Mission Mission

Another shit beer + liquor night at Bender’s?  With the addition of a campy horror flick? Count me in.

This here is Rhapsody for the Revolution, filmmaker Alexandra MacArthur’s debut short, shot mostly in the Mission. If you like it on the small screen, you might also like it on the big screen at the Victoria Theater tomorrow as part of a competitive shorts competition. Winner gets funding!

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My roommate Rachel is an amazingly stealth iPhone photo-taker.

Here, for example, is an expert shot she snapped of  filmmaker John Waters at a random party on 25th and Fair Oaks Saturday night:

Anyone else spot him?  Please leave your best John Waters run-in stories in the comments section, especially if you think they’ll weird me out.  Ooh!

I don’t know if you realize this, but there are 5 movies in the “Bring It On” franchise. Which is kind of amazing.

Awesome neighborhood video store Fayes Video & Espresso Bar (a former employer of mine) are more than just a witty sandwich board. They review all five so you can decide what kind of drinking game to put together for your cheerleader slumber party.

Read the reviews and more musings from 18th and Guerrero here.

If you love acid-inspired skateboard films, make your way to the Victoria friday.

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We ran into SF Appeal film critic Alex “Barky” Barkett the other night at Bender’s, and he seemed like he was having a pleasant enough evening, but it turns out he was having a pretty shitty evening. Lucky for us, he’s spun it into gold — in the form of the best weekend entertainment roundup ever written.

Hang in there, Barky.

Brenda C. says:

My friend and I put together a u.s. west coast film tour of experimental shorts. We’re currently on tour; our first show is tonight in Portland but I wanted to give you the heads up for our SF show on Friday, August 7th.

For SF, (since that’s where I live) we are planning on doing something a little different. We are going to project the films, with sound, inside the muni — lines N, J, and L.

The majority of the films being screening are made by local sf filmmakers and more info can be found [here].

Asked about a route, she continues:

We’re planning on starting off on the N at Ocean Beach. When we get to Embarcadero, we’ll transfer to the J and head out to the Mission. Eventually, we’ll make our way to the L most likely starting from somewhere in the sunset or maybe in the castro.

So asks the new documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto, premiering in San Francisco at Mezzanine on Thursday at 7:00pm as part of the SF Film Society’s bimonthly SF360 Film+Club program.

Girl Talk (who I’m sure everybody is tired of me gushing over, over and over) is the film’s “central protagonist,” but we’ll also hear from bossa nova great Gilberto Gil, Creative Commons dude Lawrence Lessig and Boing Boing bro Cory Doctorow.

Director Brett Gaylor will be there, and as per the “Club” portion of the event, some prominent DJs and VJs will perform following the screening.

Get your tickets here.

The Bicycle Film Festival is kicking off tomorrow.  Unfortunately, you’ll have to leave the hood to check out the weekday activities (Alamo Square and SOMA?  What gives?).  But fear not: Friday and Saturday nights bring bicycle cinema to the Victoria Theatre on 16th and Capp.  There is even a street party Saturday afternoon until 6pm featuring a BMX Competition, a track bike competition (mustaches required), and “fun times.”

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Mission Mission reader “Stucco Sux” brings us news of Tower Theater’s new asking price:

FYI, Tower Theater on Mission near 20th is up for sale. Asking price: $1,988,000.

Still largely intact inside according to the listing. What a fun tour that would be to take with the realtor. I wish someone would check it out and take lots of pictures…

Johnny of Burrito Justice follows up and proves he is more of a journalist than I am:

Hey, I’ve been waiting for it to break the $2 million mark!

Oct 2006 – $2.6m
Feb 2007 – $2.5m
Nov 2007 – $2.4m

Closed as a theater in 1996 — the last one on Mission to close. Used as a church until 2005. Apparently there were murals inside that were painted over. Some photos of the old interior, and random trivia here.

Collage of the exterior in 1942, 1964 and today here, along with some of the other theaters on Mission.