I saw Crumb, Terry Zwigoff's portrait of the artist R. Crumb, in 1994 at a packed New York Film Festival press screening where the only seat available was the carpeted stairs. From the first scene I was mesmerized. On the surface, the story is so simple: The artist, in the autumn of his career, is leaving the safety of his secluded Northern California nest to start over in France. Zwigoff uses this as an opportunity to reflect on Crumb's life. As Crumb puts it in the film, "France isn't perfect, or anything, but it's just slightly less evil than the United States." Yet somehow through this
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In 1972, Judy Irola was invited to join Cine Manifest, a Marxist film collective in San Francisco. The other members of the group were Gene Corr, Peter Gessner, John Hanson, Stephen Lighthill, Rob Nilsson and Steve Wax. The group was committed to pooling its talents and resources for the purpose of making films that reflected its idealistic social and political philosophies. The collective produced two long-form films before dissolving in 1978. Six of the seven members held a reunion on the 30th anniversary of the founding of Cine Manifest in 2002. There was another reunion in 2003 in North
Online sales have ended, but the event is NOT SOLD OUT. Tickets and Passes will be sold ON SITE at the Writers Guild Theater beginning at 8:30 AM. IDA's all-day, back-to-back screenings of this year's Oscar® nominated documentary films. See the films! Meet the filmmakers! Saturday, February 26, 2011 Writers Guild of America Theater 135 S. Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 For full schedule and more event info, visit the DocuDay LA event page.
Scholars and practitioners poked, prodded, dissected and analyzed issues relating to film and history--from recent boy bands to documentary classics--at the fourth Film & History Biennial Conference in Dallas, Texas, which ran from November 8 to 12. Hosted by Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies and sponsored by The Center for the Study of Film and History, the conference drew an international attendance of scholars, students, editors, filmmakers, writers and historians for five days of academic paper presentations, film screenings and question and answer
'Exit Through the Gift Shop,' nominated for Best Documentary Feature, screens February 26 at DocuDay LA and DocuDay NY.
From Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre's Maquilapolis. Courtesy of MadCat Women's International Film Festival Opening night of the MadCat Women's International Film Festival traditionally takes place at El Rio, a funky bohemian bar in San Francisco's Mission district. There's a modest sliding-scale entrance fee, $2.50 margaritas at the bar, and free barbecue in the jam-packed patio area, where a screen is set up to show the films. On this balmy, early fall evening, MadCat is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Founder and curator Ariella Ben-Dov opens the festivities, recalling that she began
Passes Still Available for DocuDay LA Seeing more than four films at DocuDay? Not sure which films you want to see? Play it safe with an ALL DAY Pass, just $45 for IDA members! To find out more or to purchase passes, visit the event page. DocuDay is IDA's all-day, back-to-back screenings of this year's Oscar® nominated documentary films set for this Saturday, February 26th, 2011.