Friday, January 2double feature Victor/Victoria 7:00
Mancini won the Oscar for Blake Edwards’ delightful gender-bending musical farce about gay and not-so-gay life in mid-thirties Paris. Julie Andrews is in top form as a down and out singer who gains stardom by pretending to be a gay count who is a female impersonator. James Garner, Robert Preston and Lesley Anne Warren also deliver their goods. (1982, 132 min, ‘SCOPE)
Mommie Dearest 9:30
Based on Christina Crawford’s best-selling tell-all exposing her years of abuse as the adopted child of Hollywood diva Joan Crawford, Frank Perry’s screen adaptation is today revered as a major deity in the pantheon of camp classics. Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid star. (1981, 129 min)
Saturday, January 3 double feature Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2:45, 7:00
Daffy screwball comedy romance with a stylish verve stars the irresistible Audrey Hepburn as the party girl who always has $50 for the powder room. Mancini’s melancholy music and George Axelrod’s witty script keep everything in check.Directed by Blake Edwards, co-starring George Peppard, Patricia Neal and Mickey Rooney. (1961, 115 min)
A Shot in the Dark 12:45, 5:00, 9:15
In Blake Edwards’ murder mystery lampoon, Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau is on all cylinders jumping from frying pan to frying pan with surreal obliviousness. Mancini’s martini-doused score is wonderful, especially the brass section of the nudist colony ensemble. With Elke Sommer, George Sanders and Herbert Lom (1964, 102 min, ‘SCOPE)
Sunday, January 4double feature Charade 2:15, 7:00 Stanley Donen’s elegant thriller stars mystery man Cary Grant coming to the aid radiant Audrey Hepburn, the innocent plunged into a world of espionage and murder. All elements, including the catchy, infectious score, dazzle with style and macabre wit to spare. With Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy (1963, 114 min)
Experiment In Terror 4:35, 9:15
Blake Edwards’ stylized noir stars Glenn Ford as a stalwart G-man out to thwart psychopathic extortionist Ross Martin's plans to force bank clerk Lee Remick to rob her place of employment. San Francisco locations have never looked better or more ominous and Mancini’s score is unnerving to the end. (1962, 123 min)
Monday & Tuesday, January5 & 6 THEATRE CLOSED
Wednesday, January 7double feature Touch of Evil 2:30, 7:00
Orson Welles’ directed and stars in this baroque thriller as a corrupt sheriff in a border town matching wits with narcotics cop Charlton Heston. A great masterpiece of the sleaze movie genre, Mancini’s mad mambo music magnificently interweaves into the complex plot lines. With Janet Leigh and Marlene Dietrich, shot by Russell Metty (1958, 1998 restored version, 112 min)
Wait Until Dark 4:50, 9:10
Audrey Hepburn stars in this edge-of-your-seat thriller about a blind Manhattan housewife terrorized by a trio of vicious killers. Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston are her sadistic tormentors; Mancini’s commanding score adds immense depth to the atmosphere. Directed by Terence Young (1967, 108 min)
Thursday, January 8double feature Two For the Road 2:30, 7:00
The twelve-year relationship between architect Albert Finney and his wife Audrey Hepburn is deconstructed in a non-linear fashion as they tour around France. Mancini had said that although the scoring was the most difficult in his career, the music he composed for this movie was always his favorite. Directed by Stanley Donen, written by Frederic Raphael (1967, 111 min, 'SCOPE)
Days of Wine and Roses 4:40, 9:10
Blake Edwards’ powerful tale of middle-class alcoholism stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick as the besotted San Francisco couple who find that life is not always fun when viewed through rosé-colored glasses. Nominated for five Oscars and won for the title song by Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Written by J.P. Miller (1962, 117 min)
Friday January 9 “MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS” presents “BROKEN HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS” Hosted By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
Triple Feature Including STAND BY ME!
$10 for one or all three films!
WATCHER IN THE WOODS 7:30 The phrase "They don't make 'em like they used to" applies to what would have been Disney's very first PG rated film. (THE BLACK HOLE won that honor.) This astoundingly creepy live-action horror flick was deemed to scary for young adults getting it pulled from theaters after only one week.As a family attempts to deal with supernatural disturbances in and around their new house, Bette Davis gives an hypnotic performance as an old hermit who lost her child many years before. Very few saw this truly scary film in the theater upon it's original release... so don't miss this rare chance! 35mm, 84min, 1980. Preceded by a bunch of adolescent adventure trailers.
