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Comment on SFIFF: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Stephin Merritt by Buster Keaton Shorts Coming to San Fran Intl. Film Fest « Bayflicks.net

Buster Keaton Shorts Coming to San Fran Intl. Film Fest « Bayflicks.net — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:16 +0000

[...] such as when Dengue Fever accompanied Lost World in 2009. But it could be awful, like the 2010 event with Stephin Merritt ruining 20,000 Leagues Under the [...]

Comment on My Best Movie-Going Experiences of 2011 by Gary

Gary — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:52:19 +0000

Try the Balboa’s Academy Award party. The master of ceremonies, Reed Kirkham Rahlmann, gets the audience involved in hilarious and wonderful ways with a range of events and contests including a few degrees of separation from an Oscar winner. (Through the miracle of TIVO, the audience doesn’t miss anything except the commercials.) Lots of great prizes, people come dressed as their favorite nominated film which allows for some great creativity (and prizes) , and it is a film-loving crowd.

Reed will also be hosting the much more laid back Golden Globes on Jan. 15.

And while you are thinking about coming out to the Richmond District—- the following week, March 4, is the Balboa’s Birthday Bash. With a nod to HUGO, the program features Harold Lloyd’s SAFETY LAST, Melies shorts on screen and as part of the live vaudeville show, George Melies will perform magic on stage and Linda Kosut will sing songs on the era. The night is a recreation of a night at the movies in 1926 with shorts subjects, Frederick Hodges accompanying on piano, prizes, vintage cars and jazz era clothing. Admission includes birthday cake and libations.
This has been a favorite event for ten years for many people,.

Comment on Blu-ray Review: Seven Chances by arlissarchives

arlissarchives — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:58:24 +0000

I agree – SEVEN CHANCES is my favorite Keaton film. I really like his character in this one because it seems modern and he seems pretty smart. I noticed writer Jean Havez in a cameo in one scene on the stairs of the office where Buster works. Sadly, he died before the film was released.

Comment on Silent Influences: Mostly Silent Movies From the Talkie Era to the Present by thoughtsontheatre

thoughtsontheatre — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:37:30 +0000

So excited to see The Artist. Nice look at other silent films.

Comment on Thoughts on Hugo by The Artist « Bayflicks.net

The Artist « Bayflicks.net — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:06:38 +0000

[...] question with which I opened my Hugo post applies even more to Michel Hazanavicius’s new silent film: Did I–and other [...]

Comment on Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview by What’s Screening: November 18 – 24 « Bayflicks.net

What’s Screening: November 18 – 24 « Bayflicks.net — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:22:26 +0000

[...] Thus, the Lost Interview begins to wear out its welcome well before it’s through. Read my full review for [...]

Comment on Kurosawa Diary, Part 13: The Lower Depths by Blu-ray Review: 12 Angry Men « Bayflicks.net

Blu-ray Review: 12 Angry Men « Bayflicks.net — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:50:34 +0000

[...] shot on a single set. Alfred Hitchcock did it brilliantly in Rear Window, Kurosawa pulled it off in The Lower Depths, and Sidney Lumet, for his very first film, triumphed in 12 Angry [...]

Comment on Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview by Lea

Lea — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:42:23 +0000

Thanks, Lincoln, for this informative and well-written review. I always find your reviews worth reading, they say what you mean so clearly and well and what you have to say always interests me. I find Steve Jobs a fascinating figure and have enjoyed reading a good amount about him recently and listening to radio programs about him. Really such a paradoxical figure in so many ways; a man who lived almost like a monk and didn’t care apparently about material things and yet was responsible for many of the best toys and gadgets of our time. A man who as I understand could be brutal to work for and yet has been so widely mourned and fondly remembered. A college dropout who stood at the top of the Silicon Valley world of highly educated technology experts. I don’t know if I’ll bother to see this movie but I would enjoy learning more about Steve Jobs. I think I saw the PBS program that the interview with Steve Jobs was originally created for. It had scenes of a young Steve Jobs and interviews with his co-workers. I remember it showed how charismatic and persuasive Steve Jobs was.

Comment on The Wire by Lincoln Spector

Lincoln Spector — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:04:09 +0000

That’s one of the problems of these long-form series; they may not get to finish.

Lincoln

Comment on The Wire by Frank Whipple

Frank Whipple — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:06:45 +0000

i’d have to agree that this was one of the best series ever produced for television, certainly among the top ten all time in my opinion, alongside the perennially great “Madmen”, and the superb and much-missed “Deadwood”, which was unfortunately deep-sixed prematurely, as was another very promising and interesting series, “Rubicon”, from a relatively short time ago…