THE POPCORN REEL film feature stories and reports 2008 archive


Anne Aghion's Ice Capades, April 30, 2008


Catherine Breillat, Enfant Terrible, and Proud Of It, April 28, 2008


News, Notes and Observations From Day Three of the 51st S.F. Film International Festival, April 27, 2008


Scott Hicks Plays A Spectrum of Complex Notes While Scaling An Unbreakable Glass Mountain Of Musicianship, April 26, 2008


Five Plus One = 51: For San Francisco, Film Festival International Has Lift Off, April 25, 2008


San Francisco's 51st International Film Festival Begins Tonight, April 24, 2008


Phil Donahue, Fighting The Fight Against An Unending Fight In Iraq, April 21, 2008


Have That Human Urge?  The Need To Feel?  Get On The List -- For Lust, Intrigue, Sex and Titillation -- But Beware, For "Deception" Is Around The Corner, April 17, 2008  (contains discreet nudity in large photo)
 

Karen Meredith, One of More Than 4,000 Mothers in the U.S. Feeling The Pain and Heartache of War, April 16, 2008


With Differing San Francisco Voices, A "Body" of Outrage During and After a Special Screening, April 16, 2008


Golden Glory For This Dynamic Duo, aka the Septuagenarian-Octogenarian Singing Sensations, April 13, 2008


Presidio's Serenity Hides But Doesn't Obscure Vibrant Film Society, April 10, 2008


Changes To Popcorn?, April 8, 2008


Popcorn Thoughts: The New Bad News Bears?, April 8, 2008


Spike Lee, Doing The American Thing: Speaking His Mind, April 1, 2008


Bob Cilman, Directing And Preaching To A Golden Choir, March 26, 2008


Stephen Walker, Directing The Young and Energetic at Heart, March 25, 2008


The Play's The Thing: Dennis Lehane's Live Leap Into Malicious, Murderous Hearts, March 24, 2008


A Political Fox Opines On Obama and Clinton, "Flying" By The Seat of Her Non-Political Pants, March 20, 2008


"I Mean, He Hired These Smart People.  Why Can't He Shut Up . . . Why Can't He Let Them Talk?", March 11, 2008


For Roger Donaldson, 1970's London is Money in the Film "Bank", March 6, 2008


Amidst a Vast Sea of Male Albatrosses, An Angry and Politicized Woman Soars, March 5, 2008


Ten Films You Must See In The Month Of March, March 3, 2008


A Popcorn Reel Satirical Short Story: George Clooney and the Kingdom of the Coveted Oscar, February 29, 2008


For "Old Men", Young Women and Oscar: Golden Glory, Emotion and 80 Ways To Say "Thank You", February 24, 2008


Acting, Architecture and Eating, Within Earshot of The Academy, February 23, 2008

 

Baby Business: The Cost of Being Born Free, February 14, 2008


On A Night Full Of Surprises, "Atonement" Wins Best Film at the British Academy Film Awards, February 11, 2008


Welcome Home, Margaret Avery, February 8, 2008


The Joy and Sunshine of Bianca, By Ms. Bryant, February 7, 2008


A Most-Entertaining Cedric-Martin Rivalry, February 2, 2008


The "Atonement" Dress Online Auction: Green in Look, with More of the Color to Come, February 1, 2008


On Its 75th Birthday, A Big Country for Screen Acting Legends, January 27, 2008


Dennis Dortch's "Good Day" Characters: Young, Gifted and Black, With Sex Appeal, January 24, 2008


The Sudan, Adoption, An Art Star and Controversy, January 24, 2008


How To Dance In the Sun When Snow Is All You Know, January 24, 2008


Bongiorno Heartbreak, Or Watch Out For That Giovanni Fella, January 23, 2008


A Quick Word With Sean Ellis, January 23, 2008


Park City: Where The Heat Isn't, January 23, 2008


In Utah, A Marvelous Time For A Sundance, January 14, 2008


At Least 27 Dresses, 10 Ladies, Lots of Phones and A Movie, January 11, 2008


Oh Villainy, Thy Name Is Man!, January 10, 2008


Denzel Washington Keeps Moving, January 1, 2008



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