If this were a normal year, I'd be writing about an 18-day San Francisco Jewish Film Festival taking place in five theaters around the Bay Area. Instead, thanks to the pandemic, I'm writing about a four-day festival that will run mostly in our own homes. I say mostly because opening night will take place at … Continue reading Cinegogue Summer Days: The pandemic version of the SF Jewish Film Festival
Category: Festivals
The Last Charlie Chaplin Days of 2020
It's kind of weird to wake up, eat breakfast, and go into my home office for a film festival. Here's what I watched on the last day of this year's Charlie Chaplin Days. The Whiz Bang Talent Show, Trivia Quiz, Lookalike Contest and Goodtime Hour! As with Saturday, I started with a 10:00am Zoom event. … Continue reading The Last Charlie Chaplin Days of 2020
Saturday “at” Charlie Chaplin Days
There are problems with virtual film festivals. You don't run into old friends or meet new ones. And when you get up and walk out of the theater, you just might enter a kitchen needing to be cleaned. Nevertheless, here it goes. Meet David Robinson I started my viewing at 10:00am on Zoom with a … Continue reading Saturday “at” Charlie Chaplin Days
Friday at Charlie Chaplin Days
I experienced my first virtual film festival Friday. While it's nowhere as fun as the real thing, it has its advantages. No commuting. The festival I'm following from home is Charlie Chaplin Days, run by the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. I'm writing this quickly, so if I let through some spelling or grammatical errors, … Continue reading Friday at Charlie Chaplin Days
LGBTQ & Silent Comedy: Two upcoming virtual festivals
Two annual Bay Area festivals will run in virtual mode in the next two weeks: Frameline Website; Thursday June 25 - Sunday, June 28 In its 44th year, the world's oldest LGBTQ film festival is smaller this year, bringing only 19 feature films, along with shorts, into your living room. To make it more like … Continue reading LGBTQ & Silent Comedy: Two upcoming virtual festivals
A couple of virtual film festivals
With all the theaters closed, 2020 is looking like a really bad year for film festivals (not to mention everything else). But at least two organizations are running fests…virtual, of course. And both are free. CAAMFest May 13-22 Rather than skipping or delaying its annual festival to avoid the pandemic, the Center for Asian American … Continue reading A couple of virtual film festivals
East Bay International Jewish Film Festival Preview
For some reason, I missed any news about the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival until Thursday afternoon. So I'm putting this together quickly. Here's what I think of seven films playing at the Festival (these are the films I've seen - mostly at other festivals), in order from best to worst. By the way, … Continue reading East Bay International Jewish Film Festival Preview
The film festival in little Albany
The tiny town of Albany sits between Berkeley and El Cerrito - and in some places between Berkeley and Berkeley. I can walk across it in 15 minutes. And yet it has its own film festival. The 10th annual Albany FilmFest runs this year from Saturday, March 21 to Sunday, March 29 - skipping Sunday … Continue reading The film festival in little Albany
Four films you can see at Cinequest
Starting at standup. A truly evil murderer. Sleeping with strangers but not having sex. And an alien who took over the body of the wrong human. Here are four films that will screen at Cinequest, listed from best to worst. B+ All Joking Aside Dramas about comedians can be tricky, and although this one is … Continue reading Four films you can see at Cinequest
Cinequest coming in March
You'd expect a major film festival in the South Bay to celebrate technology as well as movies. And that's what you get at Cinequest. Yes, like other Red Carpet Festivals, Cinequest showcases plenty of films that have not yet been seen in the Bay Area, with filmmakers in attendance. But it also showcases new (and … Continue reading Cinequest coming in March
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