Movie Review: Liberal Arts
Despite a somewhat tired plot, and a bit of a pretentious rather than intelligent tone, Liberal Arts slowly comes together by its second half.
Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania
Seventeen years ago, Pixar Animation Studios ushered in a second Golden Age of Animation when it’s first feature-length film, Toy Story, arrived to the awe and wonderment of moviegoers everywhere.
The Serialized Paintings of Martin McMurray at Gallery 16
Artist Martin McMurray has a knack for capturing the emotional drama and ritual of human everyday life with his paintings that offer a glimpse of the role chance plays in determining events that impact and mold the shape of our lives.
Stunning North African Jewelry and Photography Exhibition at MoAD
During his career at the Paris-based fashion empire Hermès , Xavier Guerrand-Hermès amassed a substantial collection of North African jewelry and a significant number of historical portraits of the people inhabiting this region around the turn of the twentieth century.
Librettist Gene Scheer in Conversation
The iconic nineteenth-century American tale Moby Dick by Herman Melville about a sailor, Captain Ahab, bent on revenge against the infamous white sperm whale that took his leg, is coming to the stage and San Francisco.
Movie Review: Hello I Must Be Going
Todd Louiso’s third film has all the ingredients for a slow burning indie classic but the pieces just never seem to fall into place.
Lumiere Theatre Closing
After nearly 12 years in operation, Nob Hill’s Lumiere Theatre will be shutting down this Sunday.
Movie Review: The Master
The Master is quite simply a masterpiece. Paul Thomas Anderson’s most difficult, yet rewarding, film also puts forth career defining performances for it’s two leads Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Preview: Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
The 17th Annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival hits San Francisco and the famed Castro Theatre beginning September 27 and running through October 4.
SF Film Society Presents Hong Kong Cinema
From September 21 through 23, the San Francisco Film Society presents the second annual Hong Kong Cinema festival at New People Cinema.
Movie Review: The Words
The names Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal probably don’t mean much to general moviegoers or critics for that matter and they probably won’t after their debut feature-film, The Words, arrives in movie theaters this weekend.
