Here are the last films that played at Noir City 2024: Plunder Road is a cheap road movie; but it's a pretty good one. A few men and one woman set out to steal a load of gold from the US government. During the movie, you get to know the robbers, and their hopes. The … Continue reading The end of Noir City 2024
Tag: Miles Davis
What’s Screening: January 19 – 25
The Noir City Festival takes over the week. It's worth it. But you might want to leave The Grand Lake to see some other movies? How about high art in 3D? Or a master criminal who loves The Mamas and the Papas. Festivals & Series Noir City opens Friday night and closes more than a … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 19 – 25
What’s Screening: September 6 – 12
A short newsletter this week, but it has something for fans of Miles Davis, Leo Tolstoy, Alec Guinness, Keira Knightley, Brendan Fraser, and Dr. Seuss. But no festivals. New films opening B Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Elmwood, Roxie, opens Friday The music is the best thing about this BBC/PBS biopic of the jazz … Continue reading What’s Screening: September 6 – 12
SFFILM Fest Preview, Part 2: French noir, New York hustlers, Miles Davis, and Hilary Rodham
Here's my second batch of films that will screen at the upcoming SFFILM Festival (also known as the San Francisco International Film Festival). As with the last one, it includes one old movie, and three new ones. A- Close Enemies This is the sort of movie that reminds you that the French invented Film Noir. … Continue reading SFFILM Fest Preview, Part 2: French noir, New York hustlers, Miles Davis, and Hilary Rodham
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