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"content": "\u003cp>If history is indeed written by the winners, why is Hernan Cortez so miserable?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, Oakland-based director \u003ca href=\"https://rrcinema.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rodrigo Reyes\u003c/a> has yanked the 16th-century Spanish conquistador from his eternal rest and dropped him in the lapping water on a deserted Mexican coast. Making his way through picturesque dunes in his heavy boots and clothes, Cortez encounters pollution and culture shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worse realizations await, as Cortez (a weary yet curious Eduardo San Juan Breña) sets out on a journey from Veracruz to Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City), retracing his steps half a millennium after he and his invading force conquered the Aztec Empire. Reyes presents Cortez—and us—with a litany of painful contemporary sagas ranging from the kidnapping and murder of a journalist to the legions of Latin Americans riding a hope, a prayer and a freight train through Mexico to El Norte. Confronted with the violence and “progress” that are his legacy, the colonial explorer has a crisis of conscience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13894799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A man dressed as a conquistador sits on a railway track with other men.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"503\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894799\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200-800x335.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200-1020x428.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Reyes_Rodrigo_499_Still_1-5_1200-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Rodrigo Reyes’ ‘499,’ 2020. \u003ccite>(Alejandro Mejía/AMC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>499\u003c/em> is at once an imaginative dreamscape and a harrowing travelogue that marries documentary and fiction to fascinating effect. While showing us our harsh, messy world through the eyes of an anachronistic figure, the film evokes the universal (and ludicrous) aspiration for immortality through a mix of horror, poetry and droll humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big risk that Reyes runs is trivializing the real suffering of real people by incorporating their experiences in his grand conceit. (He originally intended for \u003cem>499\u003c/em> to come out in 2020, on the eve of the 500th anniversary of Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire.) And there’s a hurdle that Reyes has to leap with viewers, by drawing a straight (or even wavy line) through five centuries of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wisely, Reyes is less interested in declarations and proclamations than in a universe of mysteries: The price of ego and the wages of power, the persisting beauty of a land riven by human civilization, the rituals of religion and the sway of superstition. The result is that \u003cem>499\u003c/em> turns us into explorers, alongside Cortez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consequently, and perhaps inevitably, we are implicated along with Cortez for the ravages he left in his wake so long (but not so long) ago. When he finally sheds and discards his armor in a sprawling garbage dump in a demonstration of self-loathing, acceptance and reinvention, we can identify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>‘499’ plays Sept. 3–9 at the Roxie. \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/499/?instance_id=41998\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets and showtimes here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>One of the most inviting and rewarding African films in recent years, \u003cem>Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)\u003c/em> vividly explores perhaps the most irresistible theme in movies: the urge for a better life. Nigerian twin brothers Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri’s debut feature, opening Aug. 27 at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/eyimofe-this-is-my-desire/?instance_id=41738\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Little Roxie\u003c/a>, may hit the expected road markers—likable protagonists, unforeseen setbacks, wrenching compromises, smiling determination—but it does so without sacrificing freshness or charm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impulse to get ahead, especially in African cinema, is typically manifested in a village innocent coming to the big city. He or she invariably gets seduced or swallowed by criminals or the nouveau riche, respectively, and their cash. In contrast, the protagonists of \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> are well-established (albeit underpaid) in Lagos, and know their city very, very well. But they are not exempt from the endemic corruption and exploitation that await newcomers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film, which screened earlier this year in the SFFILM Festival, is split into two unconnected yet parallel stories. Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), a cheerful fix-it master at a jury-rigged workshop who also does repair jobs in the evening, drives the first half with his preparations to emigrate to Spain. An awful accident compels him, eventually, to deal with his father, whose shockingly selfish machinations prove the biggest enemy of Mofe’s dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600.jpeg\" alt=\"A close-up of a dark-skinned man in profile.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901924\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mofe (Jude Akuwudike) in ‘Eyimofe,’ 2020. \u003ccite>(Janus Films)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mofe keeps on keeping on, though, eventually handing the screen to streetwise Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams), a hairdresser and bartender (no one can live on one job, it seems) set on going to Italy with her pregnant younger sister. In her bits of free time between working, pursuing and paying for various travel documents, Rosa fends off her leering landlord and takes up with a well-off American, a development that takes the film from the street to the penthouse. The line between romance and commerce—what’s love got to do with it?—hasn’t been this blurred since the pre-Code days of Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like those entertaining social-issue films, \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> retains an astonishing buoyancy and generosity of spirit amid the continuous bartering of dreams and souls. The Esiri brothers evince a palpable air of affection toward Mofe and Rosa, and the milieu of workaday Lagos, that infuses the movie with a sense of optimism borne of persistence. Neither guarantees success, of course, but \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> is far more enjoyable than a film bent on snuffing hope like a candle. (Be sure to stick around for the ’70s pop song playing over the end credits, Ifeanyi Eddie Okwedy & His Maymores Dance Band’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/kgYFHoWrcBM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Survival\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman with braids wears a green sequined shirt.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901925\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams) in ‘Eyimofe,’ 2020.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s another aspect of \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> that is grounds for celebration. While the filmmakers received their MFAs at Columbia (Arie) and NYU (Chuko)—New York film schools with a different ethos from their Hollywood-adjacent counterparts—the familiar rules of narrative filmmaking still apply. It’s a pleasure to report that the Esiris’ debut feature has a rhythm and looseness that contributes significantly to the feeling of place. If \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> is a tad too long, it’s because the filmmakers are more interested in the texture and tapestry of the world their protagonists inhabit than in building suspense and orchestrating climaxes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s certainly conceivable that one day the Esiris will direct an earnest Will Smith drama, or Marvel spinoff. 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An awful accident compels him, eventually, to deal with his father, whose shockingly selfish machinations prove the biggest enemy of Mofe’s dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600.jpeg\" alt=\"A close-up of a dark-skinned man in profile.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901924\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_005_w1600-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mofe (Jude Akuwudike) in ‘Eyimofe,’ 2020. \u003ccite>(Janus Films)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mofe keeps on keeping on, though, eventually handing the screen to streetwise Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams), a hairdresser and bartender (no one can live on one job, it seems) set on going to Italy with her pregnant younger sister. In her bits of free time between working, pursuing and paying for various travel documents, Rosa fends off her leering landlord and takes up with a well-off American, a development that takes the film from the street to the penthouse. The line between romance and commerce—what’s love got to do with it?—hasn’t been this blurred since the pre-Code days of Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like those entertaining social-issue films, \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> retains an astonishing buoyancy and generosity of spirit amid the continuous bartering of dreams and souls. The Esiri brothers evince a palpable air of affection toward Mofe and Rosa, and the milieu of workaday Lagos, that infuses the movie with a sense of optimism borne of persistence. Neither guarantees success, of course, but \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> is far more enjoyable than a film bent on snuffing hope like a candle. (Be sure to stick around for the ’70s pop song playing over the end credits, Ifeanyi Eddie Okwedy & His Maymores Dance Band’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/kgYFHoWrcBM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Survival\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman with braids wears a green sequined shirt.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901925\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/32158id_043_w1600-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams) in ‘Eyimofe,’ 2020.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s another aspect of \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> that is grounds for celebration. While the filmmakers received their MFAs at Columbia (Arie) and NYU (Chuko)—New York film schools with a different ethos from their Hollywood-adjacent counterparts—the familiar rules of narrative filmmaking still apply. It’s a pleasure to report that the Esiris’ debut feature has a rhythm and looseness that contributes significantly to the feeling of place. If \u003cem>Eyimofe\u003c/em> is a tad too long, it’s because the filmmakers are more interested in the texture and tapestry of the world their protagonists inhabit than in building suspense and orchestrating climaxes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angela Chan hardly misses a film at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxie Theater\u003c/a>, even though she takes public transportation all the way from where she lives in Millbrae to get to the San Francisco Mission District venue.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you get a membership, you’re going to want to see more than two movies a month,” the avid moviegoer says, crossing 16th Street on the way to catch a screening of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14030552/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Kid Candidate\u003c/em>\u003c/a> as part of the Roxie’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfdocfest2021.eventive.org/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DocFest\u003c/a> programming. “And patron members get free popcorn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chan is legally blind, and because she has scoliosis, she uses a walker. So she’s thrilled to discover the theater’s shiny new wheelchair-accessible door, which glides open at the push of a big button. She’s also happy the Roxie remodeled its formerly wheelchair-inaccessible bathroom.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s huge,” she says. “And everything’s white, so it’s easy to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the pandemic’s few silver linings is that it gave some of the Bay Area’s shuttered historic movie theaters, like the Roxie, the time and space to undertake much-needed accessibility upgrades. For these older theaters, built long before current codes, making the moviegoing experience more welcoming for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/impacts/california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23% of adults in California\u003c/a> who live with a disability has been a long time coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accessibility Nightmare\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“There was a time in which myself as a wheelchair user could not get into many theaters at all,” says Oakland-based film director and sound designer \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LeBrecht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim LeBrecht\u003c/a>, who’s in his mid-60s. “Maybe they would allow me to sit in the aisle, but I was a fire hazard. Or maybe when I was a younger guy I was able to transfer to a seat, and then my wheelchair was stashed somewhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Newnham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Newnham\u003c/a>, LeBrecht wrote, directed and co-produced the Oscar-nominated movie \u003ca href=\"http://www.cripcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Crip Camp\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which tells the story of a group of disabled teens—LeBrecht among them—whose memorable experiences at a summer camp in the early 1970s sparked a nationwide surge in disability rights activism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Official Trailer | Netflix | Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRrIs22plz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LeBrecht says his moviegoing experience has steadily improved since the passage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans with Disabilities Act\u003c/a> (ADA) in 1990. