Monthly Archives: September 2013

My Picks for the Fall 2013 SF Bay Area R. W. Fassbinder Mini-Retrospective

I would be remiss in my duties were I not to point out the serendipity or timeliness or sheer coincidence of the upcoming Fassbinder mini-retrospective at the Roxie/Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/Pacific Film Archive—to which I encourage my Bay … Continue reading

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In a Year with Thirteen Moons (1978)

No one falls for the fairy tale that there’s a “real life” in a “real world” and that “real life” is more important than loving. What does it matter? I know we don’t really have a chance, whatever might become … Continue reading

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