San Francisco Film Museum

04/24/2019

Wow. “The theater's chief organist since 1978, David Hegarty, tells the Weekly that the new organ will be "the equivalent of the largest organ ever built," and it will be able to claim to be the largest pipe-digital hybrid organ in the world.”

A huge new organ is on its way to the Castro to replace the theater's long-gone "Mighty Wurlitzer."

04/18/2019

This. ❤️

A sizable donation from the George Lucas Family Foundation means that all children under 17 years old will be able to get into the Academy Museum for free.

04/05/2019

A love letter to our favorite underrated SF film. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/a-thank-you-note-for-so-i-married-an-axe-murderer-beleaguered-sf-classic

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08/10/2018

Who drove to LA for the 30th anniversary of Die Hard? We did. Yippee ki yay! Kudos to Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles for a fantastic event!

07/21/2018

We are suckers for posts like these, even if they just want our clicks. Yay for SF film!

"The Godfather," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and more!

07/02/2018

Screenshots of places that no longer exist. We love seeing the city’s history on glorious film. Joy. Nostalgia. All the feels.

Many old San Francisco landmarks, from the Sutro Baths and the old Steinhart Aquarium, are gone from the city but not from the city's famous movies. Check out the gallery above for some of our favorites, from the original Mel's Diner to the Embarcadero Freeway, in movies from "Vertigo" to "Bullitt"....

04/14/2018

Sad to hear of the passing of Milos Forman. Incredible life story and amazing contribution to filmmaking. RIP. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/obituaries/milos-forman-dead.html

01/19/2018

Have we mentioned what a great backdrop San Francisco makes for films? And for chase scenes?! This is awesome!

Sony Columbia and Marvel have begun filming the new movie "Venom" onsite in San Francisco.

12/16/2017

We can’t wait to check this out! Calling all Alfred Hitchcock lovers...

The video rolls with that familiar Hitchcockian soundtrack, and there is the backside of Kim Novak as she steps from a luxury sedan and gracefully walks toward the Legion of Honor. But this is not "Vertigo." This is "VertiGhost," a clever video installation that employs exact re-creations of the San...

06/06/2017

This looks right up our alley. ;)

From the waterfront of the Embarcadero to the hills of Twin Peaks, Market Street has been San Francisco's main transportation artery since the city's inception. This one-hour program features three shorts that tell the tale of this three-mile stretch that's been utilized by horse-drawn carriages, ca...

11/07/2016

How's your San Francisco film history? Here are some you may not know. ;)

'Titanic,' seriously?!

07/07/2016

Bullitt (1968) screening at The Yard at Mission Rock. So cool! July 9th. Be there.

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