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Balboa Theatre Saved: SFNTF Partners With Gary Meyer to Keep Theatre Open
Oct 27, 2011
Press release: The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Gary Meyer to keep the City’s historic Balboa Theatre (1926) open and to develop a sustainable long-term plan for the theater. The Theater Foundation also announced it has reached an agreement to lease the theater through 2024—securing the future of one of San Francisco’s oldest operating cinemas. More at sfntf.org.
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Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
September 20, 2011

Tom Tykwer's '3'
Sep 23, 2011
After delighting audiences at this year's Frameline festival with its sexy, stylish update on the classic Hollywood screwball formula, 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer's '3' gets a full run at Sundance Kabuki and other venues around the Bay starting this Friday. More info sundancecinemas.com.
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Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
January 27, 2011

Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
January 31, 2011

Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
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Tiffany Shlain Connects the Dots
Michael Read
Sep 16, 2011
With 'Connected,' Tiffany Shlain weaves hope into a high risk story.
August 9,2011

'Days of Heaven'
Aug 10, 2011
Film fans willing to make the trek to El Cerrito's Rialto Cinemas will be rewarded with a screening of Terrence Malick classic (and 'Badlands' companion-piece) 'Days of Heaven.' Concerning the desperate lives of a farm laborer and his lady love, Malick's bleak gem screens only once on Thursday, on the original celluloid. More info rialtocinemas.com.
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Red Vic Movie House to Close July 25
Jul 7, 2011
The Red Vic collective announced today that after 31 years of continuous operation as a cooperatively-run, single screen neighborhood theater, the theater will be closing its doors July 25.
May 3, 2011

‘These Amazing Shadows’
May 6, 2011
Opening weekend of ‘These Amazing Shadows,’ a docu on American movies, features Q&As with its Bay Area filmmakers, as well as other local figures, including SF Chron critic Mick LaSalle, SF Public Defender (and filmmaker) Jeff Adachi and cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw. More at theseamazingshadows.com.
May 3, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Letters from the Big Man’
May 3, 2011
‘Letters from the Big Man,’ a story of a friendship built between a young woman and a sasquatch, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas and New People with director Christopher Munch in town. More at fest11.sffs.org.
May 3, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Joy’
May 3, 2011
A 16-year-old teenager overcomes the harsh realities of life in Rio de Janeiro by using her imagination in ‘The Joy,’ which plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. Director Felipe Bragança in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Circumstance’
May 1, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner, ‘Circumstance,’ which tells the story of two Iranian women who fall in love, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and May 3. Director Maryam Keshavarz attends each screening of her debut feature. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Salesman’
May 1, 2011
‘The Salesman,’ a feature that follows an aging car salesman in a struggling Quebec town, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on May 1 and Pacific Film Archive on May 3. Director Sebastian Pilote attends the screenings. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF Centerpiece: ‘Terri’
Apr 30, 2011
San Francisco International Film Festival’s 2011 Centerpiece selection, ‘Terri,’ featuring John C. Reilly as a vice principle who befriends an insecure junior high student, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas with director Azazel Jacobs and actor Jacob Wysocki in attendance. The evening’s after party is at Clift's Velvet Room. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘The Selling’
Apr 29, 2011
San Francisco director Emily Lou attends the screening of her comedic horror film, ‘The Selling,’ which tells the story of a real estate agent who struggles to sell a haunted house. Film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Asleep In The Sun’
Apr 28, 2011
The metaphysical mystery ‘Asleep In The Sun,’ featuring a watchmaker and his dog-loving wife in the 1950s, plays at Sundance Kubaki Cinemas on April 28 and New People on April 30, with director Alejandro Chomski in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 28, 2011

Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2011
The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.
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Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2011
The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.
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Bay Area Doc-makers of SFIFF54 Map Future
Michael Fox
Apr 27, 2011
The region's nonfiction filmmakers consider next steps after their SFIFF debuts.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘She Monkeys’
Apr 27, 2011
‘She Monkeys,’ a coming-of-age psychological drama about the friendship and competitiveness of two teenage females fighting for a spot on the local equestrian vaulting team, plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on April 25 and 26, with director Lisa Aschan in attendance. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Crime After Crime’
Apr 27, 2011
Bay Area director Yoav Potash attends screenings of his documentary ‘Crime After Crime,’ which showcases the story of a female prisoner and the two pro bono lawyers who fight for her release over five and a half years. The film plays at Pacific Film Archive on April 27 and Sundance Kubaki Cinemas on May 2. More at fest11.sffs.org.
April 26, 2011

SFIFF: ‘Better This World’
Apr 26, 2011
Bay Area directors are high profile in the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival; catch them in person this week. Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega appear Tuesday with Bradley Crowder, a principal of ‘Better This World,’ a documentary that traces the paths of activists deemed the "Texas Two." The film plays at Pacific Film Archive on April 26 and Sundance Kubaki Cinemas on April 29. More at fest11.sffs.org.
april 22 2011

Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
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Looking for the Moral with Bill Nichols
Michael Fox
Apr 20, 2011
Social-justice filmmaking gets discussed in a Bill Nichols'-moderated salon during SFIFF.
april 22 2011

Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011
Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011
Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
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Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011
Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
Reviews

Swimming in the Deep End of San Francisco International Film Festival
Max Goldberg
Apr 15, 2011
Films in the 54th SFIFF immerse viewers in distant times, unique places.
April 12, 2011

'Circo'
Apr 15, 2011
Director Aaron Schock speaks at Landmark’s Lumiere Theatre San Francisco and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley following select opening weekend showings of his new film, ‘Circo,’ which tells the story of a family’s financial and emotional battles as they struggle to successfully run a circus in Mexico. More at landmarktheatres.com.
April 12, 2011

‘Henry’s Crime’
Apr 15, 2011
Keanu Reeves, James Caan and Vera Farmiga star in Malcolm Venvile’s ‘Henry’s Crime,’ which opens at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco, Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and other Bay Area theaters. The film was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival. More at landmarktheatres.com.
March 15, 2011

‘Heartbeats'
Mar 18, 2011
Xavier Dolan’s ‘Heartbeats,’ the 2010 Winner of Un Certain Regard Youth Prize at Cannes International Film Festival, opens at Landmark Theatres in San Francisco and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas. The film follows two best friends and their attempt to attain the affection of a charming man they’ve just met. More at landmarktheatres.com.
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SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
March 10, 2011

SFIAAFF Brings 'Light,' Captures Attention
Adam Hartzell
Mar 10, 2011
At nearly 30, SF Int’l Asian American Film Festival fulfills a multifacted programming mission. The 29th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival stretches across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Berkeley to San Jose March 10–20, bringing “Stories to Light” as the Center for Asian American Media's new tagline says. Indeed, both the stories and their potential audiences would be left in the dark without the solid efforts of new festival steward Misashi Niwano and Christine Kwon (festival director and managing director, respectively). In a city privileged with a vast...
March 1, 2011

SFFS Screen: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Mar 8, 2011
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s much anticipated ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,' a dramatic feature that tells the story of a dying man who visits the incarnations of his past lives in his final days, remains at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas for a few days. More at sffs.org.
March 8, 2011

SFFS Screen: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Mar 8, 2011
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s much anticipated ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,' a dramatic feature that tells the story of a dying man who visits the incarnations of his past lives in his final days, remains at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas for a few days. More at sffs.org.
Festivals

Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011
An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
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Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011
An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
March 3, 2011

Hope Springs Eternal at Green Film Festival
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2011
An environmental film festival with exceptional flair enters the San Francisco scene.
February 22, 2011

