Film
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Short and Sound
Short film has traditionally never had the gift of longevity. Cinema gave short film a mosquito-span life and while DVD gave them an extension, they were ultimately relegated to wallow alongside commentary, storyboards and outtakes.
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Secret Cinema in Saudi Arabia
Though cinemas and movie-making were made illegal in the 1970s after religious conservatives declared many cultural activities sinful, it has not stopped Saudi Arabians from making and showing films that undermine SA’s puritanism today. A few renegade film makers in…
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Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Opening Night
Berlin & Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco has entered its 17th year. They kicked off the festivities at the brilliant Castro Theatre, still my favorite place to watch a film. The live organ performance, a staple of the film…
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The Rumpus Review of How To Survive a Plague
The response to the AIDS epidemic that ripped through the gay community starting in the early years of the Reagan administration can be best characterized by how most health and social issues are dealt with in contemporary politics today, with…
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The Rumpus Review of The Master
In Anderson’s hands, we are always on a journey into the troubled minds and hearts of men at war with themselves; to the intersection of primitive impulses and intellectual aspiration; and, never more than in The Master, through hubris, half-blind…
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About Cherry Interview
Last week, Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott spoke with Fox News about his debut film, About Cherry. If you missed it live, you can watch the segment to hear details on plot, filming in the Armory, casting, and more.
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Reelings #3: THE IMPOSTER
I’m going to go ahead and spoil the entire plot of Bart Layton’s documentary The Imposter, but only because the film does in its first opening minutes. Why? Because the plot, as balls-out-crazy as it is, is not even the…
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James Franco and Kink.com star
The San Francisco Weekly has an interview with Lorelei Lee and Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott about the movie they wrote together, that Elliott directed, About Cherry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy, likely best known to you as a member of the iconic Brat Pack, with his roles in Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire, has forged a second career as a travel writer. Out with a new memoir,…
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About Cherry premiers next week in New York, Portland, and San Francisco
About Cherry, the feature film directed by Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott, will be premiering September 21 in San Francisco, Portland, and New York. In San Francisco the movie is being shown only twice at the Castro theater on September 21…
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REELINGS #2: Meek’s Cutoff
The skillfully understated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt joins up again with screenwriter Jon Raymond to give us Meek’s Cutoff.
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The Rumpus Review of Searching for Sugar Man
Fast-forward all the way to the epilogue: a 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugar Man. The film is the story of what happened to Rodriguez’s music after his ostensible failures.