San Francisco International Film Festival Opening Night: The Last Mistress, Castro, Thursday, 7:00. The big, expensive, opening night! If that's your taste, the movie is secondary. If it isn't, the movie will be in theaters in a few months. But I'll tell you about the movie anyway. Pretty tame by the standards of writer/director Catherine … Continue reading This Week At the Movies
Month: April 2008
More on First Run at the Castro
This is a follow-up to an earlier post, Indiana Jones and the First Running at the Castro. I'm assuming you've read that one. A PR representative was kind enough to get back to me on Monday with more information about this seeming change in policy: We had a substantial opening in our programming at the … Continue reading More on First Run at the Castro
Indiana Jones and the First Running at the Castro
Are we about to lose the Castro? Will it go the way of the Balboa and start carrying first-run Hollywood fare? A regular Bayflicks.net reader pointed me to a very frightening article on the SF Weekly web site, which directed me to a much less scary one at the Bay Area Reporter. I’ve also exchanged … Continue reading Indiana Jones and the First Running at the Castro
This Week At the Movies
I'm afraid I didn't post much this week. Just a news item about The Film Society and the Kabuki, and one about Another Local Movie Calendar. Jazz & Silent Films, Castro, Saturday, all day. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Club Foot Orchestra provided many of the best music for silent films in … Continue reading This Week At the Movies
Another Local Movie Calendar
Missing the old calendar I used to on this site? The Film on Film Foundation, which I've mentioned in the past, has started one. You'll find it at http://www.filmonfilm.org/filmcalendar/. I hope the Foundation is able to keep it going.
The Film Society and the Kabuki
Something else from the San Francisco International Film Festival press conference, although it doesn’t directly concern the festival. Starting June 13, the San Francisco Film Society will take over one of the screens at the Kabuki for showing “programming similar to that of the…San Francisco International Film Festival. Films shown on the Film Society Screen … Continue reading The Film Society and the Kabuki
Return of This Week’s Movies
I'm back, and I'm posting again. In fact, I've posted four articles since Tuesday: I'm Back! This Year's San Francisco Film Festival Officially Announced United Artists at the Castro More on the San Francisco International Film Festival I've even got a new calendar online--not as ambitious as the old one, but hopefully still of use. … Continue reading Return of This Week’s Movies
More on the San Francisco International Film Festival
They're screening a few classics this year, but not many? Aside from the already-mentioned Shampoo, they’re screening a newly-restored print of a classic Technicolor film noir (yeah, that does sound like an oxymoron) called Leave Her to Heaven. I haven’t seen it, and neither as Leggat, apparently, but he assured us that “Eddie Muller says … Continue reading More on the San Francisco International Film Festival
United Artists at the Castro
As I'm playing catch-up, I've noticed the big United Artists 90 Anniversary series at the Castro. Ten programs, nine of them double bills, of movies released by UA. Actually, there's considerably more. The current Castro listings (from April 2nd through May 8th) have an additional seven double bills of exclusively United Artist releases. I have … Continue reading United Artists at the Castro
This Year’s San Francisco Film Festival Officially Announced
Tuesday morning, Graham Leggat, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society, stood up at the St. Francis and officially announced the 51st annual San Francisco International Film Festival. The press conference was mercifully short. There was, of course, the usual long and boring thanks to the corporate sponsors--a preview of the long and boring … Continue reading This Year’s San Francisco Film Festival Officially Announced
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