Category: Festivals

Pride, decency, nationalism, and the Bridge of Spies (also the Mill Valley Film Festival screening in Corte Madera)

~ Lincoln Spector

A- Espionage drama Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen Directed by Steven Spielberg Two superpowers, each hating and fearing the other as a military and ideological enemy, face each other off. Neither wants to back down. Neither wants to give an inch. But both know full well that if their cold war … Continue reading Pride, decency, nationalism, and the Bridge of Spies (also the Mill Valley Film Festival screening in Corte Madera)

Cars, Queens, and Eye Surgery: Saturday at the Mill Valley Film Festival

~ Lincoln Spector

This event should really be called the Marin Film Festival. It uses theaters all over the county. But I really did spend Saturday in Mill Valley, a town that I've never quite figured out geographically. I caught three films there. B- Havana Motor Club I'm not really a fan of car racing, which may affect my … Continue reading Cars, Queens, and Eye Surgery: Saturday at the Mill Valley Film Festival

This year’s Mill Valley Film Festival announced

~ Lincoln Spector

Tuesday evening, the California Film Institute officially announced the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival. This is one of the two really big film festivals in the Bay Area (the other being the San Francisco International Film Festival). Because of the late summer/early fall dates, Mill Valley tends to get a lot of the better Indiewood … Continue reading This year’s Mill Valley Film Festival announced

Dough and Opening night at the SF Jewish film festival

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I attended opening night of the SF Jewish Film Festival at the Castro last night. It was, for the most part, an enjoyable evening. Although it did start with the inevitable reserved seating problem. The whole front half of the theater was cordoned off for VIPs. Luckily, I convinced a volunteer usher that as press, … Continue reading Dough and Opening night at the SF Jewish film festival

Early DeMille and early Tarkovsky: Saturday at the movies

~ Lincoln Spector

I saw two different movies at two very different theaters on Saturday. The Cheat at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum I not only attended this screening. I was part of it. I introduced this 1915 Cecil B. DeMille melodrama at the Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival. Among major American auteurs, DeMille stands alone as something … Continue reading Early DeMille and early Tarkovsky: Saturday at the movies