2020 Venice Film Festival Awards: Is Frances McDormand on her way to a third Best Actress Oscar for Chloé Zhao’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland?
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The Doll (1919) movie review: Ernst Lubitsch satire features incredibly inventive production design. Ossi Oswalda (‘the German Mary Pickford’) stars.
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Amazing Tales from the Archives: SFSFF spotlights unusual movie audio system, pioneering female documentarian and memorably inventive comedy fantasies.
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Cannes Winners Diane Kruger and Sofia Coppola Oscar Chances + bypassed but potential awards season contenders from Michael Haneke to Robert Pattinson.
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Mothers of Men (1917) movie review: Remarkable women’s suffrage tale asks whether the female right to vote would destroy American society.
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The Strongest (1929) movie review: The first feature (co-)directed by Alf Sjöberg is a visually splendid Arctic adventure that moves at glacial speed.
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival highlights include hand-tinted color fantasies by Segundo de Chomón and Louis Feuillade in the days before Technicolor.
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L’Inhumaine (1924) movie review: Uniquely modernistic Marcel L’Herbier silent mixes sex melodrama, revenge thriller and science fiction.
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The Audition 2015: Martin Scorsese Short starring Leonardo DiCaprio + Robert De Niro and for Macau business Cancelled at Venice Film Festival.
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Venice Film Festival 2015 Jury: Oscar Winner Alfonso Cuarón President alongside The Hunger Games actress while Europeans dominate juries.
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The Cave of the Silken Web (1927) movie review: Long thought lost Chinese blockbuster remains intriguing thanks to its focus on some fierce women.
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The Donovan Affair (1929) movie review: Frank Capra’s largely forgotten first all-talkie is now a silent. Jack Holt and Agnes Ayres star.
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Ménilmontant and Emak-Bakia movie reviews: Avant-Garde Paris’ memorable offerings for those willing to take a chance.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s ‘A Night at the Cinema in 1914’ was the second best thing to a time machine. World War I and Charles Chaplin featured.
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Midnight Madness (1928) movie review: One hour of unadulterated fluff fails to justify the titillating title. Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan star.
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The Girl in Tails (1926) movie review: Karin Swanström and Hjalmar Bergman show that to fight oppression women must stand up and scandalize.
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Topics at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s Amazing Tales from the Archives included Fred Ott’s seminal ‘sneeze face’ and the technological Charles Chaplin.
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Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars. ‘Maps to the Star’s trailer and clips: Julianne Moore goes ballistic after losing a role, Robert Pattinson learns that Mia Wasikowska’s parents are…
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Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist aborted. Pattinson is seen above in Life with Dane DeHaan. Robert Pattinson out of ‘Mission: Blacklist’ movie Robert Pattinson and Mission: Blacklist have parted ways. Pattinson,…
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Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray. ‘Camp X-Ray’: Kristen Stewart & Peyman Moaadi praised, but mixed reviews for Sundance political drama The Guardian‘s Xan Brooks wasn’t too crazy about first-time feature…
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Bad Hair day with Samuel Lange Zambrano. ‘Bad Hair’ day at San Sebastian Film Festival: Venezuelan film wins Golden Shell Mariana Rondón’s Bad Hair / Pelo malo won the Golden…
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The SFSFF’s Amazing Tales from the Archives featured two fascinating topics: Finding Douglas Fairbanks’ The Half-Breed and early movie sound technology.
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Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.’ Lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color wins Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or The 2013 Cannes Film Festival…
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Gay Erotic Thriller Wins Cannes Award + Jerry Lewis ‘Disastrous’ Comeback + ‘Pussy Riot’ Documentary
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake: Cannes Film Festival’s Queer Palm winner. Gay erotic thriller ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Cannes’ Queer Palm winner Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s gay erotic…
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Alfred Hitchcock ca. 1960. Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco: Guided tour through the sites of Hitchcock’s movies The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has arranged for San Francisco City Guides to…
Cannes Winners vs Oscar Nominations: Joaquin Phoenix and AIDS Drama that made Pedro Almodóvar sob plus rare Swedish Palme d’Or winner chances?
Around China with a Movie Camera (2015) review: British Film Institute compilation offers a magical window into long-gone Chinese sights.
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913) movie review: Long-forgotten silent offers a rare look at black people’s lives in the early 20th century.
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival program ‘Amazing Tales from the Archives’ discussed the discovery of the 1916 Sherlock Holmes.
Song of the Fishermen (1934) movie review: Cai Chusheng drama depicts the dehumanizing results of China’s stratified class system.
Best Picture tie surprise: Gravity was one of the winners. Producers Guild of America Awards: ‘Gravity’ & ’12 Years a Slave’ tie for Best Picture Earlier this evening, Jan. 19,…
Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites: Al Pacino and Helen Mirren in Phil Spector. Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced earlier today by the Academy of Television Arts…