The domain name Bayflicks.net is back, and not just as a pointer to bayflicks.wordpress.com. In fact, bayflicks.wordpress.com is a pointer to Bayflicks.net. Doing this required me to move my domain name from my old host to wordpress.com, and that had one unforeseen consequence: All the images posted before the move to wordpress are now broken. [...]
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The Cerrito is gone (hopefully temporarily), and so is Speakeasy Theaters (definitely permanently), But Thrilleville lives on…at least for a bit. Will Viharo, who booked the two Speakeasy theaters and ran Thrillville there, as found a home for the next scheduled event. On June 18, at 7:30, thrill seekers will convene at the Camera 3 [...]
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By the beginning of the 1950’s, Akira Kurosawa was capable of making a masterpiece on the order of Rashomon, but he still couldn’t make two decent movies in a row. His follow-up to Rashomon, The Idiot, stinks to high heaven. And at 166 minutes, it’s a very long stink. (Kurosawa’s original cut ran 265 minutes, [...]
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Note: I made a slight alteration to this post on June 30, at the request of a Castro employee. The Castro has a new digital projector. I’m not talking about the kind you might use for conference presentations, then bring home to watch DVDs. I’m talking about the kind of big, 2K projector that’s becoming [...]
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So let’s talk about Frameline, the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender–I wish they’d come up with a single word rather than a four-consonant acronym) film festival. It runs June 18 through the 28 at the Castro, the Roxie, the the Victoria, and, in Berkeley, the Elmwood. The opening film, An Englishman In New York, [...]
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I just got the announcement. The Cerrito will be closed from May 20 through the 28th. Let’s hope it opens on the 29th.
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And now, finally, we get into classic Kurosawa. Both from my own personal experience and its place in film history, Rashomon is in a different league than the other films I’ve yet seen since undertaking to watch all of Kurosawa’s films (or at least all that are available) in chronological order. I’ve seen Rashomon more [...]
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Science Fiction I never was a Trekkie (or a Trekker), but I enjoyed the original show for some years, and became a big fan of The Next Generation and some of the first movies (especially II, III, and IV–which I always thought of as a trilogy). That put me in a good place to enjoy [...]
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