Here are five films I've seen since mid-January. They go from wonderful to "Hey, wake up!" Origin Peeping Tom Bell Book and Candle Bob Marley: One Love Love Affair A Origin (2023) Ava DuVernay's exceptional film is like nothing I've even seen. It's a documentary, but it's also a drama, and a lecture about the … Continue reading Movies I’ve Recently Seen: February 20
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Movies I’ve recently seen: January 16, 2024
For various reasons (no, COVID wasn't one of them), I haven't been in theaters recently. So here are five films that I watched at home. As usual, the movies go from best to worst. But there's nothing that's really bad. And here are the movies: The Odd Couple That Darn Cat The Unknown Beverly Hills … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: January 16, 2024
What’s Screening: Dec Friday 29 – Jan 4
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
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
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: Dec 31 – Jan 6
A lot of really good, new movies in theaters right now, even if I haven't seen many of them. But you can see some good classics on the big screen this week. And as usual around the new year, there are no festivals. Theatrical revivals A+ Fargo (1996), New Parkway, Thursday, 9:00pm I'm not sure … Continue reading What’s Screening: Dec 31 – Jan 6
Good movies suddenly available on Criterion
The Criterion Channel added a lot of good movies at the beginning of September. Here are some of the best: Most of these are part of one of more collections – mostly New York Stories. A+ The Crowd (1928), part of the series New York Stories Of all the films in my All-Time Great Films … Continue reading Good movies suddenly available on Criterion
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