My life is extremely busy these days. I have little time to see movies, let alone write about them. I don’t foresee that changing for a couple of months, at least. For that reason, I’m putting Bayflicks on semi-hold. I’ll try to post the weekly newsletter, although it will probably be short. And if I [...]
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A small film I’ve been championing for over a year, Alejandro Adams’ Around the Bay, comes to the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum this Friday night (June 12). This low-key drama never got a theatrical release, and isn’t available on Netflix. You don’t get many chances to see it. You can read my original review. [...]
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After the overlong, stultifying mess of The Idiot, we come to one of the great masterpieces of world cinema. The title, Ikiru, means “to live” (or so I’ve been told), and I’d be hard pressed to think of a better film about the mortality that shapes and shadows our lives. In fact, I’d be hard-pressed [...]
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I caught the presentation of Ryan’s Daughter at the Rafael, last night. It was part of their Films of My Life series. This time around, the honored guest was Pixar writer/director Andrew Stanton, the creator of WALL-E. Why would someone known for family pictures pick Ryan’s Daughter, a film that somehow got a PG rating [...]
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It seems that an Indiana-based Midwestern theater chain called Motion Picture Heritage is in talks with the Parkway’s owners about reopening the beloved Oakland theater. See this Chronicle article for details.
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It’s June. For most of the Northern Hemisphere, that means warm, sunny days. But in the Bay Area, it means cold, fog, and silent movie anticipation. This year as in every year, late June and early July bring us two weekend-long silent film festivals. This year, personal issues will keep me away from the San [...]
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