Film Festival: The City by the Bay THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE in elevation between San Francisco‘s Barbary Coast and Nob Hill has long been symbolic of the distances between the social classes in that city. In 1957’s Pal Joey, we join Frank Sinatra in his attempt to make the climb from the Coast up the Hill.The…
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Lisa’s Home Bijou: “Ocean’s 11”
Film Festival: Caper Films DANNY OCEAN (Frank Sinatra) and ten of his war buddies each find themselves bored with the pedestrian civilian life after World War II in Ocean’s 11. Pulling off a caper might just provide the thrill they need. “Ocean’s 11” (1960) is the ultimate movie for fans of the Rat Pack —…