Fests and events, 4/17.

The exhibition Soul Cinema: Black Films and Black Stars (1919 - 1963) opens Tuesday at the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston; writes Leslie Brokaw in the Globe: "The 37 posters... were selected by the museum from a massive collection of black film posters, lobby cards, and ephemera held by John Kisch, who runs the Separate Cinema archive." Also via They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, Gerry McCarthy in the Times of London on the 1926 silent film, Irish Destiny and Hadani Ditmars in the Globe and Mail on Atom Egoyan's production of Beckett's Eh Joe.

Brian Darr: "In preparation for tomorrow's launch of the Balboa Theatre's Second Annual Reel San Francisco series of films from a diverse range of genres and time periods, all made in and/or about Frisco, as well as the Celluloid San Francisco book event at the Public Library next week, I present a list of some of the titles I think of first when I think of Frisco and film."

Michael Guillen's San Francisco Film Festival previews: Play, Obaba and The Dignity of Nobodies.

Heavens, look at those posters for the Best of QT Fest over at Cinema Strikes Back.

Cinematical's most recent Tribeca preview: Martha Fischer on Dear Father, Quiet, We're Shooting....

For SF360, Michael Fox talks with director David Munro and producer Xandra Castleton about Full Grown Men, set to debut at Tribeca.

Dennis Cooper snaps photos of Almodovar: Exhibition! at the Cinémathèque Française through July 31.

Posted by dwhudson at April 17, 2006 6:06 AM