What's on Bay Area movie screens this week? Student films, silent films, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and Tarantino films. Also, the SFFILM Festival opens this week. Festivals SFFILM (the San Francisco International Film Festival) opens Wednesday. You can read my reports. The Week's Big Event A Safety Last, Lark, Friday, 7:00 Even Alfred Hitchcock never mastered the … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 5 – 11
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What’s Screening: March 29 – April 4
A three-day celebration of Stanley Donen, a continual celebration of Alfred Hitchcock, some Harold Lloyd, but no film festivals this week. Great double bills A+ Singin' in the Rain & A- On the Town, Castro, Sunday Just a third of the Castro's three-day celebration of the recently-deceased director and choreographer Stanley Donen. Singin' in the … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 29 – April 4
What’s Screening: March 15 – 21
What's on Bay Area screens this week? Dangerous dinosaurs. Dangerous French women. Swiss women so dangerous they insist on getting the vote! And if that's not scary enough, we've got two Hitchcock double bills. Also two film festivals and Laurel and Hardy. Festivals The Albany FilmFest opens Saturday and through the week and beyond. Read … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 15 – 21
What’s Screening: March 8 – 14
This week on Bay Area movie screens: Hitmen on vacation, vampires from outer space, Oscar-winning double bills, and films by Richard Linklater, Jacques Demy, Alain Resnais, and Alfred Hitchcock. Also two new films worth seeing and two film festivals. Festivals The East Bay Jewish Film Festival closes Sunday. Read my preview. Berlin & Beyond opens … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 8 – 14
What’s Screening: March 1 – 7 (this time for real)
Not much going on in Bay Area movie theaters this week. But we do have two new films, a curious double bill, an early western, and three film festivals. Festivals The East Bay Jewish Film Festival continues through this week and beyond. Read my preview. The Dynamation Celebration honors animation wizard Ray Harryhausen. It starts … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 1 – 7 (this time for real)
What’s Screening: February 22 – 28
What's playing in Bay Area movie theaters this week? Frank Capra, Humphrey Bogart, Buster Keaton, and The Band. Also two film festivals and the Academy Awards at a theater near you. Festivals Modern Cinema: Jia Zhangke closes Sunday. Read my preview. The East Bay Jewish Film Festival opens Thursday. I have a preview for that … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 22 – 28
What’s Screening: February 15 – 21
Note: After I posted this newsletter, a reader brought another film festival, opening tonight, to be attention. I've therefore corrected this article. What's happening in Bay Area theaters this week? Silent comedy, John Huston, Paul Butterfield, and David Bowie. Also two new movies and three four film festivals. Plus, at the Lark and Roxie, it'll be … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 15 – 21
What’s Screening: February 8 – 14
For Valentine's week, Bay Area movie theaters give you Rudolph Valentino, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Ruth Gordon, and Walt Disney's classic about classics. Also, one film festival ends and another begins. Festivals IndieFest closes Thursday. Read my preview. The Mostly British Film Festival opens Thursday. I have a preview of that one, too. Promising events … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 8 – 14
What’s Screening: February 1 – 7
What's playing in Bay Area movie theaters this week? Laurel and Hardy, Jackie Chan, epic Fritz Lang, and two film festivals. But here's what's really strange: Only one theater is playing Groundhog Day. Festivals Noir City continues through Sunday. See my preview and last weekend's report. IndieFest continues through this week and beyond. Read my … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 1 – 7
What’s Screening: January 25 – 31
What's in Bay Area movie theaters this week: Quentin Tarantino, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Brooks, Fritz Lang's German mythology, and the best film about the Warsaw Ghetto, along with two film festivals. Festivals Noir City opens Friday. See my preview. IndieFest opens Wednesday. See my preview. The Week's Big Event A Who Will Write Our History, … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 25 – 31
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