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But he sees compliance with the ADA as “a floor, not a ceiling.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This poses a challenge for \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">historic\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> theaters, built decades before the establishment of ADA codes. Many are in constant need of other more pressing repairs, and, as small local businesses, they’ve traditionally been held less accountable for complying with accessibility laws, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht says\u003c/span>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some have really not done much of anything, saying that the cost is so great, they are not obligated under the law,” LeBrecht says. Another common argument from historic theaters is that making accessibility upgrades would destroy their historic architecture.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic Theaters Step It Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But things are changing. More owners and managers of historic theaters are seeing the value of making their spaces more inclusive, and finding the funds to follow through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a huge audience out there that wants to come to the movies,” says the Roxie’s executive director Lex Sloan, who used the majority of a $150,000 grant from the \u003ca href=\"https://savingplaces.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Trust for Historic Preservation\u003c/a> to make accessibility upgrades to the 108-year-old venue. “And so let’s make sure that we have what they need to feel comfortable here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex Sloan, executive director of the Roxie, demonstrates the new ADA door. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We feel that that’s sort of a social responsibility of a business, and wherever possible needs to be achieved,” says Allen Michaan, owner and operator of Oakland’s 95-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.renaissancerialto.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Lake Theatre\u003c/a>. Michaan says he’s used business profits steadily over the years to make upgrades, like adding more seats for wheelchair users in prime spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, over in Marin County, the \u003ca href=\"https://larktheater.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lark Theater\u003c/a> in Larkspur, opened in 1940, is making its existing ADA bathrooms and lobby concession counters more wheelchair-friendly with funds from a capital campaign and a private donor. “It’s very important that we do this,” says the Lark’s executive director Ellie Mednick. “We have had people with disabilities come to our theater for a long time, and have always asked how we can improve.” The theater began these renovations a few months ago and plans to reopen in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some Lag Behind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But some historic Bay Area theaters are lagging behind—notably San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.castrotheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Castro Theatre\u003c/a>, which was built in 1922.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All sorts of people with disabilities have been saying, ‘Look, we can’t access half the theater. It’s not available to us,'” says Catherine Kudlick, who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>, which hosts \u003ca href=\"https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/superfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Superfest\u003c/a>, touted as “the world’s longest running disability film festival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kudlick is among several people interviewed for this story who want the famed San Francisco movie palace to make a variety of accessibility upgrades, including providing more desirable seating options for wheelchair users, implementing audio description and closed captioning technology for people who are hearing or sight impaired, and making the stage and mezzanine accessible to people who can’t climb stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a will, there’s a way,” says Kudlick. “The problem is you’ve got to get people to the point where they need to be willing to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13887089\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13887089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Castro Theatre at night. The theatre has been closed since March due to coronavirus restrictions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre. \u003ccite>(Castro Theatre/Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is\u003cb>\u003c/b> a wonderful theater, the absolute centerpiece of our cinematic community, and I appreciate it deeply,” says filmmaker LeBrecht. “But it is a horrible place for me to go see a movie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Working Toward Improvements\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht and Kudlick are part of a \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/accessibility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disability Advisory Board\u003c/a> set up three years ago by \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFFILM\u003c/a>, which hosts many \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/sffilm-festival/?gclid=CjwKCAjwz_WGBhA1EiwAUAxIcREwVAJI7xRZUCo3tgUFvBOPr40iHKjTsyq5yk0IH0jfu6UYoZdWuxoCCs8QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco International Film Festival\u003c/a> screenings and other events throughout the year at the Castro, among other local venues. The board’s initiatives, with the help of funding from the \u003ca href=\"https://krfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenneth Rainin Foundation\u003c/a>, include improving accessibility at historic movie theaters, supporting filmmakers with disabilities, and increasing access to closed captioning and audio description both for digital and in-person film events. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht says his group is helping SFFILM work with its partner venues, including the Castro, to address accessibility issues. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro’s general manager, Steve Nasser, says he’s committed to addressing their concerns, though he’s vague on specifics and a timeline at this stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we’re looking at a variety of options, is what I would say,” Nasser says. “Our architect and historical consultants have met with the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Audio Description Challenge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even theaters that \u003cem>have\u003c/em> embraced accessibility can’t always create the most optimal experience for disabled customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roxie, for example, has a stock of closed captioning and audio description devices. Small \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_captioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed captioning\u003c/a> boxes, for people who have trouble hearing, fit in seat cupholders with text captions showing up on the boxes’ screens. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audio description\u003c/a>, for patrons who are sight-impaired, is provided through headphones. A voice describes the action unfolding on the movie theater screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But these devices are mostly only useful to visually and hearing impaired filmgoers if the films on view are outfitted with closed captioning and audio descriptions. And making a film caption- and audio description-ready is the responsibility of the filmmaker or film distributor. (Sloan adds a caveat that audio headsets have a setting which will increase the loudness of any film’s basic audio track, so this can help some people who have trouble hearing, even if the film itself doesn’t come with audio description. But it’s not much help to people who can’t see very well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899768\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An audio description headset. \u003ccite>(Lex Sloan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Roxie’s screening of indie documentary \u003cem>Kid Candidate \u003c/em>didn’t come with audio description. So film buff and Roxie member Chan had to sit in the very front row to follow the action on screen and the post-show Q&A with the director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big studio films have the money to provide that kind of service,” Chan says. “Independent films and foreign films generally won’t have that available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closed captioning is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.ada.gov/regs2016/movie_captioning_qa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legally required\u003c/a> and can be done cheaply, or even for free using automated speech-to-text technology. So films with captioning are fairly ubiquitous these days. Movies with audio description are much less prevalent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Longmore Institute’s Kudlick, who is vision impaired, says audio description is more hands-on and subjective. “Someone has to decide what to describe, so it’s more complex and pricey to produce. It’s also still more niche and in its infancy as a service, so a lot of folks don’t know about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data provided to KQED by the Rainin Foundation via email, audio description costs $20-$30 per minute. Captioning costs around $4 per minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kudlick’s colleague, Longmore Institute associate director Emily Beitiks, says indie filmmakers shouldn’t be let off the hook for providing audio description because of budget size. She says more of them are starting to include the service as part of the basic package that goes along with their films. “They write it into grants or get reduced costs from access providers who want to see these titles provided with access,” Beitiks says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accessibility For All\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filmmaker LeBrecht says the movie industry is starting to understand that accessibility isn’t just about meeting the needs of a niche group or fulfilling legal requirements. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is this shift, finally, of support and validation for the disabled community that we have been fighting for for years,” he says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, LeBrecht points out, the mere act of aging comes with accessibility needs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are fortunate enough to live long enough, you are going to start experiencing things with your body that are going to make it more difficult for you to access a cinema or just society in general without some kind of accommodation,” LeBrecht says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the more that movie theaters prioritize accessibility, the more moviegoers they can reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an audience out there!” LeBrecht says. “They spend money in your theater!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angela Chan hardly misses a film at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxie Theater\u003c/a>, even though she takes public transportation all the way from where she lives in Millbrae to get to the San Francisco Mission District venue.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you get a membership, you’re going to want to see more than two movies a month,” the avid moviegoer says, crossing 16th Street on the way to catch a screening of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14030552/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Kid Candidate\u003c/em>\u003c/a> as part of the Roxie’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfdocfest2021.eventive.org/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DocFest\u003c/a> programming. “And patron members get free popcorn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chan is legally blind, and because she has scoliosis, she uses a walker. So she’s thrilled to discover the theater’s shiny new wheelchair-accessible door, which glides open at the push of a big button. She’s also happy the Roxie remodeled its formerly wheelchair-inaccessible bathroom.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s huge,” she says. “And everything’s white, so it’s easy to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the pandemic’s few silver linings is that it gave some of the Bay Area’s shuttered historic movie theaters, like the Roxie, the time and space to undertake much-needed accessibility upgrades. For these older theaters, built long before current codes, making the moviegoing experience more welcoming for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/impacts/california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23% of adults in California\u003c/a> who live with a disability has been a long time coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accessibility Nightmare\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“There was a time in which myself as a wheelchair user could not get into many theaters at all,” says Oakland-based film director and sound designer \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_LeBrecht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim LeBrecht\u003c/a>, who’s in his mid-60s. “Maybe they would allow me to sit in the aisle, but I was a fire hazard. Or maybe when I was a younger guy I was able to transfer to a seat, and then my wheelchair was stashed somewhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Newnham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Newnham\u003c/a>, LeBrecht wrote, directed and co-produced the Oscar-nominated movie \u003ca href=\"http://www.cripcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Crip Camp\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which tells the story of a group of disabled teens—LeBrecht among them—whose memorable experiences at a summer camp in the early 1970s sparked a nationwide surge in disability rights activism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Official Trailer | Netflix | Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRrIs22plz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LeBrecht says his moviegoing experience has steadily improved since the passage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans with Disabilities Act\u003c/a> (ADA) in 1990. