No festivals this week. But there are some good movies. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls, Balboa, Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30. A Rolling Stone concert from 1978--well before they became respectable old men. Introduced with a recent interview with Sir Mick Jagger (see what I mean). A+ Double Bill: Sunrise & Freaks, Castro, Sunday. Haunting, romantic, … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 10 – 16
Category: Weekly Newsletter
What’s Screening: August 3 – 9
Note: I originally listed The Manchurian Candidate as playing at the Cerrito Thursday night. That was an error. They're showing The Seven Year Itch, which I haven't seen in decades. They'll be screening The Manchurian Candidate in September. On Saturday, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival closes its Berkeley run at the Roda Theater, and opens its last 3-day segment at the … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 3 – 9
What’s Screening: July 27 – August 2
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is finished with the Castro, but it reopens Saturday at the JCCSF, the Roda, and the Cinearts at Palo Alto Square. The festival screenings are at the bottom of this newsletter. A The Maltese Falcon, Castro, Wednesday and Thursday. Dashiell Hammett’s novel had been filmed twice before, but screenwriter … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 27 – August 2
What’s Screening: July 20 – 26
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival continues through the week. I've placed my Festival capsules below the Goyish ones. A- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Bridge, Thursday, 7:00. Corrupt political bosses appoint a naive, young idealist (James Stewart) senator because they think he’s stupid. The second and best film in Frank Capra’s common-man trilogy, Mr. … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 20 – 26
What’s Screening: July 13 – 19
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival runs through the weekend, and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival opens Thursday night. I'm hoping to catch every screening at the Silent festival (my recommendations are below) and that Jewish opening night. A- Bonsái, SF Film Society Cinema, opens Friday for one-week run. Right at the start, a … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 13 – 19
What’s Screening: July 6 – 12
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival opens Thursday. Wings, Castro, Thursday, 7:00. Primarily remembered as winner of the first Best Picture Oscar (except that the award wasn’t called Best Picture back then), Wings was until a few months ago the only silent film so honored. I saw Wings many, many years ago, and remember being … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 6 – 12
What’s Screening: June 29 – July 5
The Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival opens tonight and runs through the weekend. Other than that, it's a slow week. Enjoy the fireworks. C+ Pink Ribbons, Inc., Opera Plaza, Shattuck, Rafael, opens Friday. Breast Cancer kills nearly 60,000 North Americans a year. Yet organizations like Susan G. Komen for the Cure have turned it into … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 29 – July 5
What’s Screening: June 22 – 28
In festival news, Frameline LGBT continues through Sunday. A- Oslo, August 31, Kabuki, Embarcadero, Rafael, opens Friday. Anders, a recovering drug addict living in a clinic in the country, gets a day’s leave to return to Oslo for a job interview. The trip will also give him a chance to catch up with some friends. … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 22 – 28
What’s Screening: June 15 – 21
Only one festival this week, but it's a big one. Frameline LGBT continues through this week and beyond. A- Your Sister's Sister,Kabuki, Embarcadero, opens Friday. This romantic sex comedy kept surprising me. I thought it was shallow; then the characters deepened. I figured out whom was going to end up with whom, and what artificial … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 15 – 21
What’s Screening: June 8 – 14
It's a gay time for film festival lovers. The Queer Women of Color opens tonight (Friday) and runs through Sunday. Then Frameline LGBT opens Thursday night. A The Wages of Fear, SF Film Society Cinema, opens Friday for one-week run. You’ll find few other thrillers this painfully suspenseful. Four poverty-stricken Europeans, desperately stranded in South … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 8 – 14
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