Buster Keatons @ Niles @ Holidays
(2025.12.13 | Niles, CA | Leica SL2-S + Sigma 65mm f/2 I Contemporary)
#leica #sigma #photography #nilesca #fremontca #merrychristmas #happyholidays #busterkeaton #thegeneral #silentfilm #nilesfilmmuseum #nilesessanaysilentfilmmuseum
(2025.12.13 | Niles, CA | Leica SL2-S + Sigma 65mm f/2 I Contemporary)
#leica #sigma #photography #nilesca #fremontca #merrychristmas #happyholidays #busterkeaton #thegeneral #silentfilm #nilesfilmmuseum #nilesessanaysilentfilmmuseum
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Buster Keatons @ Niles @ Holidays
(2025.12.13 | Niles, CA | Leica SL2-S + Sigma 65mm f/2 I Contemporary)
#leica #sigma #photography #nilesca #fremontca #merrychristmas #happyholidays #busterkeaton #thegeneral #silentfilm #nilesfilmmuseum #nilesessanaysilentfilmmuseum
(2025.12.13 | Niles, CA | Leica SL2-S + Sigma 65mm f/2 I Contemporary)
#leica #sigma #photography #nilesca #fremontca #merrychristmas #happyholidays #busterkeaton #thegeneral #silentfilm #nilesfilmmuseum #nilesessanaysilentfilmmuseum
This weekend’s film-on-film options: four Alfred Hitchcock films at the all-35mm Stanford, and the (usually-)16mm @NilesFilmMuseum has Laurel & Hardy and other shorts, as well as King Visor’s The Crowd with live music from Jon Mirsalis
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This weekend’s film-on-film options: four Alfred Hitchcock films at the all-35mm Stanford, and the (usually-)16mm @NilesFilmMuseum has Laurel & Hardy and other shorts, as well as King Visor’s The Crowd with live music from Jon Mirsalis
This weekend’s film-on-film screenings: 35mm Alfred Hitchcock at the @StanfordTheatre & (sold out) Yi Yi at @BAMPFA, 16mm Anthony McCall films at the David Ireland House, and Aelita Queen of Mars at @NilesFilmMuseum
November 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
This weekend’s film-on-film screenings: 35mm Alfred Hitchcock at the @StanfordTheatre & (sold out) Yi Yi at @BAMPFA, 16mm Anthony McCall films at the David Ireland House, and Aelita Queen of Mars at @NilesFilmMuseum
Tonight at @NilesFilmMuseum: Josef Von Sternberg’s great The Last Command, starting Emil Jannings & William Powell
November 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Tonight at @NilesFilmMuseum: Josef Von Sternberg’s great The Last Command, starting Emil Jannings & William Powell
Jon Mirsalis cut this trailer for tonight’s @NilesFilmMuseum screening of a Buster Keaton film newly out from under copyright. He’ll be performing a live soundtrack, and John Bengtson will do a presentation on the film’s location shooting.
November 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Jon Mirsalis cut this trailer for tonight’s @NilesFilmMuseum screening of a Buster Keaton film newly out from under copyright. He’ll be performing a live soundtrack, and John Bengtson will do a presentation on the film’s location shooting.
Clara Bow fans who can’t wait for @sfsilentfilm next month might want to go to @NilesFilmMuseum tonight to see her in the delightful Mantrap, with great shorts starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand & Gloria Swanson
November 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Clara Bow fans who can’t wait for @sfsilentfilm next month might want to go to @NilesFilmMuseum tonight to see her in the delightful Mantrap, with great shorts starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand & Gloria Swanson
Tonight @NilesFilmMuseum screens a 16mm print of Fritz Lang’s 1928 film Spies, with live piano accompaniment
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Tonight @NilesFilmMuseum screens a 16mm print of Fritz Lang’s 1928 film Spies, with live piano accompaniment
If you haven’t gotten sick of Steamboat Willie since its copyright expired yesterday, it’s playing at @NilesFilmMuseum Sat. as a warm-up, with a 35mm print of Life & Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, for my favorite Harold Lloyd film Speedy, all from 1928:
November 21, 2024 at 5:58 PM
If you haven’t gotten sick of Steamboat Willie since its copyright expired yesterday, it’s playing at @NilesFilmMuseum Sat. as a warm-up, with a 35mm print of Life & Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, for my favorite Harold Lloyd film Speedy, all from 1928:
This weekend in Bay Area film-on-film
16mm: @Shapeshifters has Harry Smith & other experimental films & @NilesFilmMuseum has comedy shorts, all with live music
35mm: Silent Ozu at @BAMPFA Both @StanfordTheatre & @MOViES4MANiACS host 35mm Xmas movies:
16mm: @Shapeshifters has Harry Smith & other experimental films & @NilesFilmMuseum has comedy shorts, all with live music
35mm: Silent Ozu at @BAMPFA Both @StanfordTheatre & @MOViES4MANiACS host 35mm Xmas movies:
November 21, 2024 at 5:58 PM
This weekend in Bay Area film-on-film
16mm: @Shapeshifters has Harry Smith & other experimental films & @NilesFilmMuseum has comedy shorts, all with live music
35mm: Silent Ozu at @BAMPFA Both @StanfordTheatre & @MOViES4MANiACS host 35mm Xmas movies:
16mm: @Shapeshifters has Harry Smith & other experimental films & @NilesFilmMuseum has comedy shorts, all with live music
35mm: Silent Ozu at @BAMPFA Both @StanfordTheatre & @MOViES4MANiACS host 35mm Xmas movies:
Day 2 of the @NilesFilmMuseum Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival is about to begin with an 11am tour of Niles & a free screening, then at 1pm doc Beyond the Bolex, 3:30 35mm Essanay shorts & 7:30 35mm The Last Edition, both shot (at least mostly) locally!