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But he sees compliance with the ADA as “a floor, not a ceiling.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This poses a challenge for \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">historic\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> theaters, built decades before the establishment of ADA codes. Many are in constant need of other more pressing repairs, and, as small local businesses, they’ve traditionally been held less accountable for complying with accessibility laws, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht says\u003c/span>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some have really not done much of anything, saying that the cost is so great, they are not obligated under the law,” LeBrecht says. Another common argument from historic theaters is that making accessibility upgrades would destroy their historic architecture.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic Theaters Step It Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But things are changing. More owners and managers of historic theaters are seeing the value of making their spaces more inclusive, and finding the funds to follow through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a huge audience out there that wants to come to the movies,” says the Roxie’s executive director Lex Sloan, who used the majority of a $150,000 grant from the \u003ca href=\"https://savingplaces.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Trust for Historic Preservation\u003c/a> to make accessibility upgrades to the 108-year-old venue. “And so let’s make sure that we have what they need to feel comfortable here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50210_lex-sloan-roxie-ada-door-copy-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex Sloan, executive director of the Roxie, demonstrates the new ADA door. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We feel that that’s sort of a social responsibility of a business, and wherever possible needs to be achieved,” says Allen Michaan, owner and operator of Oakland’s 95-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.renaissancerialto.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Lake Theatre\u003c/a>. Michaan says he’s used business profits steadily over the years to make upgrades, like adding more seats for wheelchair users in prime spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, over in Marin County, the \u003ca href=\"https://larktheater.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lark Theater\u003c/a> in Larkspur, opened in 1940, is making its existing ADA bathrooms and lobby concession counters more wheelchair-friendly with funds from a capital campaign and a private donor. “It’s very important that we do this,” says the Lark’s executive director Ellie Mednick. “We have had people with disabilities come to our theater for a long time, and have always asked how we can improve.” The theater began these renovations a few months ago and plans to reopen in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some Lag Behind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But some historic Bay Area theaters are lagging behind—notably San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.castrotheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Castro Theatre\u003c/a>, which was built in 1922.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All sorts of people with disabilities have been saying, ‘Look, we can’t access half the theater. It’s not available to us,'” says Catherine Kudlick, who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>, which hosts \u003ca href=\"https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/superfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Superfest\u003c/a>, touted as “the world’s longest running disability film festival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kudlick is among several people interviewed for this story who want the famed San Francisco movie palace to make a variety of accessibility upgrades, including providing more desirable seating options for wheelchair users, implementing audio description and closed captioning technology for people who are hearing or sight impaired, and making the stage and mezzanine accessible to people who can’t climb stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a will, there’s a way,” says Kudlick. “The problem is you’ve got to get people to the point where they need to be willing to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13887089\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13887089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Castro Theatre at night. The theatre has been closed since March due to coronavirus restrictions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/CastroTheatre.covid_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre. \u003ccite>(Castro Theatre/Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is\u003cb>\u003c/b> a wonderful theater, the absolute centerpiece of our cinematic community, and I appreciate it deeply,” says filmmaker LeBrecht. “But it is a horrible place for me to go see a movie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Working Toward Improvements\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht and Kudlick are part of a \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/accessibility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disability Advisory Board\u003c/a> set up three years ago by \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFFILM\u003c/a>, which hosts many \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/sffilm-festival/?gclid=CjwKCAjwz_WGBhA1EiwAUAxIcREwVAJI7xRZUCo3tgUFvBOPr40iHKjTsyq5yk0IH0jfu6UYoZdWuxoCCs8QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco International Film Festival\u003c/a> screenings and other events throughout the year at the Castro, among other local venues. The board’s initiatives, with the help of funding from the \u003ca href=\"https://krfoundation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenneth Rainin Foundation\u003c/a>, include improving accessibility at historic movie theaters, supporting filmmakers with disabilities, and increasing access to closed captioning and audio description both for digital and in-person film events. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeBrecht says his group is helping SFFILM work with its partner venues, including the Castro, to address accessibility issues. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro’s general manager, Steve Nasser, says he’s committed to addressing their concerns, though he’s vague on specifics and a timeline at this stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we’re looking at a variety of options, is what I would say,” Nasser says. “Our architect and historical consultants have met with the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Audio Description Challenge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even theaters that \u003cem>have\u003c/em> embraced accessibility can’t always create the most optimal experience for disabled customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roxie, for example, has a stock of closed captioning and audio description devices. Small \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_captioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed captioning\u003c/a> boxes, for people who have trouble hearing, fit in seat cupholders with text captions showing up on the boxes’ screens. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audio description\u003c/a>, for patrons who are sight-impaired, is provided through headphones. A voice describes the action unfolding on the movie theater screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But these devices are mostly only useful to visually and hearing impaired filmgoers if the films on view are outfitted with closed captioning and audio descriptions. And making a film caption- and audio description-ready is the responsibility of the filmmaker or film distributor. (Sloan adds a caveat that audio headsets have a setting which will increase the loudness of any film’s basic audio track, so this can help some people who have trouble hearing, even if the film itself doesn’t come with audio description. But it’s not much help to people who can’t see very well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899768\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/RS50209_audio-decription-headset-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An audio description headset. \u003ccite>(Lex Sloan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Roxie’s screening of indie documentary \u003cem>Kid Candidate \u003c/em>didn’t come with audio description. So film buff and Roxie member Chan had to sit in the very front row to follow the action on screen and the post-show Q&A with the director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big studio films have the money to provide that kind of service,” Chan says. “Independent films and foreign films generally won’t have that available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closed captioning is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.ada.gov/regs2016/movie_captioning_qa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legally required\u003c/a> and can be done cheaply, or even for free using automated speech-to-text technology. So films with captioning are fairly ubiquitous these days. Movies with audio description are much less prevalent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Longmore Institute’s Kudlick, who is vision impaired, says audio description is more hands-on and subjective. “Someone has to decide what to describe, so it’s more complex and pricey to produce. It’s also still more niche and in its infancy as a service, so a lot of folks don’t know about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data provided to KQED by the Rainin Foundation via email, audio description costs $20-$30 per minute. Captioning costs around $4 per minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kudlick’s colleague, Longmore Institute associate director Emily Beitiks, says indie filmmakers shouldn’t be let off the hook for providing audio description because of budget size. She says more of them are starting to include the service as part of the basic package that goes along with their films. “They write it into grants or get reduced costs from access providers who want to see these titles provided with access,” Beitiks says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accessibility For All\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filmmaker LeBrecht says the movie industry is starting to understand that accessibility isn’t just about meeting the needs of a niche group or fulfilling legal requirements. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is this shift, finally, of support and validation for the disabled community that we have been fighting for for years,” he says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, LeBrecht points out, the mere act of aging comes with accessibility needs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are fortunate enough to live long enough, you are going to start experiencing things with your body that are going to make it more difficult for you to access a cinema or just society in general without some kind of accommodation,” LeBrecht says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the more that movie theaters prioritize accessibility, the more moviegoers they can reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an audience out there!” LeBrecht says. “They spend money in your theater!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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From a barren Scottish island to frenetic Paris to stripped-down Stockholm, the sites of this week’s picks are intertwined with their characters’ states of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from 'Paris Calligrammes.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-800x580.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-1020x740.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-768x557.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Ottinger_Paris-Calligrammes_001-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from ‘Paris Calligrammes.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy BAMPFA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Paris Calligrammes\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> \u003cbr>\nNow playing\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/event/paris-calligrammes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BAMPFA virtual screening room\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe prolific German filmmaker, photographer and stage director Ulrike Ottinger has always been a seeker—of fellow artists, remote places and personal revelation. \u003cem>Paris Calligrammes\u003c/em>, slated to screen here a year ago as part of the COVID-cancelled SFFILM Festival, finds her buoyantly bringing to life a formative period in her artistic and personal development: Paris in the ’60s. An incredibly alive and pleasurable film, it marks a high point in the subgenre of first-person documentaries about impressionable youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ottinger was just 20 when she lit out for Paris from her small rural town in 1962. Her Isetta microcar conked out en route, so she ditched it on the side of the road and hitchhiked the rest of the way. She gravitated to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, fell under the sway of German bookseller Fritz Picard, met a range of artists, began her career and rode the wave of political consciousness and social turmoil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Paris Calligrammes\u003c/em> is utterly free of the off-putting cling of nostalgia, largely because Ottinger is far more interested in honoring and highlighting other people than in dominating the narrative. As a result, Ottinger’s erstwhile memoir works as both a record of a kinetic social history and as an inspiration to young artists seeking just such a scene today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film is part of an extensive BAMPFA retrospective, \u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/watch-from-home/east-meets-west-films-ulrike-ottinger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">East Meets West: The Films of Ulrike Ottinger\u003c/a>, which screens virtually in conjunction with a career-spanning exhibition of Ottinger’s photographs at the museum, which reopens Apr. