After reading David Denby’s “The New Yorker” review of the documentary about J.D. Salinger, which has recently been…
Beverly Berning
Beverly Berning has recently begun her fourth career as a high school teacher of French and Italian, but her love of film remains steadfast. A former film student who aspired to be just like her idols Woody Allen, Erik Rohmer and Charlie Kaufman, she has been writing reviews for Culturevulture since 2006.
Fady Elsayed and James Lloyd play two brothers in Sally El Hosaini’s debut feature My Brother The Devil Written and…
The We and the I Directed by Michel GondryWritten by Keith Bunin and Michel GondryStarring: Michael Brodie, Teresa Rivera, Laidychen…
The Arab Film Festival’s opening night film, “The Man Without a Cell Phone” The 2012 Arab Film Festival San Francisco….
12 Films From The Arab Film Festival 13-23 October 2012San Francisco. San Jose. Berkeley. Los Angeleswww.arabfilmfestival.org Who would have thought…
Berlin and Beyond Festival website 17th Annual Berlin & Beyond Festival by Renata Polt Back in the day—like, in the…
Al Jazeera footage of the horrors of the war in Gaza permeates “The War Around Us” The War Around Us…
Louise Brooks as Lulu in “Pandora’s Box” The San Francisco Silent Film Festival The Castro Theater, San FranciscoJuly 12-15, 2012…
Savage Jazz Dance Company Presents: “Dances for Oakland” At left, Savage Jazz Company Dancers Alison Hurley and Jarrod Mayo (photo…
Marie Rivière in Rohmer’s “Le rayon vert” A Double Feature of Eric Rohmer Films in San Francisco May 19-24 at…
Nadine Labaki starring “Where Do We Go Now?”, a film she also directed and co-wrote Where Do We Go Now?…
Excerpts From a Conversation:Wim Wenders Talks About Pina Bausch by Beverly Berning The upcoming release of Wim Wenders’ brilliantly realized…