by Meredith Brody
(September 24, 2024)
I’ve never met a film festival I didn’t like, starting with the influential and eccentric Filmex, where I worked for the late, great Gary Essert and Gary Abrahams when I was still in college.
I have heard (mild) horror stories from other people about film festivals that had projection problems and cancellations and other such glitches. The Toronto International Film Festival is the opposite of that.
From the depths of Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s laboratory comes 50 culinary concoctions to titillate the taste buds of Rocky Horror fans, in this lip-smacking officially licensed cookbook based on the cult classic stage musical.
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By Noma Faingold
(September 19,2024)
At the age 69, songwriter, musician and home recording pioneer Linda Smith is making her live San Francisco debut at the 4-Star Theater, a 123-seat venue mostly known for its eclectic film programming. The September 20 booking is part of a four-city, West Coast tour Smith never expected to experience.
By Robert Ottoson
One doesn’t have to consult IMDB to see which novel has been filmed the most times.
It’s easily LES MISÉRABLES.
By Julie Lindow
It is rare that watching a film can provoke a similar response as reading an author’s work, but The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher does just that. One feels both starved and satisfied. Fortunately, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher’s words on screen and paper not only awaken our hunger, but teach us how to listen to our own desires, how to slow down and pay attention, be curious, sensual, in the moment, and ultimately, how to more intensely live and love. Continue reading
