The California Independent Film Festival continues through Sunday. And the Legacy Film Festival on Aging, which opens today (Friday), plays through Sunday. A Woman of the Year, Lark, Sunday, 3:30 & Wednesday, 5:50. One of only a handful of Hollywood films that accurately conveys the ups, downs, and sideways motions of romantic love as a … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 12 – 18
Month: September 2014
This year’s Mill Valley Film Festival announced
The California Film Institute today announced the 37th annual Mill Valley Film Festival--which, as usual, doesn't stay in Mill Valley. Major events will take place in San Rafael and Corte Madera. This festival provides the Bay Area with our first look at this year's Oscar bait. Consider this: For the last four years in a … Continue reading This year’s Mill Valley Film Festival announced
Early and Excellent Kubrick at PFA
As I discussed last week, I lost a lot of my love of Stanley Kubrick over the decades. But I didn't lose my love for all of his pictures. And amongst my favorites are his first two Hollywood pictures, The Killing and Paths of Glory. Saturday night, I revisited these favorites at the Pacific Film … Continue reading Early and Excellent Kubrick at PFA
What’s Screening: September 5 – 11
The drought is over! At least, the film festival draught. CAAMFest San Jose opens today and runs through Sunday. And the California Independent Film Festival opens Thursday. A Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, New Parkway, Saturday, 3:00. The most-loved Star Trek movie gives us everything that its predecessor failed to deliver: an exciting … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 5 – 11
Kevin Kline and Swashbucklers
I first saw Kevin Kline in the film version of the 1983 film version of The Pirates of Penzance. He played the Pirate King, and he was perfect for the part--handsome, graceful, athletic, and funny. It struck me that, if he had been born 50 years earlier, he could have been a great swashbuckling star, … Continue reading Kevin Kline and Swashbucklers
How I lost my love for Stanley Kubrick
45 years ago, when I was a teenager enthralled by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick was not only the greatest living filmmaker, but the greatest filmmaker of all time (I didn't know much film history back then). Today, I see him as a flawed genius--a brilliant visual artist lacking the warmth and empathy needed … Continue reading How I lost my love for Stanley Kubrick
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