This week in pandemic movie watching, we have a talk with Charlie Chaplin's son and two new films in actual theaters. What's more, Coppola, Coogler, Spielberg, and Leone just might entice you to the drive-in. And we even have a virtual festival. Festivals Berlin & Beyond in Focus opened yesterday and closes Saturday Special online … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 20 – 26
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What’s Screening: May 25 – 31
This week in Bay Area theaters, you'll find elephants and animation, along with Garbo, Eastwood, and Nicolas Cage when they were young and beautiful. Festivals The San Francisco Silent Film Festival opens Wednesday. Read my preview. DocFest opens Thursday New films opening B+ Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story, Elmwood, Roxie, opens Friday; Rafael, Sunday, … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 25 – 31
What’s Screening: December 22 – 28
Not surprisingly this time of year, but you can watch It's A Wonderful Life in three different Bay Area theaters this week. And on Christmas day itself, you can make a choice between Fiddler on the Roof and Goodfellas. And how's this for a present: both of Kurosawa's Shakespeare films at the PFA? Also, the New … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 22 – 28
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly all look pretty good on new Blu-ray
Sergio Leone's masterpiece - without doubt the greatest western shot entirely in Europe - gets a near Criterion treatment (without the Criterion price tag) in a two-disc Blu-ray set containing two versions of the film and a massive collection of extras. An Italian epic set during the American Civil War, The Good, the Bad, and … Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Ugly all look pretty good on new Blu-ray
What’s Screening: July 28 – August 3
Dinosaurs, Marilyn Monroe, Toshiro Mifune, and the most influential film in cinema history light up Bay Area screens this week. Also, two film festivals. Festivals Modern Cinema continues through this week (mostly on weekends) and beyond The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival also continues through this week and beyond. You can read my reports and … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 28 – August 3
Why I Can’t Quite Call Unforgiven One of the Great Westerns
I first saw Unforgiven soon after its 1992 release. Everyone else was calling it a masterpiece, but I was deeply disappointed. Last Saturday, no longer remembering clearly why I didn't like it, I saw it again. Now I view it in much the same way as Apocalypse Now. For most of its runtime, it is … Continue reading Why I Can’t Quite Call Unforgiven One of the Great Westerns
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