Soul Kitchen Before the Monday night screening of German director Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen, head of programming Rachel Rosen asked the audience not to “put Fatih in a box.” Rosen wished to temper expectations of those in the audience who were already familiar with Akin’s recent festival successes Head On (2004) and The Edge of [...]
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SFIFF53 – Soul Kitchen, Wake in Fright, The Violent Kind
Posted in Festival, Reviews on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
SFIFF Preview: The Late Shows
Posted in Festival, Previews on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After what was surely another stunning opening night event, today marks the first full day of San Francisco’s 53th International Film Festival. With 177 films screening over the next two weeks, there’s no way I can do justice to all the fine films on tap this year, but I can do a rundown of those [...]
