Business & Tech Now the Metreon Is Up For Sale Too, In Latest SF Real Estate Shocker Another signature San Francisco mall is up for sale in the Metreon, but in this case, the sale is not being forced by owners surrendering the property to a lender, and the place has a bustling 92% occupancy rate.
SF News Presidents’ Day Around the Bay: 1000 Van Ness Movie Theater Is Closing At Month's End Local Mardi Gras festivities started this weekend in North Beach, a Pac Heights mansion was listed for $35 million, and we just got word the old 1000 Van Ness movie theater will be ceasing operations on February 28.
Arts & Entertainment Japantown's AMC Kabuki Theater Closed In the Middle of Screenings Tuesday Due to Electrical Problem If you were planning to go see 'The Lost City' at the Kabuki Theater this week, you may want to seek out showtimes elsewhere. The theater is closed "until further notice."
Arts & Entertainment Former AMC Van Ness To Become '4D' Cinema From Korean Company The shuttered, bed-buggy movie theater at 1000 Van Ness will be revived as a new theater early next year from a South Korean cinema company that specializes in "4D" experiences that include live sensory effects like wind and rain.
SF News New Kabuki Theater to Save Planet Earth, Or Something Like That Japantown's new Sundance Cinemas Kabuki will offer the more discerning moviegoer (i.e.. people who self-consciously laugh out loud during Shakespeare comedies) something, well, more. Curbed SF has the full rundown on the
Arts & Entertainment Win Free Passes To <i>Evan Almighty</i>! What? Even free movie passes on SFist? It's INSANE!!! But yes! It's true! Wanna go to a sneak preview of Evan Almighty tonight? 7:30 p.m. at the AMC 1000 (1000 Van
Arts & Entertainment Free Passes to <i>1408</i> (The New John Cusack Movie!) If you want to go, send an email to [email protected] and you'll get back a pass for you and a friend! Email ASAP, though, they've only got a limited number of
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Year Of The Fish</i> We love a good Cinderella story and apparently so do a bunch of people on dates. Year of the Fish, a modern interpretation of a 9th century Chinese folk tale played at the
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Baby</i> Preview for the movie Baby, which premiered last night at the SF Int'l Asian-Am Film Fest. (Movie's not rated but this clip probably should be rated R for violence.) The clip is a
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Na Kamalei: The Men Of Hula</i> The moving and inspirational has the distinction of being the first movie to sell out in this year's San Francisco Int'l Asian-American Film Festival -- and the buzz only got better once the
SF News Kabuki Theatre Sold to Sundance Cinemas Expected to become "a state-of-the-art independent movie house", Sundance plans on beginning renovations to the theatre in early May, following the San Francisco International Film Festival. This fall it'll reopen as the "Sundance
misc More Redevelopments In J-Town San Francisco Japantown's seen a lot in the last 100 years -- from the influx of Japanese-American immigrants after the 1906 earthquake and the development of an ethnic community, to its forced displacement
Arts & Entertainment Revenge of the Essefficist <i>Update: Metreon Tix Now on Sale</i> Greetings loyal readers. Welcome to Tuesday. You know those annoying people you see at Giants games with the laptops, busily availing themselves of the free wi-fi network? The Essefficist is them. Even as
