Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation explores how the legacy of Jack Kerouac’s iconic novel On the Road reflects in today’s America. The film interweaves stories of modern-day “on-the-roaders” who share connections to Kerouac’s life, alongside those influenced by him or knew and loved him. Featured participants include Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell, Natalie […]
Be one of just 40 SFFILM members (and some of the first in the Bay Area) to see Ethan Coen’s dark comedy Honey Don’t! starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans. Enter by midnight Sunday, August 17 for your chance to attend. Winners (one ticket each) will be randomly selected and notified Monday, August […]
Step inside the world of Lurker FIRST; this sneak peek event is exclusively for SFFILM members. Online fixation meets reality in this parasocial, paranoid film driven by a brilliant score and star-making performances. When twenty-something Los Angeles retail clerk and loner Matthew (Théodore Pellerin) encounters rising pop star Oliver (Saltburn’s Archie Madekwe), he takes the […]
Join SFFILM for an early evening mixer at FilmHouse, home of our FilmHouse Residency and film community hub. We’ll showcase the FilmHouse Residency, the only year-round filmmaker residency program of its kind in the United States. The program provides Bay Area-based filmmakers with artistic guidance, office space, a vibrant creative community, and sustained support from […]
Few filmmakers have reshaped cinema like Martin Scorsese, and this film portrait explores all of his intricacies as he reflects on a career that redefined filmmaking. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family and creative […]
Come to FilmHouse for an evening conversation and book signing with Toronto International Film Festival Documentary Programmer Thom Powers in conversation with SFFILM Director of Programming Jessie Fairbanks. They’ll be talking about his new book Mondo Documentary, which spotlights more than 350 films he’s presented over twenty years at TIFF. The pair will also highlight […]
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, her latest Cannes triumph. In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B Mooney sets out on his first heist. With a museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks. A […]
From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. Hedda (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into […]
Fans of Jayne Mansfield will not want to miss this moving and revelatory documentary about the actress, directed by her daughter, Mariska Hargitay. “I want to understand her now,” Hargitay […]
Seymour ‘Sy’ Hersh is a renowned and respected—and at times divisive—Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. His remarkable six‑decade career includes groundbreaking coverage on the My Lai massacre, Watergate scandal, the horrors of […]
Seymour ‘Sy’ Hersh is a renowned and respected—and at times divisive—Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. His remarkable six‑decade career includes groundbreaking coverage on the My Lai massacre, Watergate scandal, the horrors of […]
SFFILM’s partnership with the New York Times’ Op-Docs, a short-form documentary series, presents its 11th-annual iteration with a curated program of five short films that invite you to see from […]
