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REVIEW: DEER HOOF ON RIVER COBBLES (2022)
Dendrochronology is the word that comes to mind in assessing poet Walker Abel’s body of work in anticipation of the April 22, 2022 release of his fourth volume of poetry Deer Hoof on River Cobbles, to...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY / 2007 FRAMELINE31 / THE FALL OF '55—The Evening Class...
In anticipation of a free screening of The Fall of ’55 scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 2022, 6:00PM at The Community Center, 1088 N. Orchard St. in Boise, Idaho, to be followed by an onstage discussion...
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BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER: THE SHOW ON THE ROOF—The Evening Class Interview...
As a young homosexual growing up in southern Idaho in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible to not be aware of what was variously referred to as the “Boise homosexuality scandal”, the “Morals Drive”,...
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THE FALL OF ’55—Q&A With Seth Randal for TCC Benefit Screening
Seth Randal (2022). Photo: Michael Guillén.The Show On the Roof (2022), the musical adaptation of Seth Randal’s documentary The Fall of ’55 (2006), boasted its world premiere at the Boise Contemporary...
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OUTFEST 40 / FRAMELINE 46: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS (2022)—THE EVENING CLASS...
Photo: © 2022 Corey Nickols, courtesy gettyimages.comWhereas one is an acknowledged auteur’s megaplex arthouse horror confidently boasting a first-tier cast, and the other a modestly-produced...
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HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG (2021)—THE EVENING CLASS...
Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift...
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REVIEW: GRATITUDE REVEALED (2022)
Described as a “cinematic quilt”, award-winning cinematographer, director and producer Louie Schwartzberg’s Gratitude Revealed (2022) stitches together finessed medallions of color, texture and rhythm...
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MVFF 44—REVIEW: PATH OF THE PANTHER (2022)
The role of wildlife photography and, by extension, cinematography as a conservation initiative had its meager beginnings in the early 1900s when George Shiras (nicknamed “Grandfather Flash”) published...
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REVIEW: PIGGY (2022)
In an early scene of Carlota Pereda’s Piggy (2022), the maligned protagonist Sara (in an amazingly brave and assured performance by Laura Galán) is an overweight teen who secretly fantasizes on being...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE BUMP INTERVIEW WITH EALDOR BEALU
Between the vicissitudes of the Internet and the short life spans of independent street magazines, much of my writing of the past decade and a half has evaporated like dew on a summer morning....
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—The SF360 Interview with Edward Millington Stout, III
Wurlitzer ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review. Launched in 2006, SF360 began as a copublishing effort between the San Francisco Film Society (now known as SFFILM) and indieWIRE. Until its closure in 2011,...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—The SF360 Fivepick for Another Hole In the Head (2007)
With early confirmation of the filmic slate being offered at the 19th edition of S.F. IndieFest’s genre sidebar Another Hole In the Head, I look back at my SF360 write-up for the festival’s fourth...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—The SF360 Interview With Dennis Nyback
Photo: © S.W. Conser.Dennis Nyback, respectfully remembered by S.W. Conser for his Oregon Artswatch profile, passed away at the age of 69 on October 2, 2022 following a long battle with cancer. I...
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AHITH 2022—LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT
The 19th edition of Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (“AHITH”) will take place December 1 to 18, 2022 at the Roxie Theater, 4 Star Theatre, Stage Werks, Eventive, and Zoom. Offering 18 days of...
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BAM/PFA—Pier Paolo Pasolini Retrospective (2022)
Nine years ago the Bay Area celebrated a Pier Paolo Pasolini (2013) retrospective that provided the welcome opportunity to view most of his films. Enthused, at The Evening Class I assembled a listing...
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AFF 2022—Queer Lens Shorts (Diaspora & Displacement)
Like paper flowers in water, short films possess the capacity to expand small intimate stories into larger dimensions of meaning and relevance. “Short” and “small” convert into narrative snapshots of...
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AFF 2022—OPENING NIGHT: The Blue Caftan (2022)
Husband and wife Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (IL VANGELO SECONDO...
My response to the casting and narrative elements of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to Matthew (Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo, 1964) ("Matthew") was originally published on Keyframe, Fandor’s...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY—A Resonant Friendship: Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ninetto Davoli. Photo: Unknown."Everything about him has a magical air ... an endless reserve of happiness."—Pier Paolo Pasolini on Ninetto Davoli. Nine years ago in 2013 Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier...
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REVIEW—SALVATORE: SHOEMAKER OF DREAMS (2020)
Not since Prince Charming fitted the glass slipper onto Cinderella’s foot has a rags-to-riches story been so compelling as Luca Guadagnino’s affectionate portrait of Salvatore Ferragamo, the “shoemaker...
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