STAND BY ME 9:45 Directed by Rob Reiner, Containing: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, John Cusack, Richard Dreyfuss
Stephen King' s personal favorite adaptation will not only have your inner adolescent getting hit in the arm twice (for flinching) but... you better brace yourself for River Phoenix and the whole damn movie as it breaks your heart in all the most important ways. Bring out the younger siblings and the grandparents for this quintessential broken-home classic that includes a soundtrack that will have you all nostalgic for Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis & The Chordettes. BRAND NEW RESTORED 35MM PRINT, 88min, 1986. Preceded by a handful of other classic River Phoenix trailers.
THE CANDY SNATCHERS 11:45 Directed by Guerdon Trueblood, Containing: Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza, Susan Sennett, Brad David
This disturbing 1970s obscurity follows a gang of kidnappers as they snatch a 16yr old girl to blackmail her rich parents. Sadly for the girl, her parents couldn't care less making her only chance of survival, an autistic abused boy who lives in a trailer park. Emphasizing surreal ambience, this exploitation classic is that nightmarish afterschool special that you always wished someone had made.RARE original grindhouse 35mm print, 94min, 1973. Preceded by some of the most mean-spirited, broken-family trailers I could find.
The evening is dedicated to Grayson Jenson (1976-1995)
BOGIE & BACALL WEEKEND
Saturday, January 10 double feature To Have and Have Not 2:40, 7:00
The film where the lovebirds met and fell madly for each other has Bogie as a fishing boat captain who hooks Bacall in war-torn Martinique. Loosely based on a Hemingway story, magnificently directed by Howard Hawks. (1944, 100 min)
The Big Sleep12:30 4:40, 9:00
Howard Hawk's famously incomprehensible adaptation of Raymond Chandler's first novel has Bogart's Philip Marlowe tangled in a blackmail scheme and the smoldering dame Bacall as well. This chronic hangover of a film is full of corruption, annihilation and effervescent humor.(1946, 114 min)
Sunday January 11 double feature Key Largo3:00, 7:00 Bogie & Bacall are two among a small group of people held hostage by gangster Edward G. Robinson in a Florida Keys hotel during a tropical storm. John Huston directed this smart thriller, co-starring Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor's searing Oscar-winning performance. (1948, 100 min)
Dark Passage1:00, 4:55, 9:00
Falsely convicted wife-murder/San Quentin escapee Bogart is offered asylum from wealthy socialite Bacall and becomes bent on clearing his name. With extensive use of the first person camera technique, this is the strangest and most experimental of Bogie & Bacall's collaborations. Based on the David Goodis novel, screenwriter/director Delmer Daves makes good use of San Francisco locales. (1947, 106 min)
Monday & Tuesday, January 12 & 13 THEATRE CLOSED
Wednesday, January 14
Changeling (2:00), 5:00, 8:00
Starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly.
Directed by Clint Eastwood.
(2008, 141 min, 'SCOPE)
The 14th BERLIN & BEYOND will take place from January 15 to 21, 2009 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. For more than a decade we have been presenting independent dramatic, and documentary features and shorts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as a restored silent film. The festival also screens Kinofest Lünen's audience favorite, awards $5000 to the Best First Feature Film, announces an Audience Award and much more.
From the San Francisco Chronicle: FILM FEST A new film and in-person appearance by director Wim Wenders are the attention grabbers in the 14th annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, Jan. 15-21 in San Francisco. But film lovers will also have a wide range of both classic and contemporary choices, with a revival screening of "The Blue Angel," a "Hollywood Speaks German" program that features Buster Keaton and Joan Crawford doing just that and a full slate of recent independent and documentary films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "Palermo Shooting," the latest work from the prolific Wenders ("Wings of Desire," "Paris, Texas," "Buena Vista Social Club"), features the German punk star Campino in a quest story that leads to the devil's door of Dennis Hopper. The closing-night film is "Rabbit Without Ears," a popular 2007 film that stars writer-director Til Schweiger as a gossip-mongering journalist who's sentenced to community service in a kindergarten. Screenings and other Berlin & Beyond events will take place at the Castro Theatre and the Goethe-Institut.
