By Ron Merk We can never truly understand how people lived, loved and thought a hundred years ago, but we can get a glimpse into their zeitgeist by attending events like The [...]
By Ron Merk There’s an amazing treat in store for audiences at the Castro Theatre from January 24-February 2. It’s the Film Noir Festival. Each year, festival [...]
By Ron Merk Last evening I had the opportunity to see two episodes of the new HBO series, “Looking,” at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. With the cast and creators [...]
Our friend, animation expert Karl Cohen, sent us this tidbit: Dec. 28, 1895 – THE BIRTHDAY OF CINEMA – In Paris at the Grande Cafe des Capuchines the Lumiere brothers [...]