Latino Cinema, a Kevin Smith Thriller, and Silent Films Before Live Theatre

~ Lincoln Spector

Here’s a trio of current and upcoming events:

San Francisco Latino Film Festival

This film festival opened Friday, and I didn’t even know about it. My apologies. It runs in the City, Berkeley, Marin, and San Jose through the 25th. Check the web site to see what’s playing.

Kevin Smith’s Red State

Kevin Smith—the writer and director of cheerfully offensive (to some; not to me), dialog-heavy comedies like Clerks, Dogma, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno —has made a thriller. Well, why not? John Huston made a musical comedy. The story involves a trio of teenage boys who take a journey hoping for sex and find themselves prisoners of an evil group or Christian fanatics.

Smith is distributing the film himself, and part of the process will be simultaneous screening in multiple theaters on Sunday, September 25.  Locally, you can catch the event at the Balboa or the Camera 3. Smith will be on hand via live webcast to answer questions.

Once in a Lifetime (With Non-Talking Heads)

Starting this Thursday, the American Conservatory Theater will open a limited run of the George S. Kaufman/Moss Hart stage comedy Once in a Lifetime. Originally staged in 1930, Lifetime parodies the talkie revolution that had just changed Hollywood.  On the three Friday night’s of the run, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen silent short subjects before the live feature.

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Lincoln Spector writes about cinema, technology, and cinema technology. From 1986 through 2008, he wrote Gigglebytes, the first technology-oriented humor column. From 1977 through 2016, he wrote PC World's Answer Line column and blog.