'A piece of cinematic art. It's modern day Japanese animation at its best.'Kevin Williams, Chicago Tribune Based loosely on the life and work of Ozu muse Hara Setsuko, Satoshi Kon's stunning sophomore feature is a kaleidoscopic, time-skipping portrait of a reclusive actor looking back on her career. The clever meta-movie follows a two-man documentary crew as they set about interviewing Fujiwara Chiyoko, a former studio star who withdrew from public life after retiring decades earlier. Her story transports the pair through a century of Japanese cinema and history, as past and present, memories and movie roles, start to blur.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-millennium-actress/2023-04-07/

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A Pre-recorded Q&A with BAFTA-winning director Mark Jenkin immediately follows the film. 'The writer-director's use of colour 16mm, his (now-famous) 1970s Bolex clockwork camera, and post-production sound anoint Enys Men as the Kernowek equivalent of such classic English folk horrors as The Wicker Man.' ~ Tara Brady, Irish Times 'Are its cultish mysteries for everyone? Undoubtedly not. But if there's a place in your heart for dark, folky mind-benders that plug into the cosmic energy of remote, oceanic terrain, you should take a trip across Jenkin's freaky landscape asap.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-enys-men/2023-04-06/

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« All Events HellaSecret is taking over The Mission for the first time! Welcome to our brand new comedy show in the main room of Public Works with a secret lineup of SF's top comics which typically has credits like Cobbs, Punchline, SF Sketchfest, Comedy Central Clusterfest, Outside Lands and more. 21+ | Main Room | Fully Seated Show Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm It's a 70+ minute show with 4-5 of SF's top local comics on the bill Like most comedy clubs, and to help support local bars and restaurants, there is a two drink minimum per person FULL BAR / DRINK SPECIALS Make sure you arrive a little early to grab the best seat and a drink! Every show we'll have exclusive comedy show drink specials – Here's an example… (subject to change) Can of Jack Daniel's Apple Fizz or Tennessee Honey – $7 Ketel One Botanical Spritz Peach & Orange – $8 Patron Blanco Paloma with Orange Citronge – $10 GETTING THERE / MUNI / BART Public Works is 2.

https://missionlocal.org/event/public-works-sfs-hellasecret-mission-comedy-night-2/2021-11-16/

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« All Events On the busiest night of the year at one of the hottest restaurants in London, charismatic, commanding head chef Andy Jones (Stephen Graham) balances along a knife's edge as multiple personal and professional crises threaten to destroy everything he's worked for. A surprise visit from a health and safety inspector sets the staff on edge as the overbooked hotspot begins to fill with guests. Jones alternately berates and cajoles his diverse staff, trying his best to diffuse tensions between management and his crew, while catering to the ridiculous demands of customers.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-boiling-point/2021-11-23/

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« All Events Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho cinema is shutting down for good. A palace with seemingly mile-wide rows of red velvet seats, the likes of which you've seen only in your most nostalgic dreams (though they're beginning to fray), the Fu-Ho's valedictory screening is King Hu's 1967 wuxia epic Dragon Inn, playing to a motley smattering of spectators. The standard grievances persist: patrons snack noisily and remove their shoes, treating this temple of cinema like their living room, but as we watch the enveloping film deep into a pandemic, the sense that moviegoing as a communal experience is slipping away takes on a powerful and painful resonance.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-goodbye-dragon-inn/2022-02-11

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VANTAGE, a highly anticipated, high-energy cross-cultural celebration through dance, diversity, and positive dialog debuts at the OCD Theater in San Francisco, California, April 7 – 10. Presented by ZiRu Dance — a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) non-profit dance company founded by Philein Wang — VANTAGE was created as a catalyst for social justice, inclusion, and community. An acclaimed dancer-choreographer, Wang, Artistic Director at ZiRu Dance, describes VANTAGE as sitting at the intersection of movement, technology, cultural identity, and most importantly — social justice.

https://missionlocal.org/event/odc-theater-ziru-dance-presents-vantage/2022-04-09/

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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity. 'An unnamed Black man questions how much of his present material success is owed to his complicity in screwing over fellow Blacks. Complicating his doubts are conversations with an old friend who drank the 'up by your bootstraps' Kool-Aid and a white girlfriend whose racial awareness might be far less than advertised. If you hated GREEN BOOK's undisturbing take on American race relations, then you need to see this film.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-the-sleeping-negro/2022-02-11

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« All Events TITANE: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility. Winner of the Palme d'Or, Cannes 2021 and France's Official Oscar Submission Directed by Julia Ducournau. 2021. 108 min. France, Belgium. In French with English subtitles.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-titane/2021-11-23/

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« All Events A three-week workshop Teacher Maggie Tokuda-Hall For who Open to 15 students, ages 14-18 When Sundays, May 1-May 15 Time 5-7p.m. Location 826 Valencia Writing Lab Picture books are the gateway to reading for children all over the world. In this workshop, we'll give you the tools to write (or illustrate) your very own picture book, be it funny, informative, or poetic. The goal of this workshop is to create your own picture book, so that on our last day we can enjoy the fruits of our labor with a pizza storytime.

https://missionlocal.org/event/826-valencia-picture-this-a-picture-book-making-workshop-ages-14-18/2022-05-01/

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« All Events Co-presented by Frameline! John Cameron Mitchell's SHORTBUS explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality.

https://missionlocal.org/event/roxie-theater-shortbus/2022-02-11

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