This week Off Label, the second feature-length documentary of former homeboys Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri, had its West Coast premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film’s title refers to the legal practice of prescribing pharmaceuticals for a use not approved by the FDA, such as prescribing antidepressants that caus... More
Posts Tagged “San Francisco International Film Festival”
Off Label at SF International Film Festival
05.04.2012 | ByFiled under: Field Notes, Miscellany
Talking Restraint
05.10.2011 | ByFiled under: Field Notes
Five hundred people showed up on April 30 to hear Matthew Barney receive a film-related award, talk, and screen the 30-minute Drawing Restraint 17 during the San Francisco International Film Festival. The show was sold out.
I got the gig, at Barney’s request, to conduct the onstage interview. I was honored, though I knew through experience that ... More
SFIFF52: Stay Until the End, Please
05.04.2009 | ByFiled under: Field Notes
Ever since my wife, Megan, and I received complimentary all-access CineVisa passes to the 1999 San Francisco International Film Festival (a client of the design studio for whom I was working at the time), we’ve gone every year, sometimes clocking up to 20 films if we’re feeling brazen (and caffeinated) enough. We have a cute little ritu... More
