My wife and I attended the Doc Stories festival Saturday afternoon at the Vogue. The movie in question was an inspiring but also deeply sad documentary about Obama's foreign policy team, The Final Year. Director Greg Barker introduced the film, promising us that "For the next 90 minutes, Donald Trump will not be president." If … Continue reading Doc Stories Report: Obama’s team in The Final Year
Month: November 2017
What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
Guillermo del Toro, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Sergei Eisenstein, Harry Belafonte, and nine (yes, nine) film festivals in the Bay Area this week. Festivals Doc Stories continues through Sunday Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues through Wednesday The Alameda International Film Festival opens today So does The French Had a Name For It … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
The Castro in November
The Castro's website kept us in suspense for a long time last month. Up until Halloween, we knew very little about what San Francisco's revival palace was up to in the new month. Well, now we know, and if you're looking for classic cinema, it's a disappointment. Here are the only 20th-century movies playing November … Continue reading The Castro in November
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