Tag: roxie theater

“Welcome to Leith” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

Welcome to Leith (2015; Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes Welcome to Leith looks at the panic that overtook the citizens of a tiny North Dakota farming community when white supremacists sought to take over their town. A barren city of a […]

A Rare Noir is Good to Find! Festival

Assault on the Pay Train (1962; Roberto Farias) Grade: B+ By Mike Dub Almost every heist movie ever made invests half its time depicting the expertise and  professionalism involved in the detailed planning of the caper, then leads to an ostensibly heart-pounding climax in which the crime is […]

Japanese Film Noir Movie Reviews by Daniel Barnes

Intimidation (1960; Koreyoshi Kurahara) GRADE: B- Underworld Beauty (1958; Seijun Suzuki) GRADE: B+ Pale Flower (1964; Masahiro Shinoda) GRADE: A By Daniel Barnes On Saturday at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, the “A Rare Noir is Good to Find! – International Film Noir 1949-1974” festival offers a […]