FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
FILM SOCIETY CINEMA
SF Film Society Cinema
 Photo: Daichi Ano, courtesy of New People SF Film Society Cinema has opened its doors in the supremely stylish state-of-the art 143-seat theater located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street (between Webster and Buchannan) in Japantown. |
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Directed by Braden King
FIRST RUN PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT Originating as a non-narrative multimedia piece presented in 2008, Braden King’s debut feature is a carefully composed romantic drama detailing the fraught relationship between Will, a satellite-mapping expert, and Gadarine, the exuberant Armenian-born photographer he meets while conducting a survey of the country. Read more...
May 11–17
Showtimes 1:45, 6:30
Showtimes 1:45, 6:30
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Michael
Directed by Markus Schleinzer
FIRST RUN PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT Superb performances enrich this restrained drama about a quiet pedophile’s home life with a kidnapped boy. Director Markus Schleinzer has created a riveting, strongly disquieting portrait of evil. Read more...
May 11–17
Showtimes 4:15, 9:00
Showtimes 4:15, 9:00
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Over the course of four episodes, two young women—one from the city, the other from the country —meet and bond over an exquisite atmospheric event just before daybreak known as the “Blue Hour” and then room together in Paris, where they encounter many of the inevitable characters of a modern city. Read more...
May 18–24
Showtimes 4:30, 9:00
Showtimes 4:30, 9:00
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Le Rayon Vert (Summer)
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Declared the best movie of the year in 1986 by Andrew Sarris, Le Rayon Vert is frequently cited as a career triumph in a filmography that includes numerous great films. Rohmer stock player Rivière, who assisted in writing her largely self-created role, delivers one of the most captivating lead performances in any of the filmmaker’s works. Read more...
May 18–24
Showtimes 2:15, 6:45
Showtimes 2:15, 6:45
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
SPECIAL RETURN ENGAGEMENT IN 35MM This masterly portrait of a murder investigation from celebrated Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan yields a quietly poignant portrait of the human condition. Read more...
May 25–31
Showtimes 2:00, 5:30, 8:30
Showtimes 2:00, 5:30, 8:30
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Hide Away
Directed by Chris Eyre
A man with no name arrives in a small town in Michigan, heads to the harbor and buys a dilapidated boat. With minimal dialogue but significant emotional content, Eyre’s film limns the mourning process, showing how the protagonist’s hands-on labors give him the time and space to reflect on his sorrows and perhaps the ability to rejoin society. Read more...
June 1 – June 7
Showtimes 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 (3:00 only Sat Jun 2 – Mon Jun 4)
Showtimes 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 (3:00 only Sat Jun 2 – Mon Jun 4)
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
An Evening of Wholphin Love
Wholphin, the Quarterly DVD Magazine Published by McSweeney’s, has become one of the most respected and relevant short film collections currently available. An Evening of Wholphin Love includes uniquely creative shorts from the Wholphin collection and a live love competition, shows one day only at Film Society Cinema! Read more...
Saturday, June 2
Showtimes 7:00, 9:00
Showtimes 7:00, 9:00
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Directed by Mark Cousins
Adapted from his book of the same name, Mark Cousins’ epic exploration of film—its distant and recent past, and even its future—has something of interest for everyone from the mildly curious to the hardcore cineaste.
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Eight Consecutive Saturdays
June 2 - July 21
Showtime: noon
June 2 - July 21
Showtime: noon
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
