An Evening with Werner Herzog
Wednesday, April 26
7:30 Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street (near Market), San Francisco
Members $20, General Public $25
Join us for a special night honoring the unconventional filmmaking genius
of the 2006 Film Society Directing Award recipient, Werner Herzog. Retrospective
film clips from his lengthy career will be followed by an onstage interview
and a screening of his latest film, The
Wild Blue Yonder.
WED 4/26 7:30 CASTRO LIV26C
An Evening with Ed Harris
Friday, April 28
7:30 Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street (near Market), San Francisco
Members $20, General Public $25
The Film Society pays tribute to the accomplished career of actor Ed Harris,
this year's Peter J. Owens Award recipient. This very special event will
feature retrospective film clips followed by an onstage interview and
a screening of one of Harris's favorite early films, A
Flash of Green (1984).
FRI 4/28 7:30 CASTRO LIV28C
An Afternoon with Jean-Claude Carrière
Saturday, April 29
1:00 Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post Street (at Fillmore), San Francisco
Members $20, General Public $25
We are honored to present Jean-Claude Carrière with the Kanbar
Award for excellence in screenwriting this year. Join us for a special
onstage interview and screening of his comic tale of erotic obsession,
Belle de Jour (1967), directed
by Luis Buñuel and starring a radiant Catherine Deneuve.
SAT 4/29 1:00 KABUKI LIV29K
An Evening with Guy Maddin
Tuesday, April 25
7:30 Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post Street (at Fillmore), San Francisco
Members $9, General Public $11
Inventive, visionary filmmaker Guy Maddin, recipient of the Golden Gate
Persistence of Vision Award, will engage in an onstage conversation before
a screening of a program of some of his greatest short films, including
his newest, My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005).
TUE 4/25 7:30 KABUKI LIV25K
The State of Cinema Address by Tilda Swinton
Saturday, April 29
5:30 Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post Street (at Fillmore), San Francisco
Members $9, General Public $11
Each year, the Film Society invites one of the leaders in cinema to address
the issues facing the film world today. This year, the State of Cinema
address will be delivered by the stunning, eloquent and provocative Tilda
Swinton, star of Orlando (1992), Conceiving Ada (2002) and,
most recently, The Chronicles of Narnia, as the icy White Witch.
SAT 4/29 5:30 KABUKI STAT29K