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Tsui Hark on Shanghai Blues When Shanghai Blues was released in 1984, it marked a rebirth for Tsui Hark, the enfant terrible of the Hong Kong New Wave, who was on the verge of quitting filmmaking altogether. The film launched Ts...

And in case you missed it, see our recent interview with Tsui Hark on the occasion of Shanghai Blues returning to theaters, currently at 3Below: www.screenslate.com/articles/tsu...

JULY 7, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Odyssey Film Institute presents The Cable Guy (on 35mm) at the Balboa, Shall We Dance is at the Smith Rafael, Attack the Block is at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (NM), A.I.

And here's the round-up: www.screenslate.com/articles/jul...

Intermezzo Gustaf Molander can’t be credited with discovering Ingrid Bergman, but he may be most responsible for shaping her star image. Across their six films together, she moved from supporting player (Swedenh...

This week, @feuilladist.bsky.social on Gustaf Molander's Intermezzo, the movie that convinced David O. Selznick to bring Ingrid Bergman to Hollywood and which was remade for her first American film, screening Sunday, July 13, at @bampfa.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/int...

JUNE 30, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Damián Szifron's Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) (repeats Saturday) is at the Roxie, Artists' Television Access has a night of live music and expanded cinema, graffiti doc Style Wars is at the B...

And here's the round-up for the week: www.screenslate.com/articles/jun...

Mikio Naruse: The Auteur as Salaryman One of the descriptions that seems to follow wherever the name of Mikio Naruse is mentioned is that, after Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kenji Mizoguchi, he is the “fourth great” master of Japanes...

This week, @feuilladist.bsky.social on @bampfa.bsky.social's sprawling Mikio Naruse retrospective, The Auteur as Salaryman, which opens Thursday, July 3 with his best-known film, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on 35mm: www.screenslate.com/articles/mik...

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Castration Movie: Pt. I Castration Movie: Pt. 1 (2025) should be required viewing for anyone who claims to be human these days. The first completed part of actor, writer, and director Louise Weard’s intended series is a four...

And don't forget, last weeks' feature, Castration Movie Pt. 1, screens tonight at the New Parkway: www.screenslate.com/articles/cas...

JUNE 23, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Frameline 49 continues at the Roxie, Vogue, New Parkway and elsewhere throughout the week, The Hunger (repeats Tuesday) at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (NM), The Terminator and Terminator ...

And here's the weekly round-up: www.screenslate.com/articles/jun...

Pink Narcissus Fifty years ago, Cosmopolitan interviewed a group of women about the pros and cons of sleeping with gay men. “They educated me,” said the Warhol superstar Cherry Vanilla. “I didn’t know what an avocad...

This week, Matt Weinstock on Pink Narcissus, James Bidgood's DIY erotic fantasia, screening in a new restoration Wednesday at the Roxie as part of Frameline 49 (and again at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission next week): www.screenslate.com/articles/pin...

If we sell out the screenings at Frameline and The Music Box I will drop Castration Movie Chapter iii. junior ghosts—premorphic drift

more tix released for our frameline screening at the new parkway theatre on monday!

JUNE 16, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Joseph Losey's BOOM! is at the Balboa, Knife + Heart and Showgirls (repeats Wednesday) are at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is at the newly-opened Alamo ...

And here's the round-up for the week: www.screenslate.com/articles/jun...

Castration Movie: Pt. I Castration Movie: Pt. 1 (2025) should be required viewing for anyone who claims to be human these days. The first completed part of actor, writer, and director Louise Weard’s intended series is a four...

This week, Chris Shields on Louise Weard's Castration Movie: Pt. 1, screening NEXT Monday, June 23rd, at the New Parkway as part of the 49th Frameline Festival—it's 4.5 hours, so we wanted to give you plenty of time to rearrange your schedule: www.screenslate.com/articles/cas...

Tonight at the Roxie: arguably the greatest film from arguably the greatest American documentarian roxie.com/film/welfare/

JUNE 9, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, the Stanford Theater celebrates its 100th annivesrary with four days of silents, starting with their original, June 9, 1925 opening night film as part of a Reginald Denny double feature, I'll ...

And here's this week's round-up (and there is a LOT this week, folks): www.screenslate.com/articles/jun...

Bruce Conner In an age of algorithmic feeds and ragebait, the multidisciplinary artist Bruce Conner’s films feel less like artifacts and more like prophecies. American culture has always commodified dissent. Long ...

