Beverly Berning
Taiwan Film DaysWant to know where you can find some good authentic Taiwanese cinema? The answer, from November 6-8, is San Francisco. The place: Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema. The event: Taiwan Film Days, a film series ...
Michael Wade Simpson
This Is It (2009)Director: Kenny OrtegaStarring: Michael Jacksonhttp://www.thisisit-movie.com/http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/michael-jacksons-this-is-it/featurette-travis-payneThis Is It is one of those films that defies logic. As a document of the last months of Michael Jackson’s life, a behind-the-scenes record of rehearsals for the come-back tour that ...
Michael Wade Simpson
6 Films from the Arab Film Festival San FranciscoOctober, 2009Pomegranates and Myrrh (2008 ) Palestine 95 mins. Salt of This Sea (2008 ) Palestine 104 mins. Casanegra (2008 ) Morocco 124 mins.Help ( 2009 ) Lebanon 77 mins. Not ...
Beverly Berning
Antichrist
Written and Directed by Lars von TrierStarring: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem DafoeRun Time: 109 minutesMPAA Rating: Rated NC-17http://www.antichristthemovie.comhttp://www.hulu.com/watch/101875/movie-trailers-antichrist---exclusive-clip
Antichrist isn't a film for everyone. On the contrary, it seems that there is something in it ...
Elgy Gillespie
Beaches of AgnesA documentary by Agnes VardaRun Time: 110 minutesMPAA Rating: Unratedhttp://www.cinemaguild.com/beachesofagnes/Eternally feminine and forever a feminist, French director Agnes Varda is loved and honored at home as the 81-year-old grandmother of New Wave cinema.Luckily for those ...
Paula Farmer
NYFF 2009http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htmlIf the New York Film Festival presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center sets the stage for the upcoming art house movie season, then the outlook is grim. By that I don't necessarily mean bad, but definitely ...
Beverly Berning
Bright Star (2009)Written and Directed by Jane CampionStarring: Abbie Cornish, Ben Wishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry FoxRun Time: 119 minutesMPAA Rating: Rated PGhttp://www.brightstar-movie.com/Jane Campion is a sensualist. Her main interests are more of the senses than ...
Paula Farmer
ParisDirected by: Cédric KlapischWritten by: Cédric KlapischStarring: Juliette Binoche, Romain DurisRun Time: 130 minMPAA Rating: Rated Rhttp://www.ifcfilms.com Sometimes it takes a disaster or near-death experience to catch one's attention and appreciate life or at least start evaluating it. ...
Emily S. Mendel
Herb and Dorothy (2008)
Directed by: Megumi Sasaki
Run Time: 91 minutes
http://www.herbanddorothy.com
Herb and Dorothy, an award-winning documentary, tells the extraordinary story of two ordinary people of moderate means who have come to rank among the world's ...
Beverly Berning
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)Directed by Uli EdelWritten by Bernd Eichinger, based on the book by Stefan AustStarring: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno GanzRun Time: 144 minutesMPAA Rating: Rated Rhttp://www.baadermeinhofmovie.com/At almost three hours, Uli ...
