This week, Bay Area movie screens host refugees, Winnie-the-Pooh, rare and bad videos, six film festivals, zombies, aliens, and the Marx Brothers. Festivals The Arab Film Festival continues through Sunday The San Francisco Dance Film Festival also continues through Sunday The United Nations Association Film Festival continues through this week and beyond Modern Cinema continues, … Continue reading What’s Screening: October 20 – 26
Tag: Winnie-the-Pooh
Goodbye Christopher Robin: How a great children’s book hurt the child that inspired it
B+ biopic Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Simon Vaughan Directed by Simon Curtis Almost everyone who can read, or has been read to, loves A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. But according to this film, which covers some 20-plus years of Milne's life, the stories of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and others made one child very … Continue reading Goodbye Christopher Robin: How a great children’s book hurt the child that inspired it
Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival
If you're wondering why I stopped covering the Mill Valley Film Festival before opening night, the reason was medical. I caught the mother of all colds, and didn't want to ruin everyone else's moviegoing with my coughing and hacking. I was finally healthy enough to attend on Sunday, the very last day of the festival. … Continue reading Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival
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