SF Documentary Festival 2026
An Artist's Cove That's Paved with Tunes and Booze | SF DocFest 2026
Finding the sentimental in the seedy.
Bill Arceneaux
Hollywood South's independent film critic | Voting member of SEFCA | Rotten 🍅s approved.
SF Documentary Festival 2026
NOFX? No Problem? Your Problem! | SF DocFest 2026
They did it their way.
Reviews
The Fading Days of a Hollywood Star
Happy endings are still possible.
Reviews
Gun Control: What More Can Be Sa(i)d? 💪🇺🇸
America's pastime, pushed beyond the brink.
Reviews
Let's Review the Vulgar Misery of a Most Aggressively Gross Movie
Playful comic adaptation or perverted excuse for perversions? Yes.
Composer David Bradley Answers Questions RE Live Music for Silent Cinema @ Zeitgeist
New Orleans plays host to live musicial accompaniment for classic films.
Reviews
A Simple Man. A Good Man. A Young Woman. A Kind Woman. It's 'Love & Other Crimes'
Diners and dives.
Netflix, Paramount, Culture: Ideas From Defeat
How can moviegoers win back control of their media?
Reviews
'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' review - Consumption Caused Calamity
Is my phone smarter than me?
Film Fests
'Dead Souls' review - West & Wild Observations
The Cox and the Dead.
Film Fests
'Tooth Shop Fiasco' review - Oh, the Pain!
Can a film be "unmade?"
Film Fests
'All My Friends' review - Losing Touch
The endurance of the long-distance friendship.