November 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Day 2 of the @NilesFilmMuseum Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival is about to begin with an 11am tour of Niles & a free screening, then at 1pm doc Beyond the Bolex, 3:30 35mm Essanay shorts & 7:30 35mm The Last Edition, both shot (at least mostly) locally!
This weekend’s film-on-film offerings: 16mm Harold Lloyd at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Funny Face/African Queen at @StanfordTheatre, NxNW at @roxietheater & a documentary about Buñuel in Spain at @BAMPFA, & 70mm IMAX Oppenheimer down to one venue: the Metreon
November 21, 2024 at 5:55 PM
This weekend’s film-on-film offerings: 16mm Harold Lloyd at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Funny Face/African Queen at @StanfordTheatre, NxNW at @roxietheater & a documentary about Buñuel in Spain at @BAMPFA, & 70mm IMAX Oppenheimer down to one venue: the Metreon
This weekend in local film-on-film: 16mm comedy shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Luis Buñuel & Nikoloz Shengelaia rarities at @BAMPFA (all Saturday), Bogie at the all-35mm @StanfordTheatre & 70mm or 70mm IMAX Oppenheimer still in 4 venues (all weekend)
November 21, 2024 at 5:55 PM
This weekend in local film-on-film: 16mm comedy shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Luis Buñuel & Nikoloz Shengelaia rarities at @BAMPFA (all Saturday), Bogie at the all-35mm @StanfordTheatre & 70mm or 70mm IMAX Oppenheimer still in 4 venues (all weekend)
This weekend’s local film-on-film: 16mm Argento at @balboatheatresf, Al Wong (in person!) at @roxietheater, & films starring Lassie Lou Ahern (1920-2018) @NilesFilmMuseum/35mm Sturges & Dovzhenko at @BAMPFA & Hitchcock @StanfordTheatre/+ 70mm Oppenheimer:
November 21, 2024 at 5:54 PM
This weekend’s local film-on-film: 16mm Argento at @balboatheatresf, Al Wong (in person!) at @roxietheater, & films starring Lassie Lou Ahern (1920-2018) @NilesFilmMuseum/35mm Sturges & Dovzhenko at @BAMPFA & Hitchcock @StanfordTheatre/+ 70mm Oppenheimer:
This weekend in local film-on-film: 16mm comedic shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Cary Grant (final weekend) at @StanfordTheatre, Palm Beach Story & Aelita Queen of Mars at @BAMPFA & Eraserhead at the @roxietheater, & 70mm & IMAX Oppenheimer in many venues
November 21, 2024 at 5:54 PM
This weekend in local film-on-film: 16mm comedic shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Cary Grant (final weekend) at @StanfordTheatre, Palm Beach Story & Aelita Queen of Mars at @BAMPFA & Eraserhead at the @roxietheater, & 70mm & IMAX Oppenheimer in many venues
This weekend’s local film-on-film offerings: 35mm Remember the Night, That Obscure Object of Desire & Schors at @BAMPFA & Cary Grant films at @StanfordTheatre, unique 16mm showings at @NilesFilmMuseum & @balboatheatresf and lots of 70mm/IMAX Oppenheimer
November 21, 2024 at 5:54 PM
This weekend’s local film-on-film offerings: 35mm Remember the Night, That Obscure Object of Desire & Schors at @BAMPFA & Cary Grant films at @StanfordTheatre, unique 16mm showings at @NilesFilmMuseum & @balboatheatresf and lots of 70mm/IMAX Oppenheimer
Didn’t realize until just now that @NilesFilmMuseum is screening D. W. Griffith’s Orphans of the Storm tonight at 7:30, in 16mm with Jon Mirsalis at the Kurzweil synthesizer
November 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Didn’t realize until just now that @NilesFilmMuseum is screening D. W. Griffith’s Orphans of the Storm tonight at 7:30, in 16mm with Jon Mirsalis at the Kurzweil synthesizer
This weekend’s film-on-film offerings include Cary Grant double bills at the @StanfordTheatre, a Hoot Gibson Western directed by Alice Guy’s ex-husband at @NilesFilmMuseum, Kurosawa, Sturges & Zhelyabuzhsky at @BAMPFA & Oppenheimer at nine different venues
November 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
This weekend’s film-on-film offerings include Cary Grant double bills at the @StanfordTheatre, a Hoot Gibson Western directed by Alice Guy’s ex-husband at @NilesFilmMuseum, Kurosawa, Sturges & Zhelyabuzhsky at @BAMPFA & Oppenheimer at nine different venues
Today’s film-on-film Bay Area options: 16mm comedy shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Hitchcock at @StanfordTheatre, Buñuel at @BAMPFA, Memento at the @roxietheater and Oppenheimer at the @balboatheatresf; the latter also in 70mm and IMAX all over
