Film and Video

Film: Recommended Seeing

Now Playing at the Lumiere Theatre
Lumiere Theatre
1572 California St.
415-885-3201

Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) leads a seemingly average life—he’s an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie (Leslie Mann), and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest—even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).

Film. So 20th century! But to purists still the only really pure, wordly, ethereal and beautiful medium. Kind of like audio purists who still love the sound from a turntable and a vinyl record album. With almost every popular camera now digital, the purists still buy film cameras, buy their choice of film, and won’t shoot digital. Yes, it was the name of a great Paul Simon song. Lets sing! (lyrics) Kodachrome, you give us those nice bright colors, You give us the greens of summers, Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah! I got a Nikon camera. I love to take a photograph. So, Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away. Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away. Mama don’t….. Hey Paul, you never explained. Why did Mama want to take your Kodachrome away? Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrate Opening Night of Taiwan Film Days at the New People center with the screening of Niu Doze's uncompromising gangster epic Monga, about organized crime in Taipei during the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
The ninth annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (DocFest) is a two-week long confrontation with reality from many different perspectives. What film lover could ask for more? Read the rest of this entry »
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