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Let’s start with the festival report.
Brad Bird’s talk Sunday night was every bit as good as I’d hoped. It was amusing, thoughtful, and intelligent. In other words, he used funny voices and said almost nothing with which I didn’t [...]

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People fantasize about sex with movie stars. That’s often what makes them movie stars instead of merely actors. I discovered just how strongly those fantasies can hold us when I read that Uma Thurman smokes. It bothered [...]

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Just a quick, off-schedule announcement. I went to the Balboa yesterday and finally saw The Best of Youth. It is, quite simply, fantastic–the best two-part, six-hour movie since Godfather I and [...]

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I’m extremely busy this week, so I’ll skip the usual essay and go directly to this week’s recommendations and noteworthy movies.
Wait! Before I do that, I should let you know that I’ve added a Readers’ Feedback [...]

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The good news: The San Francisco International Film Festival starts in two weeks. The bad news: So does Passover, resulting in some serious scheduling conflicts between must-see movies and my other religion. It’s a good thing my [...]

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Let’s talk about TiVo and other personal digital recorders. They’re wonderful gadgets, but like all wonderful gadgets, they come with undesirable side effects. (I know this site is about films in theaters, but if you love movies [...]

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