Reviews

  • SF locals in Toronto Fest
    Lots of locals in the Toronto Film Fest.
    By Meredith Brody
    Wednesday, September 03
    A number of movies with ties to the Bay Area are playing at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (September 4-13), in search of... More >>
  • End of summer wrap-up
    Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, September 03
    And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper — what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D.,... More >>
  • Art House
    Compiled By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
    Wednesday, September 03
    Brava Theater Center. Postcards from Leningrad: A screening of the 2007 film followed by a Q&A with director Mariana Rondón and producer... More >>
  • Traitor
    Logic goes out with the intrigue in ho-hum "thriller" Traitor.
    By Chuck Wilson
    Wednesday, August 27
    Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads ...... More >>
  • No Regret
    By Vadim Rizov
    Wednesday, August 27
    No Regret begins as a perceptive glimpse into a specific gay subculture, then descends halfway through into Korean melodrama hell; put both parts... More >>
  • Year of the Fish
    By Vadim Rizov
    Wednesday, August 27
    Year of the Fish is the kind of really bad movie it takes a lot of misplaced conviction to make. A modern-day fairy tale unwisely told from the... More >>
  • Art House
    Compiled By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
    Wednesday, August 27
    Castro Theatre. The Little Mermaid singalong: An interactive presentation of the Disney feature, with prizes for costumes. Thursdays, Fridays.... More >>
  • Hamlet 2
    Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic.
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Wednesday, August 20
    In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense. Those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes: It's hard to knock... More >>
  • The Rocker
    Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hardcore funny.
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Wednesday, August 20
    The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf ever since. Which isn't to suggest that it's... More >>
  • Hats Off
    By Vadim Rizov
    Wednesday, August 20
    You may not know Mimi Weddell's name, but you probably know her face: As Jyll Johnstone's documentary shows, the pool of agile 93-year-old women... More >>
  • Art House
    Compiled By Hiya Swanhuyser and Michael Leaverton
    Wednesday, August 20
    Artists' Television Access. Bijou and Bayside: Wakefield Poole's hardcore male erotic classics from the 1970s. Wed., Aug. 20, 8 p.m. Shutdown:... More >>
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces in Woody Allen's (winning!) latest.
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, August 13
    Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer-director, will do little to... More >>
  • Woody Allen
    Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in N.Y.C. and Puccini for L.A. Opera.
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, August 13
    The last time I interviewed Woody Allen, at his editing suite on Manhattan's Upper East Side, he was preparing the release of Match Point (2005),... More >>
  • Melissa Leo
    Melissa Leo finally gets her close-up.
    By Chuck Wilson
    Wednesday, August 13
    Those of us who write about movies tend to play things cool, but we're all fans at heart, complete with running tallies of those actors and... More >>
  • Frozen River
    Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom.
    By Ella Taylor
    Wednesday, August 13
    When I heard that Quentin Tarantino handed the Grand Jury Prize for best feature to Courtney Hunt's Frozen River at this year's Sundance Film... More >>
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