A woman’s suffering face appears above a pair of tortured hands. Birds twitter…her distraught voice whispers… All I want to do is sav...

September 23 brings the 3 rd annual Art House Theater Day, and when I first learned of it, I smiled. Memories of long-ago days and nig...

French Film Noir Series Focuses on the Frenetic '50s, Including Jeanne Moreau and Jean Gabin Programs My friend Steve Indig, who...

"Even bedridden, she was the most beautiful old lady I'd ever seen. There she was with no makeup but still beautiful skin, big b...

On a Friday earlier this month, with time to spare before a screening of the Jacques Becker heist classic Touchez pas au grisbi at the ...

August 25th marks the 100 th anniversary of the birth of American composer/conductor/pianist Leonard Bernstein . In celebration, movie hou...

Have you ever wanted to tour a historic movie palace? One of those elaborately ornate monuments to cinema constructed during the Golden A...

Today is Bastille Day, the National Day of France – la fête nationale française . If you have a bit of French blood in your veins and are...

As the San Francisco Symphony prepares to screen the Oscar-winning film, I reminisce...    Amadeus first entered my consciousnes...