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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Mark your calendars now, ’cause Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert is coming to town during the 2010 San Francisco International Film Festival (April 22 – May 6).
Roger will be honored at An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends on May 1st at the Castro Theatre.
Get your tickets soon – this one will sell out despite the massiveness of the single-screen Castro.
Deets below, see you there!
ROGER EBERT WILL RECEIVE MEL NOVIKOFF AWARD AT THE 53RD SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Film Critic to Be Honored at An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends May 1 at Castro Theatre
San Francisco, CA — Roger Ebert will receive the Mel Novikoff Award at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 22 – May 6). The award, named for the pioneering San Francisco art and repertory film exhibitor Mel Novikoff (1922-87), acknowledges an individual or institution whose work has enhanced the filmgoing public’s knowledge and appreciation of world cinema. The Novikoff Award will be presented at An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends, Saturday, May 1 at 5:30 pm at the Castro Theatre. Confirmed guests to date include directors Jason Reitman and Terry Zwigoff, with others to be announced soon.
Ever more deets, after the jump.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
New Italian Cinema from the San Francisco Film Society kicks off today and will run every day through Sunday, November 22 down at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema at Sacramento and Battery.
Things start off with Fortapàsc tonight and end with the intense Vincere (nobody doesn’t love this film) on Sunday, November 22. And they’ll have nine more movies in between, seven of which are up for the City of Florence Award, so check it out and get your tickets now. Plus, free four hour parking at any of the Embarcadero Center parking garages. Bonus!
Benito Mussolini’s squadristi are all over the place in Vincere, the film from Marco Bellocchio. (It turns out that Mussolini secretly got the equivalent of $10,000 a week (as a reporter!) from British MI-5 back in the day – that might have played a part in his political transformation, which features prominently in Vincere. Just saying. Anyway…)
See you there!
November 15–22, 2009
Copresented with New Italian Cinema Events and the Italian Cultural Institute, New Italian Cinema celebrates the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and brings the country’s newest directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. A prestigious jury selects the best Italian entries from the year’s major European film festivals to compete for the City of Florence Award. Attendees enjoy not only a vibrant cinema showcase, but an immersion into Italy’s rich and storied culture with directors present to illuminate their work in lively question-and-answer sessions.
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Free four-hour validated parking is available after 5:00 pm Monday-Friday and after 10:00 am Saturday & Sunday at any Embarcadero Center parking garage. With validation, reduced rates apply at all other times.
Tags: california, center, Cinema, Embarcadero, Festival, film, fortapasc, italian, italiano, italy, Marco Bellocchio, Mezzanine, MI-5, movies, Mussolini, New Italian Cinema, party, San Francisco, San Francisco Film Society, sffs, vincere
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
This was the scene last night in the Fillmore / NOPA / greater Western Addition (originally lands west of Larkin, including Pacific Heights). Despite temps in the 40’s and swirling winds, you had San Francisco International Film Festival fans lined at the Sundance Kabuki all the way to Webster and Alpha Blondy fans lined up at The Independent on Divisidero. Plus free chicken on Geary.
All in all, it was a lively, if chilly, scene last night. Click to expand:
It sort of looked like SoMA…
…but without the gunplay.
Que bueno.
Tags: alpha, Alpha Blondy, Blondy, chicken, divisidero, fillmore, film, free, geary, Independent, japantown, kabuki, kfc, movies, NOPA, raggae, San Francisco International Film Festival, soma, sundance, Sundance Kabuki, western addition
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
It’s a little hazy when this occurred (you know, Japantown is famous for its name changing restaurants), but Kabuki Kitchen at 1865 Post Street has been replaced by Sundance Kitchen. Normally, you could look to the dates of Yelp reviews to help you figure out when a joint’s name has changed, but there are mixed up entries for both Kabuki Kitchen and Sundance Kitchen. Oh well.
Anyway, this place has a new menu and new hours – it’s closed Monday Tuesday and open just 24 hours a week during dindin time (assuming they don’t close early on slow nights, as KK used to do on a regular basis last year).
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And here’s the new menu – it’s just legible enough for you to read, if you want to:
Tags: 1865 Post, california, Cinema, film, fraud, japantown, kabuki, kabuki kitchen, movie, movies, redford, robert redford, San Francisco, street, sundance, sundance kitchen, theater, theatre, yelp
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
No, not that Presidio Theatre on 2340 Chestnut in the Marina District.
This Presidio Theatre at 99 Moraga in the Presidio. The one that is temporarily closed.
A sad scene from the Main Post Theatre featuring a poster advertising a showing (The Blob, featuring Steve McQueen and Burt Bacharach’s campy music) from five years ago.
But that’s the way it goes with single screen movie houses these days.
C’est la vie, mon chéri
Tags: 99, 99 moraga, bldg. 99, blob, building 99, Film in the Fog, Main Post, mcqueen, movies, presidio, presidio theatre, Presidio Trust, theater, theatre, them
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Here it is, the Kabuki Kitchen, owned by Sundance Studios, at 1865 Post Street in Japantown. On this night at around 8:00-something PM, it appeared to have just one customer.
The term “Yelp Fraud” would apply to reviews that are deceptive, such as those from a business owner posing as a customer to praise his own products. Do you see any of that possibly going on here?
One recent posting with a five-star rating: “Best of the best! The new Executive Chef Mark Lackie has completely revamped the menu.” Look a little suspicious to you? Notice any others? Exclamation points are a clue.
As for the restaurant itself, it appears to close early on a regular basis for want of customers.
For what it’s worth, three cheers for SunDance founder Robert Redford and SunDance itself for putting a boatload of money into the Kabuki theatre complex. It must be tough getting a new restaurant off the ground, especially without having a liquor license from the get go. Kabuki Kitchen certainly looks nice, as this photo from Eater SF shows, but $13 burgers might seem too costly for some.
Keep on trying Bob/SunDance! We’re rooting for you.
Tags: 1865 Post, california, dining, dinner, fraud, japantown, kabuki, kabuki kitchen, movies, redford, restaurant, robert redford, San Francisco, street, sundance, sundance kitchen, theater, theatre, yelp
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