We think of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival as a summer event, but they’re taking over the Castro on December 1 for three presentations--two of them with live musical accompaniment. There’s a good reason why the 11:00am show won’t have live music: It’s not silent. Warner’s Vitaphone short subjects were among the first widely-seen … Continue reading San Francisco Silent Film Festival–Winter Edition
Day: November 15, 2007
Romance and Cigarettes
Musical Written and directed by John Turturro To a radical non-smoker like myself--someone who finds the act of smoking about as sexy as Dick Cheney--the very term "Romance and Cigarettes" seems odd. That's appropriate. John Turturro's musical tragi-comedy about marriage and adultery is a very odd motion picture. The songs are familiar hits, and for … Continue reading Romance and Cigarettes