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from 'Limbo.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13896624\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Limbo1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from ‘Limbo.’ \u003ccite>(MUBI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Limbo\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOpens April 30\u003cbr>\nEmbarcadero Center Cinemas, Shattuck (Berkeley)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dramas about the refugee experience are usually, at their core, exercises in empathy, but writer-director Ben Sharrock achieves something far greater through a touching blend of slack-jawed absurdism, underplayed tragedy and well-played metaphors. While \u003cem>Limbo\u003c/em>, which received British Academy Award nominations for best film and best debut, refers most obviously to the months and months of suspended semi-animation that the film’s Middle Eastern and African characters endure awaiting the Scottish government’s dispensation of their requests for asylum, it also describes the disorienting period between the past (forever slipping through their fingers) and the unknowable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culture shock is the least of the problems facing Syrian musician Omar (Amir El-Masry) and Afghan emigré Farhad (Vikram Bhai), part of a group of refugees stuck on a sparsely populated island with nothing to pass the time except role-play acculturation classes and \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> episodes. (Sharrock supplies enough deadpan laughs to keep limbo from turning into hell.) Farhad is a loner with a secret passion for Freddie Mercury, while Omar endures guilt-rich conversations (via a phone booth in the middle of nowhere) with his parents in Turkey about his older brother in Syria, fighting with the opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everywhere he goes, Omar carries a cross in the form of his grandfather’s oud. The movie carries the weight of the metaphor to the breaking point—it’s hard to conceive of anything with less pragmatic value in this indifferent clime and place than an Arabic musical instrument—yet Sharrock manages to parlay the oud into a deeply moving expression of loyalty, friendship and love, as well as self-assertion and self-expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13896622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/AboutEndlessness.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from 'About Endlessness.'\" width=\"750\" height=\"469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13896622\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/AboutEndlessness.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/AboutEndlessness-160x100.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from ‘About Endlessness.’ \u003ccite>(Magnolia Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>About Endlessness\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOpens Apr. 30\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roxie Virtual Cinema\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael@Home\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Swedish director Roy Andersson has been well-known in certain circles, locally and abroad, since his 2000 breakthrough, \u003cem>Songs from the Second Floor\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cp>On March 13 of last year, Lex Sloan had been planning for a sold-out weekend of movies at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roxie\u003c/a> when she decided to \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/a-message-to-our-patrons-regarding-covid-19/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shut down\u003c/a>. “Health and public safety encouraged us to close our doors early and to remain closed,” explains Sloan, the executive director of the historic indie movie theater in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, over a year later, large theater chains in the Bay Area like AMC and Regency have reopened their multiplexes while most indie theaters remain closed, a result of reduced resources combined with social-distancing protocols. 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As for their reopening, Sloan has a simple prescription.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Franciscans and Bay Areans \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">getting vaccinated\u003c/a>,” she says. “That’s really the key.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Indie Theaters Hit Harder\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Until the pandemic fully recedes, indie theaters abide by the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasafe.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaSafe\u003c/a> regulations, which mandate reduced capacity and social distancing in movie theaters. These rules make the indoor moviegoing experience safer—and, for many independent exhibitors, less profitable. 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This community support, she says, will make the financial losses workable.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Innovations—and Obstacles\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Streaming cinema is one of many interim measures that smaller theaters have implemented—in addition to crowdfunding campaigns and private theater rentals—that may remain a fixture of post-pandemic moviegoing. As the specter of the virus looms over public gatherings, at-home digital cinema provides viewers who would rather watch from home with a steady supply of curated programming from their local indie theater. The Roxie Theater, Balboa Theater and the Smith Rafael Film Center have all incorporated a digital cinema arm since initially closing their physical doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Zastrow, general manager and programmer at the \u003ca href=\"https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Smith Rafael Film Center\u003c/a>, has seen continued engagement with both in-person and virtual offerings since the theater reopened on March 5. “It’s kind of 50/50 in terms of attendance,” Zastrow says. “So, if these kinds of numbers keep holding true, it makes total sense to keep the streaming site going.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another pandemic-era feature that could possibly stay put is the \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/events/weekly/sun/popcorn-parklet-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">parklet\u003c/a> that owner and operator Adam Bergeron installed in front of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasf.com/balboa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Balboa Theater\u003c/a>. The parklet, which features an 80-inch screen and allows for concession sales, has enabled Bergeron to stay in contact with audiences in the absence of indoor screenings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The neighborhood has really responded to it,” says Bergeron. “I really hope that is something we keep up for as long as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13895683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13895683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. \u003ccite>(George Lazarus/Courtesy Smith Rafael Film Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A more unwelcome innovation? Major film studios’ aggressive shifts in \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-postpones-black-widow-shang-chi-1234935874/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">release strategy\u003c/a> as a response to COVID-19. Warner Bros., for example, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-smashes-box-office-windows-will-send-2021-slate-to-hbo-max-and-theaters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">releasing its 2021 slate of films simultaneously\u003c/a> in cinemas and on HBOMax. 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Titles like Disney’s \u003cem>Luca\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://collider.com/luca-disney-plus-release-date-pixar-movie-details/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bypassing theaters\u003c/a> for streamers, he says, is a “concerning factor” for him and other exhibitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We Know Our Customers’ Names’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But many indie theaters see themselves as adaptable to these changes, in a way that the larger theater chains—who depend almost exclusively on studio blockbusters for traffic—aren’t. “We’ve never relied on the Disney hits to keep our theater going,” says Sloan. “At the megaplexes, you’ll see Godzilla vs. Whoever on their screens, like, all week long. At the Roxie, we usually do 14 different titles a week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upcoming programming across Bay Area arthouses follows this niche model, guided by local tastes and suggestions. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On March 13 of last year, Lex Sloan had been planning for a sold-out weekend of movies at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roxie\u003c/a> when she decided to \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/a-message-to-our-patrons-regarding-covid-19/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shut down\u003c/a>. “Health and public safety encouraged us to close our doors early and to remain closed,” explains Sloan, the executive director of the historic indie movie theater in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, over a year later, large theater chains in the Bay Area like AMC and Regency have reopened their multiplexes while most indie theaters remain closed, a result of reduced resources combined with social-distancing protocols. Smaller cinemas have been forced to innovate to stay afloat, leaning on \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/rialto-cinemas-needs-your-help\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding campaigns\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenewparkway.com/very-private-rentals/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">private theater rentals\u003c/a>. As for their reopening, Sloan has a simple prescription.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Franciscans and Bay Areans \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">getting vaccinated\u003c/a>,” she says. “That’s really the key.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Indie Theaters Hit Harder\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Until the pandemic fully recedes, indie theaters abide by the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasafe.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaSafe\u003c/a> regulations, which mandate reduced capacity and social distancing in movie theaters. These rules make the indoor moviegoing experience safer—and, for many independent exhibitors, less profitable. Smaller venues with less seats, Zastrow explains, will have trouble reaching even 50% capacity while also maintaining six feet of distance between customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J Moses Caesar, general manager of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenewparkway.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Parkway\u003c/a> in Oakland, concurs. “We had the opportunity to reopen in the fall,” Caesar says. “The numbers just did not pencil out for us, certainly at 25% [capacity] and probably not even at 50%.” Caesar admits the decision to reopen the New Parkway \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheNewParkway/status/1379630318064447497\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in September\u003c/a> is partially based on the hope that, by then, it will be allowed to operate as a “non-socially distanced theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13895685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The New Parkway auditorium, with couches and seats\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13895685\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/New.Parkway.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Parkway in Oakland, with couches and household furniture as seating, may wait until social-distancing requirements are scaled back before reopening to the public. \u003ccite>(Flickr/mliu92)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sloan estimates that the Roxie will also probably lose money when it reopens. “With limited concessions at reduced capacity,” she says, “it’s very unlikely we will be able to break even for the first couple of months that we’re open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But continued sales of virtual cinema tickets and memberships have given Sloan reason for optimism. This community support, she says, will make the financial losses workable.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Innovations—and Obstacles\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Streaming cinema is one of many interim measures that smaller theaters have implemented—in addition to crowdfunding campaigns and private theater rentals—that may remain a fixture of post-pandemic moviegoing. As the specter of the virus looms over public gatherings, at-home digital cinema provides viewers who would rather watch from home with a steady supply of curated programming from their local indie theater. The Roxie Theater, Balboa Theater and the Smith Rafael Film Center have all incorporated a digital cinema arm since initially closing their physical doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Zastrow, general manager and programmer at the \u003ca href=\"https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Smith Rafael Film Center\u003c/a>, has seen continued engagement with both in-person and virtual offerings since the theater reopened on March 5. “It’s kind of 50/50 in terms of attendance,” Zastrow says. “So, if these kinds of numbers keep holding true, it makes total sense to keep the streaming site going.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another pandemic-era feature that could possibly stay put is the \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/events/weekly/sun/popcorn-parklet-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">parklet\u003c/a> that owner and operator Adam Bergeron installed in front of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasf.com/balboa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Balboa Theater\u003c/a>. The parklet, which features an 80-inch screen and allows for concession sales, has enabled Bergeron to stay in contact with audiences in the absence of indoor screenings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The neighborhood has really responded to it,” says Bergeron. “I really hope that is something we keep up for as long as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13895683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13895683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Smith.Rafael.Film_.Center.GeorgeLazarus.