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• A Remembrance of Things Past: "MY AMADEUS STORY"

  

  As the San Francisco Symphony prepares to screen the Oscar-winning film, I reminisce... Amadeus first entered my consciousness back in the early ‘80s, when I... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Beautiful Face, Beautiful Mind: "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story"

  

  As a 5-year-old she took apart and put back together her toy music box. She was a child who was very close to her father, a bank director with an interest in... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Small Town Theaters: A Gem in the Wine Country, the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma...

  

  Opened in 1934, the Sebastiani Screens Current and Classic FilmsOn a recent trek into the wine country, we took some time to cruise Sonoma Plaza in the town's... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Exploring the Dark Side of the American Dream on Film

  

  Richard Barthelmess in William Wellman's Heroes for Sale (1933)As America continues its steady and steep descent into a dark night of the soul, distressed... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Another Noir Year Begins

  

  San Francisco's Noir City is the first of several film noir festivals scheduled around the U.S. for 2018The Film Noir Foundation's 16th annual Noir City festiva... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• With a Nod to TCM, a Glance at 6 Favorite Holiday Classics

  

  In my pre-TCM life, before 2005, I ritually watched a small handful of classics during the holiday season every year, films like A Christmas Carol (1951), The... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hitchcock & Herrmann: "north by Northwest" Comes to the San Francisco Symphony

  On Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2, The San Francisco Symphony will present the Alfred Hitchcock blockbuster, North by Northwest, featuring Bernard... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• FASCISM, NATIONALISM and the BANNED FILMS of MARLENE DIETRICH

  

  This is my entry for the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall 2017 blogathon, Banned and Blacklisted, for links to all contributions, click here. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• "Mademoiselle" (1966) Starring Jeanne Moreau, Directed by Tony Richardson

  

  MADEMOISELLE NOT TO BE MISSED AT SAN FRANCISCO'S 4TH FRENCH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL In Francois Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black (1968), Jeanne Moreau portrayed a... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• French Noir Returns to San Francisco November 3

  

  Jean Gabin and Jeanne Moreau in Gas-Oil, screening on "Rare Gabin Saturday," Nov. 4 4 DAYS/13 FILMS: "THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT 4"San Francisco's venerable... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• One-of-a-Kind Celebrity Dolls, Pt. 3: More Creations from Amazing Artists

  

  Lauren Bacall by CyguyIn this better-late-than-never third and final installment in our series on "OOAK" (One-of-a-Kind) celebrity dolls, we'll peruse the work... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• CASABLANCA at 75, Let the Celebrations Continue

  

  Casablanca - winner of Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Curtiz) and Best Screenplay (Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch) Oscars and possibly the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Underseen & Underrated: "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948), from the Madcap Mind of...

  

  Preston Sturges’s final remarkable comedy, the deliriously dark Unfaithfully Yours (1948), screened twice at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, on April 7... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• PANIQUE (PANIC), Timely French Noir from Julien Duvivier

  

  SCREENED TO SRO CROWD AT TCM FESTIVALOPENS AT LAEMMLE'S ROYAL IN LOS ANGELES MAY 5During TCM’s 8th annual Classic Film Festival in Hollywood last month more tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Rare Noir is Good to Find 2, San Francisco's Second International Film Noir...

  

  For four days in May, twelve mostly rare films noir from eleven countries around the world will screen at San Francisco's Roxie Theater in the heart of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Nitrate Experience, BLACK NARCISSUS at TCMFF 2017

  

  Kathleen Byron and Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus, a production of The ArchersOne of the truly sublime experiences (and there were many) of this year's TCM... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OOAK Dolls, Pt. 2: Repaint Artist Noel Cruz

  

  Noel Cruz is one of the most highly acclaimed among OOAK doll repaint artists on the scene. A Filipino-American based in Anaheim, California, Cruz’s reputation... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OOAK Dolls: So Real They're Unreal

  

  Bette Davis by CyGuyCelebrity dolls, I discovered, have been around for a long, long time. According to Ellen Tsagaris of Dr. E's Doll Museum blog, the first... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OOAK Dolls: So Real It's Unreal

  

  Bette Davis by CyGuyCelebrity dolls, I discovered, have been around for a long, long time. According to Ellen Tsagaris of Dr. E's Doll Museum blog, the first... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The End of An Era

  

  I, we, had hoped he would return. Robert Osborne had gone on hiatus from his hosting duties at TCM before and had always come back. Surely he would return again. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES