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  Essential SF: Joshua Grannell

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 1, 2011

  Since its first event in 1998, Midnight Mass has become an SF institution, and Peaches Christ, well, she's its peerless warden and cult leader.

  
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  Essential SF: Joshua Grannell

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 1, 2011

  Since its first event in 1998, Midnight Mass has become an SF institution, and Peaches Christ, well, she's its peerless warden and cult leader.

  
• November 3, 2011
  
  

  Essential SF: Joshua Grannell

  Johnny Ray Huston
  Nov 1, 2011

  Since its first event in 1998, Midnight Mass has become an SF institution, and Peaches Christ, well, she's its peerless warden and cult leader.

  
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  More than Cute Keeps 'Hedgehog' Going

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 6, 2011

  Mona Achache's first feature relies heavily on an 11-year-old narrator, but it's 60- and 65-year-old actors who steal the show.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  More than Cute Keeps 'Hedgehog' Going

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 6, 2011

  Mona Achache's first feature relies heavily on an 11-year-old narrator, but it's 60- and 65-year-old actors who steal the show.

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  More than Cute Keeps 'Hedgehog' Going

  Dennis Harvey
  Sep 6, 2011

  Mona Achache's first feature relies heavily on an 11-year-old narrator, but it's 60- and 65-year-old actors who steal the show.

  
• 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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  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
• March 24, 2011
  
  

  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
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  Kiarostami’s Enigmatic ‘Copy’ Fascinates

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 18, 2011

  Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ is a puzzling provocation that gets better with multiple viewings.

  
• February 10, 2011
  
  

  Im Sang-soo Re-hires a Troubling 'Housemaid'

  Adam Hartzell
  Feb 8, 2011

  A South Korean classic is re-envisioned.

  
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  Im Sang-soo Re-hires a Troubling 'Housemaid'

  Adam Hartzell
  Feb 8, 2011

  A South Korean classic is re-envisioned.

  
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  Im Sang-soo Re-hires a Troubling 'Housemaid'

  Adam Hartzell
  Feb 8, 2011

  A South Korean classic is re-envisioned.

  
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  SF Chronicle: 'Clay Goes Dark'

  Aug 23, 2010

  SF Chronicle: "One of San Francisco's oldest movie houses plans to shut the lights for good this month. Landmark Theatres will walk away from the Clay on Sunday, leaving the Pacific Heights neighborhood without its single-screen theater. More at SFGate.

  
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  Chilean Film 'The Maid' and the Liberation of a Genre

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 13, 2009

  This little no-budget film has picked up a slew of festival prizes for its character depth, unpredictable storytelling, humor and warmth.

  
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  'Lion's Den' and '24 City'

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 31, 2009

  Veteran filmmakers Pablo Trapero and Jia Zhang-ke complicate their genres with Lion's Den and 24 City.

  
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  Recession-Proof Theaters, to a Point

  Michael Fox
  May 14, 2009

  Arthouse theaters like The Roxie, Red Vic and The Balboa resist the economic downturn and adjust calendars to meet audience demands.

  
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  Recession-Proof Theaters, to a Point

  Michael Fox
  May 14, 2009

  Arthouse theaters like The Roxie, Red Vic and The Balboa resist the economic downturn and adjust calendars to meet audience demands.

  
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  Troell in Fine Form with 'Everlasting Moments'

  Dennis Harvey
  Mar 12, 2009

  Troell keeps everything emotionally intimate in this lovely film full of grace moments, that chronicles the early 20th-century travails of the Larsson family. 

  
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  "Shrooms" Screams Bloody Horror

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 8, 2008

  The Irish flick might put the leper back in leprechaun, but it's still at heart a reassuringly formulaic hunk of bloody commercial horror.

  
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  The Cities' Critics Speak

  Susan Gerhard
  Dec 15, 2006

  The language of film may be universal, as the Landmark trailer reminds us, but the critics in major U.S. cities speak their own dialects.

  
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  Best of Balboa

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 7, 2006

  We checked in with Gary Meyer to find out what films have rocked the 1926 foundations of the Balboa in the past six years.

  
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  Best of Balboa

  Susan Gerhard
  Jul 7, 2006

  We checked in with Gary Meyer to find out what films have rocked the 1926 foundations of the Balboa in the past six years.