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Film grants rare look at Boris Karloff, ‘the man behind the monster’
The documentary is a fabulous tribute to Boris Karloff, the man who played Frankenstein's creature.
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Berkeley director Rob Nilsson’s nomadic quest film has smoky roads, a shadowy...
Center Divide, the second installment of Rob Nilsson's Nomad trilogy, premieres Oct. 10 as part of the Mill Valley Film Festival.
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Film follows The Velvet Underground’s long journey to hipness
Todd Haynes’ documentary is, surprisingly, the first feature length cinematic examination of the band. It's screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival at noon on Sunday.
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California Theatre closing: Landmark won’t reopen Berkeley’s movie palace
Landmark Theatres is vacating the century-old theater. One of downtown's most distinctive buildings now faces an uncertain future.
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Kenny G’s curly locks, acid-tongued critics get double billing in new...
"Listening to Kenny G" is the opening feature Wednesday night at SF Indiefest's new music-themed festival Decibels.
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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s final film, suffused with trick photography, has a...
Labyrinth of Cinema, opening at San Francisco's Roxie Theater on Friday, is a fitting finale to an underappreciated auteur's career.
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‘Chess of the Wind,’ lost film found in Tehran junk shop, to air at Pacific...
Unavailable for over 40 years before its rediscovery in 2015, the gothic drama details bourgeois decay and features a brief lesbian scene.
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‘Leda and the Swan’ adaptation is a captivating fever dream at SF film festival
'Leda' is a must-see film, but much other fantastic cinema is on offer at this year's Another Hole in the Head festival.
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Lovesick cops of ‘Chungking Express’ bring psychological pick-me-up at...
True love saves the day in Wong Kar Wai's classic 'Chungking Express,' scheduled to screen 7 p.m. Saturday at the Pacific Film Archive.
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Our movie critic’s favorite films of 2021
Here are Berkeleyside movie writer John Seal's 15 favorite films of the year. He makes no claims on picking the "best."
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F.W. Murnau’s film of infidelity, redemption is set to live piano music at...
'Sunrise,' a perfect film for the new year from the director of 'Nosferatu,' is screening at the Pacific Film Archive on Jan. 8 and Feb. 18.
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Is ‘Bad Luck Banging and Loony Porn’ the most enlightening film of the year?
The Romanian film puts the relatively minor sin of consensual sex in its proper perspective.
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