves Brothers Deluxe hit the stage,......

Remember when we were nagging you to get off the couch and make some damn art, already? Well, we have a couple more shots at the big auteur target in the sky for you, so get on it! Our dear friends at the The 8th San Francisco Independent Film Festival (Feb 2-14, 2006) are accepting entries until October 15 They're accepting features, shorts, narratives, docs, animation and experimental film and video, in any style......

SFist interviews Jason Blalock...

SFist Eve gives her movie picks for this weekend....

Sfist will be covering the San Francisco Indepentent Film Festival, which opens tonight and runs until February 13, so go see some films and read our posts!...

Sfist wants to encourage all of you Bay Area folks to get out there and actually use your degrees in film for something other than the local pub quiz...