By Noma Faingold (August 15, 2025) Artist Rose B. Simpson is more than a little preoccupied with vessels. She views pottery, cars, her figurative sculptures, the womb and clay, a material she most often uses in her creations, as vessels. “I think in clay. Clay was the earth that grew our food, was the house we […]|
By Noma Faingold (August 13, 2025) The family hi-fi set-up, anchored by two giant hidden speakers, was located in the dining room. We never ate there unless we had company. No one who came to the …| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Noma Faingold (August 1, 2025) “I never wanted to be a poet. It chose me. I didn’t choose it. One becomes a poet almost against one’s will, certainly against one’s better judgement. I wanted to be a painter, but from the age of 10, these damn poems […]|
By Noma Faingold (July 31, 2025) The summer camp movie has become its own genre. By now, what audiences have come to expect is low-brow comedy (balanced by a poignant lesson), with hits like, “Wet …| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Julie Lindow (June 16, 2025) Are you planning to attend a play at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer? It is a terrific season with classic works like Julius Caesar, The Importance of Be…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Noma Faingold (May 30, 2025) Outerlands is the perfect title for the indie drama written and directed by former San Francisco resident Elena Oxman. The word can mean several things – literally a…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Noma Faingold (May 15, 2025) Writer/director/producer/actor Isaac Hirotsu Woofter was on his phone minutes before his feature debut, “Bound,” was being screened in February, during SF IndieFest …| eatdrinkfilms.com
Curated by Gary Meyer (May 16, 2025) As a child in London Charles Chaplin had a life of poverty and hardship. He was sent to a workhouse twice before he was nine years old. He got little to eat and…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Gary Meyer. (May 13, 2025) “A day without laughter is a day wasted” -Charlie Chaplin I can’t imagine a more wonderful spring weekend than the Charlie Chaplin Days in Niles (Fremont), Calif…| eatdrinkfilms.com
A Profile of Filmmaker Kristin Tièche By Noma Faingold. (May 1, 2025) Kristen Tièche walks into Le Café du Soleil, a French bistro in the Lower Haight, with unremarkable décor, clutching her littl…| eatdrinkfilms.com
A sneak preview of the opening weekend at the oldest film festival in the Americas. By Meredith Brody (April 23, 2025) After a five-day iteration in 2024, SFILM returns in 2025 with eleven days st…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Noma Faingold (April 16, 2025) Watching the 28-minute, 10-screen film/art installation, “Lessons of the Hour,” by British artist/filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien, isn’t as overwhelming as one might th…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Gary Meyer and his AI bestie (April 15, 2025) When I read that (not my) POTUS was getting his physical from a Dr. Barbabella I misread it as the French satirical science fiction comic strip her…| eatdrinkfilms.com
By Noma Faingold (April 6, 2025) They baked. They came and placed their cakes on white tablecloths. They devoured. The official count was 1,387 cakes (and at least that many participants) at the CA…| eatdrinkfilms.com
“CAKE PICNIC™ was born out of a simple desire to eat a lot of cake. And be surrounded by friends,” writes founder Elisa Sunga. “It is a gathering for the love of cake. It celebrat…| eatdrinkfilms.com
An interview with Film Director Bess Kargman By Noma Faingold (July 18, 2024) Director Bess Kargman knew going in that prolific songwriter Diane Warren, the subject of her latest documentary, doesn…| eatdrinkfilms.com
