The San Francisco Bay Area is still home to a rich cinephilic culture nurtured in large part by a diverse array of cinemas, programmers and moviegoers. I'm honored to present a selection of favorite screenings experienced by local cinephiles in 2018. An index of participants can be found here.
Eleven-time IOHTE contributor Michael Hawley is one of only three people (including myself) who have contributed to every single one of my (nearly) annual "I Only Have Two Eyes" repertory round-ups. Sadly, he moved out of state shortly after we attended the last screening on this list together, so this will likely be his last year contributing. But he still keeps his eye on the Frisco Bay screening scene and even wrote about it once since departing, at his film-415 blog.
2018 Favorite Bay Area Revival-Repertory (listed in order
seen)
Quiet Please, Murder (1942, dir. John Francis Larkin, 35mm,
Castro Theatre, Noir City)
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| Woodstock screen capture from Warner DVD |
Flesh and Fantasy (1943, dir. Julien Duvivier) and Destiny
(1944, dir. Reginald Le Borg and Julien Duvivier), (both 35mm, Castro Theatre,
Noir City)
Trouble Every Day (2001, dir. Claire Denis, 35mm, SFMOMA, in
conjunction with SFFILM, series "Claire Denis: Seeing is Believing")
Wicked Woman (1953, dir. Russell Rouse, 35mm, Castro
Theatre, Noir City)
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| Red Desert screen capture from Criterion DVD |
Cold Water (1994, dir. Olivier Assayas, DCP, Roxie Cinema)
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972-1973, dir. Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, DCP, Pacific Film
Battling Butler (1926, dir. Buster Keaton, DCP, Castro
Theatre, San Francisco Silent Film Festival)
Car Wash (1976, dir. Michael Schultz, 35mm, SFMOMA, in
conjunction with SFFILM, series "Black Powers: Reframing Hollywood,"
with Michael Schultz in person)
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| She Wore A Yellow Ribbon screen capture from Warner DVD |
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