Lights, Camera, Hella Action: The East Bay on Film
The best and the worst of the East Bay on the silver screen....
FilmA collection of 51 posts
The Clay Theatre’s Midnight Screening of “The Room” Is a Wonderful Clusterf**k
At a quarter to midnight, I grabbed my ticket, flask and three boxes of plastic spoons, and headed to the Clay Theatre on Fillmore....
Lights, Camera, Nope: Six Unrealistic Movie and TV Representations of San Francisco
Hundreds of films, from rom-coms like The Wedding Planner to comedies like Mrs. Doubtfire to disaster films like San Andreas, feature San Francisco’s hilly streets, famous bridges and Painted Ladies....
Here Are the Most Popular Movie-Filming Locations in San Francisco in the Last 100 Years
San Francisco has a long history of being a phenomenal filming location. Some of the greatest movies of all time were shot in our fair city (including Academy Award winners such as Forrest Gump and classics like Dark Passage starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall)....
The Best True Crime Documentaries That Aren’t ‘The Jinx’
I’ve become obsessed with some terrifying subjects, but true crime tales — of serial killers, gang violence, the mafia, creepy Robert Durst-y tales, even crazy clowns — really captivate me....
8 SF-Based Movies & TV Shows You Can Watch On Netflix Tonight
It’s time to participate in our nation’s favorite regional pastime, binge watching. But let’s not binge watch aimlessly, friends, let’s show some love for good old SF....
The Best Horror Movie of the Year Opens in SF Friday. Go See It.
The plot of It Follows, the second movie by director David Robert Mitchell, is spelled out in its entirety within the first 15 minutes of the movie, so I won’t be spoiling much by explaining it here....
New Documentary Slams Yelp For Being a “Bully”
Yelp gets zero stars in an upcoming documentary by local filmmaker Kaylie Milliken....
What The Breakfast Club Would Look Like in SF
This year marks the 30th anniversary of John Hughes’ classic film The Breakfast Club....
SF-Specific Jokes in Newest Trailer for Pixar Movie
Pixar’s next feature film, Inside Out, is set in San Francisco and it’s coming out fairly soon....
Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Michael Fassbender Are All in SF
There have been large lights and other signs of filming outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Van Ness for a few days now and Lauren Machado from the city’s Film Commission confirmed to Hoodline that they are there for the Steve Jobs biopic....
Magical, Slightly Eerie Cinemagraphs of San Francisco
Editor’s note: Cinemagraphs are still new enough to seem totally futuristic and magical, even though we’ve had GIFs for what seems like forever....