The documentary “Radiograph Of A Family” may primarily be filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani’s account of her parents’ marriage.  But it also manages to be an affecting metaphorical mid-20th century history of Iran’s two major cultural strands without being cloying or blatantly
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After getting cancelled thanks to last year’s coronavirus lockdowns, the San Francisco International Film Festival (hereafter SFFILM) returns this year with its 2021 edition.  Running from April 9-18, 2021, this year’s SFFILM mixes together online streaming and live events at
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“To the Girl That Looks Like Me” is written and directed by Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah.  The short’s backbone consists of three spoken word poems covering such topics as Black standards of beauty, cultural appropriation, and pride in self.     Dawson-Amoah’s poem “My
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Miguel Silveira’s “American Thief” may revolve around a conspiracy to flip the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  Characters caught up in the plot include a teen hacker seeking justice after a highly dubious police shooting, a political vlogger living out of
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First-time documentary filmmaking siblings Chelsi and Gabriel de Cuba deserve huge props for not giving the freak show treatment to the subject of their short film “Plant Heist.”  Admittedly, their film concerns a bizarre crime.  Yet the de Cubas show
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The 2020 edition of San Jose’s Cinequest was among the first Bay Area film festivals to be impacted by coronavirus shutdowns.  Halfway through the festival, further theatrical screenings were cancelled and Cinequest’s previously slated films were rescheduled to online screenings
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Ask the average person what they envision when they hear the word “poaching.”  Odds are they’re likely to imagine a rare elephant killed for their tusks or a rare abalone being killed for food.  Plants would not rate anywhere near
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John Connor Hammond’s short “ASMR For White Liberals” hilariously razzes white liberals who mistake personal ego-stroking for allyship.  ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) uses relaxing sights and sounds to create in the recipient a sedative sensation from head to toe. 
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