SFFS Screen: 'How I Ended This Summer'
Feb 25, 2011
SFFS Screen presents Alexei Popogrebsky’s, ‘How I Ended This Summer,’ a psychological drama about two men's relationship over a summer of working at a meteorological station in the Arctic Circle. The film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
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'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011
Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
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'Come Undone' Disrupts Domesticity
Dennis Harvey
Feb 11, 2011
Neither tragedy nor grand romance, 'Come Undone' captures an evocative everyday mess.
February 8, 2011

SFFS Screen: 'Come Undone'
Feb 11, 2011
SFFS Screen offers ‘Come Undone,’ Silvio Soldini’s recent dramatic film featuring Alba Rohrwacher of ‘I Am Love.’ The film examines the reasons behind and subsequent emotional effects of a couple's extramarital affair. The film plays at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
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VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
January 13, 2011

VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
Q & A

VCinema Podcast Finds Its Audience
Adam Hartzell
Jan 10, 2011
An Asian cinema talk-radio show broadcasts from San Mateo to the world.
November 10, 2010

‘Carlos’ continues at Kabuki
Nov 10, 2010
Olivier Assayas’s five-and-a-half hour masterpiece about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal continues on SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. A 15-minute intermission divides the epic. More at sffs.org.
November 2, 2010

SFFS Screen: 'Carlos'
Nov 9, 2010
Olivier Assayas's five-and-a-half hour epic (with a 15-minute intermission) about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos The Jackal is being regarded as the director’s masterpiece. ‘Carlos’ plays for a week at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. More at sffs.org.
October 26, 2010

'Left in the Dark' Photographer and Essayists in Person
Oct 30, 2010
Celebrations of photographer R.A. McBride’s and Julie Lindow's elegiac ‘Left in the Dark: Portraits of San Francisco Movie Theatres,' which features photographs cinemas of the past and present matched with scholarly essays on local industry themes, continue. Pacific Film Archive hosts a slide show presentation by McBride and readings by writers including Lindow, Katherine Petrin, Melinda Stone. More at bampfa.berkeley.edu.
October 19, 2010

Arab Film Festival
Oct 19, 2010
The Arab Film Festival wraps up this weekend in Berkeley at Shattuck Cinemas. Closing Night films include ‘Every Day is a Holiday,' the story of three women in Lebanon and their very different intentions for boarding the same bus to a men’s penitentiary, and ‘Cinecitta,' about a struggling filmmaker who decides to rob a bank to fund his latest project. More at arabfilmfestival.org.
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'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
October 7, 2010

'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
Q & A

'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
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'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
October 7, 2010

'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
Q & A

'Left in the Dark' Savors the Bay Area's Cinema Past, Present
Susan Gerhard
Oct 4, 2010
Photo/essay book 'Left in the Dark' offers a way in—and out of—San Francisco cinema's rich, gritty, glamorous past.
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'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
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'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
September 16, 2010

'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
September 9 2010

'Change of Plans' Finds Humor in Mid-Life
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2010
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
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KQED Forum: 'Endangered Cinemas'
Aug 25, 2010
The Clay theater in San Francisco's Pacific Heights became the latest neighborhood movie theater to announce it would go dark. Wednesday's KQED Forum offered multiple takes on the fight to save the city's remaining historic single-screen theaters; listen to the podcast here.
08-05-2010

Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010
Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
Festivals

Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010
Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
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Looking to the Skies for Cinema
Gianmaria Franchini
Aug 5, 2010
Think summer's almost over? In the Bay Area, think again: Outdoor screenings are just getting started.
Festivals

SFIFF53 Reports: The Butcher Block; Opening Night
SF360
Apr 24, 2010
To be from the Bay Area and called The Butcher Brothers might mean you get mixed up with purveyors of grass fed meats.
Reviews

Epic Expectations in 'The Warlords'
Dennis Harvey
Apr 7, 2010
When television first became a dire threat, Hollywood fought the small screen by making the big one really big with vast spectacles worth leaving home for.
Reviews

Beloved publicist Bill McLeod dies
Apr 4, 2009
William W. (Bill) McLeod, 59, one of the Bay Area's most respected film publicists died at his home on March 29th, 2009.
Reviews

