The good news: The Castro‘s 3rd annual 70mm Film Festival opens July 1. The bad news: It’s smaller than last year’s. Whether this was because of disappointing box office or problems getting prints, it doesn’t bode well for the future of this great way to see big movies. (If you’re not sure what I’m talking … Continue reading 70mm at the Castro
Day: June 11, 2008
Times and Winds
Slice-of-life drama Written and directed by Reha Erdem I think the San Francisco Film Society will open its new Kabuki screen with a pretty good film, but I’m not really sure. I screened Times and Winds under such wretched conditions that I’m not confident of its quality. It will no doubt look much, much better … Continue reading Times and Winds
Up the Yangtze
[B] Documentary Directed by Yung Chang China's Three Gorges Dam may be the largest hydroelectric project ever attempted. Spanning the highly-populated Yangtze River basin, it has been in construction for many years, yet isn't expected to be complete until 2011. As many as four million people may have to be relocated as the flood waters … Continue reading Up the Yangtze