Arts & Culture :: Movies

Beautiful, bashful blonde

Beautiful, bashful blonde

  • by Tavo Amador
  • May 16, 2018

Kim Novak (b. Marilyn Novak, 1933) is best-known for her dual roles of Madeleine and Judy in Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco-set "Vertigo" (1958). On May 20, she will appear at the Castro Theatre to discuss her career.

Shallow 'Seagull' in a hurry

Shallow 'Seagull' in a hurry

  • by Erin Blackwell
  • May 16, 2018

A new film of Anton Chekhov;s 1896 play "The Seagull" opens Friday at the Landmark Clay.

Summer flicks

Summer flicks

  • by David Lamble
  • May 16, 2018

Whether you know it or not, the summer movie season is upon us.

Hitchcock Blonde: Kim Novak comes to the Castro

Hitchcock Blonde: Kim Novak comes to the Castro

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • May 11, 2018

Hollywood legend Kim Novak will appear at the Castro Theatre on Sunday, May 20, for "A Tribute to Living Legend Kim Novak."

H.P. Mendoza tackles domestic abuse

H.P. Mendoza tackles domestic abuse

  • by Sari Staver
  • May 9, 2018

As the crew scrambled to put the finishing touches on the new film "Bitter Melon," director H.P. Mendoza got some good news from CAAMfest 36, the upcoming Asian American film festival where his new film will be the centerpiece narrative.

CAAMfest 36 captivates

CAAMfest 36 captivates

  • by David Lamble
  • May 9, 2018

There's quite an LGBTQ accent to the 36th edition of CAAMfest, formerly the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival.

Roxie Theater hosts May showers

Roxie Theater hosts May showers

  • by David Lamble
  • May 9, 2018

The Roxie Theater, San Francisco's longest-running independent movie theater (since 1909), has never abandoned its mission of showing practically everything that can be projected.

Unorthodox behavior

Unorthodox behavior

  • by David Lamble
  • May 2, 2018

By now you will have probably heard about the racy lesbian bedroom scene that is giving "Disobedience," a contemporary family drama from Chilean helmer Sebastian Lelio, its well-deserved online buzz.

May busts out at the Castro Theatre

May busts out at the Castro Theatre

  • by David Lamble
  • May 2, 2018

May finds the Castro Theatre devoting a full month to its delicious mix of new and old faves.

Frameline42 approaches

Frameline42 approaches

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Apr 30, 2018

Frameline has announced its first slate of programs, including Opening and Closing Night films and Centerpiece selections, for Frameline42, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, set for June 14-24.

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

  • by David Lamble
  • Apr 25, 2018

Don't be put off by the weird title of the new bio-pic about Jamaican-born singer-performer Grace Jones, "Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami."

No masterpiece by Jean-Luc Godard

No masterpiece by Jean-Luc Godard

  • by David Lamble
  • Apr 25, 2018

The new docudrama "Godard Mon Amour" (opens Friday) is, like many of the cinema artifacts associated with the now 87-year-old elder statesman of the 1960s French New Wave film school, a political-sexual-philosophical jigsaw puzzle.

The Other Michelangelo: Antonioni

The Other Michelangelo: Antonioni

  • by Erin Blackwell
  • Apr 25, 2018

When I first saw Antonioni films as a young actress, I was spellbound by their beauty, intelligence, rigor, elegance, design, grasp, reach, generosity, compositions, and montage.

The Roxie Theater does April

The Roxie Theater does April

  • by David Lamble
  • Apr 18, 2018

The Roxie Theater concludes its April calendar (4/20-30) with a lovely goulash of seldom-seen, minor art-house classics.