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An Afternoon with Anita Monga 4:30 pm, Saturday, April 23 Mel Novikoff Award recipient Anita Monga, longtime Bay Area film programmer, worked with Mel Novikoff at the Castro Theatre in the 1980s and has carried on his legacy of showmanship, respect for the audience and for the art of cinema. Following an onstage conversation, Monga will introduce the screening of the film she specifically selected for this event, Jacques Becker’s Touchez Pas au Grisbi. Gangland movies rarely come as pleasurable—or as elegant—as this 1954 slang-filled French film noir, starring Jean Gabin and Jeanne Moreau. Read more about Anita Monga. Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street MEMBERS $10 GENERAL PUBLIC $12; TICKET CODE: NOVI23F An Afternoon with Adam Curtis2:00 pm, Sunday, May 1 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient Adam Curtis, producer of brilliant television documentaries that investigate the secret cultural histories of the 20th century, will participate in an onstage conversation preceding the screening of his newest three-part series, The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear. Curtis tops his previous BBC series, Century of the Self (SFIFF 2003), with this controversial, myth-shattering investigation that asks, Is the War on Terror a scam? Read more about Adam Curtis. AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post Street (at Fillmore) MEMBERS $10 GENERAL PUBLIC $12; TICKET CODE: POWE01K Live Music by American Music Club 9:00 pm, Saturday, April 23 American Music Club is notorious for their adventurousness, naked emotionalism and unpredictable, volcanic performances. They are one of the most significant cult bands since the Velvet Underground (such bands as Radiohead, Coldplay and Pearl Jam cite their influence). After eight albums, the band split up in 1995, then reassembled in 2003 to produce Love Songs for Patriots: a passion play of politics and everyday melodrama, filled with lush and tantalizing soundscapes. The world premiere of AMC’s score for Street Angel reels from operatic tradition to glam rock, circus music to musique concrete and features the heartrending voice and lyrics of Mark Eitzel. Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street MEMBERS $20 GENERAL PUBLIC $25; TICKET CODE: STRE23F World-renowned Alloy Orchestra brings two cinema classics to life with live musical accompaniment. 7:00 pm Monday, April 25 Here’s a new print of the rarely seen silent version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 Blackmail, with a new score composed and performed by world-renowned Alloy Orchestra. This early Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece displays the reasons he’s earned the moniker “Master of Suspense.” Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street MEMBERS $15 GENERAL PUBLIC $20 TICKET CODE: BLAM25F 9:15 pm, Monday, April 25 The grotesque and the ravishing coexist in this gothic horror classic. Lon Chaney’s tormented Phantom plays Svengali to the ambitious but terribly naive Christine. The original color processes have been painstakingly restored, spotlighting the 1925 film’s spectacular sets and photography. Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street MEMBERS $15 GENERAL PUBLIC $20; TICKET CODE: PHAN25F
The State of Cinema Address with Brad Bird Sunday, April 24 This year, the State of Cinema address will be conducted by animated filmmaker extraordinaire, Brad Bird, Oscar-winning director of The Incredibles. Each year, the Festival nominates one of the leaders in cinema to address the issues facing the film world today. 5:00 pm, AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post Street (at Fillmore) MEMBERS $10 GENERAL PUBLIC $12; TICKET CODE: STATE24
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