A robust SFFILM returns to San Francisco. And it'll start with a familiar face. A Steph Curry documentary will kick off the festival, followed by another 97 curated programs.
For a kid-in-a-candy-store experience, movie lover’s style, film festivals are the place to be, and in the Bay Area, the San Francisco International Film Festival is an essential event in that scene. The festival launches its 66th annual celebration of cinema and moviegoing this Thursday. There’s lots to savor.
What’s newly exciting, Lai says, is the participation of the CGV San Francisco cinemas, on Van Ness Avenue, as a primary venue. While CGV hosted SFFILM screenings last year — unexpectedly, after another theater’s projector broke down — the Van Ness site is now what Lai describes as a hub where people can not only watch movies but also socialize and connect with one another as filmgoers and human beings.
Leading things off is “Stephen Curry: Underrated,” documentarian Peter Nicks’ profile of the Golden State Warriors star. Nicks and fellow Oakland-rooted artist Ryan Coogler are expected to attend. The place is Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre, which Lai welcomes as an East Bay festival venue. It joins the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in this regard.
In the documentary arena, look for “Confessions of a Good Samaritan.” Filmmaker Penny Lane chronicles her experience as an altruistic kidney donor in her latest enjoyably quirky real-life seriocomedy. Ex // Top Stories Shakira pleads for privacy after quitting Spain for US: ‘Behave in most humane way with my children’ Shakira has pleaded for privacy after quitting Spain for America, begging fans and the media to “behave in the most humane way” toward her children.
Among narrative films, higher-profile offerings include “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” with Kathy Bates and Rachel McAdams, and director Bill Pohlad’s “Dreamin’ Wild,” featuring Casey Affleck and Beau Bridges.
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