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Articles from past issues of Picture Talk, the newsletter of the Film Society.
San Francisco’s first film noir festival is coming to the Castro Theatre January 17–26, presented in association with the Film Society.
For the seventh year, the Consulate General of Italy, the Italian
Cultural Institute and the San Francisco Film Society join together
to present New Italian Cinema.
The Film Society's fall calendar is filling up fast with an unprecedented
variety of activities.
We go to the extreme and beyond with Dark Wave, the series of international
horror, fantasy and cult cinema.
Bay Area filmmakers gather for a roundtable discussion at the Palm
Room in the San Francisco Film Centre.
We’re kicking off the Sunday Salon with composer Philip Glass
and producer Tom Luddy on the art and process of composing music
for film.
Over the course of 15 days, thousands of filmgoers, filmmakers and
film industry representatives attended 265 Festival screenings of
185 films in San Francisco, Berkeley and Menlo Park.
For the third year in a row, the San Francisco Film Society celebrates
films that go to the extreme and beyond with Dark Wave, the series
of horror, fantasy and cult cinema, October 19-22 at the Roxie Cinema.
For 17 years, San Francisco Film Society staff photographer Pamela
Gentile has focused her compelling visual sensibility on the faces
of the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Verdi Goes to the Movies celebrates the magnificence of Verdi’s
work at the Castro Theatre May 25–31 and at Landmark’s
Park Theatre in Menlo Park June 1–7. This series coincides
with the San Francisco Opera’s Verdi Celebration, which includes
productions of Verdi’s greatest masterworks La Traviata, Aida
and Simon Boccanegra in June.
This year marks the centenary of the death of the great Italian
composer, Giuseppe Verdi. The San Francisco Film Society celebrates
his life and work by presenting Verdi Goes to the Movies, a two-week
series based on his work, or inspired by his music.
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