It’s been five years since Dmitriy Demidov and the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation revived the Oceanside International Film Festival. In that time it’s grown from a few-day gathering to a weeklong celebration that lays claim …
July 12, 2016
Festivals
Oceanside Film Festival announces 2016 schedule
Rockers with walkers
The band that once put on their own free show at Altamont with drugged-out bikers as security now rolls a little differently. Anticipated demand for the Rolling Stones (along with The Who, Neil Young, Paul …
May 9, 2016
Yay: No festibro at Waterfront Park’s anti-rave
Coachella 2004 was kind of a big deal for me. Having no idea what we were getting into, a carload of friends and I drove 13 hours from the Humboldt State dorms to the desert …
Mainly Mozart is on the way to San Diego
Spring has sprung and you know what that means. A gentle breeze has started to blow and it is whispering, “Mainly Mozart Festival.” Mainly Mozart music director Michael Francis was in town and we had …
March 22, 2016
Three chances to catch El Gran Noche
The 23rd Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival runs March 10–20, and with it comes one of the biggest names in international cinema: Mexico’s incontrovertible auteur, Arturo Ripstein (Deep Crimson, La Tia Alejandra). Mr. Ripstein …
March 9, 2016
The Jewish Film Festival has some winners
Normally it takes eight to ten films to find the three or four needed to pad a film festival overview, but this year’s San Diego Jewish Film Festival hit me with four winners right out …
February 3, 2016
Arab Film Festival 2016
The Arab Film Festival returns to the Museum of Photographic Arts this week and with it a promise to “provide realistic perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history, and politics.” The jury’s still out on …
November 18, 2015
Over 130 shorts and features from over 15 countries
The San Diego Asian Film Festival, now entering its 16th year, is nothing if not loyal. UltraStar Mission Valley has been their home base for as long as I can recall. In a city known …
November 4, 2015
Video: Burning Man is home
Many attendees refer to Burning Man, the annual week-long festival that takes place in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, as "home." This short video examines why. I randomly selected people at this year's Burning Man, as …
Paul Espinosa Film Festival makes a homecoming
Perhaps it was the decade-long absence, but Paul Espinosa is one of those local treasures we don’t hear enough about. The award-winning writer, producer, director, social activist, and Kensington resident is currently being honored with …
October 21, 2015