As part of their ever-expanding lineup of broad-interest events, the San Francisco Film Society has been bringing these film + music events to the Castro Theater for a few years now. A silent film accompanied by a live score just makes sense as a way to honor historically significant cinema while making it more accessible to a modern audience. So, it's important not to over think it even if the Film Society has been bringing in indie powerhouses like Stephin Merritt to score 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and more recently John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats to provide a soundtrack to Sir Arne's Treasure. This year though, the festival took a more modern approach by placing British Chamberpop band Tindersticks in front of a selection of scenes from French director Claire Denis' oeuvre. more ›

In addition to tonight's opening night premiere of Beginners at the Castro Theater, the next two and a half weeks of the San Francisco International Film Festival are packed with screenings and events around town at venues like the Kabuki Cinema and New People in Japantown, to SFMoMA and the Palace of Fine Arts. To help you make sense of it all and figure out where to spot Ewan McGregor, here's our official, but far from comprehensive guide to the films and events we're looking forward to: more ›

For those just tuning in, the SF Int'l Film Fest is still happening and runs through this week. One of the centerpiece premieres at the festival, on Saturday at the Castro, was a certain celebration of B-grade horror and gratuitous blood spatter called All About Evil, written and directed by home-grown talent Joshua Grannell, a.k.a. Peaches Christ. It stars Natasha Lyonne, Mink Stole, and Thomas Decker (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Nightmare on Elm Street), and suffice it to say it was a major event for local horror fans, Peaches fans, and Castro denizens alike. Most of the cast was on hand, as well as Peaches' idol John Waters, and about 1400 assembled others. more ›

The big San Francisco International Film Festival starts tonight. Have you bought tickets to the films and events you want to attend? Some might be sold out or are selling out fast. We randomly plucked twenty titles off of SF Weekly, the Guardian, The Rumpus, and SF Appeal, and threw them into a rather-long film poll and a medium-long events poll to see what's on your radar. (SFist commenter FraggleRock has an impressive list too.) more ›

The 2010 San Francisco International Film Festival starts April 22, and the line-up includes the usual daunting amount of films -- fifteen days worth! Here are a few titles/events that stood out to us, and check out SF Appeal for a more in-depth round-up. more ›

Francis Ford Coppola is this year's recipient of the San Francisco International Film Festival's Founders Directing Award. more ›

A Sea Change follows grandfather and environmentalist Sven Huseby as he travels from upstate New York and California to Alaska and Norway to interview scientists, professors, fishermen, entrepreneurs, journalists and others about the changing chemistry of the ocean and what people are doing to reduce carbon emissions. Huseby finds himself enamored with pteropods, the tiny, beautiful sea butterflies crucial to the ocean’s ecosystem. Today pteropods can only survive up to 48 hours before the water’s acidity eats through their translucent shells. more ›

The San Francisco International Film Festival starts a week from Thursday. Get your tickets now! more ›

Our fellow SFisters weren’t alone in the lyrical department this week. We signed on for the SFIFF's , a film described as “simple” and “classical.” More importantly for us – since we love all things French (or almost) – the film was set in Strasbourg. It wasn’t until we already had our ticket and were ready to enter the theater that we learned that our “French” simple, classical film was also “atmospheric,” “slow-moving,” and that it would be a “full 35 minutes before anyone speaks.” Oh no! more ›

What we love most about watching films at SFIFF is being able to experience something different than your own life. Take for instance, Just Like Home. How else can one know what it's like to live in a small Danish town consumed by the mystery of whom, exactly, is wandering the streets naked? more ›

Psst! Anyone out there holding onto one of the sacred 1000 journals? If so, add to it already and pass it on! Or send it back to Someguy. Inquiring minds across the world want to see these 1000 journals! more ›