FRI-THU MAY 9-15
CONTEMPT
F, M, Tu, Th: 7:00p, 9:15p
Sa, Su, W: (2:30p), 4:45p, 7:00p, 9:15p NEW 35MM SCOPE PRINT!
One of Jean-Luc Godard's most acclaimed films, his subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Michel Piccoli stars as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot) as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of THE ODYSSEY. Presented in a new 35mm print, this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process is a must see experience. "They don't make them like this anymore. Point of fact, they never did; Godard's CONTEMPT is a once-a-century cultural constellation." - Nick Pinkerton, The Village Voice. Photograped in Rome and Capri by Raoul Coutard, music by Georges Delerue. (1963, 103 min, 'SCOPE, in English and French, Italian and German w/ English Subtitles)

FRI-WED MAY 16-21
LEGENDARY COMPOSER: JOHN BARRY
By the time he entered the film industry in 1960, John Barry was already acquainted with a wide range of musical genres via his classical music training, playing piano and trumpet, arranging for jazz orchestras, and leading the pop group The John Barry Seven. His arrangement for "The James Bond Theme" jump-started a career of memorable, timeless themes, in addition to eleven classic Bond scores. Beyond his signature lush strings with brass accompaniment variations, Barry has featured jazz instrumentals, medieval music, blues motifs, rock variations, French ballads, and evocations of the Orient in his work. The recipient of five Oscars and four Grammys, his philosophy is "a film score should burn with its own fire, not merely glow in the dark like a pretty charcoal."

SUN MAY 18 DOUBLE FEATURE
2p, 6:50p: Out Of Africa
Sydney Pollack's romantic epic drawn from the life and writings of author Isak Dinesen, told as a series of six loosely coupled episodes. Meryl Streep has rarely been better, running a coffee plantation in Kenya as she falls for game hunter Robert Redford, and the film's carefully measured pace is offset by the stunning location photography. Winner of 7 Oscars, including one for Barry's expansive, moving and unforgettable score. With Klaus Maria Brandauer. (1985, 150 min)

4:50p, 9:40p: Somewhere In Time
Playwright Christopher Reeve becomes obsessed with a photograph of a young woman and, through self-hypnosis, travels back in time to the year 1912 to find love with actress Jane Seymour. Barry completely re-invented his sound with this score and it played a huge part in the film's cult success, turning the soundtrack into a gold record hit. With Christopher Plummer and Teresa Wright, directed by Jeannot Szwarc. (1980, 103 min)

TUE MAY 20 DOUBLE FEATURE
7p: Petulia
One of the best American films of the '60s is Richard Lester's kaleidoscopic depiction of a strained love affair between divorced doctor George C. Scott and unhappily married socialite Julie Christie. Filmed at the height of the Haight-Ashbury scene, cinematographer Nicolas Roeg captures the City by the Bay in all its splendor, while Barry's almost unbearably melancholic themes provide an underlying reminder that this ain't the Summer of Love. With Richard Chamberlain and Shirley Knight. (1968, 105 min)

9:05p: Walkabout
Nicolas Roeg's solo directorial debut chronicles the physical, spiritual, and emotional journey of a sister and brother abandoned in the harsh Australian outback. A mystical film that catapults the audience through every emotion available, Barry augments to perfection with his evocative theme and its intricate arrangements. With Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg and David Gulpilil. (1971, 100 min)

MAY 22-JUNE 18
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Directed by Steven Spielberg Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LeBeouf, John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent 2008, 122 min, ‘SCOPE

Come see the hottest movie of the summer at the only genuine MOVIE PALACE in San Francisco, on our HUGE screen and with DTS sound.....you just won't be in a movie theatre....you will feel part of the action on the screen....

THU MAY 22 Special Midnight Premiere Screening at 12:01am! Hosted by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks (MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS), with prize giveaways! Tickets are $10
THU-MON MAY 22-MAY 26 (10:15am), 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, 10pm
TUE-THU MAY 27-JUNE 5 (1pm), 4pm, 7pm, 10pm
Showtimes for June 6-18 will be listed soon.

Advance Tickets are available at theatre box office during normal business hours or online at www.ticketweb.com.

Admission prices for this special engagement are $10 Adult and $7 Child/Senior.
The box office opens one hour before the first show of the day and is CASH ONLY.