Thursday, January 15 6:30 Opening Night Party
8:00 Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten)
Friday, January 16 1:00 The Wave (Die Welle)
3:30 The Ice Bomb (Die Eisbombe)
6:30 The Friend (Die Freund)
9:00 A Hero's Welcome (Nacht Vor Augen)
Saturday, January 17 noonLa Paloma 2:00 The Invention of Curried Sausage
(Die Entdeckung Der Currywurst) 4:15 Bird's Nest 6:30Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) 9:00Revanche
Sunday, January 18 11:00Silly's Sweet Summer (Blöde Mütze) 1:15Short Films (Kurzfilmprogramm) 3:45Evet, I Do! (Evet, Ich Will!)Lünen Award 6:15Jerichow 8:30Kings of the Road (Im Lauf Der Zeit)
Wenders Tribute
Monday, January 19 11:30 I. Immendorff (Ich. Immendorff) 1:30 Come In and Burn Out (Selbstgespräche) 3:30 Hollywood Speaks German 6:30 The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel) 9:00 12 Winters (12 Winters)
Tuesday, January 20 2:00 Days in Between (Die Besucherin) 4:15 One Who Set Forth (Von Einem Der Auszog)
Wenders Tribute
7:00 Palermo ShootingWenders Tribute
Wednesday, January 21 noon Football Under Cover
2:30 November Child (Novemberkind) 4:45 Finnish Tango (Finnisher Tango)
7:30 Melodies of Spring (Märzmelodie) Closing Night Party follows the screening
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 SF Sketchfest Presents A Salute to Bud Cort with “Harold and Maude” BUD CORT LIVE IN PERSON! 7:00pm $20
SF Sketchfest, The San Francisco Comedy Festival, is thrilled to welcome the talented and iconic character actor Bud Cort to the Castro Theatre for this special onstage conversation and screening of one of the best films of all time, the romantic-comedy classic Harold and Maude. This is the 38th anniversary of the film that brought Bud Cort to most people's consciousness, Harold and Maude, a film that remains a classic American comedy of the 70's, and one that embodies the era's ethos. But even before that seminal film, Bud had starred in the first two major films of Robert Altman's moviemaking life, M*A*S*H and Brewster McCloud. He starred in the title role in Why Shoot the Teacher? and The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud, a comedy with Klaus Kinski and Carol Kane. She Dances Alone came next, embodying Bud's commitment to truly original filmmaking.
More than 40 films have followed, including Wes Anderson's comedy, The Life Aquatic, with Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett, Kevin Smith's Dogma (as "God"), Ed Harris' Pollock, and his own film, Ted and Venus. Besides his film and theatre work, Bud has sung all over the world from Carnegie Hall to the Alcatraz in Paris in a one man musical show. He was the youngest actor ever given an homage at The Cinematheque in Paris in an evening hosted by the great director/actor Jacques Tati. Bud also lived as a houseguest for many years with Groucho Marx. Not your average resume and not your average artist.
Harold and Maude was shot on location in and around San Francisco by legendary filmmaker Hal Ashby and selected by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 comedies and one of the top 100 romantic films of all time. With masterful performances by Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon and an unforgettable soundtrack by Cat Stevens, Harold and Maude is a true American classic. Directed by Hal Ashby; Cast: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack; 1971; 91 min; 35MM
SF Sketchfest Presents
“Better Off Dead” SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND, CURTIS ARMSTRONG AND DIANE FRANKLIN LIVE IN PERSON! 9:45pm $10 (That’s eight plus TWO DOLLARS) It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 25 years since Savage Steve Holland unleashed Better Off Dead on the world. A bit of a “spiritual companion piece” to this evening’s prior feature, Better Off Dead is the classic story of a young man’s morbid obsession with ending it all. Featuring an indelible lead performance by John Cusack, who is more than ably supported by the exceptional Curtis Armstrong as his snow-snorting pal, Charles De Mar, and the adorable Diane Franklin as French foreign-exchange mechanic Monique Junot.
SF Sketchfest is delighted to welcome Holland, Armstrong and Franklin
for an onstage conversation following the feature.
