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Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | BUSD achievement gap among nation's worst | House with famed communal hot tub up for sale

Movies

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Watch a documentary about San Quentin’s marathon runners this weekend in Berkeley

Avatar photo by John Seal Sept. 19, 2023, 11:31 a.m.September 19, 2023

The new film ‘26.2 to Life,’ shot almost entirely within the walls of the Marin County prison, opens Friday at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.

A smiling musician playing a metal washboard or frottoir on stage next to a microphone.
Posted inArts

Berkeley filmmaker’s 1989 tribute to Cajun & zydeco music is newly restored and screening in the Elmwood

Avatar photo by John Seal Sept. 12, 2023, 10:30 a.m.September 12, 2023

The Friday screening of Les Blank’s ‘J’ai été au bal (I Went to the Dance)’ at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood will feature live music and a talk with Blank’s son Harrod and the movie’s editor.

Posted inArts

Charming new art-house movie about a young Afghan woman living in Fremont is a gently told delight

Avatar photo by John Seal Aug. 22, 2023, 8:00 a.m.August 23, 2023

Babak Jalali’s new film is a terrific character study that was shot on location in Fremont and at an Oakland fortune cookie factory.

Posted inArts

Pacific Film Archive is airing run of films by the bawdy classic comedy auteur Preston Sturges

Avatar photo by John Seal Aug. 16, 2023, 11:03 a.m.August 16, 2023

‘The Palm Beach Story,’ an 80-year-old film with snappy, rapid-fire dialogue that flirts dangerously with the Hays Code, is playing this Saturday.

Posted inArts

New movie ‘Shortcomings’ was filmed in a bevy of iconic Berkeley places

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok Aug. 15, 2023, 1:42 p.m.August 15, 2023

Adrian Tomine, who wrote the screenplay and the graphic novel the film is based on, spoke with us about the Berkeley spots that have inspired him.

Posted inArts

At Jewish Film Festival: A documentary about ‘A Compassionate Spy’ and a comedy set in Gaza

Avatar photo by John Seal July 18, 2023, 6:16 a.m.July 20, 2023

The ethical dilemma of Ted Hall, a Manhattan Project scientist who leaked to the Soviets, is explored in ‘A Compassionate Spy, one of the movies on view at the SF Jewish Film Festival.

The Piedmont Theatre, with Asteroid City on the marquee.
Posted inArts

Will small local movie theaters survive?

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein July 06, 2023, 9:02 a.m.July 7, 2023

Movie houses have closed in Berkeley and across the East Bay. We checked in on the New Parkway, the Piedmont Theatre, and the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland.

Two children on their backs on a blanket, one whose face is visible is wearing dark heart-shaped sunglasses
Posted inArts

Teen strife, military coup set stage for LGBTQ+ films streaming via Frameline festival

Avatar photo by John Seal June 21, 2023, 10:08 a.m.June 21, 2023

Set in 1987, ‘Before I Change My Mind’ depicts the awkward time when teens struggle to figure out who they are. In ‘House of Izabel,’ male leaders of Brazil’s 1964 coup live as women in a remote hideaway to forget their crimes.

Black-and-white view of the facade and marquee, which reads: "Cinema Albany Film Festival Shorts All Day Sunday"
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Albany Twin movie theater will close Thursday

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok June 14, 2023, 4:30 p.m.June 16, 2023

The Landmark Albany Twin on Solano Avenue, which has been operating for over 80 years, is the latest local movie house closing its curtains.

A scene in a fancy restaurant where Werner Herzog is served up a shoe to eat. The shoe looks like a big piece of mutton.
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Berkeley filmmaker who celebrated garlic eating and shoe swallowing gets his day at PFA

Avatar photo by John Seal June 14, 2023, 9:49 a.m.September 12, 2023

Les Blank’s ‘Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers’ and ‘Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe’ (he really did — after Alice Waters cooked it!) will be shown on the big screen Saturday. Blank died in 2013.

Posted inArts

Fantastic Negrito tells his own story in new documentary

Avatar photo by John Seal May 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m.May 30, 2023

‘Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?’ — a feature-length film following the performer’s journey from rural Massachusetts to Oakland — is one of the highlights of San Francisco DocFest, which starts Thursday.

Posted inArts

‘Starling Girl’ meets dashing youth pastor: Story of evangelical angst told with nuance in new film

Avatar photo by John Seal May 17, 2023, 10:15 a.m.May 17, 2023

The characters in ‘The Starling Girl’ — opening Friday at San Francisco’s AMC Kabuki 8 — are believable, fallible human beings struggling to avoid sin.

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