Hot docs, big ideas at IndieFest and Mostly British
Plus: Mainstream media finally debunks Yimbys, Edwardian Ball's body electric, challenge to Bernal Heights senior housing
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Today's headlines:
Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas
By Dennis Harvey
Bay-centric docs on The Residents and Dennis Peron, plus past and present blockbuster epics.
Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics
By Zelda Bronstein
The Washington Post, of all places, runs a story on a new study debunking the idea that more market-rate housing will bring down prices.
Live Shots: Edwardian Ball’s 25th anniversary sang the body electric
By Jon Bauer & Patty Riek
Burlesque, bustles, and resplendently bare live acts adorned the Regency Ballroom.
Hardly anyone opposes low-income senior housing, but there’s an appeal anyway
By Tim Redmond
Bernal Heights project will go before the supes—but why?
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SF INDIEFEST HITS SCREENS FEB. 5-15
"As ever, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival—a formal name I’ve never heard anyone call it by—celebrates the offbeat, DIY and fun among feature-length, short, narrative and non-fiction cinema. There’s a spirit to IndieFest that’s not unlike days of yore when you picked the most outlandish-looking box off the video store shelf for a night’s home viewing with friends." — Dennis Harvey, 48Hills
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