Directed and Written by Savage Steve Holland; Cast: John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers; 1985; 97 min; 35MM
The Eighth Annual SF Sketchfest features appearances by The State, Tim and Eric, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Michael McKean, Janeane Garofalo, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and more and runs January 15-31 throughout the Bay Area. Advance tickets and info at www.sfsketchfest.com
NOIR CITY 7
January 23 – February 1, 2009 Films Black and White and Read All Over
Celebrating Ink-Stained Wretches and Truly “B” Movies
Friday, January 23 Deadline USA 7:30
1952, 20th Century Fox, 87 min., scr.-dir. Richard Brooks
Noir City kicks off with one of the most exciting and elegiac movies ever made about the fourth estate. Humphrey Bogart is Ed Hutcheson, veteran editor of the New York Day, which is about to be sold to its main competitor. With only hours left before the presses stop, ‘Hutch’ decides to go out in a blaze of glory, taking down the city’s biggest racketeer. An eerily prescient eulogy for “old school” journalism. NOT ON DVD!
Scandal Sheet 9:30
1952, Columbia, 82 min. dir. Phil Karlson
Samuel Fuller’s smash-mouth novel The Dark Page is turned into a terrific tabloid thriller by director Karlson. Broderick Crawford stars as managing editor of a scandal-mongering tabloid who murders his ex-wife, covers it up, and then—unable to resist the allure of a juicy circulation-booster—assigns his young star reporter (John Derek) to track down the culprit. NOT ON DVD!
Saturday Matinée, January 24 Blind Spot 1:30
1947, Columbia, 73 min. scr. Martin Goldsmith, dir. Robert Gordon
An entertaining “cheapie” about an in-his-cups writer (Chester Morris) who pitches his skeptical publisher an ingenious “locked room” mystery — only to have the crime come true. The law jumps right on his trail as the prime suspect! Martin (Detour) Goldsmith’s script is particularly amusing for its backhanded take on crime writing. NOT ON DVD!
Chicago Deadline 3:00
1949, Paramount/UCLA, 86 min. scr. Warren Duff, dir. Lewis Allen.
Alan Ladd is a reporter obsessed with a young woman he finds dead in a cheap brothel. Connecting the dots all around Chicago, he cobbles together the sad history of a good girl (Donna Reed) gone wrong. Incredibly rare, not screened for decades, this 35mm print (the only known one in existence) was unearthed through the joint effort of the Film Noir Foundation and UCLA Film and Television Archive. NOT ON DVD!
Reception with Arlene Dahl 6:00 – 7:00
Exclusively for Noir City Passport Holders
Saturday Evening, January 24with Special Guest Star Arlene Dahl
Wicked as They Come 7:00
1956, Columbia, 94 min. scr.-dir. Ken Hughes
“What she wanted out of life… she got out of men!” Arlene Dahl is a sizzling sensation as Kathleen Allen, a woman who learns early that sex is how she’ll get ahead in the world. Her high heels leave puncture wounds in a trail of saps stretching from America to England. British writer-director Ken Hughes adapts Bill Ballinger’s novel Portrait in Smoke, and the result lives up to its re-titling. NOT ON DVD!
Arlene Dahl appears in-person between films
for an onstage interview with Eddie Muller!
Slightly Scarlet 9:30
1956, RKO, 99 min. Novel-James M. Cain, dir. Allan Dwan
Arlene Dahl steals the show as sexy kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons (opposite titian-tressed “sister” Rhonda Fleming) in this eye-popping adaptation of Love’s Lovely Counterfeit. John Payne is the slick operator dallying with both dames and Ted de Corsia is a great sleazy crime boss—but the real star is camera virtuoso John Alton, who translates noir into to lurid, saturated color, as if those tawdry 50’s paperback jackets had come to life.
Sunday, January 25 Cry of the Hunted 1:00. 5:00, 9:20
1953, MGM, 80 min. Scr. Jack Leonard. dir. Joseph H. Lewis
We discovered this crazy “swamp noir” last year and promptly booked it for Noir City 7. Barry Sullivan is an L.A. cop hunting a Cajun fugitive (Vittorio Gassman) back to the bayou, “assisted” by a hateful partner (William Conrad). Sounds straight-forward … but nothing is “straight” in the screwy script by Jack Leonard or Lewis’s delirious direction, which veers from goofy to brutal without missing an off-kilter beat. NOT ON DVD!
