Review | Souffle Gone South
“The Invite,” a funny-and-cringey dramedy directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, was one of the summer’s surprise hits, continuing its life on the small screen.
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Honey and True Grit
‘The Rivals of Amziah King,’ a genre- and gravity-defying film, takes on the “Bee Arts,” with thriller touches, feel-good vibes, and rootsy fine music.
Lights, Camera, Carpinteria
The second annual Carpinteria Film Festival brings 20 short films, three features, filmmaker Q&As, and live music to the Alcazar Theatre.
Love During Wartimes, Inside and Outside
‘A Sad and Beautiful World’, Lebanon’s bid for last year’s International Feature Oscar, poetically juggles themes of love, family, childhood dreaming, and a turbulent social landscape.
Review | Sex for Art’s Sake
UCSB alum Gregg Araki’s latest film, ‘I Want Your Sex’, is a dizzy satirical mix of excesses in sex, contemporary art and power plays.
Review | Believe the Hype of ‘The Odyssey’
Writer-director scores an action/art-film-ish triumph with his adaptation of “The Odyssey,” creating a thinking person’s summer blockbuster.
Review | Ready for Their Close-Ups
“Rose of Nevada,” from genuine auteur Mark Jenkins, gives an alluring artistic sheen to the supernatural thriller genre.
This One Time at Film Camp
Happy campers learn the fundamentals of filmmaking at SBIFF sleepaway camp.
Everywhere All at Once, at One Time
Illuminating and hip new documentary ‘Peter Asher: Everywhere Man’ paints a portrait of pop’s ubiquitous scene-maker, from the Beatles to James Taylor and beyond.
Vive le French Cinema, New and Vintage
Launched 10 years ago, the SBIFF French Wave Festival presents a bigger and deeper program of French cinema, new and old.
