What’s Screening: February 9 – 15

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 ~ Lincoln Spector ~ 2 Comments

Wednesday is Saint Valentine's Day. To celebrate, here are five romantic pictures that will play on big screens this week. And if you're not in a loving mode, here's eleven other movies. Festivals & Series Mostly British Film Festival SF Independent Film Festival Festival Recommendations I've reviewed four films playing at the Mostly British Film … Continue reading What’s Screening: February 9 – 15

The Official, American list of important years

December 18, 2023December 17, 2023 ~ Lincoln Spector

Every year, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to its list of films important enough to be saved and restored. This is not a list of this year's great American movies. The Library Congress' National Film Registry looks for more than good movies. It considers old films that people are still watching, or that … Continue reading The Official, American list of important years

What’s Screening: July 21 – 27

July 21, 2023July 20, 2023 ~ Lincoln Spector ~ 1 Comment

If you want vintage cinema playing in Bay Area theaters, follow the auteurs. This week there are movies from Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, Sergio Leone, Luis Buñuel, and Preston Sturges. But some films are not made by directors, but by studios such as RKO or Studio Ghibli. Festivals & Series The San Francisco Jewish Film … Continue reading What’s Screening: July 21 – 27

What’s Screening: June 16 – 22

June 16, 2023June 15, 2023 ~ Lincoln Spector

What can you see in the cinema this week? The best works of Spike Lee and Mel Brooks (did they ever work together?). A laughably bad movie that has caught up on us over the decades. One of the greatest Best Picture winners of the century, and several LGBTQ films sponsored by the month of … Continue reading What’s Screening: June 16 – 22

Movies I’ve recently seen: ֍ The Wedding Banquet ֍ Malcolm X ֍ Mississippi Masala ֍ I Know Where I’m Going!

August 29, 2022August 28, 2022 ~ Lincoln Spector

Here are four movies I've recently seen – mostly at home. Three of them were made in the early '90s. Two of those starred Denzel Washington. Most surprising, all four were worth seeing. A The Wedding Banquet (1993) This comedic drama made director Ang Lee famous. A Chinese immigrant in New York has never told … Continue reading Movies I’ve recently seen: ֍ The Wedding Banquet ֍ Malcolm X ֍ Mississippi Masala ֍ I Know Where I’m Going!

What’s Screening: August 19 – 25

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 ~ Lincoln Spector

In Bay Area moviegoing this week: A Powell/Pressburger film I’ve yet to see. A Kurosawa double bill. Spike Lee’s best film free in the open air. Movies by Howard Hawks and Samuel Fuller. And for the first time in movie history, a handsome man lights a cigarette and says the immortal words, “Bond. James Bond.” … Continue reading What’s Screening: August 19 – 25

Good movies suddenly available on Criterion

September 2, 2021September 1, 2021 ~ Lincoln Spector

The Criterion Channel added a lot of good movies at the beginning of September. Here are some of the best: Most of these are part of one of more collections – mostly New York Stories. A+ The Crowd (1928), part of the series New York Stories Of all the films in my All-Time Great Films … Continue reading Good movies suddenly available on Criterion