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Explore the heart of noir-ness in BAMPFA film series
Jun 3, 2025

Explore the heart of noir-ness in BAMPFA film series

So you think you know everything there is to know about film noir? You’ve admired the lazy swagger of Robert Mitchum. Been seduced by...
Senior assassin wields steel in South Korean hit
May 20, 2025

Senior assassin wields steel in South Korean hit

The lead character in Min Kyu-dong’s gratuitously violent Pagwa (The Old Woman with the Knife) doesn’t operate the same way as most other action...
Nicolas Cage battles locals in 'The Surfer'
May 6, 2025

Nicolas Cage battles locals in ‘The Surfer’

Nicolas Cage’s character in The Surfer, known only as The Surfer, is visiting a scenic Western Australia spot called Luna Bay with his teenage...
Review of 'The Shrouds': Keep digging
Apr 25, 2025

Review of ‘The Shrouds’: Keep digging

Writer-director David Cronenberg, the veteran specialist in “body horror” tales, sicker-than-thou science fiction and disturbing investigations into the latest trends in psychological torment, has...
Review of 'Locked' reveals writers' block
Mar 25, 2025

Review of ‘Locked’ reveals writers’ block

As Locked opens, Eddie (played by Bill Skarsgård) has already joined the tough-shit-out-of-luck club. He’s stone broke, his car is in the shop for...
Spy games and brand names collide in 'Black Bag'
Mar 18, 2025

Spy games and brand names collide in ‘Black Bag’

Let’s talk about brands, branding and being branded. Brand-name shopping, too. It’s hard to think about Steven Soderbergh’s new drama Black Bag without exploring...
The cinema of Todd Haynes defies expectations
Mar 11, 2025

The cinema of Todd Haynes defies expectations

The retrospective film series “Todd Haynes: Far from Safe,” currently up and running at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, is now more...
‘I’m Still Here’ paints portrait of courage
Feb 4, 2025

‘I’m Still Here’ paints portrait of courage

In the opening frames of Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here, we’re introduced to the Paiva family of Rio de Janeiro, through a montage of...
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