Who made the 20th century? On the booze front you have the shadow of Prohibition looming, the rise of vodka, the rise and fall and rise again of proper cocktails, and through it all you have Jack Daniel’s. Continue reading
Category Archives: Columnists
EAT MY SHORTS – The Wacky Aardman Studios
Last week a hilarious new animated film opened too quietly in theaters. Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep deserves audiences of all ages…especially adults and that is why we asked two animation experts to review it for us elsewhere in this issue. Continue reading
Blue Eyes, Silver Screen: Vogue Celebrates Sinatra at 100 with Film Series
by Pam Grady
He was the teen idol that made the bobbysoxers swoon, the Rat Pack’s Chairman of the Board, and the saloon singer with the velvet voice and impeccable phrasing. Continue reading
Eat, Drink & See Films-August 14-20
Our selection of some terrific things to do in the Bay Area this week. Continue reading
Shaken & Stirred: Bib EX MACHINA
Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) and Nathan (Oscar Isaac) in Ex Machina. Credit: Universal Studios.
How badly do you want a drink? If it is just to get drunk then grab a fifth of vodka on your way home and knock yourself out. Continue reading
Critics Corner: LISTEN TO ME MARLON
Read two critical perspectives on Listen To Me Marlon (Stevan Riley, 2015) by Susan L. Mizruchi and Edward E. Crouse. Continue reading
Eat My Shorts: A New Film and a Recipe from Foreign Cinema
When a restaurant named Foreign Cinema opened on Mission Street in San Francisco in 1999, a lot of people were curious, but many were uncertain it could survive on a block with many vacant buildings, including the adjacent and long-closed New Mission Theatre. Continue reading
Bringing Brando Back Down to Earth: An Interview with LISTEN TO ME MARLON Director Steven Riley
Marlon Brando, until his ashes were scattered in Tahiti and Death Valley in 2004, was a private man. Continue reading
Eat, Drink & See Films: August 7-13
MASH IT UP: The Music Video Mash Up Show
Our selection of some terrific things to do in the Bay Area this week.
Director’s Nightmare Becomes Chilling COP CAR
by Pam Grady
Cop Car, Jon Watts’ spare, creepy thriller, began life as a recurring nightmare of the filmmaker’s. Continue reading
Noir Nightmares: ‘I Wake Up Dreaming’ comes to the Castro
by Pam Grady
Make no mistake. Lucky Gagin (Robert Montgomery) is a chump to end all chumps in Ride the Pink Horse (1947), Continue reading