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Posted The World's First Ever Ukulele Rock God: The Jake Shimabukuro Documentary (Video) to Culture/Entertainment
In 2006 a video of a Hawaiian musician playing a ukulele rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," was posted online and launched the...
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Posted SFIAAFF: Always to Culture/Entertainment
Korean love stories have a reputation for high melodrama and "Always," which played at the 30th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival...
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Posted SFIFF: I Am Love to Culture/Entertainment
Despite the glorious summer heat, the Castro Theatre was filled to capacity on Sunday afternoon for the San Francisco International Film (SFIFF) screening of...
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Posted SFIFF: Air Doll to Culture/Entertainment
Japanese Director Hirokazu Koreeda's film, Air Doll, screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) on Friday night. At the screening, director Koreeda...
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Posted SFIFF: Micmacs to Culture/Entertainment
The fatality at the Castro Muni Station and the subsequent three-hour, rush hour closure of all the underground stations on Thursday night delayed many...
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Posted SFIAFF: The People I've Slept With to Culture/Entertainment
How's this for a no-brainer way to sell out a movie--take thousands of horny college students, plus a sultry Bay Area evening, plus a...
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Posted SFIAAFF: Love Aaj Kal to Culture/Entertainment
Love Aaj Kal screened as part of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) at the Castro Theatre last night. I was...
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Posted SFIAAFF: A Village Called Versailles to Culture/Entertainment
Spring weather arrived in San Francisco this past weekend along with the 28th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Despite the glorious...
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Posted SF IndieFest: Wah Do Dem to Culture/Entertainment
WAH DO DEM trailer from Ben Chace on Vimeo. If the Mission District had a sister neighborhood it would probably be Brooklyn. So it seemed...
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Posted SFISAFF: Searching 4 Sandeep to Culture/Entertainment
Aussie surfer gal, Poppy Stockwell trained a camera on herself as her long-distance romance with Sandeep Virdi began to blossom first online, and then...
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Posted DocFest: Nursery University to Culture/Entertainment
Nursery University, a documentary about the competitive admissions process for spots at exclusive nursery schools in Manhattan, played at the Roxie Theatre on Saturday...
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Posted Outside Lands: The Weekend That Was Overview And Photo Gallery to Culture/Entertainment
All photos: Charles Russo for the Appeal See our recaps for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or replay our live coverage. Additional thanks to all those...
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Posted SFJFF: Jews In Shorts to Culture/Entertainment
Over the weekend, I saw Jews in Shorts. Relax those angry typing fingers people! That's what the showing of short films at the San...
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Posted Frameline Film Fest: Dare to Culture/Entertainment
About 20 minutes into the movie Dare, which played at the Castro Theatre on Saturday night as part of the Frameline33 Film Festival, I had...
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Posted Frameline Film Fest: And Then Came Lola to Culture/Entertainment
It was definitely ladies' night at the Castro Theatre on Friday, as the Frameline Film Fest played host to the world premiere of the...
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Posted SFIFF: Bluebeard to Culture/Entertainment
When I realized that the French filmmaker Catherine Breillat, director of the voluptuous The Last Mistress which opened SFIFF last year, was also behind...
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Posted SFIFF: La Mission to Culture/Entertainment
La Mission is a family affair: it's the second feature film by director Peter Bratt, and stars his brother, Benjamin Bratt. It opened the...
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Posted SIAAFF Panel: From Sucker Free City to Watchmen to Culture/Entertainment
It was standing room only for the SFIAAFF panel with Alex Tse, one of the screenwriters of the Hollywood blockbuster, Watchmen. The graphic novel fanboys...
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Posted SFIAAFF Panel: Multiracial Multimedia to Culture/Entertainment
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival panel on Multiracial/Multimedia took place at the Hotel Kabuki on Saturday. What is multiracial multimedia? It's stuff...