Tag: film

‘Cinema school’ could bring movie making to Mission Street

Less than a month after the new Alamo Drafthouse movie house opened, plans are getting underway to bring another old Mission Street theater back from retirement. In recent weeks, signs have been hung across the timeworn marquee of the former Tower theater at 2465 Mission St., declaring it the future home of Mission Cinema School. […]

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How the Roxie got her moxie back

With recent upgrades that include a makeover and, now, new management, the Roxie Theater is getting back in fighting shape. Over the past year, the nonprofit has purchased a state-of-the art projector, acquired a license to sell beer, and spent a week sprucing up its theaters with everything from a deep clean to new paint. […]

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Roxie Theater gets a makeover

Though well into her senior years, the Roxie Theater should be looking a bit more youthful these days. The 238-seat movie house and the Little Roxie theater two doors down closed for a week at the beginning of the month for a facelift. Operations director (and Uptown bar owner) Shae Green said more than 30 […]

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Filmmakers document history, stories of iconic bar

As the city’s only lesbian and queer bar prepares to go dark tonight after 18 years, a pair of San Francisco filmmakers is helping ensure that memories of the Lexington Club live on. Friends Susie Smith and Lauren Tabak have spent the past four months collecting dozens of photographs, old flyers and other bar mementos, […]

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