Last week we were walloped by massive waterfalls from the sky. And this week? You must pick between noirs from the year of 1948 or half of the Coen brothers. Along with one of the brothers, Bay Area cinemas will be showing vintage movies from Martin Scorsese, F. W. Murnau, Jacques Tati, David Lynch, Howard … Continue reading What’s Screening: January 20 – 26
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What’s leaving Criterion at the end of September
At the end of every month, The Criterion Channel removes some of their films to make room for more. Here are some of the films that will go away at the end of August: Full recommendations A Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese put a cap on 70's cinema with this study of boxer Jake La … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of September
What’s Screening: Sept 9 – 15
Want to see an old movie in a real theater? This week in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can see some of the best from Akira Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Walt Disney, Luis Buñuel, two from Francis Coppola, Nicolas Roeg (directing David Bowie), Elaine May, and a whole day of watching works by Pier Paolo … Continue reading What’s Screening: Sept 9 – 15
What’s Screening: August 5 – 11
A lot of vintage movies will play on Bay Area big screens this week. The Stanford is playing a Gary Cooper double bill. The Roxie screens Taxi Driver. The Rafael continues its Pixar series. The Thing stays at the New Mission for several days. BAMPFA continues its Sam Fuller series, while the New Parkway has … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 5 – 11
What’s Screening: July 15 – 21
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
What’s Screening: July 30 – August 5
As July turns into August, here's what's happening in Bay Area cinema this week: a scientist and his butterflies, a pig and her children, Irish punk, and the best film Terry Gilliam ever made. Festivals The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival closes Sunday New films opening (virtual) A Son of Monarchs (2020), BAMPFA, available today … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 30 – August 5
What’s Screening: July 9 – 15
What's in Bay Area cinema this week? The absurdity of Fractured Flickers, a talk about Taxi Driver, lesbians young and old, The Beatles, The Jedi, and dancing in LA. Sorry that I haven't been posting as often as I should. I've been busy with other work. Festivals windrider bay area opened yesterday (sorry about that). … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 9 – 15
A couple of virtual film festivals
With all the theaters closed, 2020 is looking like a really bad year for film festivals (not to mention everything else). But at least two organizations are running fests…virtual, of course. And both are free. CAAMFest May 13-22 Rather than skipping or delaying its annual festival to avoid the pandemic, the Center for Asian American … Continue reading A couple of virtual film festivals
What’s Streaming: April 3 – 9
Two weeks ago, I wrote that I didn't know when I would start doing What's Screening, my weekly newsletter, again. Well, I'm starting it up again, now as What's Streaming. Hopefully, it will soon be back to What's Screening. In the meantime, I'll be writing about struggling theaters and streaming movies. Helping a theater Last … Continue reading What’s Streaming: April 3 – 9
What’s Screening: November 8 – 14
Crime by Scorsese, Coppola, and Zhangke Jia, solved by Sherlock Holmes. Comedy by Mel Brooks and Jacques Tati. Boxing and amnesia. Plus a Chinese Western and two film festivals. All that and more on Bay Area movie screens this week. Festivals The 3rd i South Asian Film Festival temporarily closes Sunday. It will pop up … Continue reading What’s Screening: November 8 – 14
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