By Jim Harrington | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: April 3, 2018 at 12:26 pm | UPDATED: April 4, 2018 at 4:13 am Music and movies have pretty much always gone hand in hand, dating back even to the so-called “silent film” era. That partnership will once again be celebrated at the San Francisco International Film Festival, which is offering a number of tuneful offerings on its 2018 program. Here are three live-music programs happening at the festival: First up, chronologically speaking, is “A Celebration of Oddball Films with Marc Capelle’s Red Room Orchestra” on April 9 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Capell’s troupe, which is a diverse collective of artists who have played/recorded with Cibo Matto, Oingo Boingo, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, Tune-Yards, Bill Frisell and others, will perform music from David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” as well as Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” and … [Read more...] about San Francisco Film Festival: Here are the top picks for music fans
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Hey San Francisco! Win a Double Pass For a Film From The Iwai Shunji Trilogy at The Cherry Blossom Film Festival
Lovers of Japanese cinema should find themselves in San Francisco during the weekends of April 14th/15th and 21st/22nd for the Cherry Blossom Film Festival. And if you especially love the work of director Iwai Shunji we have a giveaway for you. Screen Anarchy is pleased to offer you and a guest a double pass to one of Iwai's films playing during the opening night of the festival. Iwai's latest film A Bride for Rip Van Winkle will be playing with two other titles from his filmography, All About Lily Chou-Chou and Hanna & Alice on April 14th at the New People Cinema in San Francisco. If you win our random draw you and a guest can choose which one of the three films you would like to see and the double pass is yours! As per usual we like to keep things simple when it comes to our giveaways. When you have to answer to our skill testing question e-mail us here and we will randomly draw one (1) winner from all qualifying entrants. Ready? Which years were A Bride for Rip … [Read more...] about Hey San Francisco! Win a Double Pass For a Film From The Iwai Shunji Trilogy at The Cherry Blossom Film Festival
Isle of Dogs Gets a Dog-Friendly Screening in San Francisco
The Roxie Theater in San Francisco is offering a "Bring Your Own Dog" screening of Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs on March 19th. The screening follows a successful attempt at bringing dogs to the theater from last month when they held the national NY Dog Film Festival, which was started after a successful 2016 national tour in 10 other cities. Theaters were packed with dogs and their people for 75-minutes of canine-themed short films. The Roxie Theater Dog Film Festival event went so well that they're planning the Isle of Dog screening to do the same. According to the press release from the Roxie Theater, the event is "Bring Your Own Dog," or "BYOD," as one will not be provided for you. Additionally, you can attend without a dog, but like the mutts, you will be ejected for aggressive or other bad behaviors. If you plan to attend, you also have to buy a ticket for your canine friend. The press release reads. Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animation movie, which was also written and … [Read more...] about Isle of Dogs Gets a Dog-Friendly Screening in San Francisco
Feinstein Once Pushed for the Prosecution of Black Activists to Keep the Confederate Flag Flying in San Francisco
California’s senior Senator Dianne Feinstein once fought and and pushed for the prosecution of black activists who opposed her repeated efforts to fly the Confederate flag at San Francisco City Hall. In the aftermath of Feinstein’s humiliation at the hands of progressive activists who denied her the endorsement of the California Democratic Party over the weekend, progressives are taking note of this key detail from Feinstein’s political past. In 1984, Feinstein was the mayor of San Francisco–a job she inherited in 1978 after the dual assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. She was elected to this position in 1979 and again in 1983. Also in 1984, was the Democratic National Convention. Heavy media speculation suggested Feinstein was in the running for Walter Mondale‘s vice-presidential pick. Feinstein wanted this job badly and made moves to increase her visibility and highlight her moderate brand of politics. One such move quickly presented … [Read more...] about Feinstein Once Pushed for the Prosecution of Black Activists to Keep the Confederate Flag Flying in San Francisco
New ‘Godzilla’ Trailer: San Francisco Gets Trashed (Video)
A new trailer for Legendary's Godzilla reboot has been released, showing the damage caused by the giant monster as it rampages through San Francisco (as well as a lot of people running to try and escape). Titled "Courage," the new one-minute spot takes its name from the dialogue heard in the trailer as a team of soldiers are told, "None of us have ever faced a situation quite like this one … I know many of you have family and loved ones still in the city. Their courage will never be more needed than it is today." STORY: CinemaCon: Warner Bros. Teases 'Jersey Boys,' Final 'Hobbit'; 'Godzilla' Wows As with all early trailers, only a glimpse of the monster itself is shown, this time hidden by smoke as the camera looks up from a street in San Francisco's Chinatown. It appears that Las Vegas also makes a cameo in the clip as a mock Statue of Liberty appears to be damaged. Clearly we'll have to wait until the movie's May 16 release to see the full creature in motion, as opposed to toys … [Read more...] about New ‘Godzilla’ Trailer: San Francisco Gets Trashed (Video)