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Sam Fleischner (left) and Ben Chace (right) look through the SF Indiefest catalogue on opening night of the festival, where there film Wah Do Dem played.
Events
When I say jump: Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric" closes the Mostly British Film Festival Feb. 11 at the Vogue. (Photo courtesy MBFF)
Feb. 9-15
Valentine’s Day brings sweet hearts and sour ones to Bay Area screens. Or you can take heart in the invigorating Mostly British Film Festival continuing on at the Vogue and Smith Rafael or SF Indiefest chugging into its second week. Elsewhere: YBCA’s Jacques Tati series closes with Playtime and the Pacific Film Archive takes a trip down the Beat path with Alfred Leslie.
Mostly British Film Festival—through Feb. 11
Cinema from the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand comes to the Vogue and Smith Rafael, including Bran Nue Dae (Feb. 9, Smith Rafael) from indigenous Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins and Looking for Eric, a comedy from Ken Loach cclosing the festival at the Vogue.
"Jacques Tati: Genius of French Comedy"—through Feb. 11
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts closes with Tati’s Playtime (Feb. 11), a comedy of modernist Paris.
"A Valentine's Tribute Weekend to John Hughes"—Feb. 12 and 13
This festival, in honor of the late teen flick director, who would have turned 60 this month, charges only one entry per day and includes classics like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Feb. 12) and The Breakfast Club (Feb. 13). More at the Castro.
"Casablanca"—Feb. 14
The Smith Rafael celebrates Valentine’s Day with a free screening of one of Hollywood’s most romantic films.
"Josee, The Tiger, and The Fish"—Feb. 5-18
Viz Cinema hosts the regional premiere of this love story about the disabled Kumiko, known as Josee, who captures college student Tsuneo’s heart with her humor, intelligence, and unique sense of her place in the world.
SF Indiefest—through Feb. 18
The twelfth annual independent film fest continues at the Roxie with, among many others, the award-winning documentary Rene (Feb. 13 and 16), which follows its subject over 20 years as he navigates Czech prisons and politics.
"Alfred Leslie: Cool Man in a Golden Age"—Feb. 9-16
The work of the painter, performance artist, filmmaker and videomaker screens at the Pacific Film Archive, including older works in collaboration with Jack Kerouac and Robert Frank and the new A Stranger Calls at Midnight: a self-interview of sorts (Feb. 9).
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