August 31, 2003

The Beast is for (Film) Lovers

A browse through the latest East Bay Express offers numerous reasons for East Bay cineastes to rejoice.

The death of the UC Theater and the hibernation of the Fine Arts Cinema has saddened local filmgoers. Good news comes in the form of an ex-Roxie Cinema programmer taking up residence at the Grand Lake, converting one of the screens into a repertory screen, starting this week with The Adventures of Robin Hood, and following soon with a Bay Area noir fest.

The PFA will be spending the next month showcasing the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. I've only seen The Marriage of Maria Braun, which was excellent, and eagerly seek to see more.

And on September 2, the PFA is showing L'age D'or with Un chien andalou, must-see surrealist flicks from Bunuel.

And naturally, there are the continued delights of the Parkway (which continues to feature more and more locally-made independent film), the Paramount, and the Landmark Shattuck's rep screen.

Oh, and, of course Reel Video and Movie Image.

Posted by peterme at August 31, 2003 04:03 PM | TrackBack
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Act starts showing midnight movies Sept. 6, see post on LJ http://www.livejournal.com/community/sfbayarea/543320.html for list.

When we were in Portland this summer, my sister took me to an old movie palace-turned-rep, four screens, snacks and beer (kind of a pared-down Parkway, but the theaters had tables stretched down every other row and really cushy theater seats) for a special Friday-night-only show of Pee Wee's Big Adventure. For those riding bikes, they had valet parking, $1 tickets, and $3 for a pint and a bag of popcorn. And if you biked a few blocks over the other way, there's another multi-screen second/rep, and a few blocks the other way, a nickel arcade with second runs for a buck...not to mention all the McMenamin places. I wish we had a scene like that here, it's really hard to justify $6 matinees especially now that I've got a family in tow...

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