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.
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German Gems: A Weekend of New German Cinema
For the second year in a row, San Francisco will be home to a three-day festival of contemporary German-language films, all of which will play at the city's historic Castro Theater ...
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The Architect (Der Architekt)
Directed by: Ina WeisseStarring: Josef Bierbichler, Hilde Van Mieghem, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Rois, Lucas ZolgarRun Time: 93 minutesMPAA Rating: Not RatedIn German with English subtitles
A woman trudges through the mountain snow ...
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Culturevulture Film Critics Pick Their TOP TEN of 2010
As everyone knows, making top ten lists is mostly a personal affair, so Culturevulture's Film Review section continues its tradition (yes, for the second year in a row) of ...
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Somewhere
Written and Directed by Sofia CoppolaStarring: Stephen Dorff, Elle FanningRun Time: 98 minutesMPAA Rating: Rated R
http://www.focusfeatures.com/somewhere
Although perhaps still more famous for being the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola is quietly and insistently staking ...
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Director Sofia Coppola with the stars of "Somewhere," Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, at the Venice Film Festival
The Director and Star of "Somewhere": At the Intersection Between Life and Art
In a tiny room on a top ...
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Tiny Furniture
Written and Directed by Lena DunhamStarring: Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky, Jemima Kirke, David Call, Grace DunhamRun Time: 99 minutesMPAA Rating: Not Rated
http://www.tinyfurniture.com/
The writer, director and star of "Tiny Furniture," Lena Dunham, ...
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Muhammed at the Apartheid Wall in "Shooting Muhammed"
18 Films from The Arab Film Festival
October 14-24, 2010www.arabfilmfestival.org
Time weighs on all of us, and it's the business of art to make our heavy labors light. One can't ...
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Paul Volcker, whisky in hand, sits for an interview in "Inside Job."
Inside Job (2010)
Written and directed by Charles FergusonRun Time: 108 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13
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Inside Job is an excoriating indictment of the investment ...
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Gemma Jones (left) and Naomi Watts in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Written and directed by Woody AllenStarring: Gemma Jones, Naomi Watts, Lucy Punch, Pauline Collins, ...
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Stonewall Uprising (2010)
Documentary by Kate Davis and David HeilbronnerMPAA rating: (not rated)Run Time: 82 minutes
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising.html
Photo credit: Betty Lane
Two acclaimed documentaries, Before Stonewall (1984) and After Stonewall (1999), bracket the seminal event itself, and Stonewall (1995), ...
