Last Saturday night, my wife and I caught Death at a Funeral at the Albany Theater. As you’d expect from a Landmark Theater, the movie was proceeded by trailers for upcoming Indiewood releases: Lust, Caution, Michael Clayton, The Darjeeling Limited, and Margot at the Wedding. With the exception of Michael Clayton, these are all getting … Continue reading Upcoming Festivals
Month: October 2007
Bowing to the Inevitable
Last night I settled down in front of my TV, turned on the set and the DVR, and started watching the latest episode of Whatshisname and Roeper. A little way into the first review I stopped it and asked myself "Why am I watching this crap?" I stopped it and deleted the show. I've been … Continue reading Bowing to the Inevitable
Big Changes at Bayflicks
It’s all too much. I’ve got a career, two kids at home, and a very busy wife. I spend more time at a computer than is healthy. Something has to give. And that something is going to be Bayflicks’ weekly schedules. I realize that people find those schedules helpful, but they’re a huge time sink. … Continue reading Big Changes at Bayflicks
Death From Laughter
What makes British humor so damn funny? First we get Hot Fuzz, easily the funniest new comedy since, well, the equally British Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Now Death at a Funeral (directed by an American but still very stiff-upper-lip) passes them all on the laugh meter. To put it simply, … Continue reading Death From Laughter
Found Footage and the End of the World
Matinee, Castro, Saturday, 12:00 noon. On one level, Matinee works as a nostalgic comedy, allowing us to laugh at the bad movies and outrageous attitudes of the early 1960's. But there's something deeper at work here. Writer Charles S. Haas and director Joe Dante use the premise of a cheap horror film's small-town preview during … Continue reading Found Footage and the End of the World
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