3/11, 12:30 PM Camera 12 Some Cinequest movies are likely to provoke either love or hate, and “New York Decalogue” is one of those. This is a quiet film, mostly without dialog, which paints brief but revealing portraits of several very different New Yorkers whose lives are more interconnected than is obvious at first. I […]
Read more →3/11, 7:00PM California Theater “Nosferatu” made history when it was released in 1922 and still influences horror movies today (perhaps most notably the excellent 2000 film “Shadow of the Vampire”). Based loosely on Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula,” it features a vampire of an entirely different breed than the ones of modern entertainment. Count Orlock is […]
Read more →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 […]
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