Ace in the Hole 2:45, 7:00
1951, Paramount, 111 min. scr.-dir. Billy Wilder
On its release, critics called this the most bitter, cynical, mean-spirited movie ever made. It still might hold the honor. What’s certain is how scarily prescient Wilder’s tale of media manipulation turned out to be. Kirk Douglas is stupendously rotten as a disgraced reporter reclaiming the spotlight by prolonging the plight of a trapped miner. Jan Sterling is unforgettable as the miner’s less-than-compassionate wife.
Monday, January 26 Alias Nick Beal 7:30
1949, Paramount, 93 min. scr. Jonathan Latimer, dir. John Farrow
This Faustian tale of soul corruption has campaigning politician Thomas Mitchell making a pact with Lucifer (Ray Milland), while succumbing to delectable devil-doll Audrey Totter. The fabulous and fabulist screenplay by Jonathan Latimer is rendered by director Farrow (The Big Clock, Where Danger Lives) in high noir style. A true rarity, brought back by Universal in a brand new 35mm print exclusively for Noir City! NOT ON DVD!
Night Editor 9:30
1946, Columbia, 66 min. scr. Hal Smith, dir. Henry Levin.
An encore presentation of one of Noir City’s most popular rediscoveries. A cop (William Gargan) and his married socialite lover (long and leggy Janis Carter) witness a brutal murder while necking in Lover’s Lane. She gets totally turned on. Of course, he’s assigned to investigate the murder. They are soooooo doomed. One of the raciest and raunchiest “B” noirs of the forties. NOT ON DVD!
Tuesday, January 27 The Harder They Fall 7:30
1956, Columbia. 108 min. scr. Phil Yordan, dir. Mark Robson.
In his final film, Humphrey Bogart gives one of his most affecting performances as a sportswriter turned PR flak who regrets helping a gangster (Rod Steiger) create the next heavyweight champ. Budd Schulberg based his novel on the true story of circus freak turned fighter Primo Carnera. An angry attack on boxing in the 1950s that is, paradoxically, one of the best boxing movies ever made.
Johnny Stool Pigeon 9:30
1949, Universal, 76 min. dir. William Castle
Originally entitled “Cocaine,” this is one of the first Hollywood films to focus on the drug smuggling trade. Agent Howard Duff uses paroled gangster Dan Duryea to infiltrate the dope racket—but can he trust him? Especially when they’re both making a play for sexy Shelley Winters? Rambunctious fun that zips all over the West Coast, including a scenic stop-off in “Frisco.” NOT ON DVD!
Wednesday, January 28 While the City Sleeps 7:30
1956, 100 min. scr. Casey Robinson, dir. Fritz Lang
Ethics go out the window when a newspaper publisher offers a promotion to the staffer who catches the comic-book-crazed rapist-killer terrorizing the city. An all-star cast (Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Rhonda Fleming, Vincent Price and many more) brings to (boozy) life former S.F. newspaperman Charles Einstein’s novel The Bloody Spur. NOT ON DVD!
Shakedown 9:30
1950, Universal, 80 min. scr. Martin Goldsmith, dir. Joe Pevney.
Howard Duff is terrific as an unscrupulous “Weegee”-style newspaper photographer in this slam-bang tabloid-style programmer, set entirely in 1950 San Francisco, shown in all its glory from skid row to Nob Hill. Also featured: Lawrence Tierney at his sneering, sinister best. A crowd favorites at the inaugural Noir City festival, we’re thrilled to bring it back for a return engagement. NOT ON DVD!
Thursday, January 29 The Big Clock 7:30
1948, Paramount, 95 min. scr. Jonathan Latimer, dir. John Farrow
The editor of America’s most popular true crime magazine (Ray Milland) finds himself framed for murder after tangling with his tyrannical Murdoch-like publisher, played with sinister relish by Charles Laughton. One of the greatest suspense films of all time, based on the famed novel by Kenneth Fearing.
Strange Triangle 9:30
1946, 20th Century Fox, 65 min. dir.
Ray McCarey From deep within the Fox vaults we have extracted this wonderfully taut but nicely complex murder mystery featuring Scandinavian screen siren Signe Hasso as one of the coldest and most calculating femme fatales of the forties! If you were delighted by the deadly dames in such “B” gems as Decoy and Blonde Ice, you’ll dig Hasso’s version of the viperish vixen. Starring “B” stalwart Preston Foster. NOT ON DVD!
