Blu-Ray Makes the Grade

As long as there has been home video, there have been beloved movies–2001, Dersu Uzala, Lawrence of Arabia–that I had no interest is seeing on any living room format. Now, with Blu-ray discs, I’m taking that back.
I bought a Blu-ray player a while back, and one of the first movies I rented was 2001: A [...]

SFIFF Report: Last Day

I caught two screenings on the last day of the San Francisco International Film Festival:
Speaking in Tongues. Let me start with a confession. I’m monolingual. Horribly monolingual. I hate being an English-only individual, and after seeing Speaking in Tongues, I suspect that if I had been part of an immersion program in elementary school (such [...]

What’s Screening: May 8 – 14

No festivals this week, but these screenings may help you get over your withdrawal.
Early Kubrick and Altman Double Bill, Roxie, Sunday, 7:00. The Film on Film Foundation presents early, low-budget works by future great directors: Stanley Kubrick’s Fear and Desire and Robert Altman’s the Delinquents. Both movies will be presented in 35mm prints. Should be [...]