At the end of every month, The Criterion Channel removes some of their films to make room for more. Here are some of the films that will go away at the end of August: Full recommendations A Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese put a cap on 70's cinema with this study of boxer Jake La … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of September
What’s Screening: Sept 9 – 15
Want to see an old movie in a real theater? This week in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can see some of the best from Akira Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Walt Disney, Luis Buñuel, two from Francis Coppola, Nicolas Roeg (directing David Bowie), Elaine May, and a whole day of watching works by Pier Paolo … Continue reading What’s Screening: Sept 9 – 15
Movies I’ve recently seen: The Asphalt Jungle ֍ Tahara ֍ Honk for Jesus ֍ Elvis
Here's another four random films. This time, most of them are recent. But the best is the only oldie. A- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) There's no one main character in this noir by John Huston. Instead, we get to know six very different criminals as they set out together to steal a fortune in diamonds. … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: The Asphalt Jungle ֍ Tahara ֍ Honk for Jesus ֍ Elvis
What’s Screening: Sept 2 – 8
Movie ticket prices will go down to $3.00 – but only this Saturday. On Friday and the rest of the week, you'll have to pay the regular price. It's worth it, with movies on the big screen from Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Steven Spielberg, the team at Pixar, David Lynch, and Monty Python. Festivals & … Continue reading What’s Screening: Sept 2 – 8
The Cerrito Classics Festival
Rialto Cinemas' Cerrito Cinema is playing classic American films from Friday, September 9 to Thursday, the 15. They're screening six old movies, and you have two of three chances to see each of these pictures. [[I corrected the dates]]. Here are the movies, with dates, times, and my own opinions: A The Treasure of The … Continue reading The Cerrito Classics Festival
Movies I’ve recently seen: ֍ The Wedding Banquet ֍ Malcolm X ֍ Mississippi Masala ֍ I Know Where I’m Going!
Here are four movies I've recently seen – mostly at home. Three of them were made in the early '90s. Two of those starred Denzel Washington. Most surprising, all four were worth seeing. A The Wedding Banquet (1993) This comedic drama made director Ang Lee famous. A Chinese immigrant in New York has never told … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: ֍ The Wedding Banquet ֍ Malcolm X ֍ Mississippi Masala ֍ I Know Where I’m Going!
What’s Screening: Aug 26 – Sept 1
You may have noticed that I didn't post much, lately. Well, I hope you noticed. Anyway, I've been busy with other things. Nevertheless, I found several worth-watching vintage films that will play in Bay Area theaters this week. Festivals & Series Cinequest closes Monday The San Francisco's 48 Hour Film Festival plays for two days. … Continue reading What’s Screening: Aug 26 – Sept 1
What’s Screening: August 19 – 25
In Bay Area moviegoing this week: A Powell/Pressburger film I’ve yet to see. A Kurosawa double bill. Spike Lee’s best film free in the open air. Movies by Howard Hawks and Samuel Fuller. And for the first time in movie history, a handsome man lights a cigarette and says the immortal words, “Bond. James Bond.” … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 19 – 25
Yellowface in Hollywood
The Criterion Channel is currently running a series that studies the difficult crossroads between mostly-white Hollywood and the world's largest group of people: Han Chinese. It analyses both the racist yellowface movies of decades past, to recent American films directed by Asian Americans. The series is called Hollywood Chinese. Yes, I'm posting two articles about … Continue reading Yellowface in Hollywood
What’s leaving Criterion at the end of August
Surprisingly few films will disappear from the Criterion Channel at the end of the month. I don't know if this means more or less movies overall – or just nothing in particular. Click a film's title to start watching the movie – assuming you subscribe to the Channel. Full recommendations A+ Before Sunrise (1995) If … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of August
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