Thu–Sun, Nov 7–10 Landmark’s Clay Theatre (2261 Fillmore St.) Grab your beret and head to Fillmore where the S.F. Film Society rolls out nine French films, including 2 Au... Read More
Thursday, Nov 7, 7 p.m. Jewish Community Center (3200 California St.) Keillor leaves his Prairie Home to go on the road with his latest poetry collection, O, What A Luxury: Verses ... Read More
Thursday, Oct 31, 7:30 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall Spend an appropriately spooky Halloween night with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent thriller The Lodger. Live organ accompanime... Read More
Sunday, Oct 27, 6:30 p.m. Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) The locally born Franco returns to the Bay Area to talk about his life of celebrity and his renaissance man life of acting... Read More
Thursday, Oct 10, 6 p.m. reception; 7:30 p.m. show Nob Hill Masonic Center (1111 California St.) Join a screening of the best short films by, for, and about women. Nine films are p... Read More
Wednesday, Oct 9, 7–9 p.m. Building B, Room B-301, Fort Mason Center Fred Mitouer, Ph.D., reads excerpts from his book Wounds into Blessings, chronicling his efforts to creat... Read More
Tuesday, Oct 8, 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theatre (201–299 Hayes St) The genius from This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and more comes to town for a discussion wit... Read More
Saturday, Oct 5, 4 p.m. Vogue Theatre (3290 Sacramento St.) Catch astonishing fight choreography in this 1977 classic kung-fu epic directed by martial arts legend Lau Kar-leung, ab... Read More
Wednesday, Sep 4–Oct 30 UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley) The annual film series highlighting experimental films includes appearances ... Read More
Tuesday, Aug 13, 7:30 p.m. Century 9 San Francisco Centre (835 Market St.) Fathom Events features a film of Clapton’s guitar festival this past April in Madison Square Garden. Th... Read More
Saturday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall Spend a summer night watching the cyberpunk action film The Matrix as composer Don Davis conducts the Symphony in a live performan... Read More
Monday, July 22 & Tuesday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. Century San Francisco Centre 9 (835 Market St.) Drawing on 2,000 personal video clips submitted by fans of singer Bruce Springstee... Read More
Thu–Sun, July 18–21 Castro Theatre For four days, enter a world of silent films featuring Tokyo Chorus, The Golden Clown, Winsor McCay: His Life and Art, and more. Prix de Beau... Read More
Wednesday, July 17, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) CNN political analyst and advisor to four presidents, Gergen is devoting more of his time lately to working with t... Read More
Saturday, July 13, dusk Union Square Grab a blanket, pillow and a picnic and head downtown for a showing of this Golden Globe-winning film by Woody Allen about a flamboyant painter... Read More