We have a documentary about Israel this week. There's also science fiction from America and Russia. Billy Wilder studies office hanky-panky. How about a feature film made entirely with silhouettes. How do you fight crime while sloshed? Just follow the Nick and Nora Charles couple. New films opening theatrically A- Israelism, New Parkway (2023) ֍ … Continue reading What’s Screening: Dec Friday 29 – Jan 4
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What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
What do Bay Area cinemas (the few left) offer us when it comes to vintage movies? This week it's early Fellini, Kubrick destroying the world, the great mobster epic, Billy Wilder at his best, and Richard Linklater his youth. Festivals & Series Sorry, but I didn't catch the SFFilm Doc Stories festival until Friday. It … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 3 – 9
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
What’s Screening: Dec. 30 – Jan. 5
As 2022 becomes 2023, we can buy tickets and enter a Bay Area cinema. There you can see works by Martin Scorsese, John Huston, Walt Disney, Billy Wilder, Quentin Tarantino, and whoever directed The Rocky Horror Picture Show. There are no film festivals this week. Theatrical revivals A+ Taxi Driver (1976), Balboa, Tuesday, 7:30pm 35mm! … Continue reading What’s Screening: Dec. 30 – Jan. 5
What’s Screening: December 23 – 29
Note: I attended to set this article to go live on Friday, December 23, at 8:30am. But, by my mistake, it came out earlier. There's not much Christmas spirit in Bay Area cinemas this holiday week – unless you count Die Hard. But there's joy in the Richmond district. The 4-Star cinema is showing five … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 23 – 29
What’s Screening: Sept 16 – 22
If you like old movies in real theaters, you can see Kurosawa's best, the flick that made Spielberg famous, the first great vampire movie, Billy Wilder's look at American business, Hitchcock in 3D, and a Kubrick double bill. Plus two festivals. Festivals & Series The SF International South Asian Film Festival opens Friday and closes … Continue reading What’s Screening: Sept 16 – 22
What’s Screening: July 29 – August 4
It's quite a week for vintage cinema in Bay Area theaters. Both Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin will screen (and not on the same day). There are films from Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, William Wyler, Sam Fuller, Christopher Nolan, and the Wachowskis. Festivals The Broncho Billy & Friends Silent Film Festival runs through the weekend … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 29 – August 4
What’s new at the Criterion Channel
Judy Garland, cheap movies, musicals, and early Billy Wilder. The Criterion Channel opened several movie collections on Tuesday. Here's are some of these collections and what's in them: 100 Years of Judy Garland Here are 17 movies starring the girl who went over the rainbow. And yet, The Wizard of Oz isn't in this collection. … Continue reading What’s new at the Criterion Channel
The Castro Theater’s 100th Birthday Celebration
Maybe it was the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, but Another Planet Entertainment (APE) seems to realize that the Castro Theater should be what it always was: a movie palace. Next month, APE will give us the Castro Theatre 100th Birthday Celebration. From June 3 to 12, the Castro will run classic films. Each day, … Continue reading The Castro Theater’s 100th Birthday Celebration
What’s Screening: April 29 – May 5
The SFFilm Festival ends Sunday, but you'll only have four non-festival free days before two other major fests open. Outside of these events, theaters are opening two new indie films, along with two of the greatest movies made about Hollywood. Also other vintage pictures worth watching. Festvals & Series The SFFilm Festival closes Sunday DocLands … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 29 – May 5
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