I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS

TICKETS for I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 1p HERE   Director Bennet Jones – 2015 USA 90 min – IndieFest 2015 program note:   First his girlfriend dies in a suicide bombing. Then a fatwa is issued against him. And now international Europop star Bené’s eclair is weird. Seven years and […]

Shorts 3: The Best of Us

Roxie Theater 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

Shorts 3: The Best of Us: Documentary Profiles From a kid boxer to an arborist prepping for the apocalypse, these five unique people are making the most of their time. 87 min TICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 7, 7p HERE TICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 10, 2p HERE   Beyond the […]

RAMEN HEADS

Roxie Theater 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

TICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 2p HERE TICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Tue Feb 13, 7p HERE   Director Koki Shigeno  – 2017 Japan 93 min California Premiere – Food/Documentary   Considered an edible embrace, comforting ephemera and an art form by master chefs and legions of fans, ramen—the perfectly slurpable combination […]

HARMONY AND ME

518 Valencia Gallery 518 Valencia St, San Francisco

TICKETS for HARMONY AND ME at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 3p HERE   Diector Robert Byington – 2010 USA 75 min – IndieFest 2010 program note:   Harmony (a hilarious, wry Jutin Rice) is a charmingly quirky slacker in the depths of a yearlong post-breakup funk that shows no signs of abating. The highlights of his days […]

Shorts 5: The Hustle

Roxie Theater 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

Shorts 5: The Hustle: Dark Comedy Shorts Give us your tired, your jaded, your sellouts, and your characters making unintentionally hilarious career choices: this program finds the dark humor in “making it.” 84 min. Contains sex and violence. TICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb 10, 430p HERE TICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb […]

THE MANHATTAN FRONT

TICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 430p HERE TICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Wed Feb 14 7p HERE   Director Cathy Lee Crane – 2017 USA 89 min World Premiere – Drama / Musical / Historic   In 1915, a German saboteur comes to Manhattan and tries to co-opt the progressive labor movement […]

KILL ME PLEASE

TICKETS for KILL ME PLEASE at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 5p HERE   Director Anita Rocha de Silveira – 2016 Brazil 101 min – IndieFest 2017 program note:   The classic coming-of-age premise “You guys wanna go see a dead body?” from Stand By Me gets an update and twist as fifteen-year-old Bia becomes obsessed with a series of […]

Screenwriters Panel and Live Read

518 Valencia Gallery 518 Valencia St, San Francisco

Live reading from this year’s award winning screenplays plus panel discussion with working writers: Tony Dushane, Sarah Kass, Bears Fonte, James Carlson. Live Read Scripts: Grace & Vengeance by James Carlson (scenes from the feature script) and Sergio and the Whale by Anna Kriegel (short script in its entirety). Complimentary drinks and nibbles. Sat Feb 10, 7p, […]

THE CALIFORNIA NO

Roxie Theater 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

TICKETS for THE CALIFORNIA NO at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 7p HERE TICKETS for THE CALIFORNIA NO at Roxie Mon Feb 12, 915p HERE   Director Ned Ehrbar – 2017 USA 84 min World Premiere – Comedy / Sexuality   During his first visit to couples therapy, a Los Angeles writer discovers that he’s actually in an […]

FOR NOW

Roxie Theater 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA

TICKETS for FOR NOW at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 7p HERE TICKETS for FOR NOW at Roxie Wed Feb 14, 915p HERE   Director Hannah Barlow – 2017 USA 79 min Bay Area Premiere – Comedy / Drama   Hannah, an Australian ex-pat living in Los Angeles, organizes an audition at the San Francisco Ballet Company for her younger […]