SFIFF, 5/4.

"A Letter to a Boy from His Mother." SF360 runs Tilda Swinton's "State of Cinema" address in its entirety. The photo comes from a series by a generous Steve Rhodes, who comments here. As the San Francisco International Film Festival wraps, there'll surely be reverberations to note over the coming days, but for now, you can best measure its seismic impact in the features and "Bits" at SF360.

Michael Guillen talks with Alicia Scherson about Play. Also: Sólo Dios Sabe director Carlos Bolado.

SFist reviews: Rita on Favela Rising, Drawing Restraint 9, Encounter Point and Jonestown: The Life and Death of the People's Temple; and Matt on Romance & Cigarettes.

Gabe on Jonestown and Al Franken: God Spoke.

The San Francisco Chronicle's G Allen Johnson on Vincent D'Onofrio's Five Minutes, Mr Welles.

Jeffrey M Anderson reviews Sokurov's The Sun at Cinematical.

Posted by dwhudson at May 4, 2006 3:41 PM