The 68th San Francisco International Film Festival has arrived, carrying with it a host of fascinating films. Even when we did not fully connect with them, we love to highlight the indie spirit and champion telling all kinds of unique stories. Check out our full coverage of the festival after the jump! Films 3670 Intimate … Continue reading SFFILM 2025 Wrap-Up
SFFILM 2025: The Last First Time
★★★★ Erotically charged and rippling with unspoken subtext, The Last First Time is one of the year's best queer festival surprises. Hailing from Mexican director Rafael Ruiz Espejo, Alejandro Quintana plays eighteen-year-old Eduardo in a rather unflinching character study. LGBT+ audiences will no doubt relate to the simplicity of this feature more than others. It … Continue reading SFFILM 2025: The Last First Time
SFFILM 2023 Wrap-Up
For this year’s iteration of the San Francisco International Film Festival, we managed to catch a few flicks that had been on our radar for quite some time. Check out our full coverage of the fest after the jump… Films BLACKBERRY Full review coming soon. Dalíland Set mainly in the 1970s and featuring lovely period … Continue reading SFFILM 2023 Wrap-Up
SFFILM 2023: Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
★★★★ A decade after the first Ernest & Celestine wowed critics and captured the hearts of fans everywhere, their return trip has been booked in whimsical sequel, Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia! While the last movie explored Celestine’s tense family connections and burgeoning career as a mouse tooth fairy, Gibberitia turns the mirror … Continue reading SFFILM 2023: Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
Film Review: Naked Singularity
★★★★ Directed by 2017’s It screenwriter Chase Palmer (and despite taking a whopping 8 years to come to the screen), Naked Singularity serves as hybrid black comedy/light drama/dangerous crime/light sci-fi movie with a lot on its mind. The film takes an impressive slate of acting talent, slotting them into characters based on the book A … Continue reading Film Review: Naked Singularity
SFFILM 2021: Supercool
★★★★★ It’s been a very long time since a comedy made me laugh quite as much as Teppo Airaksinen’s Supercool. It’s a hysterical coming-of-age movie that instantly feels in the vein of Superbad, Good Boys, Booksmart, and even another indie fave, Premature. Director Airaksinen describes it as The Hangover meets Lady Bird. A fantasy tweak … Continue reading SFFILM 2021: Supercool
SFFILM 2021: Home
★★★ Actress Franka Potente makes her directorial debut with the emotionally captivating new drama, Home. Ex-felon Marvin (Jake McLaughlin) has been in jail for 17 years after committing murder, and now he’s finally returning home. Things aren’t the way Marvin left them at all—one of his closest friends, Wade (Derek Richardson) is now a burnt-out … Continue reading SFFILM 2021: Home
SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion
★★★ Strawberry Mansion is a trippy and bizarre film about a dream auditor (Kentucker Audley) sent to audit an old woman’s dreams that’s filled with muchness to the point of explosion. It tries to cram in so many ideas that it becomes overwhelming. Bizarre, poetic dialogue adds only a thin layer of understanding to the … Continue reading SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion
SFFILM Festival Roundup
For 2021’s virtual San Francisco International Film Festival, I decided to do things a little differently. I will be updating with a small blurb for each film I watch from the festival, which will also be a good way to track my initial reactions and feelings about each one. Read on for my exclusive coverage. … Continue reading SFFILM Festival Roundup