What’s Screening: March 9 – 15

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

Cinequest runs through Sunday, and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival continues through the week. The San Francisco Dance Film Festival opens Friday. A Children of Paradise, Castro, Saturday. Shot while the Nazi occupation of Paris fell apart, Children of Paradise may be the most ecstatically French film ever made. A three-hour epic [...]

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What’s Screening: March 2 – 8

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

The SF Green Festival opened on Wednesday, but I just found out about it on Thursday. It runs through next Wednesday. Cinequest is on and will continue to run this week and beyond. Another pre-code festival, Hollywood Before the Code: Nasty-Ass Films For a Nasty-Ass World, opens Friday and runs through the week. And the [...]

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What’s Screening: February 24–March 1

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

A short newsletter this week. Should that win an Oscar? Festival fans will have to drive down south in mid-week. Cinequest opens Tuesday in San Jose. Oscar Ceremony, Sunday, various theaters. Why be alone when you discover which tribute to silent films wins the bald guy. If you want to see the big show on [...]

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What’s Screening: February 17 – 23

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

IndieFest continues through this week, and it’s the only festival that does. However, I’ve added a new movie theater to the honor roll: the Alameda Theater. A grand old palace with a multiplex attached, it specializes in current fare, but it plays a classic film every Wednesday and Thursday. A High Noon, Alameda, Wednesday & [...]

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What’s Screening: February 10 – 16

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

The Elite Squad of Colonel Blimp brings up baby. If you’re feeling like a festival, IndieFest continues through this week. B Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, 4-Star, opens Friday. Captain Roberto Nascimento believes in killing "scumbags." And as an officer in Rio’s militaristic Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE), he gets plenty of opportunities to do [...]

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What’s Screening: February 3 – 9

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

Beauty and the French Connection Looking Through a Glass Onion. The Mostly British Film Festival continues through the week and IndieFest opens Thursday. A Beauty and the Beast (1946 version), Castro, Thursday. I’d be hard-pressed to think of another film that’s anything like Jean Cocteau’s post-war fantasy. It’s a fairytale, told with a charming and [...]

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What’s Screening: January 27–February 2

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

We’re off to see Harry Belafonte, Captain Kirk, and two black birds. And if you find yourself reading this newsletter over and over again, that’s because it’s Groundhog Day. In festival news, Noir City continues through Sunday. And the Mostly British Film Festival opens Thursday. B Sing Your Song, Roxie, opens Friday. Harry Belafonte is [...]

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What’s Screening: January 20 – 26

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

The Wages of Separation When You Put Safety Last Noir City opens today (Friday) and runs through the week and a bit beyond. A A Separation, Embarcadero Center, opens Friday. Writer/director Asghar Farhadi demonstrates how good people can turn against each other in this harrowing tale from Iran about divorce, family responsibilities, and courtroom drama. [...]

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What’s Screening: January 13 – 19

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

Grapes of wrath in a red desert beneath the colors of the mountain…where samurais search for German gems. Finally, some festivals! For Your Consideration: A Selection of Oscar Submissions From Around the World runs through the week at the Rafael. And German Gems plays the Castro on Saturday, then heads north to Point Arena for [...]

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What’s Screening: January 6 – 12

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Lincoln Spector

Yet another Bay Area week without a single film festival. A The Mill and the Cross, Castro, Wednesday. Painting with the wide palette that 21st century cinema allows, Lech Majewski creates a masterwork about Bruegel creating The Way to Calvary–one of his masterworks. True to Bruegel’s style, the film starts with the day-to-day lives of [...]

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