Over the past week, I've twice visited the UA Emery Bay, a once-popular multiplex I used to patronize regularly. But this was my first visit there in maybe a decade. On Saturday, I caught Side Effects there. Tuesday night, Silver Linings Playbook. I'll tell you about the theater, and then the movies. Built in the … Continue reading Return to an Aging Multiplex, plus Side Effects & Silver Linings Playbook
Category: Drama
Drama
Lore: An Adolescent’s View of the Fall of the Third Reich
A Historical drama Written by Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee Based on the novel The Dark Room," by Rachel Seiffert Directed by Cate Shortland What happens when your entire world--wealth, security, parental love, and the values you were raised with--dissolve almost overnight? That's what happens to Lore (Saskia Rosendahl), a teenage member of the Hitler … Continue reading Lore: An Adolescent’s View of the Fall of the Third Reich
The Other Son
A- Middle East Culture Clash Drama Written by Noam Fitoussi, Lorraine Levy, and Nathalie Saugeon Directed by Lorraine Levy It's rare treat when I see a new film and have no idea how it's going to end, and this French/Israeli co-production is just such a treat. As I watched it, I could see it ending … Continue reading The Other Son
My Day at the Mill Valley Film Festival
I spend Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Here's what I saw and what I thought about it: New Movies Lab: Industry Panel I started the day not with a movie, but with a panel discussion on how independent filmmakers can promote their films and get people to see them. Much of it concentrated … Continue reading My Day at the Mill Valley Film Festival
Dogtooth
When I saw Alps last spring at the San Francisco International Film Festival, it amused but perplexed me, and I gave it a positive but lukewarm B. Several people then told me that I needed to see Giorgos Lanthimos' previous film, Dogtooth. Last night, I saw Dogtooth, and they were right. It had the strange, … Continue reading Dogtooth
When You Least Expect It: The Return of 70mm
A funny thing happened on the way to a fully-digital cinema. At least two major filmmakers are returning to a beautiful, large film format of yesteryear. But you may not be able to see either of these films as they were meant to be seen. Pretty much everyone agrees that film is dying as a … Continue reading When You Least Expect It: The Return of 70mm
Thoughts on Take This Waltz
Love brings sacrifice, long-lasting guilt, and only temporary happiness in Sarah Polley's exceptional love triangle drama, Take This Waltz. Loving your spouse won't stop you from falling madly in love with someone else, and no matter what you do with those feelings, someone will get hurt. There are no simple answers.My wife and I saw … Continue reading Thoughts on Take This Waltz
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