The Two Eyes Of Jesse Hawthorne Ficks

If you didn't attend some wonderful repertory/revival film screenings in 2012, you missed out. As nobody could see them all, I've recruited Frisco Bay filmgoers to recall some of their own favorites of the year. An index of participants is found here.  

The following list comes from Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, an educator, SF Bay Guardian contributer, and MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS programmer

Ficks' Rep Picks

1. 3rd i Film Festival presents
"The Eternal Poet: Raj Kapoor & the Golden Age of Indian Cinema"
@ The Pacific Film Archive
Aag (1948) - 35mm
Barsaat (1949) - 35mm
Awaara (1951) - 35mm
Boot Polish (1954) - 35mm
Shree 420 (1955) - 35mm
Jaagte Raho (1956) - Digital
Bobby (1973) - 35mm

2. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents
Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927) - Poly Vision 35mm (3 Screens)
@ Oakland's Paramount Theatre

3. MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS presents
Peter Bogdanovich's Texasville: Director's Cut (1990) - Laserdisc
@ Lost Weekend's Cinecave Underground Theatre

4. "From a Whisper to a Scream: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski"
@ The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
On the Silver Globe (1976/1988) - 35mm
Third Part of the Night (1971) - 35mm
The Devil (1972) - 35mm
Possession (1981) - 35mm
Szamanka (The Shaman, 1996) - 35mm

5. Dennis James playing the organ
@ The Stanford Theatre
Victor Sjöström's The Wind (1928)
Allan Dwan's Robin Hood (1922)
Erich Von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922)

6. "Bullets and Bikinis: The Films of Andy Sidaris"
@ The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) - 35mm

7. Tribute to Howard Hawks hosted by David Thomson
@ The Stanford Theatre
The Criminal Code (1931) - 35mm
Sergeant York (1941) - 35mm
To Have and Have Not (1944) - 35mm
The Big Sleep (1946) - 35mm
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) - 35mm
The Big Sky (1952) - 35mm
Rio Bravo (1959) - 35mm
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) - 35mm
El Dorado (1966) - 35mm
Rio Lobo (1970) - 35mm

8. MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS presents "No Pain No Gain" Triple Bill
@ The Castro Theatre
Bring it On (2000) - 35mm
Hairspray (1988) - 35mm
Kickboxer (1989) - Preceded by 18 Jean-Claude Van Damme trailers all on 35mm

9. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival presents
William Wellman's Wings (1927) w/ Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and Foley sound effects by Ben Burtt and Rodney Sauer - DCP
@ The Castro Theatre