The film festival season seems to be slowing down. We only have two this week, and neither survives through Monday. The ongoing French Cinema Now closes Sunday. The International Southeast Asian Film Festival opens today and also closes on Sunday. But we still have movies. A- Hannah and Her Sisters, Castro, Wednesday Various members and ex-members … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 20 – 26

We've still got a lot of film festivals going on. Six of them. The American Indian Film Festival closes Saturday New Italian Cinema closes Sunday And so does the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Another Hole on the Head continues through Monday Hong Kong Cinema opens Saturday and closes Wednesday French Cinema Now opens Thursday … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 13 – 19

Six film festivals in the Bay Area this week, and I wish I could cover all of them in detail. Since I can't, I'll just list them: Doc Stories continues through Sunday. I've included some films from this festival at the bottom of this newsletter. The American Indian Film Festival continues through this week and beyond. … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 6 – 12

It's autumn, so things are cooling down a bit festival-wise. Only three this week. Japanese Horror Week continues, appropriately, through Halloween Although it's mostly over, the 3rd i South Asian Film Festival will have one more day of screenings on Sunday. Doc Stories starts Thursday. D Othello, Rafael, Sunday Orson Welles and William Shakespeare often … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 30 – November 5

We're still in a film festival glut--six of them this week. Not that I'm complaining. The Facine Filipino International Cine Festival closes Saturday The 3rd i South Asian Film Festival continues through Sunday So does the Arab Film Festival Also closing on Sunday, the United Nations Association Film Festival The one-day Food Day / Film … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 23 – 29

Believe it or not, seven film festivals will run start, finish, or keep running between now and Thursday. That has to be a record. The Mill Valley Film Festival closes Sunday The Petaluma International Film Festival opens tonight and runs through the weekend. The one-day Food Day / Film Day festival plays Sunday The Arab … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 16 – 22

The Mill Valley Film Festival runs throughout the week. And the United Nations Association Film Festival opens Thursday. I've included festival films at the bottom of this newsletter. B Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, Opera Plaza, Shattuck, opens Friday The National Lampoon magazine was irreverent, offensive, bold, crazy, satirical, and … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 9 – 15

The Mill Valley Film Festival opens Thursday. And even though no one else is calling the Jack Pierce Classic Monster Movie Week a festival, it qualifies in my view. I've placed some comments about the Jack Pierce series at the end of this newsletter. A 50's noir double bill: Sweet Smell of Success & The Night of … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 2 – 8

A lot of film festivals this weekend, but all of them end before Monday. The Matatu Film Festival closes Saturday The San Francisco Latino Film Festival closes Sunday The Iranian Film Festival opens Saturday and closes Sunday The one-day Vittorio De Sica – a Film Series runs all day Saturday. And now this: A- The … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 25 – October 1

The festivals are coming on strong this week: The San Francisco Irish Film Festival closes Saturday The Matatu Film Festival opens its four-day run on Wednesday The San Francisco Latino Film Festival opens tonight and runs through the week and a bit beyond And now this: A Diary of a Teenage Girl, New Parkway, opens … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 18 – 24