I got a chance to preview two foreign films that will make very brief Bay Area appearances next week. If you don't catch them now, you may never get another chance. A- Sawako Decides, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Thursday, January 13, 7:30; Sunday, January 16, 1:00. How do you manage in a highly … Continue reading Upcoming One- (and Two-) Night Stands
Category: Upcoming & Local
Upcoming Festivals
How long can the Bay Area go without film festivals? Obviously not that long. These festivals will (hopefully) delight local cinephiles in early 2011: German Gems, January 14 – 16, Castro. Berlin & Beyond may be gone, but this new festival (only the second year) seems to filling its slot—both on the calendar and in … Continue reading Upcoming Festivals
New PFA Schedule
At the Pacific Film Archive, November/December is always the shortest schedule of the year. Thank the holidays for that. A lot of people go to movies on Christmas, but they don’t go to the Pacific Film Archive. But the PFA has a promising month and a half of cinematic studies and pleasures. Certainly the most … Continue reading New PFA Schedule
Silent Film News
Three exciting Bay Aread silent film events coming up that I just had to tell you about. Sunday, October 17: This one doesn’t even require you to leave the house. In a segment on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes (CBS, 7:00), Morley Safer will interview the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum’s own David Kiehn. (Yes, I … Continue reading Silent Film News
A Few, Upcoming Mini-Festivals
A few small, short festivals are coming up soon. Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco Art Institute, September 18-19. While much of the American media is whipping us up to go to war with Iran, let’s do something very unpatriotic and learn something about the people. Actually, the films to be screened are not all from … Continue reading A Few, Upcoming Mini-Festivals
PFA Coming Attractions
I’ve had the new September/October Pacific Film Archive schedule for a few days now. I’m finally getting around to telling you about it. From my point of view, the most interesting series on the schedule is Shakespeare on Screen, running for the entire two months. It contains some obvious choices (Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, Olivier’s … Continue reading PFA Coming Attractions
Hollywood Does Hollywood at the Castro
I just found out about this series Wednesday at the Castro. It’s not even on their web site as I write this. As the name implies, Hollywood Does Hollywood features American films about American filmmaking. Because I didn’t know about the series when I prepared the current newsletter, I’m inserting a newsletter-like listing that would … Continue reading Hollywood Does Hollywood at the Castro
Another Hole in the Head
The Bay Area hosts so many film festivals this time of year that it’s scary. It’s not only scary, but it’s also weird. And bizarre. And fantastic. We need another bloody film festival like we need a hole in the head! So it’s appropriate that Indiefest’s Another Hole in the Head film festival is scary, … Continue reading Another Hole in the Head
Silent Film Festival Program Announced
The schedule for this year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival is up. Running, as usual, at the Castro, the festival has been expanded from three days to four. Author, filmmaker, and archivist Kevin Brownlow will be in attendance, making this his second Bay Area festival appearance in a little over three years. As usual, all … Continue reading Silent Film Festival Program Announced
Welles, Bogdanovich, and Wahl @ Castro
I’ve seen Orson Welles’ The Lady From Shanghai only once, long ago, and didn’t care for it. (Yes, the funhouse mirror scene was impressive, but not as impressive as Chaplin’s version from The Circus). That’s why I didn’t mention its upcoming screening in my last newsletter. But I missed something worth mentioning. The screening, tomorrow … Continue reading Welles, Bogdanovich, and Wahl @ Castro
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