RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Documentary. Narrated by Edward Norton. Featuring Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards. Directed by Jeremy Gosch. (Not rated. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Surfing is possibly the most-documented recent...
Archive for July, 2008
’1000 Journals’
by Reyhan Harmanci July 31st, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Documentary. Directed by Andrea Kreuzhage. (Not rated. 88 minutes. At the Roxie.) As profiled in the Datebook section Tuesday ("Chronicling the journeys of 1,000 wayward journals"), Andrea Kreuzhage has made a documentary about a San...
Movie review: ‘American Teen’
by Mick LaSalle July 31st, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)American Teen: Documentary. With Hannah Bailey, Megan Krizmanich, Jake Tusing, Colin Clemens and Mitch Reinholt. Directed by Nanette Burstein. (PG-13. 95 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The loveliest and most affecting character in a...
Film review: Cabin fever, frights in ‘Baghead’
by Mick LaSalle July 31st, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Baghead: Comedy-drama. Starring Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig and Elise Muller. Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass. (R. 82 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The beauty of the Duplass brothers ("The Puffy Chair") is that, on...
Film Clips: Also opening today
by David Wiegand July 31st, 2008 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Jacques Nolot. Written and directed by Nolot. (In French with English subtitles. Not rated. 108 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki.) "Before I Forget (Avant Que J'oublie)" is not a film to everyone's taste. Well, of...