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. \u003ccite>(George Lazarus/Courtesy Smith Rafael Film Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A more unwelcome innovation? Major film studios’ aggressive shifts in \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-postpones-black-widow-shang-chi-1234935874/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">release strategy\u003c/a> as a response to COVID-19. Warner Bros., for example, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-smashes-box-office-windows-will-send-2021-slate-to-hbo-max-and-theaters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">releasing its 2021 slate of films simultaneously\u003c/a> in cinemas and on HBOMax. In 2022, Warner will return to theatrical releases, but with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/23/22346613/warner-bros-theatrical-releases-2022-hbo-max\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">much shorter window of exclusivity\u003c/a>—only 45 days, as opposed to the pre-pandemic 90—that is quickly coalescing as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/paramount-plus-to-stream-big-screen-movies-45-days-after-they-hit-theaters/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new industry standard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The theatrical window has irrevocably changed,” admits Ky J. Boyd, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://rialtocinemas.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rialto Cinemas\u003c/a> theaters in Sebastopol, Berkeley and El Cerrito. Titles like Disney’s \u003cem>Luca\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://collider.com/luca-disney-plus-release-date-pixar-movie-details/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bypassing theaters\u003c/a> for streamers, he says, is a “concerning factor” for him and other exhibitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We Know Our Customers’ Names’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But many indie theaters see themselves as adaptable to these changes, in a way that the larger theater chains—who depend almost exclusively on studio blockbusters for traffic—aren’t. “We’ve never relied on the Disney hits to keep our theater going,” says Sloan. “At the megaplexes, you’ll see Godzilla vs. Whoever on their screens, like, all week long. At the Roxie, we usually do 14 different titles a week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upcoming programming across Bay Area arthouses follows this niche model, guided by local tastes and suggestions. 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"content": "\u003cp>Forget the parka and the Airborne. You won’t need those clunky, waiting-in-winter-lines boots, either. Don’t bother looking for your business cards. Stop practicing your elevator pitch. Give your celebrity-spotting peripheral vision a rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re not going to Park City, Utah. This year, Sundance is coming to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like so many film events in the last 10 months, the \u003ca href=\"https://festival.sundance.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sundance Film Festival\u003c/a> is going virtual and rolling to the drive-in. The festival opens online this Friday, Jan. 28 and runs through Wednesday, Feb. 3 with ticketed movies and a slew of \u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film/btf/catalog\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">free talks\u003c/a>, conversations, Q&As and panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, the Roxie is one of 20 Sundance Satellite Screens around the country, and it concurrently presents 11 world premieres (and an international premiere) with Fort Mason Flix. If you’re lucky enough to score tickets, head to the dock of the bay, not the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four Bay Area films are included in the Sundance lineup, and three of them—\u003cem>Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Try Harder!\u003c/em>—screen at the Drive-in at Fort Mason. \u003cem>Amy Tan\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Try Harder!\u003c/em>, along with Peter Nicks’ \u003cem>Homeroom\u003c/em>, face off in the U.S. Documentary Competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should you opt not to be the first on your block to catch the world premieres, either in person or online, here’s a taste to whet your attitude for the theatrical run and/or TV broadcast later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13891842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13891842\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/rita-moreno_1200-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Moreno at the 1975 Tony Awards, from ‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It’ by Mariem Pérez Riera. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sundance Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film-info/5fd055b72885b880e094684b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOnline and Fort Mason, Jan. 29\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The self-deprecating title of this \u003cem>long\u003c/em>-overdue \u003ci>American Masters\u003c/i> portrait—Moreno joined the rarefied EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) club back in 1977—belies the obstacles and obstruction the beloved Puerto Rican star hurdled in her (still thriving) career. Filmmaker Mariem Pérez Riera told \u003cem>Current\u003c/em> magazine that she hopes to leave audiences with the question, “What is the American dream, or what [are] the sacrifices that you take to have that American dream?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film-info/5fd05c4e2885b80eaf9468f6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Try Harder!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOnline, Jan. 30; Fort Mason, Feb. 2\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top-rated Lowell High School might be ground zero for the American dream in San Francisco, if you agree that education is the launching pad to success. Debbie Lum’s fluid documentary eschews the breadth of the high school experience to focus on seniors navigating the college-application rat race in the throes of parental pressure, unrealistic expectations and half-formed ambitions. 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Filmmaker Mariem Pérez Riera told \u003cem>Current\u003c/em> magazine that she hopes to leave audiences with the question, “What is the American dream, or what [are] the sacrifices that you take to have that American dream?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film-info/5fd05c4e2885b80eaf9468f6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Try Harder!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOnline, Jan. 30; Fort Mason, Feb. 2\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top-rated Lowell High School might be ground zero for the American dream in San Francisco, if you agree that education is the launching pad to success. Debbie Lum’s fluid documentary eschews the breadth of the high school experience to focus on seniors navigating the college-application rat race in the throes of parental pressure, unrealistic expectations and half-formed ambitions. The myths and stereotypes about Asian-Americans—the film’s title is just barely tongue-in-cheek—get a thorough whacking in this \u003ci>Independent Lens\u003c/i> production from the director of \u003cem>Single Asian Female\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13891843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13891843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/try-harder_1200-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from ‘Try Harder!’ by Debbie Lum. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sundance Institute; photo by Mario Furloni)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film-info/5fd105c963d67704fbc3a54c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOnline and Fort Mason, Feb. 2\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Oakland to Chinese parents, Amy Tan channeled the complex experience of growing up first-generation American into \u003cem>The Joy Luck Club\u003c/em> and other best-sellers. Transcending expectations and broaching uncomfortable subjects usually has a price, which Tan bravely delineates in the late Bay Area documentary maker James Redford’s last film. This film is further evidence of the welcome turn that PBS’ \u003ci>American Masters\u003c/i> has taken in recent years from bland biography to incisive social commentary in line with the subject’s themes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://fpg.festival.sundance.org/film-info/5fd0ea373eb4bb66ad102828\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Homeroom\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nOnline Jan. 29\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay doc maker Peter Nicks follows his unflinching verité studies of Oakland’s Highland Hospital (\u003cem>The Waiting Room\u003c/em>) and police department (\u003cem>The Force\u003c/em>) with this high-stakes foray into the blackboard jungle. Every school year is momentous everywhere, but 2019–2020 was off the charts for Oakland High seniors. 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"content": "\u003cp>The local news of the week, Entertainment Division, is that the multi-talented Boots Riley (\u003cem>Sorry to Bother You\u003c/em>) is making a half-hour, Oakland-set series for Amazon with Jharrel Jerome playing a 13-foot man-child. Riley previously described \u003ci>I’m A Virgo\u003c/i> as “dark, absurd, hilarious and important,” which jibes with the writer-director’s latest statement: “This show will either have me lauded or banned, and as such, I have demanded payment up front.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lost Landscapes of San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nDec. 16\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-landscapes-of-san-francisco-02020-film-premiere-registration-128534984599\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Online\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities exist in a swirl of evolution and entropy, but San Francisco’s rate of change quickened dramatically in 2020 with the death-by-pandemic of countless restaurants and small businesses. So the aura of nostalgia that envelops Rick Prelinger’s annual compendium of 20th-century amateur films (i.e., home movies) and archival artifacts will be particularly pronounced this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the fun of Lost Landscapes is hearing people yell out names and locations as places zip by in Prelinger’s seductive montage. A live chat will have to suffice instead, in this 5pm streaming presentation, with the advantage that you’ll be able to make out what everyone is yelling (that is, typing). Just don’t be surprised if the castles in the celluloid exert a stronger-than-usual emotional pull. The screening is free, though the Prelinger Library welcomes donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/BayviewLive10.17.20-142_LucasBradley_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bayview Live, held Oct. 17, 2020 by SF Urban Film Fest. \u003ccite>(Lucas Bradley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Bayview is Alive\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nDec. 17\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://ybca.org/event/bayview-is-alive-film-screening-panel/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YBCA\u003c/a> (online)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bayview has as rich a history as any district in San Francisco, though much of it has been forgotten or erased. Important bits and pieces of that history are preserved and depicted in the murals that dot the neighborhood. And now, Susie Smith has documented four of those murals in individual short films that movingly convey the lives of everyday people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These essential portraits—which should be seen by every San Franciscan—screen under the auspices of YBCA artists in residence SF Urban Film Fest, along with Shantré Pinkney’s new, immersive short filmed at a summer community event in Bayview. Then stay tuned (streamed?) for a conversation among community leaders—some of whom appear in the films—about Bayview’s past and present contributions to the fabric of San Francisco. 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They are the loudest, certainly, but I’m more impressed with the work of a dogged confederation of avant-garde filmmakers based in West Oakland and known as the Black Hole Collective Film Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>covalences\u003c/em>, a collection of experimental shorts by Alix Blevins, Anna Geyer and many others curated by BHCFL and streaming on the SF Cinematheque website, confronts us with flashes and flurries of tactile, shuddering images intended to provoke and unsettle. For those of adventurous spirit, the last sentence of the artists’ statement is irresistible: “On the one hand, this program represents to us a memorial for pre-pandemic life and on the other, an act of radical self-determination: onward movement into the fiery flames of the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890507\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0.jpg 650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Wong Kar Wai’s ‘As Tears Go By,’ 1988. \u003ccite>(BAMPFA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wong Kar Wai\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nOngoing\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/watch-from-home/existence-longing-wong-kar-wai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BAMPFA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/world-of-wong-kar-wai/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roxie\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong, Wong Kar Wai exploded on the international scene in 1988 with \u003cem>As Tears Go By\u003c/em>, a gritty gangster film suffused with unusual beauty and sensitivity. Genre filmmaking may have been WKW’s point of entry, but his métier was stylized, deeply felt melodramas full of gorgeous compositions, luscious clothes and beautiful stars like Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003cem>Days of Being Wild\u003c/em> (1990) to \u003cem>In the Mood For Love\u003c/em> (2000), WKW was \u003cem>the\u003c/em> filmmaker of the 1990s. A touring retrospective in tandem with new high-definition restorations of his wondrous films was one of the year’s most anticipated events until the pandemic pushed it online. Take a big dip into his oeuvre via the Roxie’s \u003cem>World of Wong Kar Wai\u003c/em> or BAMPFA’s \u003cem>Existence is Longing: Wong Kar Wai\u003c/em> (through Feb. 28, 2021), and your holiday romance won’t be the same.