Must I write about the Oscars? Must I gnash my metaphoric teeth over lousy films nominated and good ones ignored? Must I ask just what the Academy was thinking? Reality check: The Motion Picture Academy doesn’t have a single mind to think with. It contains hundreds of minds, of various levels of brightness, that choose [...]
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Noir City, Castro, Friday through Sunday, February 4. I’m not highlighting any one particular movie here–I haven’t seen any of them. I’m just reminding you of 10 rare, black and white, 35mm double bills showing off the bleakest of Hollywood filmmaking. Show People, Pacific Film Archive, Wednesday, 3:00. We remember Marion Davies, if we remember [...]
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