One of the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival‘s Marquee Presentations is Steven Riley’s documentary Listen to Me Marlon, in which a treasure trove of audio tapes—augmented by home movies, film clips and other archival materials—yields a unique autobiographical portrait of one of cinema’s greatest actors, Marlon Brando.
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by Peter Moore
Our friend Max is allergic to wheat. He is gluten-free, but not in the sense of the estimated 30% of Americans who are shunning wheat due to currently trendy pseudo-science; rather, Max is gluten-free in the sense that, if he has anything with wheat, there will be an epi-pen and ER visit involved. Continue reading
Manners. Maketh. Us. Bearable. Continue reading
by Sabrina Schroeder-Dammann
Sabrina Schroeder-Dammann is featured in the new documentary States of Grace, which takes an intimate look at her family in the wake of a life-changing accident.
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Dear Friends,
Exactly one year ago I decided to launch EatDrinkFilms. After thinking about it, getting opinions from those I respect and finding writers eager to be a part of the venture, it seemed that having the first issue toast the San Francisco International Film Festival was appropriate. And now we celebrate our first anniversary with a salute to the 58th edition of the oldest film festival in The Americas. And it is a stellar year for them, as you will see. Continue reading
In his latest lip-smackin’ cookbook, Dr. BBQ shows how to dress up meat, vegetables, and fruits with 120 brand-new recipes for tantalizing marinades, mouthwatering injections, savory brines, flavorful rubs, delectable glazes, and full recipes for what to make with them. Continue reading
by Gary Meyer
San Francisco’s Food and Farm Film Festival offers a place for the food and art worlds of San Francisco to collide. Continue reading
by Dianne Boate
I have always had Russian neighbors in this San Francisco Richmond District apartment building. Many comings and goings of very interesting people, like the White Russian couple, both born in China, reuniting and marrying in San Francisco. Continue reading
by Gary Meyer
The Food + Farm Film Fest starts its third year at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco on Friday night with a program of 18 knockout short films that run the gamut of emotions, both entertaining and informing us. Continue reading
by Risa Nye
Tara Ison’s book, to borrow a line from Jerry Maguire (1996), had me at hello. Before I even looked at the first page of Reeling Through Life (via Amazon or IndieBound,) I imagined the dulcet, breathy voice of the late Don LaFontaine, inviting me into “a world” … where watching movies is a way of “inhabiting other realities, other lives.” Continue reading
