Continuing with my survey of the diasporic dimension of San Franciscan film festival culture, Chi-hui Yang--Festival Director for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAF)--invited me to the offices of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)... More >>

As the saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. Keeping that in mind Luc Besson, knowing he had a good thing with the first District 13 film, simply followed the instructions on his shampoo bottles- lather, rinse,... More >>

Stingray Sam is holding a gig at a lounge on the planet of Mars. Actually he is laying low as he still has a debt to society that he has to repay thanks to some dodgey interplanetary trade and... More >>

[The following review originally appeared as part of Ard's coverage of Amsterdam's Imagine This festival earlier this year. It reappears now with the film about to screen at Fantastic Fest 09.] Hi y'all! Time to get silly. Having never... More >>

Buratino's mother lives alone and all she wants is to have a child of her own. One night she thinks she wishes upon a star but what she's really wishing upon is an etheral seed that impregnates her and... More >>

The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) announced its 2009 line-up last week, adhering to what has become a proven formula for the 32-year-old festival: Start with a dozen or so indie-ish, autumn-release prestige pics, often with stars and directors in... More >>

We've just published a long and winding interview with Danish director Ole Bornedal in which we mostly talk about his current film, Deliver Us From Evil, but also branch out into a good number of other topics.  Among those...

In 2007, to celebrate their tenth anniversary as a band, Jack and Meg White packed up the van - figuratively speaking, they're van days are long behind them - and opted to celebrate in unusual fashion:  By playing concerts...

Cinema is as close to immortality as anyone will achieve. Beautiful facsimiles (when preserved on celluloid, DVD, digital drives, etc.) of people, preserved at specific ages long after they are gone.  We can see Greta Garbo or Charlie Chaplin...

Good god, the world needs more Russian musicals.  This may not seem like an obvious thing to say but after witnessing Valery Todorovsky's Hipsters it is very clearly true.  A brash, vibrant and unapologetically feel-good tale, Hipsters is a throw...