Last year, Variety named San Francisco-based movie producer Jen Chaiken, along with her L.A.-based 72 Productions partner Sebastian Dungan, among the new "10 Producers to Watch." This year, therefore, we've been watching Chaiken -- or her films, anyway, which most recently include a pair of Sundance prizewinners: Jill Soloway's comedy-drama Afternoon Delight, now playing, and Jake Kornbluth's documentary Inequality for All, featuring former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, opening locally on September 27th.
But sometimes watching isn't enough, so we talked to her too.
San Francisco may be topping some lists -- from being the best at budgeting to being kinky -- yet we seem to be losing a bit of steam in other pointless studies. But you already knew that, right? According to a new survey from Movato Real Estate, when it comes to steampunk, the City by the Bay is on the right track, tying with Las Vegas for fourth place. Atlanta grabbed the top spot, followed by Winston-Salem and Orlando.
For those who aren't familiar with steampunk, it's is a type of literary subgenre of science fiction that focuses on narratives possessing fantastical elements of sky pirates and robotic men, and is set against the backdrop of an alternative period where steam power is a major source of energy. It tends to take place around the turn of the 19th century and has a Victorian feel -- wardrobe and all, according to the author of the survey.