JUNE 19–29

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL

The amazing diversity of the queer community unfolds on the big screen at the historic Castro Theatre when Frameline32, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicks off 11 days of the best and newest of LGBT cinema from around the world on June 19.

A sneak peek of programmatic highlights at the Castro includes: a documentary about fashion’s favorite reality TV show phenomenon, a much anticipated sex-comedy sequel, a hand-picked retrospective matinee series and perennial Festival favorites Fun in Boys’ Shorts and Fun in Girls’ Shorts.

Pick up a program guide starting Tuesday, May 20 for complete information on screenings at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Film Center and Victoria Theatre in San Francisco and the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley.

Advance tickets go on sale May 23 at the Frameline Box Office located inside Superstar Satellite at 474 Castro Street (between Market and 18th). Box Office hours are 1p–8p daily beginning Friday, May 23 (for Frameline members) and Friday, May 30 (for the general public). Tickets will also be available online (www.frameline.org) and by fax (415.522.5543).

Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $10 general, $9 members; and $8 general, $7 members for matinee screenings starting at 5p or earlier. Castro Passes, good for admission to all screenings at the Castro Theatre other than Opening Night and Closing Night, are available for $200. Weekday Matinee Passes, good for admission to all weekday matinee screenings at the Castro Theatre starting at 5p or earlier, are available for $35. For more information, visit www.frameline.org.

THU JUNE 19 OPENING NIGHT FILM SCREENING & GALA

7p: Affinity
$75 Frameline members; $90 general public
This delicious period piece, based on Sarah Waters’ 1999 novel of the same name, is a women-in-prison movie with a gothic Victorian twist. Upper-class Margaret (Anna Madely), mourning her father’s recent death and looking for diversion, goes to Milbank Penitentiary as a “Lady Visitor”— presumably to improve the female convicts but really as a way to step outside her limited, conventional world. When she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Selina (Zoe Tapper), an attractive young convict, Margaret’s do-gooding quickly falls by the wayside. Nothing is what it seems as Margaret becomes smitten with Selina, who once enjoyed celebrity as a successful medium before being convicted of fraud and the assault of a young girl. Screenwriter Andrew Davies faithfully transfers to the big screen Waters’ fascination with the seamy underbelly of Victorian propriety, where ladies’ frustrations find outlet in private sessions with a medium, and benevolence is a fragile facade for voyeuristic fascination. AFFINITY superbly conveys the unspoken longings of the intelligent and frustrated young Margaret, who is as much imprisoned by her gender and class as the mysterious Selina is by bars and chains.

SUN JUNE 29 CLOSING NIGHT FILM SCREENING & PARTY
7:30p: Breakfast with Scot
$50 Frameline members; $60 general public
Frameline32 saves one of the best for last with this only-in-Canada mix of homos, hockey and family values. This light-hearted and touching comedy stars Thomas Cavanagh (“Ed”, “Scrubs”) as Eric, an ex-hockey player turned sportscaster. Eric is one of those gay guys who would describe himself as “straight-acting” in a personal ad—if he wasn’t too busy acting straight to place the ad. Though not out at work, Eric is living the perfect gay life at home with his lawyer boyfriend Sam (Ben Shenkman of ANGELS IN AMERICA and “Law & Order”). But their closet paradise is threatened when a long lost friend dies, and Eric and Sam are told they have custody of her 11-year-old son. Eric fears the arrival of a potentially rude and messy brute. What they get instead is Scot (Noah Bernett), an “artistic” waif who sings Christmas carols out of season, spells his name with one ‘t’ and likes to give everything, including his pee wee hockey uniform, “a little more sparkle.” Can these uptight gay dads learn to love their sissy son? Or will Eric’s reluctance to “be gay”—or even be seen in public with Scot—stand in the way?

MON JUNE 30 THEATRE CLOSED

JULY 1–9 70MM FESTIVAL

TUE JULY 1 DOUBLE FEATURE
7p: Blue Thunder
The best helicopter movie ever? YES. Roy Scheider plays a former Vietnam pilot selected to fly a new fangled anti- terrorist chopper created by the military. Upon discovering it’s true malevolent purpose, he becomes the target of law-and-order zealots and the chase is on. Hairier whirlybirding is not to be found elsewhere in this aerial rollercoaster ride. Co-starring Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clark and Warren Oates in his final role. Directed by John Badham. (1983, 109 min, RARE 70MM PRINT!)

