I’m trying to get back into the swing of things here, both with movie-going and blogging about movie-going. Saturday night I took the plunge. I started the evening at the Pacific Film Archive for Left in the Dark: Portraits of San Francisco Movie Theatres. I’ve mentioned other events around the book Left in the Dark … Continue reading Left in the Dark at the PFA
Month: October 2010
What’s Screening: October 29 – November 4
Festival news: Berlin & Beyond continues through Saturday. United Nations Association Film Festival ends Sunday. French Cinema Now continues through Wednesday. A- Bonnie and Clyde, Castro, Wednesday. This low-budget gangster movie, produced by and starring Warren Beatty , hit a nerve with young audiences in 1967 and became one of the big surprise hits of … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 29 – November 4
What’s Screening: October 22 – 28
A lot of festivals this week: The Arab Film Festival continues through Sunday. Docfest continues through Thursday. Global Lens 2010 continues through the week. The Petaluma International Film Festival opens tonight and runs through the weekend. So does Taiwan Film Days Berlin & Beyond opens tonight and runs through the week and passed it to … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 22 – 28
Silent Film News
Three exciting Bay Aread silent film events coming up that I just had to tell you about. Sunday, October 17: This one doesn’t even require you to leave the house. In a segment on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes (CBS, 7:00), Morley Safer will interview the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum’s own David Kiehn. (Yes, I … Continue reading Silent Film News
What’s Screening: October 15 – 21
The Mill Valley Film Festival closes Sunday, without my getting a chance to attend anything. The Arab Film Festival continues throughout this week. Docfest opens tonight, starting a two-week run. And Global Lens 2010 opens Tuesday. A The Kids are All Right,Castro, Thursday. Lisa Cholodenko’s serious comedy about a middle-aged lesbian couple, their teenage children, … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 15 – 21
What’s Screening: October 8 – 14
The Mill Valley Film Festival, which opened last night, runs through this week and into the next. I’ve placed festival events at the end of this newsletter. And the Arab Film Festival opens Thursday at the Castro before moving to less grand locations around the bay. Left in the Dark Book Events. Photographer R.A. McBride’s … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 8 – 14
Newsletter Addendum: Mill Valley Film Festival
As I mentioned a while back, other responsibilities have pushed Bayflicks further back on my priorities list. That’s the only excuse I can think of this oversight. In last week’s newsletter, I completely forgot to mention the opening of the Mill Valley Film Festival Thursday night. Nor did I post anything on the opening film, … Continue reading Newsletter Addendum: Mill Valley Film Festival
What’s Screening: October 1 – 7
A American Splendor, Pacific Film Archive, Saturday, 8:30. Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini mix biopic and documentary methods to tell the story of Harvey Pekar, a frustrated, angry, and intelligent man who found modest fame but little fortune as the writer (but not the illustrator) of a series of biographic comic books. For … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 1 – 7
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