San Francisco Silent Film Festival

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.

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That Night’s Wife

Few directors have a stronger trademark than Yasujiro Ozu, who developed one of the most original and distinctive filmmaking styles in cinema history. But viewers who know Ozu through his delicately heartbreaking Tokyo Story (1953) and his contemplative portraits of ordinary families may be … [Read more...] about That Night’s Wife

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Tepeyac

Before Cortés defeated Moctezuma and the Spanish colonized what is now Mexico, Tepeyac—meaning “hilltop”—was sanctuary to Tonantzin, the Aztec goddess of the earth, corn, and fertility. Once Spain defeated the Aztecs, the Catholic Church began to hold sway over the souls of the indigenous people. … [Read more...] about Tepeyac

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Talk About Funny!

Featuring two modern jesters inspired by the great comedians of the silent era Larry Pisoni cofounded The Pickle Family Circus, the first “new circus” to rely on clowns, jugglers, and acrobats without animals, in 1974. He taught clowning at the Ringling Brothers Clown College, and appeared in … [Read more...] about Talk About Funny!