We start this week with two very romantic movies. Then two double bills at the finally-open Stanford. Those are followed by one of Pixar's best and two adaptions of Broadway musicals. And finally, crime stories from Tarantino and Ozu. (Yes, Ozu made crime flicks.) And three film festivals run this week. Festivals & Series The … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 15 – 21
Tag: Milos Forman
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: December 3 – 9
Now that you've seen Dune, you can see the Dune that never happened. You can also revisit the comedy that made all the kids laugh 30 years ago. More adult fare? How about Mozart, or vampires (perhaps I should spell it vampyrs). If you prefer sex and nudity over a good movie, you can watch … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 3 – 9
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
Movies I’ve Recently Seen: I’m No Angel, Bad Santa, Mank, & Black Peter
My most recent selection of random movies have no masterpieces. But they don't have any stinkers either. Three out of the four get Bs, and the best only gets a B+ B+ I'm No Angel (1933) In what I believe is probably Mae West's best movie (I haven't seen them all), she deals with carnies, … Continue reading Movies I’ve Recently Seen: I’m No Angel, Bad Santa, Mank, & Black Peter
What’s Screening: November 6 – 12
Take a look at the Alameda website. It's sure proof that movie theaters are slowly, tentatively, opening up - mostly following the CinemaSafe guidelines. You must decide for yourself whether doing so is safe. I'm still skeptical, but I'll continue listing films playing in theaters. This week you can talk to other cinephiles about The … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 6 – 12
What’s Screening: December 21 – 27
This week on Bay Area movie screens: Two great new social dramas, plus Garbo, Forman, Lubitsch, Bergman (of course), a Billy Wilder double bill, no film festivals, and a theater's birthday party. Oh, and some Christmas movies. New films opening A Capernaum, Clay, Shattuck, Rafael, opens Friday Children living in poverty have to do for … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 21 – 27
What’s Screening: May 4 – 10
A rock star on the supreme court, a love triangle amongst spies, musical Milos, and three film festivals - all on Bay Area screens while I'm in New York State. I wrote this newsletter a little early, so it may not include everything it should. Festivals DocLands continues through Sunday. Read my report. The Empress … Continue reading What’s Screening: May 4 – 10
What’s Screening: April 27 – May 3
Islamic justice, Communist romance, the western as myth, and a brief history of time. All that and three film festivals on Bay Area screens this week. Festivals The Tiburon International Film Festival closes tonight The Homage to Michelangelo Antonioni takes over the Castro Saturday. Here's my report. DocLands opens Thursday. You can read my recommendations. … Continue reading What’s Screening: April 27 – May 3
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