November 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Today’s film-on-film Bay Area options: 16mm comedy shorts at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Hitchcock at @StanfordTheatre, Buñuel at @BAMPFA, Memento at the @roxietheater and Oppenheimer at the @balboatheatresf; the latter also in 70mm and IMAX all over
A great day to see an old movie in the Bay Area! 16mm Laurel & Hardy at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Cary Grant & Howard Hawks double-bill at the @StanfordTheatre, and 35mm Hirokazu Kore-Eda and Mikhael Kalatozov masterpieces (separate, in this case) at @BAMPFA
November 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
A great day to see an old movie in the Bay Area! 16mm Laurel & Hardy at @NilesFilmMuseum, 35mm Cary Grant & Howard Hawks double-bill at the @StanfordTheatre, and 35mm Hirokazu Kore-Eda and Mikhael Kalatozov masterpieces (separate, in this case) at @BAMPFA
Can’t wait for the San Francisco Silent Film Fest to begin this Wednesday? @NilesFilmMuseum is showing James Cruze’s Old Ironsides starring Charles Farrell, and Charlie Chaplin’s The Inmigrant, 7:30 PM this evening with live music. Films I’ve seen there:
November 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Can’t wait for the San Francisco Silent Film Fest to begin this Wednesday? @NilesFilmMuseum is showing James Cruze’s Old Ironsides starring Charles Farrell, and Charlie Chaplin’s The Inmigrant, 7:30 PM this evening with live music. Films I’ve seen there:
3 great options for film-on-film-going tonight: 35mm Who Framed Roger Rabbit & shorts at the Castro with voice actor Charles Fleischer in person, 35mm Bigger than Life at @BAMPFA, or 16mm Lubitsch silent So This is Paris with live music at @NilesFilmMuseum
November 21, 2024 at 5:51 PM
3 great options for film-on-film-going tonight: 35mm Who Framed Roger Rabbit & shorts at the Castro with voice actor Charles Fleischer in person, 35mm Bigger than Life at @BAMPFA, or 16mm Lubitsch silent So This is Paris with live music at @NilesFilmMuseum
Not a lot for Frisco Bay celluloid-lovers over Memorial Day Weekend, but The Man Who Laughs, starring Conrad Veidt, screens in 16mm with live piano at @NilesFilmMuseum tomorrow (along with clips of other silent films that influenced Batman comics)
November 21, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Not a lot for Frisco Bay celluloid-lovers over Memorial Day Weekend, but The Man Who Laughs, starring Conrad Veidt, screens in 16mm with live piano at @NilesFilmMuseum tomorrow (along with clips of other silent films that influenced Batman comics)
Tonight @NilesFilmMuseum screens a 16mm print of F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh, and @Shapeshifters in Oakland hosts part three of its Dominic Angerame retrospective.
November 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Tonight @NilesFilmMuseum screens a 16mm print of F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh, and @Shapeshifters in Oakland hosts part three of its Dominic Angerame retrospective.
It’s a shame 16mm screening fans can’t go to the Buster Keaton screening at @NilesFilmMuseum, the San Francisco- centric @othercinema show, and the Dominic Angerame @Shapeshifters retrospective tonight. They happen simultaneously so you gotta pick just one.
November 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM
It’s a shame 16mm screening fans can’t go to the Buster Keaton screening at @NilesFilmMuseum, the San Francisco- centric @othercinema show, and the Dominic Angerame @Shapeshifters retrospective tonight. They happen simultaneously so you gotta pick just one.
This weekend film-on-film screenings includes a 35mm showing of Michael Haneke’s Cache at @BAMPFA tonight, 16mm showings of Buster Keaton’s Go West at @NilesFilmMuseum tomorrow, and more, including 16mm work by local artist Anthony Buchanan at @othercinema
November 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This weekend film-on-film screenings includes a 35mm showing of Michael Haneke’s Cache at @BAMPFA tonight, 16mm showings of Buster Keaton’s Go West at @NilesFilmMuseum tomorrow, and more, including 16mm work by local artist Anthony Buchanan at @othercinema