I’ve just posted my first three microreviews of films screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival. One is a new film I saw at a press screening; the other two are older films I’d already seen. I’ll post more as I see more. Flanders, Pacific Film Archive, Sunday, May 6, 5:15; Kabuki, Tuesday, May [...]
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Spike Lee Courtesy San Francisco International Film Festival Since you’re type of person who reads Bayflicks.net, you probably already know that the San Francisco International Film Festival opens on Thursday, April 26 and runs two weeks and a day, closing Thursday, May 10. You also probably know that this year represents SFIFF’s 50th anniversary, and [...]
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Babe, Cerrito, Saturday, noon and 3:00; Sunday, 2:00. Few live-action children’s films retain this level of fairy-tale charm–especially without ever growing sappy. A technical marvel in 1995 (and still impressive today), Chris Noonan’s fable is funny, endearing, occasionally dark, and an effective 89-minute commercial for vegetarianism. If you’ve had the misfortune of seeing the sequel, [...]
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