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Entries from SFist tagged with 'themovie'

March 10, 2008

Due to the popularity of Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, (and just in time for the national release of Girls Rock! The Movie this spring) girls' rock camps are now sprouting up all over the country, including one opening in the Bay Area this summer! The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp will serve 25–40 girls between the ages of 8 and 18 and will take place at Julia Morgan School for Girls in......

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March 7, 2008

Bay Area filmmakers Arne Johnson and Shane King present Girls Rock! The Movie, a highly moving documentary about Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, a place for girls ages eight to eighteen to learn an instrument, form their own bands, write songs, make friends, and then perform in front of 700 people -- all in a week's time. The film is opening in seven cities today -- San Francisco, Berkeley, Portland, New York,......

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March 6, 2008

We just got word that Gustaf Van Sant needs more extras this Sunday for Milk. You know what that means, don't you? Time to throw on your hippest and tightest '70s duds revealing the most chest hair possible in order to help the poor Palme d'Or winner out. You will help him out this coming Sunday, won't you? Good. According to event organizers: WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE BACK TO BE IN THE MOVIE ONE......

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October 17, 2006

Think you'd rather see a movie than go hear Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the SF Symphony (opening tomorrow through Sunday in the Saint-Saëens Piano concerto, conducted by Simon Bychkov)? Why choose, when SFist is here to give away a copy of Thibaudet's The Movie Album, where you'll hear music from A League of Their Own (no vocals from Madonna, thank goodness, it's only a piano solo album), The Piano (of course), The Pianist (ibid.), the Royal Tenenbaums, and all time San Francisco favorite, Spartacus, by composers like Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and Duke Ellington. Just fill in the form below and a lucky winner will be notified by e-mail tomorrow. ...

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May 19, 2006

Whatever you do, don't go see Pizza The Movie hungry. Boy were we glad we'd had that burrito (but we must admit, that didn't prevent us from stopping off for a slice after the film). Even if you don’t love pizza, which is hard to fathom, this one's a must-see. The engaged crowd in the Roxie's baby theater, aka "the Little Roxie" made viewing the film feel like a giant pizza party itself (minus the......

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May 12, 2006

Saturday: At noon we're hitting the 3rd annual GAMA-Go Spring sale at the Rickshaw Stop, then going to the The 16th SF/ Bay Area Mural Awareness Festival & Awards Ceremony at Precita Park from 1-5 p.m. Sunday: We're going to see Pizza: The Movie, a film about the World Pizza Championships, at the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival. Atkins is for suckers. Monday: Our pals at Heeb Magazine want everyone to come to an......

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