What’s leaving Criterion at the end of April

April 11, 2023April 10, 2023 ~ Lincoln Spector ~ 1 Comment

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

What’s leaving Criterion at the end of the Year

December 17, 2022December 16, 2022 ~ Lincoln Spector

What makes these films different from any other films? Most of them are horror movies. Also, most of them will disappear from The Criterion Channel come midnight, December 31. Stream them before they go away. Full recommendations A+ Brazil (1985) One of the best black comedies ever filmed, and the best dystopian fantasy ever. In … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of the Year

What’s leaving Criterion at the end of January

January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 ~ Lincoln Spector

Want to experience something frightening? A lot of Alfred Hitchcock movies will disappear from the Criterion Channel at the end of January. But this is not only about the Master of Suspense. Movies by Billy Wilder, Nicholas Ray, Julie Dash, Elia Kazan, George Stevens, and more will also disappear. See them before February. Full recommendations … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of January

Movies I’ve Recently Seen: The Big Chill | The Man Who Would Be King | Island of Lost Souls | Gretchen the Greenhorn & The Good German

October 4, 2021October 3, 2021 ~ Lincoln Spector

It's amazing I've been seeing so few movies recently, aside from those I reviewed for the Mill Valley Film Festival. But I managed these four. A- The Big Chill (1983) A group of baby boomers, now coming into their 30s, come together for a funeral. They were all radical activists back in the day; now … Continue reading Movies I’ve Recently Seen: The Big Chill | The Man Who Would Be King | Island of Lost Souls | Gretchen the Greenhorn & The Good German

What’s Screening: June 11 – 17

June 11, 2021June 10, 2021 ~ Lincoln Spector ~ 1 Comment

This week in Bay Area cinema: A serious drama that turns into a slasher flick. You can see My Fair Lady or But I'm a Cheerleader Inside real movie theaters - but not as a double bill. And at the drive-in, we've got everything from The Night of The Hunter to Coco. And also two … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 11 – 17

Movies I’ve recently seen: Chloé Zhao’s first feature, James Whale’s haunted house, Hannah Arendt, & Dr. No

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021 ~ Lincoln Spector

Another selection of movies that no one asked me to watch. I just wanted to see them (or see them again). A- Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) Chloé Zhao's first feature isn't quite as good as the two she made since, but it's still very much watching. Like The Rider, it's set on a … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: Chloé Zhao’s first feature, James Whale’s haunted house, Hannah Arendt, & Dr. No

What’s Screening: January 10 – 16

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 ~ Lincoln Spector

What's in the Bay Area's best movie theaters this week? Three new movies - two about capital punishment. A farewell to Agnès. Noir by Graham Greene, Charles Laughton, and Leigh Brackett. And comedies from the west, down under, and outer space. But no film festivals (I don't count Sketchfest). New films opening A Clemency, Embarcadero … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 10 – 16