August 30, 2006

SFBG. Fall Arts.

Black Dahlia As The Black Dahlia opens the Venice Film Festival tonight, it also leads Cheryl Eddy's list of ten most anticipated films of the fall season. Also part of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's "Fall Arts" package are Johnny Ray Huston's detailed guide to upcoming series and retros throughout the Bay Area (dates, URLs, the works), Midnites for Maniacs programmer Jesse Hawthorne Ficks's picks and an annotated calendar.

Related: Dennis Cozzalio catches the winds of De Palmania in his sails and steers them to his own defense of the director.

And Slant's "Auteur Fatale" grows a little each day; plus, they've got a titles-only but excruciatingly complete fall release schedule.

As for Venice, Roderick Conway Morris has a preview for the International Herald Tribune; Filmz.de gathers German press coverage.

Updates: Brian Darr has a massive roundup of fall goings on in the Bay Area, including word of when San Franciscans will get their first look at Bong Joon-ho's The Host. Speaking of which, at Twitch, Todd's found a new trailer.

David Pratt-Robson on Carlito's Way: "De Palma is almost certainly the only director who has consistently been able to give tackiness the pathos it usually aspires to."



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Posted by dwhudson at August 30, 2006 2:28 AM

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Brian always performs such a remarkable service for Bay Area cinephiles, keeping us abreast of upcoming events at a multiplicity of venues. I wouldn't accomplish half of what I do if it weren't for his alerts.

Posted by: Michael Guillen at August 30, 2006 7:15 AM

Thanks for the kind words Michael, but this Bay Guardian issue reminds me what separates gentlemen bloggers like me from professionals like Johnny Ray Huston and Cheryl Eddy. They reference Pat O'Neill in relation to an Emilio Estevez movie, then Trey Parker and Matt Stone in relation to a Sylvester Stallone one, a couple column inches down. There's no way I can match that kind of breadth of cleverness.

Posted by: Brian at August 31, 2006 6:10 PM