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Celebrate Independent Film With Film Threat’s “Award This!”
S.F. IndieFest’s Up The Oscars offers a two-fer benefit to attendees. One is a chance to publicly make fun of the glamor and the often reactionary nature of the Oscars. The other benefit for attendees is helping to keep alive the S.F. cinematic treasure known as the Roxie Theatre. But
2019’s Best Indie Horror Films
by Jonas Barnes This year was full of blockbusters, franchise milestones, and what will be the end of a decades long saga with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but I’m not here to talk about those. I’m a cinema fan across the board, but I’m specifically an indie cinema
The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally
Thank God for Schlock: Exploitation Films with Christian Financiers
by Xan Holbrook One recurring treat (among many) for the Bill Hicks fan is his theatrical disdain and revulsion for drug prohibition. Such a passionate hatred proved an excellent vehicle to showcase his near mastery of prose and rhetoric. In one of my favorite bits, he inverted the stifled, crusty
Halloween Films and Film Festivals Coming to the Bay Area
RECAP: The Mill Valley Film Festival’s arrival set off an October filled with a dozen or so film festivals. To avoid drowning readers in data, the October preview of new films was broken up into three parts. Aside from shout outs to such festivals as the United Nations Association Film
Some Incredibly Weird Movies Coming to The Bay This Autumn
Surprise! The end of summer and the beginning of fall will be far from a dull month at the movies. This month’s listings include everything from three different film festivals to a horror fantasy praised by both Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro to period looks at three different cities’
Quirky & Interesting Arthouse Films Coming to the Bay Area…Including Cat Videos
Hey, cinema adventurers! Feel like trying something that’s crunchier or more meaty for your film diet? Some of the Bay Area’s repertory and art house theaters have you covered. Here are some of the intriguing things coming up over the next few weeks. May 15 Bad Black–You may have heard
There’s a Festival of Old Archival Footage of San Francisco
The people at the Long Now Foundation have been putting this on for 13 years and it keeps getting bigger each time. This year it’s happening over two nights at the Castro Theatre. The info below is from the Eventbrite page, which is where you can also buy tickets. The Long
Trans Film Festival Returns To The Roxie
The latest edition of the annual Transgender Film Festival returns to the Roxie Cinema this weekend with a slate of films which promise to be both political, informative, and entertaining. The three day festival takes on a special meaning this year given the anti-trans policies of the Trump administration–the President