Mr. 8 Goes to San Francisco International Film Festival

[number8]

I'm attending the 52nd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival for the next two weeks, and I'm going to try and see as many films as possible. It's a very diverse and eclectic festival, showing World cinema of any kind, from blockbuster HK action flicks to independent Swedish films, so I'm pretty excited in the line-up.

For a number of reasons, I will be posting links to my reviews/coverage of films and panels rather than copy-pasting them here, so I hope you guys don't mind. If you do, my testes would like a word.

Here are three articles I've written so far, and more to come today:

Introductory article (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5187-52nd-san-francisco-international-film-festival-opens.html)

Reviews of The Beast Stalker (Hong Kong), Catherine Breillat's Bluebeard (France) and Hansel and Gretel (South Korea) (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5194-sfiff52-day-2-the-beast-stalker-bluebeard-hansel-and-gretel.html)

Review of Zift (Bulgaria) (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5201-sfiff52-review-zift.html)


Reviews coming today: Battle for Terra, Atom Egoyan's Adoration, Lake Tahoe, Empress Hotel.

[Bosco B Thug]

Aw, re: lukewarmness toward Bluebeard. That could've been an awesome as a Catherine Breillat horror film.

I don't know anything about the film, btw - it probably makes zero motions towards being a horror flick, I know. It's just Fat Girl is the best, I need to see more of her work ASAP, and if she'd done or has done a horror film, that'd just about do it.

[B-side]

Aw, re: lukewarmness toward Bluebeard. That could've been an awesome as a Catherine Breillat horror film.

I don't know anything about the film, btw - it probably makes zero motions towards being a horror flick, I know. It's just Fat Girl is the best, I need to see more of her work ASAP, and if she'd done or has done a horror film, that'd just about do it.

Yeah, I'm disappointed to hear it's not particularly good. I'll be checking it out anyway of course, but still.

[number8]

Yeah, it ain't a horror film at all. If it helps, others have been pretty enthusiastic about it. It just didn't work for me at all.

[number8]

As promised, here's more capsule reviews (75 words, mandated by the distributors, le sigh).

Battle for Terra (USA), Egoyan's Adoration (Canada), Empress Hotel (USA), Lake Tahoe (Mexico) (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5203-sfiff52-day-3-battle-for-terra-adoration-empress-hotel-lake-tahoe.html)


Now off to home I go to shower and get into a nice suit. Going to the award show tonight honoring Evan Rachel Wood and Elijah Wood. Will post about that tomorrow, too.

[B-side]

Yeah, it ain't a horror film at all. If it helps, others have been pretty enthusiastic about it. It just didn't work for me at all.

Oh, cool. Thanks for this.

[lovejuice]

Battle for Terra (USA), Egoyan's Adoration (Canada), Empress Hotel (USA), Lake Tahoe (Mexico) (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5203-sfiff52-day-3-battle-for-terra-adoration-empress-hotel-lake-tahoe.html)

so you like terra? i watched the preview, and at some point about to post here that if this movie's any good, i'll eat my hat. good thing i hold my horse.

[number8]

so you like terra? i watched the preview, and at some point about to post here that if this movie's any good, i'll eat my hat. good thing i hold my horse.

I just watched the trailer a minute ago and it is kind of meh. I went in cold and I liked it a lot, actually. Like, a lot.

I'm writing a full review now and I'll post it sometime in the next week.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Going to the award show tonight honoring Evan Rachel Wood and Elijah Wood. Will post about that tomorrow, too.

DOUBLE WOOD

[megladon8]

That's really cool news about Terra.

I wish Brian Cox would do more voicework for animated movies like this. He's got a great voice.

[number8]

At Midnight Awards red carpet, waiting for Double Wood to arrive.

LOUUUD. MUSIC.

[number8]

Christ, I'm like the best dressed journalist here, and I'm wearing jeans!

I wanna wear dirty sweatshirts and backpacks too!

[jesse]

I considered making a trip up to the festival just to see 35 Rhums. Alas, neither of the showings were on days I could get off.

Hope you enjoy the festival though!

[number8]

Review: Bullet in the Head (Spain/France)
(http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5205-sfiff52-review-bullet-in-the-head.html)

[Sycophant]

Review: Bullet in the Head (Spain/France)
(http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5205-sfiff52-review-bullet-in-the-head.html)


Maybe it would have worked if it was, oh, ten minutes, tops.

Oh dear. It's a pity no one ever pays any attention to movies shorter than 70 minutes.

[B-side]

Review: Bullet in the Head (Spain/France)
(http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5205-sfiff52-review-bullet-in-the-head.html)

That sounds painful.

[D_Davis]

Battle for Terra looks freaking sweet.

Just saw the trailer today - I hope it maintains a serious tone.

[Kurosawa Fan]

That sounds painful.

Ba-dum CHING!

[B-side]

Ba-dum CHING!

Thank you. Thank you. I'm here all night.

It wasn't even intentional.:lol:

[B-side]

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_40125~Julianne-Moore-Posters.jpg

Julianne Moore?

[number8]

Oops. Here:

"City of Borders" and "Tongzhi in Love" (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5214-sfiff52-day-5-city-of-borders-tongzhi-in-love.html)

"In the Loop" and "Kisses" (w/ Director Q&A) (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5229-sfiff52-day-6-in-the-loop-kisses-with-lance-daly-qaa.html)

Rudo y Cursi (http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/5230-sfiff52-day-8-rudo-y-cursi.html)


SO BUSY! BEHIND! MORE LATER!

[number8]

By the way, saw the Tetro trailer last night at an event honoring Coppola. It looked really good.