Lampedusa is a Mediterranean island midway between Sicily and the coast of Africa. Those who live there are fishermen of…
Film
The statement-making title, 20th Century Women, belies how small a film this is despite its ambitiousness. This is the story…
To call Winfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek) an eccentric would be an understatement. Toni Erdmann opens with him answering the door…
If you’re looking for a feel-good movie for the holiday season, La La Land is absolutely it. If you’re looking…
Moonlight is both intense and sometimes hard to watch, as well as brilliant, haunting and not to be missed. This…
I once had a (Caucasian) roommate, who while offering up the details of her deflowering, reported that afterwards she dreamed…
Even though it’s hard to imagine that F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film, “Nosferatu” actually scared audiences, it still remains a classic…
Ruan Ling-yu was among the biggest Chinese silent-film stars, acclaimed, adored, and compared to Greta Garbo. Her brief life –…
Fritz Bauer isn’t exactly a household name in the United States–nor, I suspect, in Germany, his birthplace. And yet it…
Eva Hesse had a short but important and impactful career as one of America’s foremost post-war artists. She was way…
It’s not just the men that are swimming with sharks these days. Women may be the minority on Wall Street,…
Some Bay Area movie-goers have called the annual Jewish Film Festival their favorite Jewish holiday, and you’d have to witness…
We all want to be loved. We all want to belong. But what do you do if your house is…
Starting with the plain white opening titles against a black background, Woody Allen’s latest romantic comedy, “Café Society,” has all…