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Noir City SF line up announced

Noir City, the annual San Francisco film noir festival has announced the line up for their 6th year festivities and it is a doozy. Full schedule after the jump, highlights include:

+A tribute to Joan Leslie (with on-stage interview).

+Three films starring Ida Lupino that are practically lost to the world.

+Two Anthony Mann films including the never available on dvd Reign of Terror.

+Hangover Square which features a score by Bernard Herrmann.

+D.O.A. which was lensed by the famed cinematographer Ernest Laszlo.

+A screening of the Coen brothers' black and white noir the Man Who Wasn't There followed by Q&A with the former Mr. Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton.

The festival is hosted by the Castro Theatre and takes places January 25th - Feb 3rd.

San Francisco round up:

The Bridge theater (via Peaches Christ) has announced they'll be showing Grindhouse in the manner it was intended with loads of vintage trailers, trivia contests, free popcorn and sexy nurses on hand in case anyone passes out from excitement.

San Francisco International Film Festival announces its 2007 program.  And in doing so becomes the nation's longest-running festival.  Congrats, SFIFF!  You're old!

 

SFPL has quietly rolled out a ratings feature.  Can digging, tagging, on-site blogs and all the other trappings of the social networking tide be far behind?  And if not, what is the point of an anonymous ratings system?  If the Kathy Sierra debacle has taught us anything it's that the internet is nothing but a sea of witless, woman-hating trolls with more free time than sense.   Except me, because I'm awesome. 

Whatever SFPL, I'm still angsting that you are plotting to shut down my branch for 12-18 months just because of a little asbestos!