The screening of 2010: The Year We Make Contact has been cancelled.
Replacement co-feature TBA.

WED-THU JULY 2-3
W (2:30p), 4:30p, 7p, 9p; Th 7p, 9p: Little Shop of Horrors
Based on the Off-Broadway hit, Roger Corman’s classic is ambitiously brought to life in big-budget form. Slamming together twisted humor, a singing plant, a sadistic dentist, and sweet and oblivious love between two Skid-Row denizens, this rollicking musical is well worth seeing on the big screen again! Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin star, with special appearances Bill Murray and John Candy. Songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, directed by Frank Oz. (1986, 94 min, RARE 70MM PRINT!) FYI: The studio currently has no screenable prints in 35mm—here is your only chance to see it on film!

FRI JULY 4 MIND-BLOWING DOUBLE FEATURE
3:05p, 7:05p: TRON
Jeff Bridges stars in Steven Lisberger’s cult classic about a hacker who is literally sucked into a computer world. Way ahead of it’s time, the breathtakingly beautiful computer- animation creates an original, dazzling world where energy lives and breathes. Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and David Warner co-star. Music score by Wendy Carlos, songs by Journey. (1982, 96 min, 70MM)

5p, 9p: Brainstorm
Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects master behind 2001, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and BLADE RUNNER, directed this underrated story of two scientists that create a mind-boggling invention of the virtual reality kind. Experiencing BRAINSTORM in 70mm is the only way to go, as the narrative scenes were filmed in standard 35mm 2-track stereo, while the “Brainstorm” sequences burst forth in Super Panavision 70mm and 6-track surround sound. Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher and Cliff Robertson star. (1983, 106 min, RARE 70MM PRINT!)

SAT-SUN JULY 5 & 6
2:30p, 7p: Lawrence of Arabia
Directed by David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer, Claude Rains. 1962, 216 min, 70MM

MON JULY 7
6:30p, 9:15p: The Wild Bunch
Directed by Sam Peckinpah Starring William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Edmond O’Brien; 1969, 145 min, 70MM (1995 DIRECTOR’S CUT VERSION)

TUE-WED JULY 8-9
6p, 8:30p: Playtime
Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in the age of technology reached their creative apex with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the endearingly clumsy, resolutely old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a bafflingly modernist Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PLAYTIME is a lasting testament to a modern age tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. Stars Jacques Tati and Barbara Dennek. (1967, 126 minutes, 70MM)

THU JULY 10 THEATRE CLOSED

The 13th Annual Silent Film Festival
Separate admission for all programs. All films $12 member/$14 general unless noted. Children 12 and under admitted free to all programs with a child’s ticket. Festival Pass (good for one admission to ALL films): $120 member/$140 general; Opening Night Party: $20 member/$25 general. All programs subject to change. For complete program and ticket information go to www.silentfilm.org.

FRI JULY 11
7p: The Kid Brother OPENING NIGHT FILM
$17 member/$20 general
Directed by Ted Wilde USA (1927)
35mm tinted print from UCLA Film & Television Archive
Live Accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Harold Lloyd’s next-to-last silent comedy has it all: action, romance, drama and non-stop laughs. The sheriff of Hickoryville has three sons: two big brawny boys and timid half-pint Harold, who dreams of heroism while he housekeeps with hilarious ingenuity. Lloyd considered THE KID BROTHER his best film, and it’s hailed as his masterpiece.

SAT JULY 12
10a: Amazing Tales FROM FILM PRESERVATION SCHOOL Free Admission!
Live Piano Accompaniment by Michael Mortilla
Martin Scorsese says George Eastman House “is at the forefront of one of the most important tasks of our time - the preservation of film as part of our national heritage.” This free program will show you how they teach the art and science of saving movies.

11:40a: The Soul of Youth
Directed by William Desmond Taylor USA (1920) 35mm print from Library of Congress
Live Piano Accompaniment by Stephen Horne
A humanistic portrait of society's unwanted babies, unloved orphans and unlawful urchins is tied to the story of a power struggle between a corrupt politician and a reformer. Judge Ben Lindsey, real-life founder of America's juvenile court system, appears as himself.