César Charlone Directs 'The Pope's Toilet'
Miguel Pendás
Jan 27, 2009
Oscar-nominated cinematographer César Charlone recently codirected his first theatrical feature film, a darkly comic farce about Pope John Paul II.
Reviews

'Scott Walker: 30 Century Man'
Dennis Harvey
Jan 21, 2009
In this documentary, Walker tells the tale of his delayed popularity the ever-more adventurous music with which he feeds his latterday cult.
Reviews

The Fantastical Imagination of 'Wind Man'
Dennis Harvey
Sep 9, 2008
When Wind Man appeared on the SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas' schedule, moral crisis ensued.
News & Blogs

SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki
Robert Avila
Jun 12, 2008
The SF Film Society is optimistic that its year-round screen at the Sundance Kabuki will contribute to the spectrum of films in Bay Area theaters.
Reviews

San Francisco Black Film Festival's 10th
Dennis Harvey
Jun 4, 2008
In 2008 the San Francisco Black Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary with the most expansive program yet, flagging the theme "10 Years, 10 Days, 100 Films."
Festivals

Cinemania at the SF International
Susan Gerhard
May 5, 2008
The Jules Feiffer quote at the bottom of festival superfan Sue Jean Halvorsen's email reads, "Movies are better than real life."
Festivals

SF Int'l announces its 51st program and year-round screen
Susan Gerhard
Apr 1, 2008
The SFIFF announced its 2008 program and the June 13 launch of its year-round programming on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki
Reviews

Review: "The Violin"
Dennis Harvey
Jan 8, 2008
Francisco Vargas' first feature has won a pile of international awards to date, and might have garnered more had it arrived on the scene earlier.
Festivals

SF360 Film Culture Confidential: Shhhhhh....
Staff
Apr 28, 2007
How did Kink.com make it to the Mission? How did Straight Outta Hunters Point get out of Hunters Point? How'd the Roxie get saved?
Festivals

S.F. International Announces Lineup for 50th
Susan Gerhard
Apr 4, 2007
The festival kicks off with Emanuele Crialese's Golden Door and closes with Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic, La vie en rose.
Festivals

Indiefest Lineup Announcement
Miljenko Skoknic
Jan 19, 2007
SF IndieFest's founder/director Jeff Ross announced the ninth edition of the Bay Area's indie showcase festival
Reviews

Found: 'Marie Antoinette' in Paris
Max Goldberg
Oct 18, 2006
After weeks of Western Europe, what better way for the young cineaste to crash the City of Light than a trip to the silver screen?
Reviews

Francois Ozon, Mortal
B. Ruby Rich
Aug 2, 2006
Ozon's Time to Leave demonstrates how central he's become to European cinema, and reminds us that he's among gay world cinema's most accomplished writer/directors.
Q & A

Filmmaking in 48 Hours
Susan Gerhard
Jul 19, 2006
Leena Prasad talks about making a sci-fi comedy featuring a pillow and a character named Mark Pantagenet, Foreign Ambassador in just 48 hours.
Festivals

Tilda Swinton: The 2006 SFIFF "State of Cinema" Address
Marshall Plan
May 4, 2006
An address delivered by Tilda Swinton to an audience at the Kabuki Theatre on April 29, 2006, during the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Festivals

Addictive TV's VJ-style "Eye of the Pilot" at the Kabuki
Michael Fox
May 3, 2006
An intimate group caught Addictive TV's VJ-style show of ÔEye of the Pilot' at the Kabuki, and stayed late for an enthusiastic Q&A.
News & Blogs

Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8
Susan Gerhard
Mar 24, 2006
Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.
News & Blogs

Sundance Cinemas Buys Kabuki 8
Susan Gerhard
Mar 24, 2006
Sundance Cinemas buys the Kabuki 8 and announces plans to reopen as the Sundance Kabuki in early fall 2006.

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