Harry Dean Stanton, Buster Keaton, and four film festivals in Bay Area theaters this week. Also, the Stanford's massive Warner Brothers series ends with a bang. Festivals Cine+Mas SF continues through Sunday Fantastic Fest opens today and runs through the weekend And so does Hong Kong Cinema The Mill Valley Film Festival opens Thursday. Read … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 29 – October 5
Month: September 2017
Mill Valley Film Festival Preview, Part 4: Human Flow
Tuesday's Festival Preview was supposed to be my last piece on the Mill Valley Film Festival before opening night. But I attended a press screening Wednesday for a film that I didn't realize was in the Festival. It is screening in the Festival. So here's one more capsule review: A Human Flow The world we live … Continue reading Mill Valley Film Festival Preview, Part 4: Human Flow
Coming up in October
Here are just a few things coming up next month that have nothing to do with the Mill Valley Film Festival. Modern Cinema October 12 - 29, 2017; no screenings Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays SFMOMA SFFilm is calling this annual selection of classic and new films a series, but by my definition, it's a festival. … Continue reading Coming up in October
Mill Valley Film Festival Preview, Part 3
Here's my last batch of Mill Valley Film Festival previews. As usual, their listed from best to worst. A- The Florida Project Cheap motels, filled with desperate people, abound on the edge of Disney World. Sean Baker's touching film concentrates on children staying in these motels - especially Moonie (Brooklynn Kimberly Prince), a little girl … Continue reading Mill Valley Film Festival Preview, Part 3
What’s Screening: September 22 – 28
Overly-protective parents, exceptionally dumb teenagers, Jerry Lewis, French mimes, Buster Keaton, and a whole lot of Lina Wertmüller lights up Bay Area screens this week. Also, Sunday is Art House Theater Day. Bay Area theaters involved include the Elmwood, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Rafael, Lark, and the Roxie. Check each theater to see … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 22 – 28
Mill Valley Film Festival preview, Part 2
Here are five more films that will screen at the Mill Valley Film Festival: A The Light of the Moon A young woman tries to heal emotionally after a rape. She rejects therapy. She lies about the bruises on her face. She tells the truth to her loving and attentive boyfriend, but she rejects much … Continue reading Mill Valley Film Festival preview, Part 2
Movies I’ve Recently Seen: City Girl, Rumble, & The Private Life of Don Juan
Three more films I've seen for the first time. I only really liked one of them. B+ City Girl (1930), FilmStruck Sunrise wasn't F.W. Murnau's last word on rural vs. city life. In this very late silent, a young man from a Minnesota farm goes to the big city on business and falls in love with … Continue reading Movies I’ve Recently Seen: City Girl, Rumble, & The Private Life of Don Juan
Revisiting Schindler’s List
I loved Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List when I first saw it in 1993. It blew me away. Within a year or so I bought the Laserdisc (used), and watched it two or three times over the next decade. I recently revisited it for the first time in maybe 15 years - this time via Netflix. … Continue reading Revisiting Schindler’s List
What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
Bogart goes for the gold, Curtis and Poitier flee for freedom, and James Dean wants to know his mother. All that and a lot of Wes Anderson in Bay Area movies this week. Festivals The Wes Ander-Thon Weekend opens today and runs through Sunday Cine+Mas SF opens today and continues through the month The San … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
Mill Valley Film Festival preview, Part 1
The Mill Valley Film Festival doesn't just screen new movies that haven't yet played in the Bay Area. It includes a few classics, as well. So, I'm splitting this report between classic and new films. Oddly, five of the six films below have some connection to the 1960s and '70s. The outlier, however, is the … Continue reading Mill Valley Film Festival preview, Part 1
