Solid fare at SF Film Fest Solid fare at SF Film Fest (April 23, 2004)

by Jeanne Aufmuth

Twenty-eight outstanding documentary features are being screened at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. Several are worth a trip to the city.

The first is "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster," a scathing documentary about the underbelly of rock and roll. Born of a desire for publicity and the recording of Metallica's most recent album, "Metallica" observes the iconic rockers on the verge of a breakdown, getting down and getting in touch with their inner heavy metalists. Great stuff.

Also on the docket are two of the darlings of Sundance: "Super Size Me," the trials and tribulations of director Morgan Spurlock as he plunges headfirst into the darkest depths of McDonald's for a 30-day saturated-fat feast, and Grand Jury prize winner "DiG!," the exhilarating tale of a bitter rivalry between two uber-talented musicians on their way up, up, up.

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