A lot of vintage films are screening this week. The 4-Star's Scorsese series continues, along with another series on Kubrick. One of Les Blank's best documentaries makes you want to eat and dance (mostly dance). There's ghouls and members of the Free French, and a very weird western. Festivals & Series The series More Than … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 8 – 14
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More good than bad in August at the Criterion Channel
If you love great cinema, you really should subscribe to the Criterion Channel. Here you can get your fill of Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang, Mike Leigh, Atom Egoyan, Yasujiro Ozu, Asghar Farhadi, and so much more. And it's not all serious. Search for comedy, and (as I write this), you'll get 378 results. Throughout August, … Continue reading More good than bad in August at the Criterion Channel
This is not a Film & Always for Pleasure at the PFA
I attended two separate, and very different events at the Pacific Film Archive last night. This Is Not a Film You really want something this important, this courageous, and this amazing in its very existence to also be exceptionally great. Unfortunately, This is Not a Film doesn't live up artistically to the filmmakers' courage. Iranian … Continue reading This is not a Film & Always for Pleasure at the PFA
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