Talk about an embarrassment of riches. The Bay Area has an overwhelmingly large selection of cinematic treats this week. Festivals Music Week, which I only found out about yesterday, opens today runs through Thursday. Modern Cinema opens Thursday The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival also opens Thursday. Read my reports and capsule reviews. New films … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 14 – 20
Category: Weekly Newsletter
What’s Screening: July 7 – 13
Anti-Nazis, pro-Buddhists, Bugs Bunny, Charlie Chaplin, and Akira Kurosawa liven up Bay Area movie screens this week. But, for the second week in a row, no film festivals. New films opening A- 13 Minutes, Opera Plaza, opens Friday In 1939, Georg Elser attempted to assassinate Hitler. This spellbinding and sometimes gruesome drama cuts back and … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 7 – 13
What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
W. C. Fields, Cab Calloway, Joe Dante, Bogart & Hepburn, tough British cops, and the Russian Revolution light up Bay Area movie screens this week. And oddly, not a single film festival. New films opening A- Nowhere to Hide, Roxie, opens Friday The experience of sitting through this documentary can best be described as harrowing, … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
What’s Screening: June 23 – 29
Samurai, dancers, Mary Pickford, and alienated teenagers light up Bay Area movie screens this week. Also two film festivals. Festivals Frameline continues through Sunday The Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival opens today and runs through Sunday New films opening A Maudie, Embarcadero, opens Friday Here's a love story, set on the beautiful Nova Scotia coast, about … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 23 – 29
What’s Screening: June 9 – 15
Jane Fonda, Charles Dickens, Toshiro Mifune, Janis Joplin, and four film festivals grace Bay Area screens this week. Also, I'm adding another theater to the Bayflicks listings: The Sebastiani in Sonoma. I guess that's still the Bay Area. This non-profit primarily screens new movies, but I'll be covering their monthly Vintage Film Series. Festivals DocFest … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 9 – 15
What’s Screening: June 2 – 8
Russian revolutionaries, sexy Indians, mixed-race couples, Japanese writers, French samurais, an Iranian vampire, and a whole lot of silent movies grace Bay Area screens this week. Festivals The San Francisco Silent Film Festival continues through Sunday DocFest continues through this week and beyond Promising events Bringing a black boyfriend home double bill: Guess Who's Coming … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 2 – 8
What’s Screening: May 19 – 25
Philip Marlowe, a tour of Europe, and a lot of rock 'n' roll grace Bay Area movie screens this week. But no film festivals. New films opening A Long Strange Trip, Clay, Aquarius, Rafael, Thursday, 7:00 The Grateful Dead played great music for nearly 30 years, building up the most devoted fanbase in rock history. … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 19 – 25
