The Spring Season

It began Sunday of this week with Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles. Followed by A Grin Without a Cat by Chris Marker on Wednesday leading up to another Welles, The Trial on Friday.

I doubt I'll go but The Battle of Algiers is showing this Saturday at 6:30pm. It is one of the best and most important films I can think of. The score by Morricone is reason enough to see it.

Then it will be April 10 with Oshima's The Man Who Left His Will on Film, then a week later on April 17 with Rocha's Antonio das Mortes at the SFMOMA. Unfortunately this is showing the same day as Last Tango in Paris at the Castro, it's the only film part of the United Artist retrospective that I'd like to see on a big screen. It's okay because I'll be see Brando two days later for Pontecorvo's Queimada! on April 19. And then maybe Watkin's La Commune on April 20.

Then the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival starts on April 24.

I'll begin with Frank Black's live score to The Golem on Friday, April 25 at the Castro. Followed by Leave Her to Heaven on April 26 at the Castro as well. Next is Sokurov's Alexandra and the J. Hoberman event on Sunday April 27 at the Kabuki. Then the Errol Morris event on April 29 at the Kabuki and the Mike Leigh event on April 30 at the Castro. Rest a little for Bela Tarr's The Man from London at 8:50pm at the PFA. Maybe Valse Sentimentale and La Zona at the Clay on Saturday May 3 and then the State of Cinema Address and All is Forgiven at the Clay then Still Life at the Kabuki on May 4.

And now I just learned of the 3-day 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema program at the Yerba Buena Arts Center.

Let me know if you'd like to come.

Trailers #8

For films to explore and revisit.

Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (1970)

Interview

Errol Morris and Werner Herzog discuss their friendship, filmmaking, reality and digging up Ed Gein's mother in Plainfield, Wisconsin.