B Collection of animated shorts Various theaters around the Bay will screen the Oscar-nominated short subjects next week. I got to screen them early. I'll tell you about the animated shorts here, and the live-action ones in a later post. The animated shorts vary from conventional to creative, hilarious to poetic, and masterful to mediocre. … Continue reading Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts
Month: February 2011
Forbidden Planet & Bad Day at Black Rock @ the Castro
Friday night I attended the Ann Francis memorial double bill at the Castro. Always fun to see a couple of old favorites on the big screen. Not that it was a perfect presentation. Both films were originally released in the mid-50s with 4-track magnetic stereo soundtracks, but the Castro presented them with mono sound. I'm … Continue reading Forbidden Planet & Bad Day at Black Rock @ the Castro
What’s Screening: February 4 – 10
The Mostly British Film Festival runs through this week, as does IndieFest, which continues beyond it. As usual, I've put festival films at the end of this newsletter. A The Housemaid, Lumiere, Shattuck, opens Friday. This picture’s US distributor, IFC Films, is calling it an "erotic thriller." Erotic? Definitely. But it's not like any thriller … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 4 – 10
Green Film Festival
Last month I explained the three types of film festivals: identity festivals, which focus on ethnic, religious, racial, and gender identities, genre festivals, which look at particular kinds of movies and generic film festivals. There's a fourth kind: Advocacy film festivals. The latest addition to the Bay Area pantheon, the Green Film Festival, falls into … Continue reading Green Film Festival
The Housemaid
A Erotic thriller (or something of that nature) More that 12 hours after watching The Housemaid, I still don't know what to make of it. The picture's US distributor, IFC Films, is calling it an "erotic thriller." Erotic? Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if it received an NC-17 rating (IFC is releasing it unrated). Thriller? … Continue reading The Housemaid
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