Nov 9, 2011
SFFILM
Catechism Cataclysm (USA 2010), Todd Rohal’s low-budget farce about the canoe and camping misadventures of a young priest, plays December 12 and 14 at San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema (1746 Post Street).
The perfect antidote to the holiday season, Todd Rohal’s follow-up to Guatemalan Handshake is a genre-busting, hilarious and wonderfully confusing nest of twists and surreal gags. Father Billy-played with classic stoner weirdness by Eastbound and Down‘s Steve Little-is an easily distracted, emotionally frail, heavy metal-loving priest. His sermons consist of retelling urban legends and his theological research appears to focus on YouTube videos. Asked by his troubled senior to take time to consider whether the church is his true calling, Father Billy decides to take a canoe trip with his childhood hero and former metal guitarist Robbie. As they meander down the river the two trade stories about music and life, and Father Billy extols the virtues of the 11th Commandment: Thou shalt rock and roll! This film is the first from Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill’s recently formed production company, Rough House Pictures. With a storyline that is impossible to predict and hysterical performances by Little and Robert Longstreet, this film is best watched with someone you like to laugh with. Written by Todd Rohal. Photographed by Benjamin Kasulke. With Steve Little, Robert Longstreet, Mikki Ann Maddox, Koko Lanham, Rico A. Comic. 81 min. Distributed by IFC Films.
Showtimes 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:45, 9:30.
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office now open online at sffs.org and in person at San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema.
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At San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema, the supremely stylish state-of-the art theater located in the ultra-contemporary New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis. For complete up-to-date information on all SFFS | NPC programming, including buying tickets, visit sffs.org.
Upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
November 7-9: Octubre With moments of light comedy, Octubre is a rich character portrait of a brusque and graceless man who comes to care about something other than money.
November 10-13: San Francisco International Animation Festival A four-day celebration of the Bay Area’s preeminence as a hub for one of the most creative forms in cinema.
November 13-20: New Italian Cinema Fifteenth edition of popular festival includes work by prominent Italian directors, a tribute to Daniele Luchetti and eight features by up-and-coming directors.
November 15: Artist in Residence Federico Veiroj: A Useful Life A man who has spent his entire adult life working in a film archive faces a new beginning with the threatened closure of the institution.
November 17: California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown An intimate documentary on the life and work of Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown directed and produced by his granddaughters.
Opening November 18: Curling Combining creepy atmosphere and stark landscapes with moments of odd humor and tenderness, Curling shows the dangers of overly hermetic lives and gently proposes a way out for its compelling protagonists.
Opening November 25: The Swell Season After starring in the indie hit Once and winning an Oscar for Best Original Song, folk rock musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova go on tour in this music-filled black-and-white documentary.
December 2-3, 9-11: The Dardy Family Home Movies by Stephen Sondheim by Erin Markey The newest KinoTek program is the world premiere of a live performance with video projection by fearless actress/playwright Erin Markey.
December 5: SFFS Film Arts Forum: Pitch Perfect Panel discussion focusing on tried and true strategies for pitching a film project to industry decision makers.
December 6: The City Dark Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, historians and lighting designers, The City Dark is a cautionary tale of light pollution and the disappearance of the night sky.
December 8: An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt featuring his newest animated film It’s Such a Beautiful Day and an onstage interview.