And so we come to the end of our survey of Charlie Chaplin's work as a director. His last movie, A Countess from Hong Kong, made in 1966 and released in 1967, is easily his worst. Countess stands out among Chaplin's films in several ways. It's his only color film, and the only one financed … Continue reading Chaplin Diary, Part 20: We end with A Countess from Hong Kong
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What’s Screening: August 17 – 23
John Ford and John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Carl Sagan, Elia Kazan, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Mel Brooks light up Bay Area movie screens this week. But no film festivals. Also, I'm changing the Lebowskies section to Frequently-revived classics. The Big Lebowski doesn't screen as often as it used to. Promising events She Wore a … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 17 – 23
What’s Screening: October 6 – 12
It's October, and horror movies are popping up all over the Bay Area…along with Mill Valley, Jim Jarmusch, and the last of Chaplin. Festivals The Mill Valley Film Festival continues through this week and beyond. Check out my reports for recommendations. Modern Cinema continues Rare and Worth Catching B Serenade for Haiti, Pacific Film Archive, … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 6 – 12
What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
Bogart goes for the gold, Curtis and Poitier flee for freedom, and James Dean wants to know his mother. All that and a lot of Wes Anderson in Bay Area movies this week. Festivals The Wes Ander-Thon Weekend opens today and runs through Sunday Cine+Mas SF opens today and continues through the month The San … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 15 – 21
What’s Screening: September 1 – 7
Marlon Brando, aliens, fascist bureaucrats, and teenage love light up Bay Area movie screens this week. Also, two film festivals. Festivals New Filipino Cinema 2017 continues through Sunday The Japan Film Festival of San Francisco opens today and runs through this week and beyond. Promising events Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alamo Drafthouse New … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 1 – 7
Brando, Baldwin, Keaton, & The Marx Brothers Coming to Pacific Film Archive
August is nearing its end, so it's about time to tell you about the film series going on at the Pacific Film Archive in September and beyond. Marlon Brando: The Fugitive Kind September 1–October 28 Marlon Brando burst onto screens at the beginning of the 1950s, changed the art of acting, then self-destructed. In between, … Continue reading Brando, Baldwin, Keaton, & The Marx Brothers Coming to Pacific Film Archive
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