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The local news of the week, Entertainment Division, is that the multi-talented Boots Riley (\u003cem>Sorry to Bother You\u003c/em>) is making a half-hour, Oakland-set series for Amazon with Jharrel Jerome playing a 13-foot man-child. Riley previously described \u003ci>I’m A Virgo\u003c/i> as “dark, absurd, hilarious and important,” which jibes with the writer-director’s latest statement: “This show will either have me lauded or banned, and as such, I have demanded payment up front.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lost Landscapes of San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nDec. 16\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-landscapes-of-san-francisco-02020-film-premiere-registration-128534984599\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Online\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities exist in a swirl of evolution and entropy, but San Francisco’s rate of change quickened dramatically in 2020 with the death-by-pandemic of countless restaurants and small businesses. So the aura of nostalgia that envelops Rick Prelinger’s annual compendium of 20th-century amateur films (i.e., home movies) and archival artifacts will be particularly pronounced this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the fun of Lost Landscapes is hearing people yell out names and locations as places zip by in Prelinger’s seductive montage. A live chat will have to suffice instead, in this 5pm streaming presentation, with the advantage that you’ll be able to make out what everyone is yelling (that is, typing). Just don’t be surprised if the castles in the celluloid exert a stronger-than-usual emotional pull. 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Important bits and pieces of that history are preserved and depicted in the murals that dot the neighborhood. And now, Susie Smith has documented four of those murals in individual short films that movingly convey the lives of everyday people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These essential portraits—which should be seen by every San Franciscan—screen under the auspices of YBCA artists in residence SF Urban Film Fest, along with Shantré Pinkney’s new, immersive short filmed at a summer community event in Bayview. Then stay tuned (streamed?) for a conversation among community leaders—some of whom appear in the films—about Bayview’s past and present contributions to the fabric of San Francisco. In addition, the YBCA website features a link to the short documentary \u003cem>Point of Pride: The People’s View of Bayview/Hunter’s Point\u003c/em> (2014).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890511\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/tamarasuarezporras_greatsilence_still_1200-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from from tamara suarez porras’ ‘within a great silence,’ 2019. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Cinematheque)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>covalences: works from black hole collective film lab\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nThrough Jan. 10, 2021\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcinematheque.org/video-programs/covalences-works-from-black-hole-collective-film-lab/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SF Cinematheque\u003c/a> (online)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If I asked you to name the biggest champions of shooting movies on film in the digital age, you’d likely cite megalomaniac multimillionaires Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino. They are the loudest, certainly, but I’m more impressed with the work of a dogged confederation of avant-garde filmmakers based in West Oakland and known as the Black Hole Collective Film Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>covalences\u003c/em>, a collection of experimental shorts by Alix Blevins, Anna Geyer and many others curated by BHCFL and streaming on the SF Cinematheque website, confronts us with flashes and flurries of tactile, shuddering images intended to provoke and unsettle. For those of adventurous spirit, the last sentence of the artists’ statement is irresistible: “On the one hand, this program represents to us a memorial for pre-pandemic life and on the other, an act of radical self-determination: onward movement into the fiery flames of the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890507\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0.jpg 650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Wong_As-Tears-Go-By_002-2_1200_0-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Wong Kar Wai’s ‘As Tears Go By,’ 1988. \u003ccite>(BAMPFA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wong Kar Wai\u003c/strong>\u003cbr />\nOngoing\u003cbr />\n\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/watch-from-home/existence-longing-wong-kar-wai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BAMPFA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/world-of-wong-kar-wai/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roxie\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong, Wong Kar Wai exploded on the international scene in 1988 with \u003cem>As Tears Go By\u003c/em>, a gritty gangster film suffused with unusual beauty and sensitivity. 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"content": "\u003cp>For the first time, Bay Area movie buffs won’t have to trek out to snowy Utah to experience the \u003ca href=\"https://festival.sundance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundance Film Festival\u003c/a> in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxie Theater\u003c/a> will play host to the week-long festival’s lineup of movies, talks and other events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sundance selected the Roxie, a historic indie theater with two screens, as one of 33 partner film presenters around the country. It’s the only Northern California theater chosen to partner with the festival. The other two presenters in California are near Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks to a constellation of independent cinema communities across the U.S. we are not putting on our festival alone,” said Sundance Festival Director Tabitha Jackson in a statement released Wednesday. “At the heart of all this is a belief in the power of coming together, and the desire to preserve what makes a festival unique—a collaborative spirit, a collective energy, and a celebration of the art, artists, and ideas that leave us changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/RoxieTheatre.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Roxie Theater is among the 33 presenters selected by Sundance around the country to screen 2021 festival programming. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Roxie Theater)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to a Sundance representative, the Institute has previously led and collaborated on domestic and international public film programs, but this is the first time the annual festival’s full program has been available beyond Park City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other cultural events these days, the Sundance Festival is also happening online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And unless the COVID-19-related health and safety restrictions lift in time for the 2021 event, which runs Jan. 28–Feb. 3, the in-person screenings will take place at the Fort Mason Drive-In, and not at the theater’s home-base in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roxie’s director of programming, Isabel Fondevila, told KQED the festival’s organizers reached out to her over the summer about the potential collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure why we are the only partner theater in Northern California because there are definitely a lot of fantastic independent movie theaters around here,” Fondevila said. “The Roxie has been around for a while and has a reputation for its programing and curation. We do show mostly independent films, and that includes a lot of films that have come out of Sundance. So I think those things helped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the terms of the partnership, Fondevila said Sundance is making a financial contribution to all of the satellite screen partners, including the Roxie, to help cover some of the costs associated with putting together the festival in the many remote locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fondevila said the festival is also providing its partners with additional resources, like sponsorship knowhow. Plus, the Roxie gets to keep all of the income from festival ticket sales in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sundance does not need to do satellite screenings all over the country,” Fondevila said. “But they really believe a healthy ecosystem for artists and audiences requires that independent cinemas across the country survive and thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The thing I remember most about the last time I went to a movie theater before they all shut down in mid-March was the sense of impending doom. \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roxie\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Mission District was almost empty — only two other people were present at the Thursday evening screening of the John Turturro vehicle \u003cem>The Jesus Rolls\u003c/em> — and the staff looked worried and depressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s super subject to change right now,” said box office manager Russell Hartling, handing me my ticket and a sanitizing wipe. “It’s been really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of missing the big screen experience and making do with services like Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime on a small, tinny-sounding TV in my bedroom at home, it was nothing short of thrilling, last weekend, to plop down in a plush seat in front of a Hollywood blockbuster (Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action movie \u003cem>Tenet\u003c/em>) with a bag of popcorn once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-napa/century-napa-valley-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Theater in Napa\u003c/a> is one of few Bay Area cinemas that have been back in business over the past two weeks since California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new “\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tier system\u003c/a>” for reopening indoor activities and businesses, depending on counties hitting and sustaining prescribed targets for COVID-19 cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking into the brightly lit lobby of the Century felt just like old times — except for a few health and safety-related details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soda fountains and condiment stations sat empty. 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Signs on the floor reminded people to stand six feet apart, and posters on the walls outlined the theater’s new “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasafe.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cinemasafe\u003c/a>” health and safety guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/0hMh1sN2O_8\">https://youtu.be/0hMh1sN2O_8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the auditorium, my nearest neighbors sat at least three seats away from me on all sides, in accordance with state guidelines allowing theaters in counties with low enough COVID-19 rates to reopen at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our I.T. folks created a seat-buffering technology within our ticketing system that allows us to block seats adjacent to a party once they’ve purchased their tickets,” said Mike Wegner, who oversees operations for 20 California movie theaters owned by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cinemark\u003c/a> group, including the one I visited in Napa. “We’ve staggered showtimes to further ensure physical distancing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa is currently one of four Bay Area counties, along with San Francisco, Santa Clara and Marin, where state officials have allowed indoor movie theaters to reopen at reduced capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Napa County has been operating in accordance with state guidelines since the onset of the pandemic,” said Napa County public information officer Janet Upton of her region’s decision to run with the state’s mandate. “We are a small, rural county with barely 140,000 residents, so we continued to follow the state’s mandates and guidance as we have all along.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though the state says they can, some local health authorities aren’t prepared to reopen their movie theaters just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent public meeting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cco/overview/Pages/williams-bio.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara County counsel James R. 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That is: indoor dining, indoor gatherings and indoor movie theaters,” Williams said. “It’s all the more important that we remain really vigilant and on top of trying to keep the case counts here locally as low as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some movie industry insiders are frustrated with the delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that by opening those theater doors, we are assuming a big responsibility,” said Milt Moritz, regional (California/Nevada) president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.natocalnev.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association of Theater Owners\u003c/a>, a trade organization which represents more than 90 percent of screens in California. “We hope to be able to persuade the different health departments that, you know, they should have more of an open mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, where big screens remain off-limits for now, Roxie Theater executive director Lex Sloan said the mixed messages are confusing to audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people are saying, ‘When are you going to reopen?’ And I’m saying, ‘Well, even though Governor Newsom said we could open, that doesn’t mean Mayor London Breed has said that we can.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some other regions of the country, movie theaters have been steadily reopening since June. Despite the reopening of outdoor screens here in the Bay Area, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879772/hooray-you-can-go-to-the-movies-again-at-a-drive-in-theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westwind Capitol Drive-In in San Jose\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883486/a-new-pop-up-drive-in-theater-just-over-the-hill-from-indiana-jones-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lark pop-up in Corte Madera\u003c/a>, the extended closure of indoor cinemas has taken a huge toll on the local moviegoing landscape. Some theaters have closed for good, like the Corte Madera Cinemark and the Raven Theater in Healdsburg—permanent casualties of the COVID-19 shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, theaters across the Bay have had to get creative to keep going. After burning through government funding and loans, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=sebastopol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas\u003c/a> in Sebastopol launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/rialto-cinemas-needs-your-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fundraising campaign\u003c/a> to shore up its dwindling cash reservoir. At the time of writing, the independent theater was just $900 short of meeting its $75,000 goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thursday will mark our seventh month of consecutive closure which is more than we could have ever imagined,” said theater owner Ky Boyd. “We’ve done everything we can to stay afloat. It’s very scary because we have no rent relief. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soda fountains and condiment stations sat empty. Everyone wore masks. Signs on the floor reminded people to stand six feet apart, and posters on the walls outlined the theater’s new “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasafe.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cinemasafe\u003c/a>” health and safety guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/0hMh1sN2O_8\">https://youtu.be/0hMh1sN2O_8\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the auditorium, my nearest neighbors sat at least three seats away from me on all sides, in accordance with state guidelines allowing theaters in counties with low enough COVID-19 rates to reopen at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our I.T. folks created a seat-buffering technology within our ticketing system that allows us to block seats adjacent to a party once they’ve purchased their tickets,” said Mike Wegner, who oversees operations for 20 California movie theaters owned by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cinemark\u003c/a> group, including the one I visited in Napa. “We’ve staggered showtimes to further ensure physical distancing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa is currently one of four Bay Area counties, along with San Francisco, Santa Clara and Marin, where state officials have allowed indoor movie theaters to reopen at reduced capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Napa County has been operating in accordance with state guidelines since the onset of the pandemic,” said Napa County public information officer Janet Upton of her region’s decision to run with the state’s mandate. “We are a small, rural county with barely 140,000 residents, so we continued to follow the state’s mandates and guidance as we have all along.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though the state says they can, some local health authorities aren’t prepared to reopen their movie theaters just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent public meeting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cco/overview/Pages/williams-bio.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara County counsel James R. Williams\u003c/a> said cinemas still pose a risk because they’re indoors, and physical distancing and strict mask-wearing are harder to enforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13886445\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13886445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/posters-outside-the-napa-theater-showing-safety-protocols-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters outlining the new health and safety protocols outside the Century theater in Napa. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There are three areas that may not open under the county risk reduction order. That is: indoor dining, indoor gatherings and indoor movie theaters,” Williams said. “It’s all the more important that we remain really vigilant and on top of trying to keep the case counts here locally as low as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some movie industry insiders are frustrated with the delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that by opening those theater doors, we are assuming a big responsibility,” said Milt Moritz, regional (California/Nevada) president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.natocalnev.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association of Theater Owners\u003c/a>, a trade organization which represents more than 90 percent of screens in California. “We hope to be able to persuade the different health departments that, you know, they should have more of an open mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, where big screens remain off-limits for now, Roxie Theater executive director Lex Sloan said the mixed messages are confusing to audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people are saying, ‘When are you going to reopen?’ And I’m saying, ‘Well, even though Governor Newsom said we could open, that doesn’t mean Mayor London Breed has said that we can.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some other regions of the country, movie theaters have been steadily reopening since June. Despite the reopening of outdoor screens here in the Bay Area, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879772/hooray-you-can-go-to-the-movies-again-at-a-drive-in-theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westwind Capitol Drive-In in San Jose\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883486/a-new-pop-up-drive-in-theater-just-over-the-hill-from-indiana-jones-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lark pop-up in Corte Madera\u003c/a>, the extended closure of indoor cinemas has taken a huge toll on the local moviegoing landscape. Some theaters have closed for good, like the Corte Madera Cinemark and the Raven Theater in Healdsburg—permanent casualties of the COVID-19 shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, theaters across the Bay have had to get creative to keep going. After burning through government funding and loans, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=sebastopol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas\u003c/a> in Sebastopol launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/rialto-cinemas-needs-your-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fundraising campaign\u003c/a> to shore up its dwindling cash reservoir. At the time of writing, the independent theater was just $900 short of meeting its $75,000 goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thursday will mark our seventh month of consecutive closure which is more than we could have ever imagined,” said theater owner Ky Boyd. “We’ve done everything we can to stay afloat. It’s very scary because we have no rent relief. We need support from our government and our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Roxie, Sloan said the past six months have been extremely tough, since around 80 percent of the theater’s income stems from ticket sales and theater rentals. She has been forced to lay off many employees, and the cinema has relied on selling tickets to virtual programs for its survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Sloan said she welcomes San Francisco’s cautious approach to reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Roxie does eventually open its doors again for business, Sloan said, it’ll likely be only for private rentals at first. Beyond that, she plans to send out a survey to find out what movie audiences want to see when they can finally come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Perhaps last week’s crescendo of amateur grassroots fireworks assuaged the hole in the soul normally filled by Hollywood’s summer explosionfests. If not, well, good luck finding escapism in these times. Let me propose an alternate strategy: Meet the beast head on, with the moral support of a stalwart guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cem>Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nStreaming now at \u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/event/ai-weiwei-yours-truly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BAMPFA\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://larktheater.net/movie-category/special-events/aiweiwei/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lark\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nStreams starting July 17 at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com/ai-weiwei-yours-truly/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxie\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the fall of 2014 through the following spring, close to a million people visited Ai Weiwei’s site-specific installation in the abandoned penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. “@Large” was inspired by the artist and activist’s own unwarranted incarceration, which sharpened his focus on freedom, justice and conscience. Intending to spook Ai (and everyone else) into silence, the Chinese authorities merely provoked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheryl Haines and Gina Leibrecht’s moving documentary provides a loose, graceful chronology of the ambitious project, augmented with entry-level summaries of Alcatraz’s and Ai’s respective histories. Ai was unable to visit the proposed site because China held his passport, a limitation that complicated his design process. Haines visited him several times to provide images and other materials, and to provide on-the-ground feedback. (There’s a quick, telltale moment in one of their meetings when Ai objects, firmly yet politely, to Haines’s interaction with a prototype of one of the pieces—that is, with his art.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/8kE95eSdsnc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly\u003c/em>, which premiered at last year’s SFFILM Festival and begins streaming this weekend through virtual cinemas, takes its title from the individual-action aspect of the exhibition: Visitors wrote messages on post cards to political prisoners in countries from Bahrain to Vietnam to the U.S. whose colorful Lego portraits, along with those of Nelson Mandela and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, graced one of Ai’s pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was touched, over and over, by the expression—artistic and human—of idealistic, unselfish and basic principles. You might watch Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly with the windows wide open to simulate Alcatraz’s Bay breeze, and to whisk away any tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13883137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A light-haired sits on an ornate chair in a teal satiny garment surrounded by cushions, hanging fabric, occult objects and a crown.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13883137\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walter Mercado in ‘Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado,’ 2020. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cem>Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81200204\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are one of the tens of millions in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond who revere Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado, you don’t need an incentive to check out this entertaining and affectionate portrait. If not, let the beloved beacon of TV positivity turn his love light on you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handsome young dancer and actor in telenovelas in the ’60s, Mercado found himself reading horoscopes on the air. His 15-minute segments were so popular that he was given a one-hour (!) TV show in 1969. \u003ci>Walter, the Stars and You\u003c/i> was irresistibly upbeat and affirmational, exemplified by the star’s signoff-slash-catchphrase, “Mucho, mucho amor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercado wore wildly flamboyant capes and consistently deflected and rejected questions about his sexuality. His viewers didn’t care; he was such a powerful, comforting presence in their daily lives that they had no problem embracing and othering him at the same time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fascinating peek behind the curtain at a gay icon (“Nothing scares me and nothing stops me,” Mercado declares), \u003cem>Mucho, Mucho Amor\u003c/em> was originally slated to screen at the Castro in one of Frameline’s spotlight slots before the festival was derailed by the pandemic. Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s documentary is just as interesting, though for what it suggests about a macho culture’s paradoxical acceptance of a nontraditional inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13883138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13883138\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from ‘Twilight’s Kiss.’ \u003ccite>(SFFILM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hong Kong Cinema\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJuly 12–Aug. 5 via \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/year-round-programming/2020-hong-kong-cinema/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SFFILM\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annual showcase of new and recent films from one of the world’s most prolific movie industries returns in a trimmed-down, online format. The lineup consists of just four films, but each will be accompanied by a livestreamed conversation with the filmmaker and/or actor. Notably, all of the movies depict characters grappling with issues (physical, psychological or identity) that could push them to the margins. Indeed, that might be the universal Hong Kong condition amidst China’s clampdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Still Human\u003c/em>, Oliver Chan’s award-winning 2018 debut portrays the dynamic between a despairing, paralyzed man and his newly arrived Filipino caretaker. Nick Leung’s \u003cem>Lion Rock\u003c/em>, based on climber Lai Chi-wai, portrays an injured athlete’s determination to scale heights in his wheelchair. Wong Chun’s \u003cem>Mad World\u003c/em> imagines the struggle of a former stockbroker diagnosed with bipolar disorder and released to the care of his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Twilight’s Kiss\u003c/em> (\u003cem>Suk Suk\u003c/em>) was originally selected for this year’s pandemic-canceled SFFILM Festival, so Bay Area audiences finally have the chance to catch the acclaimed film inspired by the nonfiction book \u003cem>Oral History of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong\u003c/em> (2014). Ray Yeung’s understated drama follows two older, closeted gay men who strike up a relationship against a backdrop of conventional cultural conformity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/DKWq42-NIt0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cem>Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/african-diaspora-film-club-chisolm-72/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MoAD conversation\u003c/a> July 12\u003cbr>\nStreaming now on \u003ca href=\"https://kanopy.com/video/crisholm-72\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kanopy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Chisholm-72-Unbought-Unbossed-Shirley/dp/B01B6X2S7C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a curious phenomenon that we remember the times we lived through so imperfectly and incompletely; hence the necessity of first-rate historical documentaries. Shola Lynch’s terrific 2004 film about the electrifying Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress (1968) and the first Black candidate for a major party’s presidential nomination, demands to be seen in the present moment—and every election year, for that matter. (And every off year, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1972, in just her second term representing a chunk of New York City, Chisholm ran for the nation’s highest office (as it used to be called and viewed). A champion of working mothers and everyone who had an uphill climb, she demanded action and embodied conscience. It’s worth noting that Chisholm said she encountered more misogyny than racism in the course of her long career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shola Lynch and California Newsreel co-director Cornelius Moore join the \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/african-diaspora-film-club-chisolm-72/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">African Disapora Film Club\u003c/a>, a monthly program of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), in a Zoom conversation at 5pm on Sunday, July 12 to discuss Shirley Chisholm’s inspiring legacy.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly\u003c/em>, which premiered at last year’s SFFILM Festival and begins streaming this weekend through virtual cinemas, takes its title from the individual-action aspect of the exhibition: Visitors wrote messages on post cards to political prisoners in countries from Bahrain to Vietnam to the U.S. whose colorful Lego portraits, along with those of Nelson Mandela and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, graced one of Ai’s pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was touched, over and over, by the expression—artistic and human—of idealistic, unselfish and basic principles. You might watch Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly with the windows wide open to simulate Alcatraz’s Bay breeze, and to whisk away any tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13883137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A light-haired sits on an ornate chair in a teal satiny garment surrounded by cushions, hanging fabric, occult objects and a crown.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13883137\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Mucho_Mucho_Amor__The_Legend_of_Walter_Mercado_00_07_21_06_RC_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walter Mercado in ‘Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado,’ 2020. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cem>Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81200204\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are one of the tens of millions in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond who revere Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado, you don’t need an incentive to check out this entertaining and affectionate portrait. If not, let the beloved beacon of TV positivity turn his love light on you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handsome young dancer and actor in telenovelas in the ’60s, Mercado found himself reading horoscopes on the air. His 15-minute segments were so popular that he was given a one-hour (!) TV show in 1969. \u003ci>Walter, the Stars and You\u003c/i> was irresistibly upbeat and affirmational, exemplified by the star’s signoff-slash-catchphrase, “Mucho, mucho amor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercado wore wildly flamboyant capes and consistently deflected and rejected questions about his sexuality. His viewers didn’t care; he was such a powerful, comforting presence in their daily lives that they had no problem embracing and othering him at the same time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fascinating peek behind the curtain at a gay icon (“Nothing scares me and nothing stops me,” Mercado declares), \u003cem>Mucho, Mucho Amor\u003c/em> was originally slated to screen at the Castro in one of Frameline’s spotlight slots before the festival was derailed by the pandemic. Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s documentary is just as interesting, though for what it suggests about a macho culture’s paradoxical acceptance of a nontraditional inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13883138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13883138\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/twilights-kiss-film-still_1200-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from ‘Twilight’s Kiss.’ \u003ccite>(SFFILM)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hong Kong Cinema\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJuly 12–Aug. 5 via \u003ca href=\"https://sffilm.org/year-round-programming/2020-hong-kong-cinema/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SFFILM\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annual showcase of new and recent films from one of the world’s most prolific movie industries returns in a trimmed-down, online format. 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Wong Chun’s \u003cem>Mad World\u003c/em> imagines the struggle of a former stockbroker diagnosed with bipolar disorder and released to the care of his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Twilight’s Kiss\u003c/em> (\u003cem>Suk Suk\u003c/em>) was originally selected for this year’s pandemic-canceled SFFILM Festival, so Bay Area audiences finally have the chance to catch the acclaimed film inspired by the nonfiction book \u003cem>Oral History of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong\u003c/em> (2014). Ray Yeung’s understated drama follows two older, closeted gay men who strike up a relationship against a backdrop of conventional cultural conformity.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DKWq42-NIt0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DKWq42-NIt0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cem>Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/african-diaspora-film-club-chisolm-72/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MoAD conversation\u003c/a> July 12\u003cbr>\nStreaming now on \u003ca href=\"https://kanopy.com/video/crisholm-72\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kanopy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Chisholm-72-Unbought-Unbossed-Shirley/dp/B01B6X2S7C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a curious phenomenon that we remember the times we lived through so imperfectly and incompletely; hence the necessity of first-rate historical documentaries. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the early days of the COVID-19 shutdown, both the trade and mainstream press fretted that the spike in home streaming would accelerate the decline, if not demise, of the theater experience. Even at this premature date, it seems safe to conclude that, for better or worse, it will take more than a pandemic to knock out Hollywood blockbusters and the multiplexes that show them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the contrary, sheltering in one’s own place has reminded us of the fundamental need to congregate with strangers in public spaces. I’ll wager that well after lockdown fever has subsided and pent-up demand is fulfilled—by next summer, let’s say—people will pack movie theaters in numbers not seen since the turn of the millennium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arthouse cinemas, located in dense urban centers and catering to diverse tastes, will likewise thrive. Even now, the arthouses—in partnership with innovative independent distributors—have been quick to respond to the current climate via virtual cinemas. As an alternative to video on demand through your cable TV box, your favorite theater is offering new foreign films, indies and documentaries for your rental pleasure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cinema at home provides a revenue stream for specialized theaters, and a way for filmgoers to support their local haunts until we can amble down the aisles in person. The programming typically combines wide releases with exclusive picks, sometimes with variable pricing. Bookmark this page and check your favorite theater’s offerings regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13881295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 945px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13881295\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/LuckyGma2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/LuckyGma2.jpg 945w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/LuckyGma2-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/LuckyGma2-800x577.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/LuckyGma2-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from ‘Lucky Grandma.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Roxie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ondemand.drafthouse.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alamo Drafthouse\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe Texas chain with the Mission District outpost has an extensive online selection, Alamo On Demand, that ranges from this week’s releases (\u003cem>Lucky Grandma\u003c/em>) to recent stuff you may have missed (\u003cem>Portrait of a Lady on Fire\u003c/em>) to vintage faves (\u003cem>Rock ‘n’ Roll High School\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://vimeo.com/409776896\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/from-home#watch-from-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAMPFA\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe East Bay pantheon’s online cinema, BAMPFA from Home, hosts limited runs of restorations and revivals (Hungarian director István Szabó’s ’80s triumphs \u003cem>Confidence\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Mephisto\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Colonel Redl\u003c/em>) as well as hotly anticipated new films (\u003cem>The Cordillera of Dreams\u003c/em>, Patricio Guzmán’s latest profound essay on Chilean geography, politics and memory).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CinemaSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe nonprofit parent of the Balboa and the Vogue has curated an excellent virtual screening room of new and recent films. The foodie doc \u003cem>Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy\u003c/em> is on now, with Penny Lane’s latest curio, \u003cem>Hail Satan?\u003c/em> opening Friday, June 5. Mark your calendar for June 26 and \u003cem>Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://larktheater.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lark\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMarin’s indie stalwart offers a wide-ranging smorgasbord, from the timely (unhappily so) documentary \u003cem>American Trial: The Eric Garner Story\u003c/em> to the British heart-tugger \u003cem>Military Wives\u003c/em> (starring international treasure Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13881296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13881296\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/TRAUB_UVR_INTOHEROWN_STILL23_1920-1020x574.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ursula von Rydinsgsvard’s sculpture ‘Ona’ at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, 2013. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmaker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.roxie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxie\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRoxie Virtual Cinema is the place to find fringier docs and indies like \u003cem>José\u003c/em>, Li Cheng’s gay love story set in Guatemala City. The Roxie also programs non-exclusives, such as \u003cem>Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own\u003c/em>, a portrait of the revered sculptor opening Friday, June 5 at several of the theaters on this list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smith Rafael Film Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe California Film Institute’s Rafael@Home offers an eclectic and often-surprising lineup, including the work of Marin County filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamura (the splendidly restored 1991 Western \u003cem>Thousand Pieces of Gold\u003c/em>, pairing a young Rosalind Chao and Chris Cooper) and Eli Adler (\u003cem>Surviving Skokie\u003c/em>, a gripping 2015 doc about post-Holocaust anti-Semitism).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some films are only available for a limited time, it turns out it’s often easier to extend a virtual booking than a physical one. That’s not a reason to procrastinate, mind you, but it is a rare silver lining in the current maelstrom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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