Blue Eyes, Silver Screen: Vogue Celebrates Sinatra at 100 with Film Series

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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 →

Director’s Nightmare Becomes Chilling COP CAR

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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 →

Critics Corner: MAGIC MIKE XXL

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Kenn Fong

Read two critical perspectives on Magic Mike XXL (Gregory Jacobs, 2015), by Pam Grady and Dennis Harvey. Magic Mike XXL is now playing at theaters nationwide. Continue reading →

Bringing Order to A LITTLE CHAOS: An Interview with Alan Rickman

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Pam Grady

Seventeen years after he made his directorial debut, actor Alan Rickman has stepped back behind the camera again to make A Little Chaos. Continue reading →

From Stereo to Screen: DocFest Brings on the Music

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Pam Grady

There are lots of intriguing offerings at San Francisco’s DocFest, running this year June 4-18. Continue reading →