6th Annual French Cinema Now

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

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Garrison Keillor: O, What a Luxury

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

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The Lodger: Silent Film with Organ

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

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James of All Trades: An Evening with James Franco

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

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Lunafest

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

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The Commons for Art & Social Change: Wounds into Blessings

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

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Christopher Guest

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

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

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

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Alternative Vision

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

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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

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

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‘The Matrix’ Live With the S.F. Symphony

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

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Springsteen & I

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

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S.F. Silent Film Festival 2013

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

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David Gergen

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

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Film Night in the Park: Vicky Christina Barcelona

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

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