Three new movies, a Giant, a Long Voyage Home. All this and more in this week's Bay Area screenings. Festivals The Black Film Festival continues through Sunday Frameline continues through this week and beyond. Check out my preview. New films opening A Tikkun, New Mission, opens Friday A young, male Chasid, extremely religious and prone … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 17 – 23

This week we have a Martian, lots of Chaplin, and the two weakest Indiana Jones movies--although only one of them is really bad. Festivals SF DocFest continues through Thursday Charlie Chaplin Days runs Saturday and Sunday, with many shorts, a walking tour of Niles, and a costume contest. The Black Film Festival opens Thursday and … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 10 – 16

Gun fights, pie fights, fist fights, rolling boulders, and clashing 17th century musicians. So much violence in Bay Area movie screenings this week. Festivals I've just decided that, with ten films in five days, the Pacific Film Archive's series Auteur, Author: Film & Literature counts as a festival. It opened last Wednesday, and runs through … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 3 – 9

Silent hobos, professional killers, rock stars, and two festivals open this week in Bay Area screenings. Festivals DocFest opens Thursday and runs for two weeks. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival also opens Thursday, but will run only through Sunday. It's a very intense experience. Promising events Almost Famous, Wednesday, 6:30 I haven't seen Cameron … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 27 – June 2

Two wonderfully different new films, plus George Méliès, David Lynch, Almodovar, and Mexican noir. But no festivals this week. New films opening A Margarita with a Straw, Cine Grand (Fremont), Camera 12 (San Jose), opens Friday Coming of age is difficult in the best of circumstances. But for a bisexual girl with cerebral palsy in … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 20 – 26

There's a lot of interesting stuff screening this week, especially at the New Mission, the New Parkway, and the old Roxie (old because it claims to be "the oldest continuously operated cinema in the United States"). Festivals Midcentury Eclectic opens Friday and closes Monday. I discussed it in more detail at this Upcoming classics article. … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 13 – 19

We've got Spike Lee, Robin Hood, Mother's Day, a Miracle Worker, and classic Kung Fu (but no festivals) this week in Bay Area movie theaters. Promising events Do the Right Thing, Cerrito, Thursday, 9:30 It's been far too long since I've seen Spike Lee's masterpiece, which I suspect would get an A or even an … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 6 – 12

Pot-laced challah, the big SF festival, On the Waterfront, and Buster Keaton on the waterfront. That's the week in Bay Area film going. Festivals The San Francisco International Film Festival continues to the end of this week. Check my coverage for recommendations. New films opening B+ Dough, Embarcadero, Albany, Aquarius, Rafael, opens Friday This feel-good … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 29 – May 5

The San Francisco International Film Festival dominates the week in specialty Bay Area movie going, but it doesn't dominate it completely. Festivals SF International continues through this week and beyond. Check my coverage to help you decide what you should see and what you should skip. The Rafael's Baseball in the Movies isn't a festival; … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 22 – 28

This week in Bay Area movies, the earth shakes, a lion grows up, and the world is destroyed. And the big SF film festival opens. Festivals The Tiburon International Film Festival closes today. The Green Film Festival closes Wednesday. The big one, the San Francisco International Film Festival, opens Thursday. If you want to know … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 15 – 21