This week, Cat Beckstrand surveys @bampfa.bsky.social's two-part survey of Bruce Conner's era-defining short films, with Part 1 screening this Sunday, June 15, and Part 2 on Friday, June 27: www.screenslate.com/articles/bru...

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JUNE 2, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, the Roxie has more SF DocFest and more Hausu (House) (on 35mm, repeats Sunday), Isaac Julien's Young Soul Rebels is at the Balboa, Howl's Moving Castle (repeats Wednesday) at the New Parkway, ...

And here's the round-up for this week: www.screenslate.com/articles/jun...

His Motorbike, Her Island Nobuhiko Obayashi’s career is both prolific and varied. His commitment to experimenting with form carried through his entire body of work, right up until his last film, Labyrinth of Cinema (2019), whi...

This week, our feature pick is Nobuhiko Obayashi's His Motorbike, Her Island, a Japanese pop twist on a classic American genre, the teen motorcycle gang movie, screening Friday at the Roxie: www.screenslate.com/articles/his...

MAY 19, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Mermaids is at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission and Flash Gordon at the Balboa.

And here's the week's roundup: www.screenslate.com/articles/may...

The Times of Harvey Milk Whether you’ve flown into the Harvey Milk terminal at SFO, licked the back of a memorial postage stamp with his face on it, passed through the Harvey Milk Plaza Muni station, or visited a community ce...

This week, S Topiary Landberg on "The Times of Harvey Milk," screening on 35mm this Thursday at the Roxie theater www.screenslate.com/articles/tim...

Entering Interregnum: A Conversation with Jia Zhangke on Caught by the Tides Jia Zhangke has been collecting footage for his films as he’s travelled across China for over 22 years. When the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted his routine, he thought to wrap the process up.

And in case any of you locals aren't signed up for the NY Daily, the mother ship @screenslate.bsky.social has an interview out today with Jia Zhangke on the occasion of his latest, Caught by the Tides, which opens at the Roxie and Smith Rafael this weekend: www.screenslate.com/articles/ent...

MAY 12, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Red Headed Woman, Luis Buñuel’s Él (repeats Thursday), and psychedelic German animation The Cathedral of New Emotions (repeats Thursday and Friday) are at the Roxie, Mamma Mia! is at the Alamo...

It's in the round-up! www.screenslate.com/articles/may...

MAY 12, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Red Headed Woman, Luis Buñuel’s Él (repeats Thursday), and psychedelic German animation The Cathedral of New Emotions (repeats Thursday and Friday) are at the Roxie, Mamma Mia! is at the Alamo...

And here's the weekly roundup: www.screenslate.com/articles/may...

The Pilgrim Yves Jeuland’s Charlie Chaplin: Genius of Liberty (2020) builds on an idea that’s been developed by many biographers over the years, including both David Robinson and Jeffrey Vance: that his films are...

This week, @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social on The Pilgrim, Charlie Chaplin's underseen, mid-length religious satire, screening Friday night as part of the @nilesessanay.bsky.social's annual Charlie Chaplin Days festival: www.screenslate.com/articles/pil...

CAAMFest is coming! May 8-11 in San Francisco, featuring films from Asian America and beyond. See the full lineup and get tickets at CAAMFest.com

MAY 5, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, Tank Girl (on 35mm) is at the Roxie, a Barry Lyndon matinee is at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, and Sinners continues on 70mm at the Grand Lake.

And here's this week's roundup: www.screenslate.com/articles/may...

Softshell Haven’t you heard the news? Mumblecore has officially entered its quarter life. As evidenced in the lives of the genre’s characters, such a milestone can provoke some existential panic, or at least a ...

This week, Rebecca Turner on Jinho Myung's Softshell as proof of mumblecore's quarter-life crisis. Softshell makes its West Coast premiere Sunday, May 11, at the Roxie as part of #CAAMFest2025 @caamedia.bsky.social
www.screenslate.com/articles/sof...

APRIL 28, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY Monday, From Dusk Til Dawn (on 35mm) is at the Balboa, Suzume (Subtitled) at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, the Smith Rafael has François Ozon's latest, When Fall is Coming, Sinners continues its 7...

And here's the weekly round-up: www.screenslate.com/articles/apr...

This week, @feuilladist.bsky.social and Ben Rulliére-Beitler talk to Sylvain George on the occasion of his visit to the Bay, with screenings at the Roxie tonight and Tuesday (free with RSVP) and at @bampfa.bsky.social on Wednesday