Just as Frameline wraps up, it's time for my alma mater to rev up. This year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival lineup is enormous! Being the word nerd that I am, and having been an editor of the SFJFF catalog for eight years, I immediately noticed that nearly 1/4 of the program titles this year start with the letter "A." What does it all mean?
I was glad to get a head start on this year's SFJFF by pre-screening and providing some program notes for a few films (my former colleagues Jay Rosenblatt and Joshua Moore know me well enough to send me films they figured I would like).
Check out my early take on these titles:
A few other titles I am eager to see at the upcoming festival:
I can also recommend two more films I have had a chance to screen elsewhere: 50 Children and After Tiller, the latter an especially important doc about some very courageous abortion providers.
Finally, I hear from well-placed SFJFF officials who prefer to remain anonymous that the dramas The Attack and Aya are well worth seeking out. Or maybe it's just that they start with "A."
I was glad to get a head start on this year's SFJFF by pre-screening and providing some program notes for a few films (my former colleagues Jay Rosenblatt and Joshua Moore know me well enough to send me films they figured I would like).
Check out my early take on these titles:
A few other titles I am eager to see at the upcoming festival:
- Alan Berliner's latest film, First Cousin Once Removed
- the documentary profile of Joseph Papp
- Margarethe von Trotta's drama about Hannah Arendt
- new episodes of the wonderful TV series Arab Labor
I can also recommend two more films I have had a chance to screen elsewhere: 50 Children and After Tiller, the latter an especially important doc about some very courageous abortion providers.
Finally, I hear from well-placed SFJFF officials who prefer to remain anonymous that the dramas The Attack and Aya are well worth seeking out. Or maybe it's just that they start with "A."
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