The Fall Arts Guide
The season promises lively choices for art, books, dance, film, music, and theater events.
September 7, 2016
Clint Eastwood and Violence, in Roughly that Order at PFA
This Sergio Leone retrospective is sordid and thrilling.
August 31, 2016
From the Left Side of the Balcony: A Little Advice for Hollywood
What current films say about the empire’s collapse.
August 24, 2016
Highlights of the SF Jewish Film Festival
This year’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival explores the Jewish experience with films chosen to provoke tribal pride, revelatory epiphanies, and uncomfortable conversations in roughly equal proportion.
July 19, 2016
From Page to Screen
“Auteur, Author: Film & Literature” runs June 1-5 at the Pacific Film Archive.
May 27, 2016
Dogtown Redemption Airs on PBS
Amir Soltani’s documentary about West Oakland homeless recyclers tells a love story of sorts.
May 2, 2016
Edythe Boone and the Intersection of Art and Community
In A New Color, Mo Morris chronicles how the Berkeley artist and activist transforms lives.
April 9, 2016
Berkeley Documentarian Seeks Wider Audience for Ghost Town
Eugene Corr plans a general release of his cross-cultural youth baseball film to coincide with the spring opening of baseball season.
March 19, 2016
Les Blank’s Final Foray
He brings cinema verité pioneer Richard Leacock into focus with an East Bay release.
March 9, 2016
