Links to people and organizations
NORA REZA
-my favorite artist, and also my favorite mother
The Natural Step
-a philosophy for sustainability that the world should adopt quickly
Miranda July
-my newest role model and inspiration (I worked on her latest chef
d'ouevre)
Favorite Film Sites:
The Internet Movie Database
-essential knowledge
IFC Films
Film Arts Foundation
-A San Francisco treasured resource for the entire film community
Cinefemme
-A wonderful local group supporting women in film, including me!
IFP
-Like Film Arts for the rest of the country
IndieWire
Strictly Film School
Green Cine Daily
Landmark Theaters
-where I catch many great films
Red Vic Movie House
-fabulous San Francisco Institution
Live Free or Die Films
One Little Film
-my blog (long neglected)
A few of the movies we love:
8 1/2, Federico Fellini, 1963
Angel at my Table, Jane Campion, 1990
Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1965
Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze, 1999
Cinema Paradiso, Guiseppi Tornatore, 1989
City of Lost Children, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1995
Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, Michael Gondry, 2004
Funny Bones, Peter Chelsom, 1995
La Jettee, Chris Marker, 1963
Lilja 4-ever, Lukas Moodysson, 2002
Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July, 2005
Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar, 2002
The Double Life of Veronique, Krystof Kieslowski, 1991
The Dreamers, Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003
The Nasty Girl, Michael Verhoeven, 1990
The Piano, Jane Campion, 1993
Time of the Gypsies, Emir Kurstica, 1988
Trois coleurs, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993-1994
contact information:
sahrafilms@yahoo.com