BY KATHERINE SPERBER After four years of closure, San Francisco’s historic Clay Theatre has sold. The beloved movie house has been a neighborhood staple and hub for SF film enthusiasts for over a century. The Chronicle’s Laura Waxman reports that little is known of the new owners, just what has

If ever there was a time for Australian legend Doris Fish and her circle’s story to be told, it is now.

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

This may be a strange way to start an article about the joy of watching movies, but I’m not a film buff. I’m big into music, videos games and books, but I tend to fidget when watching a feature film. Whenever someone would invite me to go to a movie

The summer’s smash hit streaming documentary concert film Summer of Soul was beloved by everyone who saw it — but only people who have Hulu saw it. We all get our chance to finally see the acclaimed concert documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, when director and drummer of

There’s a huge bit of news buried deep in the San Francisco Chronicle’s report today on independent movie theaters reopening. After the article discusses the scheduled reopening of the Balboa Theater, and the upcoming additional reopenings of the Roxie, the Presidio Theatre, and the Vogue, the Chron drops a bombshell

We have some beautiful old theaters in San Francisco, and we have some beautiful movie deals too. We went through the trouble of going to all the SF Movie theater’s and writing down their ticket prices for you

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a regular column about the horror genre. Greetings, great pumpkins! Halloween is once again upon us and there are plenty of goings-on around town to wet your horrific appetite. If classic horror films are your cup of tea, then head over to the big,

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a regular column about the horror genre. And a special greeting to Great Pumpkins everywhere! Here’s a few classic horrors playing on the big screen for this Halloween season. Dracula (1931) screened with the Philip Glass score performed by Kronos Quartet. Tuesday October 31 @8pm, Paramount