Friday, January 30 The Unsuspected 7:30
1947, WB, 103 min. scr. Ranald McDougall, dir. Michael Curtiz.
This clever murder mystery from novelist Charlotte Armstrong gets the deluxe noir treatment from director Curtiz and cameraman Woody (The Killers) Bredell. When the secretary of a popular radio personality (Claude Rains) commits suicide, the commentator uses his considerable storytelling gifts to suggest Murder! and flush the culprit from a rat’s nest of suspects. Lustrous studio filmmaking at its finest! NOT ON DVD!
Desperate 9:30
1947, RKO/WB, 73 min. scr. Harry Essex, dir. Anthony Mann
A newlywed truck driver (Steve Brodie) is tricked into aiding a gang of robbers led by (who else?) vicious Raymond Burr. Soon he and his bride (Audrey Long) are fleeing from both the crooks and the cops. A suspenseful and darkly atmospheric programmer that capped—with a bang—the “B” phase of Anthony Mann’s great directing career. NOT ON DVD!
Saturday, January 31 Beyond A Reasonable Doubt 2:00, 7:30 PM
1956, 80 min. scr. Douglas Morrow, dir. Fritz Lang
Dana Andrews stars as a novelist willingly “framed” for an unsolved murder as part of a secret deal he’s arranged with his publisher, a staunch opponent of capital punishment. Why do we suspect this is a really bad idea? The remake, starring Michael Douglas, will be released in May 2009. This may be your last chance to see the original—Lang’s final American film—on the big screen. NOT ON DVD!
Two O’Clock Courage 3:45, 9:20
1945, RKO/WB, 68 min. dir. Anthony Mann The Film Noir Foundation plucks from the Warner Bros. vault another terrific early Anthony Mann-directed “B,” in which a female cabbie (Ann Rutherford) comes to the aid of a foggy fare (Tom Conway) only to learn he’s the prime suspect in a murder manhunt! Snappy, lightweight fun featuring a nice turn by young Jane (Out of the Past) Greer. NOT ON DVD!
Sunday, February 1 The Killers 1:00, 7:00
1946, Universal, 103 min. dir. Robert Siodmak
Noir City is proud to present the exclusive premiere of Universal’s brand new 35mm restoration (including a totally remastered soundtrack) of the film that’s been called the “Citizen Kane of Film Noir.” It’s all here: murder, betrayal, lust, flashbacks, sumptuous visuals, double- and triple-crosses, whip-crack dialogue—and sexy young’ns Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner erupting into stardom.
Sweet Smell of Success 3:15, 9:30
1957, United Artists, 96 min. scr. Clifford Odets, dir. Alexander Mackendrick.
Our ode to the newspaper business concludes with the nastiest, most acid-tongued indictment of the power of the press ever produced. Burt Lancaster gives a legendary performance as “J. J. Hunsecker,” the most feared columnist in New York, who delights in making desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) do his dirty deeds. Simply put: one of the most enjoyably unpleasant films ever made.
Reminder - Parking is very limited
around the Castro District. Street parking is available
along with two small parking lots. Please leave yourself
extra travel time for parking for prompt arrival at
the theatre. San Francisco city residents are advised
to use public transportation available from all points
of the city to the Castro District.
Friday, January 2
Mommie Dearest
A Shot in the Dark
Experiment In Terror
Wait Until Dark
Saturday, January 10 
The Big Sleep
Dark Passage
Thursday, January 15
Friday, January 16
Saturday, January 17
Sunday, January 18
Monday, January 19
Tuesday, January 20
Wednesday, January 21
More than 40 films have followed, including Wes Anderson's comedy, 
SF Sketchfest Presents
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January 23 – February 1, 2009
Friday, January 23
Scandal Sheet 
Saturday Matinée, January 24
Chicago Deadline
Wicked as They Come 
Slightly Scarlet 
Sunday, January 25 
Ace in the Hole
Monday, January 26 
Night Editor
Tuesday, January 27
Johnny Stool Pigeon 
Wednesday, January 28
Shakedown
Thursday, January 29
Strange Triangle
Friday, January 30
Desperate
Saturday, January 31
Two O’Clock Courage
Sunday, February 1
Sweet Smell of Success 