No film festivals in the Bay Area this week. But there are a few films I can tell you about (and I do mean a few). A The Night of the Hunter, Castro, Thursday. Widow and mother Shelley Winters makes a very bad choice for a second husband--a cruel, sanctimonious, violent, and criminally insane preacher … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 5 – 11
Month: July 2013
Jewish Film Festival Preview
So far, I've screened three films and one TV episode that will play this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Here's what I thought of them: B+ Afternoon Delight The plot sounds like broad, comic farce: A young Jewish mother and housewife invites a stripper and sometimes prostitute to move into her home and become … Continue reading Jewish Film Festival Preview