Interview: With ‘Drunken Noodles,’ Writer/Director Lucio Castro Takes on Sex and Queer Life in the Age of Apps with Grace and Honesty
Reminiscent of a potent collection of shorts, Lucio Castro’s third feature, Drunken Noodles, realizes three periods of time in the life of Adnan (Laith Khalifeh),... Read More
August Hammel
August Hammel is a recent graduate from San Francisco State University’s journalism program and has written reviews and conducted interviews for AwardsWatch. He was born in San Diego and lives in San Francisco. When not writing, he can be found in a theater as he searches for what he wants to write about next and why. August can be reached at his email augusthammel@gmail.com.
Frameline50 Reviews: ‘Drunken Noodles,’ ‘On the Road,’ ‘Sparks,’ ‘Strange River’
For half a century, the nonprofit organization Frameline has championed queer cinema in a mission to connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and... Read More
‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Let’s Go, Lesbians, Let’s Go [C+]
Every queer person understands the pains of teenage yearning. In those formative years, who didn’t fall deep into the throes of an all-consuming crush? Who... Read More
Interview: With ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko Goes From Pop Princess to Filmmaking Queen
How many films were spawned from a song? Sure, you have musicians’ biopics and some sly twists like Purple People Eater or Monster Mash, but... Read More
Interview: ‘Stray Embers’ Directors Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin Look at California’s Deadliest Wildfire Through the Eyes of a Selfless Hero
The 2018 Camp Fire that ravaged through Northern California left hundreds displaced and distraught. Stray Embers tracks how California’s deadliest wildfire devastated the town of... Read More
Interview: Ildikó Enyedi on Working with Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux and Her Triptych Storytelling in ‘Silent Friend’
Ildikó Enyedi’s eighth feature film is already a highly acclaimed success. Silent Friend, the Hungarian filmmaker’s ode to the relationship between nature and humanity, won... Read More
Director Sophy Romvari on How Memory Met Fiction on the Path to ‘Blue Heron’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
After winning the Locarno Film Festival’s Swatch First Feature Award and the Toronto International Film Festival’s Best Canadian Discovery, Sophy Romvari’s debut feature, Blue Heron,... Read More
2026 San Francisco International Film Festival Reviews: ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ ‘Filipiñana,’ ‘Elder Son’ [SFFILM]
With the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival underway, what better way to get a taste of its program than with some capsule reviews of... Read More
Interview: ‘A Poet’ filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto on How His Literary Madcap Comedy Came to Be
You probably know someone in your life who you wish would just get it together. You might love them and they might have an incredible... Read More
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Awards: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Leviticus’ and More 
Academy Museum Elects Guillermo del Toro, Gale Anne Hurd, John Gore to Board of Trustees 
FINAL 78th Primetime Emmy Nomination Predictions: Expect ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ to Show Up Big 
‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: Illumination Says “Bello” and “Banana” to Cinéastes with a Chaotic, Haphazard Spoof of Classic Hollywood [C+]