3/3 7:00 PM, Camera 12 3/5 4:30 PM, Camera 12 3/8 4:30 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre This dreamlike film is both sweet and funny, and brings the genre of magical realism to the screen with a deft touch. Louise washes ashore in a sleepy Mexican town with only a doll and a small basket […]
Read more →3/3/2011 7:15 PM, Camera 12 3/6/2011 1:15 PM, Camera 12 3/7/2011 2:00 PM, Camera 12 Even setting aside the tired “ooooh, a bisexual serial killer!” cliche it revolves around, “A Kiss and a Promise” is a disappointing film. It follows the escapades of the outwardly meek but sociopoathic David, his fiery and masochistic wife Samantha, […]
Read more →3/4 7:00 PM, Camera 12 3/6 7:00 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/8 5:00 PM, Camera 12 Steve Mazan always dreamed of performing on Letterman. His first few years working as a stand-up comic didn’t get him there, but he figured he had plenty of time to make his dream come true. When he was […]
Read more →3/3 12:00 PM, Camera 12 3/10 9:45 PM, California Theatre 3/12 7:30 PM, Camera 12 This strange Dutch film follows a young woman’s descent into madness following the birth of her first child. The first half or so of the film feels like a horror movie as Lea lets her handsome husband talk her into […]
Read more →3/4 11:59 PM, Camera 12 3/8 9:30 PM, Camera 12 3/11 5:00 PM, Camera 12 “Bad Behavior” is the first film from Australian director Joseph Sims, and I will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for more work from him. This Tarantino-esque, jubilantly vicious flick follows a pair of psychotic siblings as they murder their […]
Read more →3/5 4:30 PM, Camera 12 3/6 9:00 PM, Camera 12 3/8 4:15 PM, Camera 12 Every year there are a few Cinequest films I don’t care for, but it’s rare that I find one excruciating to sit through. “The Blind” is one of those few. It’s hard to tell if the acting is universally flat […]
Read more →3/2, 9:15 PM California Theatre 3/4, 12:30 PM Camera 12 When Babou is specifically told she’s not invited to her daughter’s wedding because the younger woman is embarrassed by her Bohemian ways, she becomes determined to grow up — to find and hold down a real job. Babou is someone it’s almost impossible not to […]
Read more →3/6, 10:00 PM Camera 12 3/8, 12:00 PM Camera 12 3/11, 4:30 PM Camera 12 A chance meeting leads to a date between Zoli and Eszti, which they both eventually have to admit was a bad idea. Once the weight of trying to impress each other is off their shoulders, they can start to truly […]
Read more →3/4, 9:30 PM San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/6, 6:45 PM Camera 12 3/11, 12:30 PM Camera 12 Jacob’s life is simple. He works nights as a security guard and spends days inside his lightproofed apartment painting the sun he can never see because of his skin disorder. As he nears his twenty-fifth birthday, though, things […]
Read more →3/4, 9:15 PM Camera 12 3/6, 5:30 PM Camera 12 3/8, 12:15 PM Camera 12 A mother tries to recover from the traumatic death of her father while struggling to build a relationship with her teenage son in this intense but ultimately unsatisfying psychological drama. “Marrow” borders on horror at times because its cinematography and […]
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