Film

Set in fantastical mountain settings, screenwriter/director Isaiah Saxon’s The Legend of Ochi begins with a group hunt led by a mountain man, Maxim (a typically wild-eyed, frantic, and grubby Willem Dafoe).…

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival reports its biggest event ever with more than 8,000 attendees over the 2025 festival’s six-day run April 24-29. Highlights included a sold-out closing…

"The worst part of this sport is the running." These words, spoken by an aging catcher, his chest heaving, who just hit for a double and barely made it to…

There is more than a sense of irony in the new short documentary, Operation Babylift: A Celebration of the Human Spirit, 1975-2025. [caption id="attachment_9456" align="alignright" width="300"] President Gerald Ford[/caption] In…

Aontas and Middletown were named best narrative feature and best documentary feature, respectively, by San Luis Obispo International Film Festival judges during closing night ceremonies April 30. The audience awards…

Traven Marks and Liz Lucas with Verdant Studio, Molly Clark with Cal Poly Arts, and Thomas Patchell with SLO Review (photo by Raoul Wise)   The San Luis Obispo International…

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview some of the narrative and documentary films on the festival's April 24-29, 2025 program schedule.…

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview some of the narrative and documentary films on the festival's April 24-29, 2025 program schedule.…

Celebrating its 31st edition, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is showcasing a slate of more than 100 narrative features, short films, documentary features and shorts, music videos, and…

How do you combine performances of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century with 1960s geopolitical African history? Belgian director Johan Grimonprez has done exactly that in a riveting…