This week in Bay Area screens: 3 new films, 7 film festivals, plus Bridesmaids, M, Touch of Evil, and Monsoon Wedding. Festivals The Berlin & Beyond Autumn Showcase continues through Saturday The Alameda International Film Festival continues through Sunday So does the Cinematografo International Film Festival and Industry Forum Also through Sunday, the Napa Valley … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 10 – 16
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What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
Guillermo del Toro, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Sergei Eisenstein, Harry Belafonte, and nine (yes, nine) film festivals in the Bay Area this week. Festivals Doc Stories continues through Sunday Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues through Wednesday The Alameda International Film Festival opens today So does The French Had a Name For It … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
What’s Screening: October 27 – November 2
Chimps, rats, kids, vampires, a wronged man, a wronged samurai, a psychopathic preacher, big aliens, and a lot of Halloween movies this week in Bay Area movie screens. Also four film festivals. Festivals Modern Cinema closes Sunday The United Nations Association Film Festival also closes Sunday. Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues through … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 27 – November 2
What’s Screening: October 20 – 26
This week, Bay Area movie screens host refugees, Winnie-the-Pooh, rare and bad videos, six film festivals, zombies, aliens, and the Marx Brothers. Festivals The Arab Film Festival continues through Sunday The San Francisco Dance Film Festival also continues through Sunday The United Nations Association Film Festival continues through this week and beyond Modern Cinema continues, … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 20 – 26
What’s Screening: October 13 – 19
How appropriate! We've got a Friday the 13th in October. But hey, who needs scary movies when Trump is in the White House. Anyway, this week we've got five film festivals, a great new film, and an awesome Frankenstein triple bill - all in Bay Area movie theaters. Festivals The Mill Valley Film Festival closes … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 13 – 19
What’s Screening: October 6 – 12
It's October, and horror movies are popping up all over the Bay Area…along with Mill Valley, Jim Jarmusch, and the last of Chaplin. Festivals The Mill Valley Film Festival continues through this week and beyond. Check out my reports for recommendations. Modern Cinema continues Rare and Worth Catching B Serenade for Haiti, Pacific Film Archive, … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 6 – 12
What’s Screening: September 29 – October 5
Harry Dean Stanton, Buster Keaton, and four film festivals in Bay Area theaters this week. Also, the Stanford's massive Warner Brothers series ends with a bang. Festivals Cine+Mas SF continues through Sunday Fantastic Fest opens today and runs through the weekend And so does Hong Kong Cinema The Mill Valley Film Festival opens Thursday. Read … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 29 – October 5
What’s Screening: September 22 – 28
Overly-protective parents, exceptionally dumb teenagers, Jerry Lewis, French mimes, Buster Keaton, and a whole lot of Lina Wertmüller lights up Bay Area screens this week. Also, Sunday is Art House Theater Day. Bay Area theaters involved include the Elmwood, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Rafael, Lark, and the Roxie. Check each theater to see … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 22 – 28
What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
Bogart goes for the gold, Curtis and Poitier flee for freedom, and James Dean wants to know his mother. All that and a lot of Wes Anderson in Bay Area movies this week. Festivals The Wes Ander-Thon Weekend opens today and runs through Sunday Cine+Mas SF opens today and continues through the month The San … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
What’s Screening: September 8 – 14
Gangsters, bad marriages, Marlon Brando, a Communist teacher, and the last days of a Japanese film festival hit Bay Area movie screens this week. Festivals The Japan Film Festival of San Francisco continues through Sunday New films opening A Dolores, Opera Plaza, Shattuck, Rafael, opens Friday While Cesar Chavez became famous while creating the United … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 8 – 14
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