Universal Studios must have been an interesting place in the 1970s. As Alfred Hitchcock's career wound down, Steven Spielberg's started up. I don't know if they ever met, but there's no doubt that the young film school graduate had studied the master's work. In his second theatrical feature and first big hit (and also, I … Continue reading Blu-ray Review: Jaws
Month: August 2012
What’s Screening: August 10 – 16
No festivals this week. But there are some good movies. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls, Balboa, Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30. A Rolling Stone concert from 1978--well before they became respectable old men. Introduced with a recent interview with Sir Mick Jagger (see what I mean). A+ Double Bill: Sunrise & Freaks, Castro, Sunday. Haunting, romantic, … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 10 – 16
Sight and Sound’s Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
As you probably know, the British Film Institute and its magazine, Sight and Sound, recently published its once-a-decade list of the The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, based on a survey of 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors. And for the first time in 50 years, Citizen Kane didn't lead the pack. It's … Continue reading Sight and Sound’s Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
What’s Screening: August 3 – 9
Note: I originally listed The Manchurian Candidate as playing at the Cerrito Thursday night. That was an error. They're showing The Seven Year Itch, which I haven't seen in decades. They'll be screening The Manchurian Candidate in September. On Saturday, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival closes its Berkeley run at the Roda Theater, and opens its last 3-day segment at the … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 3 – 9
Wonderful Movie Theater Discovery in Hawaii
Monday night, while vacationing on Hawaii's big island, I happened upon a great old movie palace--still showing pictures, and still using 35mm changeover projection. I'm talking about Hilo's historic Palace Theater.Wandering through the streets of Hilo with my family on a rainy evening, I spotted the theater and detoured to check it out. The smell … Continue reading Wonderful Movie Theater Discovery in Hawaii
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