SFIFF, 5/1.

"Yes, but it was not easy to work with Buñuel. I mean, when you are 35 or 40 years old and it is just us writing together, it was like prison, no women at all, no wives or friends, often for five, six, seven weeks at a time." Jean-Claude Carrière is the recipient of the Kanbar Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival this year. For Slant, Fernando F Croce talks with him about the distinct sense of ironic humor he detects throughout the screenwriter's collaborations with, among others, Buñuel, Jean-Luc Godard, Milos Forman, Louis Malle, Volker Schlöndorff, Nagisa Oshima and Peter Brook.

Brian Darr reviews the shorts programs "Fugitive Prayers" and "Circles of Confusion."

Michael Guillen talks with Lev Yilmaz about his Tales of Mere Existence, some of which will be screening as part of the "Drawing Lines" program of shorts. Also: notes on talks by Jean-Claude Carrière and Tilda Swinton and a review of Patrice Chéreau's Gabrielle.

SFist'sRita reviews Seeds of Doubt

Quick reviews at the East Bay View: Taking Father Home, One Long Winter WIthout Fire, Gubra, October 17, 1961, a series of Guy Maddin shorts, Three Times, The Wayward Cloud, Regular Lovers and Princess Raccoon.

Jeffrey M Anderson has a roundup at Cinematical.

Susan Gerhard rounds up more bloggish coverage at SF360.

Gabe takes the Vertigo tour.

Posted by dwhudson at May 1, 2006 9:05 AM