It's a good week for vintage cinema in the Bay Area. The Scorsese series at the 4-Star is still going. The New Mission is screening five different films…two of which will have live music. Rock opera plays, as well. Speaking of not talking, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum has a selection of sound cartoons … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
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What’s Screening: September 8 – 14
A lot of vintage films are screening this week. The 4-Star's Scorsese series continues, along with another series on Kubrick. One of Les Blank's best documentaries makes you want to eat and dance (mostly dance). There's ghouls and members of the Free French, and a very weird western. Festivals & Series The series More Than … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 8 – 14
What’s Screening: September 1 – 7
Three very different Martin Scorsese films play in Bay Area theaters this week. A Kubrick series opens at the New Mission. Festivals & Series The Complete Kubrick opens Friday. The Week's Big Event Stanley Kubrick made only 13 feature films. The New Mission is playing all of them over several weeks. Here's what they're screening: … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 1 – 7
What’s Screening: August 25 – 31
I'm back! For the last three weeks, I haven't watched a single movie. So, let's get going. Vintage cinema A+ The Last Waltz (1978), Roxie, Thursday, 6:40pm The Band played their final concert on Thanksgiving night, 1976. Their guest performers included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and Joni Mitchell. Martin Scorsese brought a crew … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 25 – 31
What’s Screening: July 28 – August 3
Believe it or not, vintage cinema still exists in Bay Area theaters. This week we've got two of Preston Sturges' best comedies, and if you haven't seen them, you're missing much of life's treats. There's also The Beatles, Kurosawa in noir mode, Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, one of Pixar's best, and the only X-rated film that … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 28 – August 3
What’s Screening: July 21 – 27
If you want vintage cinema playing in Bay Area theaters, follow the auteurs. This week there are movies from Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, Sergio Leone, Luis Buñuel, and Preston Sturges. But some films are not made by directors, but by studios such as RKO or Studio Ghibli. Festivals & Series The San Francisco Jewish Film … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 21 – 27
What’s Screening: July 7 – 13
This week, we have films from Japan, Italy, Mexico, and Warner Brothers. Most of them are pretty good – and all of them will be better in a theater. Festivals & Series Studio Ghibli Festival opens Saturday, and goes through July The San Francisco Silent Film Festival opens Thursday The San Francisco Frozen Film Festival … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 7 – 13
What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
I have friends who love vintage wine. They carefully store their bottles and, on special occasions, take them down and pop the cork. But what about vintage cinema? Physical film also rots. But there's another kind of cinematic decay. If people don't watch movies, or just watch them at home, the motion pictures we love … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
What’s Screening: June 23 – 29
Troubled families, big fish, baking bread, musical bicycles, and yet there's no place like home. Festivals & Series Frameline47 continues through the week Theatrical revivals A+ Jaws (1975), 4-Star, 5:00pm & 7:30pm People associate Jaws with three men in a boat, yet the picture is more than half over before the shark chase really begins. … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 23 – 29
What’s Screening: June 16 – 22
What can you see in the cinema this week? The best works of Spike Lee and Mel Brooks (did they ever work together?). A laughably bad movie that has caught up on us over the decades. One of the greatest Best Picture winners of the century, and several LGBTQ films sponsored by the month of … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 16 – 22
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