2:15p: Les Deux Timides (Two Timid Souls)
Directed by René Clair France (1928) 35mm print from Cinémathèque Française
Live Accompaniment by Baguette Quartette
In this playful farce by innovative comedy provocateur René Clair, a shy trial lawyer – the Keatonesque Pierre Batcheff – must find the nerve to court the woman he's in love with before her mild-mannered father unwittingly weds her to a convicted wife-abuser.

4:15p: Mikaël (Michael)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark (1924) 35mm print from Danish Film Institute
Live Piano Accompaniment by Donald Sosin
A landmark in the history of gay cinema, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s (The Passion of Joan of Arc) powerful vision delves into the relationship between a renowned artist and the young man who is the source of his inspiration.

7:45p: The Man Who Laughs CENTERPIECE FILM
$15 member/$17 general Directed by Paul Leni; USA (1928)
35mm print from Library of Congress
Live Accompaniment on the Mighty Wurlitzer by Clark Wilson
Conrad Veidt—of Caligari fame—is Gwynplaine, an English nobleman’s son disfigured by a Gypsy doctor so his face is fixed in the rictus of a gruesome grin. Batman creator Bob Kane credited Veidt as the visual inspiration for The Joker.

10:45p: The Unknown
Director’s Pick with GUY MADDIN
Directed by Tod Browning; USA (1927)
35mm print from George Eastman House
Live Piano Accompaniment by Stephen Horne
To kick-start our new Director’s Pick series we welcome Guy Maddin, director of Brand Upon the Brain! To introduce Tod Browning’s horror-ode to unrequited love. Lon Chaney stars as Alonzo the Armless and Joan Crawford is Nanon, who has a pathological fear of being touched by a man. It’s one of most brazenly bizarre films ever made—hands down!

SUN JULY 13
10:30a: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Directed by Lotte Reiniger Germany (1926) 35mm print from Milestone Films
Live Piano Accompaniment by Donald Sosin
Not only is Prince Achmed the earliest surviving feature-length animated film, it's the first ever made by a woman. Lotte Reiniger devised an intricate cut-out silhouette animation technique to depict the fantastic adventures of Prince Achmed on the magic islands of Wak Wak..

1:10p: The Silent Enemy
Directed by H. P. Carver USA (1930) 35mm print from Film Preservation Associates
Live Accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
The Ojibway Indians and their battle against hunger – the silent enemy – are the subject of this remarkable hybrid documentary. The nature photography is absolutely stunning. This film contains graphic images of wild animals fighting and being killed.

3:50p: Her Wild Oat
Directed by Marshall Neilan USA (1927) 35mm print from Academy Film Archive
Live Accompaniment by Michael Mortilla
Colleen Moore was America’s top box-office star in 1926, but she’s almost forgotten today because so few of her films survive. This fast-paced, wise-cracking romantic comedy is about a lunch wagon owner who tries life as a lady of wealth—for a weekend.

6:10p: Jujiro (Crossways)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa Japan (1928) 35mm print from British Film Institute
Live Piano Accompaniment by Stephen Horne
Japanese master Teinosuke Kinugasa (A Page of Madness) spins our senses in a heightened avant-garde blast of rampant symbolism, distorted architecture, flashbacks, flashforwards and delirious subjective cinematography.

8:45p: The Patsy CLOSING NIGHT FILM
$15 member/$17 general
Directed by King Vidor USA (1928) 35mm print from Library of Congress
Live Accompaniment on the Mighty Wurlitzer by Clark Wilson
A natural-born comedienne, Marion Davies wreaks havoc at every turn as the neglected daughter in a middle-class family ruled by a mother who is an inveterate social climber (the wonderful Marie Dressler). One wholly uproarious highlight is Davies’s spot-on impersonations of Mae Murray, Lillian Gish and Pola Negri.

SAVED BY THE SELZNICK SCHOOL
Throughout the festival, we'll show films from George Eastman House that students of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation have saved and restored with a fellowship from Haghefilm Conservation: George Méliès’s LES FROMAGES AUTOMOBILES (The Skipping Cheeses, 1907); a mountain-climbing expedition to the Swiss Alps in LOST – A YODEL (1920); detective Nick Carter solving the mystery of THE LAST CALL (1922), and more! The 13th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival is produced by The Silent Film Festival, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting silent film as an art form and as a cultural and historical record.