Both SFFilm and Hollywood's Golden Era end Sunday, which means I can rest a bit. But not much; There's plenty of vintage movies in Bay Area cinemas this week. Festivals & Series Sorry, I accidentally listed CAAMFest a month earlier The Hollywood's Golden Era ends Sunday The San Francisco Greek Film Festival continues into next … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 21 – 27
The first weekend at SFFilm
From Friday to Sunday, I watched five feature films, all of which played at this year's SFFilm Festival. You may notice I gave all of them good grades. Do I love every film I see? Maybe I was lucky. Perhaps they're showing a lot of good movies this year. A Luxembourg, Luxembourg Easily the best … Continue reading The first weekend at SFFilm
What’s Screening: April 14 – 20
This is a big week for Bay Area movie lovers. You have a choice between serious, international cinema with The SFFilm Festival in several theaters, or old-time Hollywood movies at Oakland's Grand Lake. If you want to know what to see at SFFilm, check out my articles SFFilm Festival previews and SFFilm Fest Previews, Part … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 14 – 20
SFFilm Fest Previews, Part 2
The SFFilm Festival opens tonight at the Grand Lake with Stephen Curry: Underrated. I haven't seen it. Since my last preview article, I've seen three other three films and here's what I thought about them. From now on, I'll be attending the festival in the flesh. A Peafowl Modern sexual freedom rubs badly against aged … Continue reading SFFilm Fest Previews, Part 2
What’s leaving Criterion at the end of April
At the end of every month, the Criterion Channel drops a lot of films to make room for other pictures. See these, or at least some of them, before it's May. Full recommendations A Ten Canoes (2006) This unique film feels more like a piece of oral tradition than of cinema. A heavily accented, English-speaking, … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of April
SFFilm Festival previews
The San Francisco International Film Festival, also known as SFFilm, isn't opening at the Castro for the first time in years. Instead, the film Stephen Curry: Underrated will open the event at Oakland's Grand Lake, Thursday, April 13. Beware, the film is at rush! The festival will end Sunday, April 23 with I’m A Virgo … Continue reading SFFilm Festival previews
What’s Screening: April 7 – 13
Several film festivals will be popping up next week and next month. And that also means a lot of documentaries and serious drama. Now is the time to enjoy vintage movies on the big screen. Festivals & Series SFFilm opens Thursday Hollywood's Golden Era Promising events Sing-Along Grease (1978), Roxie, Friday, 6:30pm I haven't seen … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 7 – 13
What’s Screening: March 31 – April 6
What's happening in Bay Area cinema from March 31 to April 6? It's outer space with Star Trek: First Contact, The Empire Strikes Back, and best of all, 2001: A Space Odyssey. But down to earth, there's two new movies worth watching. In vintage cinema, Alfred Hitchcock can give you vertigo. There's also the most … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 31 – April 6
Ernst Lubitsch’s The Wildcat on Blu-ray
This is not one of Ernst Lubitsch's best works. In fact, without the beautiful and talented Pola Negri, and the very strange scenery, it would barely be worth watching. This German film was made and released in 1921. Negri plays the leader of a gang of very nice outlaws. She appears to the only woman … Continue reading Ernst Lubitsch’s The Wildcat on Blu-ray
What’s Screening: March 24 – 30
If you'd rather go to a Bay Area cinema than stay home, you can enjoy a comedy or two about problematic families. There's also some science fiction, two musicals from the '70s, the horrors of war, and the horrors of capitalism. Festivals & Series The Sonoma International closes Sunday The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival … Continue reading What’s Screening: March 24 – 30
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