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
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What’s Screening: April 15 – 21
I've changed the format of this weekly newsletter. Hopefully, it will make choosing a theater or a screening time easier to find. And among these easy-to-find classics are works by Federico Fellini, Milos Forman, Roman Polanski, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Linklater, the Coen Brothers, and Monty Python - all on big screens. But first, we have … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 15 – 21
What’s Screening: April 8 – 14
Want to see an old movie the old way - in a theater? Here's what classics are playing this week in the Bay Area. But remember to wear your mask and carry proof of vaccination. Also, three film festivals are running this week. Festivals & Series The Glas Animation Festival closes Sunday The International Ocean … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 8 – 14
What’s leaving Criterion at the end of July
A lot of movies will leave The Criterion Channel come July 31 - and several of them written by Dalton Trumbo. Here are some you may want to catch before August - although some of these may be back on Criterion soon. A He Ran All the Way (1951) When I first saw this cheap … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of July
What’s Screening: April 23 – 29
In this week's Bay Area movie news: More theaters are opening up! You can talk about Cuckoo's Nest. You can learn about John Lewis and/or Sesame Street. And you can enjoy old movies by streaming, going to a drive-in, and in an actual, hard-top movie theater. Also two film festivals and something on TV called … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 23 – 29
In Bay Area Movies: October 23 – 29
The Rafael is coming back into action, but if you're still not ready to sit down in an indoor space with strangers (I'm not), you've got drive-in and streaming options galore. But no film festivals - physical or virtual. Special online events A I Wake Up Streaming: M (1951), Roxie, Tuesday, 7:00, on a double … Continue reading In Bay Area Movies: October 23 – 29
In Bay Area Virtual Cinema & Drive-ins: Sept 24 – Oct 1
Talk about Kubrick, or go to the drive-in with Billy Wilder or Martin Scorsese. Also, a farewell to a great American in virtual cinema. In Memorial A- RBG (2018), BAMPFA, Cerrito, Elmwood, New Mission, Roxie There's nothing objective about this documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The filmmakers clearly believed that the Supreme Court's progressive hero … Continue reading In Bay Area Virtual Cinema & Drive-ins: Sept 24 – Oct 1
What’s Screening: January 17 – 23
What's in Bay Area outarthouse cinemas this week? A hilarious disaster. A real and tragic disaster. And movies by Spielberg, Forman, Fellini, Lumet, Keaton, and Varda. But no film festivals. <Sorry about that. I was running a fever when I wrote that.> The Week's Big Event A Airplane! 40th anniversary, Castro, Sunday, 3:00They're flying on … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 17 – 23
What’s Screening: April 13 – 19
Women by Bergman and Altman, Eisenstein's love letter to Stalin, Jack Nicholson's first starring role, the movie that made Christopher Nolan famous, and the last few days of the SFFILM Festival. Festivals The San Francisco International Film Festival, the only festival running this week, continues through Tuesday, which is kind of weird, because the closing … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 13 – 19
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