Here are five films that I've seen since July. I watched them simply because I wanted to watch them. Here are the films: Killers of the Flower Moon Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Lynch/Oz The Importance of Being Earnest Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris A Killers of the Flower Moon … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: October 30
Tag: David Lynch
What’s Screening: Sept 22 – Sept 28
There's a lot of works from great auteurs this week in Bay Area cinemas. How about Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, John Huston, Francis Coppola, Jonathan Demme, David Lynch, and most importantly, Stanley Kubrick. Festivals & Series Scorsese: More than a Gangster closes Sunday 2023 HUMP! Film Festival The San Francisco Dance Film Festival … Continue reading What’s Screening: Sept 22 – Sept 28
What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
I have friends who love vintage wine. They carefully store their bottles and, on special occasions, take them down and pop the cork. But what about vintage cinema? Physical film also rots. But there's another kind of cinematic decay. If people don't watch movies, or just watch them at home, the motion pictures we love … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 30 – July 6
What’s leaving Criterion at the end of June
When June disappears and July appears, you'll probably still be shivering with cold. So, before this month goes away, here are eight worthwhile films that will disappear from the Criterion Channel come July. Full recommendations A Dogtooth (2009) This very dark satire of over-protective parents – and arguably totalitarianism – examines an upper-middle class nuclear … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of June
What’s Screening: June 9 – 15
There's a lot of comedy in Bay Area movie theaters this week. Along with the Marx Brothers, there's Wes Anderson, Ernst Lubitsch, Mike Nichols, and Stanley Kubrick's only comedy Dr. Strangelove (and it's a masterpiece). There's even the crazy animation of Roger Rabbit. Also, the most famous porn film ever made – with the worst … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 9 – 15
What’s Screening: May 12 – 18
What in the world is going on? The awful Mamma Mia plays four times on big Bay Area screens this week! Thankfully, there are plenty of good, vintage movies playing this week, as well. Festivals & Series CAAMFest plays through the week and beyond Chaplin Days opens Thursday and closes Sunday DocLands closes Monday Promising … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 12 – 18
What’s Screening: January 20 – 26
Last week we were walloped by massive waterfalls from the sky. And this week? You must pick between noirs from the year of 1948 or half of the Coen brothers. Along with one of the brothers, Bay Area cinemas will be showing vintage movies from Martin Scorsese, F. W. Murnau, Jacques Tati, David Lynch, Howard … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 20 – 26
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
What’s leaving Criterion at the end of June
A lot of early John Ford films will disappear from the Criterion Channel at the end of June. There are several other good films that will go away after June 30. Click the film's title to start watching the movie – assuming as if you subscribe to the Channel. Full recommendations A+ The Last Picture … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of June
Movies I’ve recently seen: Everything Everywhere All at Once ֍ Blue Velvet ֍Bottle Rocket ֍ They Drive by Night
Between SFFilm and the Silent Film Fest, I haven't had much time to just go to the movies - or even watch them at home. So here are four movies, old and new, that I managed to see in the last few weeks. Click a film's title to find out how to see it. A- … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: Everything Everywhere All at Once ֍ Blue Velvet ֍Bottle Rocket ֍ They Drive by Night
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