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...
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...
Here Are the Most Popular Movie-Filming Locations in San Francisco in the Last 100 Years
By Elyse McDonald San Francisco has a long history of being a phenomenal filming location. Some of the greatest movies...
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...
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...
New Documentary Slams Yelp For Being a “Bully”
Yelp gets zero stars in an upcoming documentary by local filmmaker Kaylie Milliken. Her film, Billion Dollar Bully (which is...
What The Breakfast Club Would Look Like in SF
By Molly Sanchez This year marks the 30th anniversary of John Hughes’ classic film The Breakfast Club. The movie was...
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. The...
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...
Magical, Slightly Eerie Cinemagraphs of San Francisco
By Marcello Maiorana Editor’s note: Cinemagraphs are still new enough to seem totally futuristic and magical, even though we’...