Fests and events, 3/26.

"Over the past month the [San Francisco International Film Festival] has been revealing bit and pieces of this year's line-up," writes Michael Hawley. "So to begin the Evening Class coverage of SFIFF51, here's a recap of what we know so far, plus a bit of wishful thinking/speculation over what the rest of the program might have in store for us..."

"The five films in the Pacific Film Archive's Heinz Emigholz: Architecture as Autobiography are part of a larger Photography and Beyond project Emigholz has been working on for the last 24 years," writes Maria Komodore in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. "This handful of works captures constructions by important but somewhat neglected architects of the 20th century. One aim of Emigholz's endeavor is to provide an alternative kind of biography: a biography in which knowledge about the architect is derived directly from his or her creations." April 1 through 17.

Meantime, Richard Lacayo takes a look at plans for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's new digs.

"More than a half-century after it was twice censored by network television, Rod Serling's story on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till and his message about prejudice will finally be told the way Serling wanted," reports William Kates for the AP. "The original stage script of Serling's Noon on Doomsday will be read Saturday at Ithaca College during a conference on Serling's life and legacy."

For the L Magazine, Jesse Hassenger considers the Ziegfeld: " Love the idea - of mainstream, accessible revivals, that is - but not crazy about the execution."

Last weekend, the Japan Society hosted Ikue Mori: Celebrating 30 years of Life, Love & Music in NYC; Zach Baron files an entry for Artforum: "I held out for Saturday, drawn to the program for its promised US debut of Mori's live sound track to two of Maya Deren's silent films (Witch's Cradle, starring Duchamp, and the sublime At Land), originally commissioned by Tate Modern."

More from SXSW: For Premiere, Aaron Hillis talks with Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro about Body of War.

Posted by dwhudson at March 26, 2008 4:36 PM