Arts & Entertainment Vogue Theater Got Its Neon Sign Fully Restored, Public Lighting Ceremony Is Next Week Presidio Heights’ 119-year-old Vogue Theater has just had its marquee neon sign fully restored to its former glory, and will have a public lighting ceremony next Wednesday, December 3, followed by a free screening of the 1936 gem “San Francisco.”
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sup. Sherrill Wants to Make It Easier for Movie Theaters to Serve Booze In what could be a high-octane shot for movie theaters across SF, District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill hopes to relax the rules around giving liquor licenses to movie theaters, so that more theaters can serve beer and wine.
Business & Tech Apple Sues the New Apple Cinemas at 1000 Van Ness, Claiming Trademark Infringement Not even one month after the movie theater chain Apple Cinemas took over the vacant 1000 Van News theater, the computer company Apple, Inc. is suing them over their name, saying that it’s meant to deceive consumers.
Arts & Entertainment Former AMC Van Ness 1000 Movie Theater Reopens This Weekend as ‘Apple Cinemas Van Ness’ The movie theater chain Apple Cinemas has nothing to do with the Cupertino tech company Apple, but now they're in charge of resurrecting the old AMC 1000 Van Ness theater, and the movies start playing there Thursday.
Arts & Entertainment Both the Presidio Theatre and Marina Theatre Movie Houses Are Up For Sale Both of the Chestnut Street movie theaters owned by Lee Neighborhood Theaters, the Marina Theatre and Presidio Theatre, are up for sale, as the Lees are retiring after nearly 60 years of their family operation running SF movie houses.
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Theater on the Verge of Buying Its Building, Launches ‘Capital Campaign’ The 113-year-old Roxie Theater just might be around for another 113 years, as the movie house has been secretly working on a deal to buy the theater outright, and they’re launching a fundraising leg of that campaign to complete the deal.
Business & Tech The Sad Saga of How New Operators of the AMC 1000 Van Ness Theater Blew $54 Million In Just 18 Months We always figured that the former AMC Van Ness movie theater went under because of how the pandemic wrecked movie theaters. But court filings show a behind-the-scenes battle after new operators managed to burn $54 million on the place in a year and a half.
Arts & Entertainment Alamo Drafthouse Opening Two New Movie Theaters In the South Bay Santa Clara and Mountain View will both be getting new Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters this summer, as the hip theater chain is taking over two abandoned shopping mall movie theaters with plans to revitalize them.
Arts & Entertainment Sony Just Bought the Alamo Drafthouse Theater Chain, Including the SF Location Sony Pictures Entertainment just bought up all 35 locations of the boozy and boutique movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse, including the New Mission theater on Mission Street, after the chain had previously declared bankruptcy in 2021.
Arts & Entertainment Another Movie Theater Bites the Dust: The Regency 6 Cinema In San Rafael More tragic endings for Bay Area film fans, as San Rafael’s Regency 6 Cinema apparently closed permanently on Sunday, as the sluggish rebound from COVID claims another longtime Bay Area movie house.
Arts & Entertainment SF Movie Theater Owners Fear Writers' and Actors' Strikes Could Wreck the Rest of Their 2023 Movie theater operators are projecting a debilitating post-Barbenheimer hangover, as the twin strikes by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA threaten to erase upcoming blockbusters and Oscar-season prestige films from the 2023 film release calendar.
SF News Another Bay Area Movie Theater Closes, This Time the 88-Year-Old Albany Twin We’ve seen this movie many times before as theaters try to emerge from the pandemic slump, but this one's truly the end of an era, as the 88-year-old Albany Twin theater on Solano Avenue suddenly closed permanently on Thursday.
SF News Westfield Mall’s Century Theater Closing Permanently On Thursday Thursday is the last day of screenings at the Century 9 theater in the Westfield San Francisco Centre, as another tenant is bailing on the shopping mall that owner Westfield Corporation is also walking away from.
Arts & Entertainment Restoration of 4 Star Theater In the Richmond Drained Finances of Cinema Nonprofit, Crowdfunding Campaign Launched The organization that has kept the Balboa and Vogue cinemas alive over the last decade is in some bad financial straits after taking a gamble on a third historic neighborhood theater. It's now reaching out for the public's help.
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.
SF News Downtown Berkeley’s Last Remaining Movie Theater, the Regal UA, Is Closing Pour another one out for another movie theater biting the dust, as the Regal UA on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley is closing. There’s no closing date announced, but it looks like their lease will expire February 15.
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 Richmond District's 4 Star Theatre Will Reopen as a Movie Theater, Join Group With Balboa and Vogue The fate of the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco's Richmond District is looking up, after 18 months of sitting dark — and Victor Bergeron, the guy behind the successful cinephile reinventions of the Vogue and Balboa theaters, will be doing the programming.
Arts & Entertainment New Stonestown Movie Theater Opening Delayed; Will It Debut By Memorial Day Weekend? "Construction delays" and "unforeseen circumstances" are being blamed for a delay in the opening of the splashy, high-tech new Regal Cinema at the Stonestown Galleria.
Arts & Entertainment SF's New 12-Screen Movie Theater With Seat-Motion and Scent Effects Opens Friday at Stonestown San Francisco is getting its first new movie theater in five years, which opens at an awkward moment when not only are theater chains struggling to claw their way out of a pandemic slump but Hollywood still is holding back a lot of its higher-profile releases.
Arts & Entertainment West Portal Movie Theater CineArts at Empire Has Permanently Closed The historic Empire Cinema in West Portal, now over 95 years old, is in search of a new operator, as Cinemark has decided not to renew its lease and to close its CineArts at Empire theater.
Arts & Entertainment Fort Mason Drive-In to Become Satellite Screening Venue for Sundance Film Festival Later This Month In-person screenings, including world premieres, are coming to San Francisco starting January 28 thanks to a partnership between Sundance and the Roxie — and the city's good graces allowing the drive-in to be used.
Arts & Entertainment Movie Theaters In San Francisco Refuse to Reopen Under City Rules Banning All Concessions A coalition that includes the city's biggest and most popular cinemas says the theater owners are keeping their doors closed until the city allows them to sell food and drinks, which are their money-makers.
Arts & Entertainment Movie Theaters Are Open In Napa, More Opening In Marin On Friday In keeping with the state guidelines for reopening for "red" tier counties, at least two movie theaters in Napa County reopened for business last week at 25-percent capacity. More are now set to open in San Rafael and elsewhere in Marin County after it reached "red" status on Tuesday.
Arts & Entertainment Fort Mason to Become SF's First Drive-In Movie Theater Later This Month The Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is kicking off an outdoor, drive-in movie series on September 18, and it's set to go for at least a month.
