Brian Darr
@hellonfriscobay.bsky.social
Cinephile, music lover & library worker originally from San Francisco now living in Maine. These are personal opinions that may not reflect the views of my employer.
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Brian Darr
@hellonfriscobay.bsky.social
· Oct 12
After Dark: CMYK | Exploratorium Museum Event
Strut down a runway in your brightest outfit, learn about the secrets of primary colors, play with optical illusions, plus more surprises await you at After Dark—come show off your true colors!
www.exploratorium.edu
My spouse Kerry Laitala has a low-budget 3D movie called Terra Incognita screening as part of the @exploratorium.bsky.social’s Chromatic Cinema event this Thursday www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
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Caden will be on TCM this Monday for Part Two of our series. He will be on to discuss DOG DAY AFTERNOON and MA VIE EN ROSE. Later in the evening the great trans doc DRESSED IN BLUE will be receiving its TCM debut (perhaps its English language TV debut as well?). Make sure to watch or set your DVRs
On November 17 and 24, @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I will be on TCM talking about films featured in our book. More details to come.
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Caden will be on TCM this Monday for Part Two of our series. He will be on to discuss DOG DAY AFTERNOON and MA VIE EN ROSE. Later in the evening the great trans doc DRESSED IN BLUE will be receiving its TCM debut (perhaps its English language TV debut as well?). Make sure to watch or set your DVRs
This is screening at the Roxie in San Francisco tomorrow:
Last weekend’s epic viewing at @spacegallery.bsky.social: boxd.it/bMqCwL
A review of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024)
No chance of writing anything truly coherent on this decades-long depiction of a laboratory of dehumanization and authoritarianism, so let me share a few things I jotted down in the dark in a notebook...
boxd.it
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is screening at the Roxie in San Francisco tomorrow:
Realized I’d shoot from 45th place (around where I’ve been lingering since round 1) into the top 20 in the prediction contest if The Cure wins this match, so I changed my vote to DISINTEGRATION. (I mean, it does have “Fascination Street” and the title track, so it would be a very worthy winner too.)
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semifinal) Match #125
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semi-Final) Match #125: Pixies vs. The Cure
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, November 21st, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto the finals to determine the Best Album of 1989. If you haven’t hear...
forms.gle
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Realized I’d shoot from 45th place (around where I’ve been lingering since round 1) into the top 20 in the prediction contest if The Cure wins this match, so I changed my vote to DISINTEGRATION. (I mean, it does have “Fascination Street” and the title track, so it would be a very worthy winner too.)
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I can't believe MTG is about to just be Magic the Gathering again
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I can't believe MTG is about to just be Magic the Gathering again
Wasn’t sure how I would break in this match until listening to the albums head to head early this morning. Maybe an AM vs PM thing, but DOOLITTLE sounded much fresher and more appealing, so that’s how I’m voting.
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semifinal) Match #125
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semi-Final) Match #125: Pixies vs. The Cure
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, November 21st, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto the finals to determine the Best Album of 1989. If you haven’t hear...
forms.gle
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wasn’t sure how I would break in this match until listening to the albums head to head early this morning. Maybe an AM vs PM thing, but DOOLITTLE sounded much fresher and more appealing, so that’s how I’m voting.
Last weekend’s epic viewing at @spacegallery.bsky.social: boxd.it/bMqCwL
A review of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024)
No chance of writing anything truly coherent on this decades-long depiction of a laboratory of dehumanization and authoritarianism, so let me share a few things I jotted down in the dark in a notebook...
boxd.it
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Last weekend’s epic viewing at @spacegallery.bsky.social: boxd.it/bMqCwL
This content couldn’t possibly be more Brian-coded. From 2004-2020 I hosted a monthly film discussion group in one of these former exchanges.
Join us tomorrow for the next edition of ONLINE WITH SFFP!
Discover how San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood became a hub of silent-era film magic.
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Discover how San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood became a hub of silent-era film magic.
1/3
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This content couldn’t possibly be more Brian-coded. From 2004-2020 I hosted a monthly film discussion group in one of these former exchanges.
99% sure I have seen this at the Castro with the director in person. If so, great movie! brattlefilm.org/special_even...
Mystery Title
Friday Film Matinee! 35mm Screening!
brattlefilm.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
99% sure I have seen this at the Castro with the director in person. If so, great movie! brattlefilm.org/special_even...
Seems like she’s boldly drawing attention to our nation’s feeble attempts to make sure there are sustainable ways for influencers to monetize their platforms- a problem more dire than any other right now.
A woman has been banned from at least seven trendy New York City restaurants, as police said they keep arresting her for ordering lots of food — then refusing to pay the bill.
Instagram foodie allegedly cooks up dine-and-dash scheme at trendy NYC restaurants
On her Instagram page, Pei Chung has continued to post photos and videos of the meals she’s accused of getting for free, and has shown no signs of slowing down.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Seems like she’s boldly drawing attention to our nation’s feeble attempts to make sure there are sustainable ways for influencers to monetize their platforms- a problem more dire than any other right now.
My phone’s Apple Heath is converting steps to miles as if I were a hundred feet tall: problematic gauge app
When you only have parsley, rosemary, and thyme: problematic sage gap
Melies film but there aren’t enough showgirls to play trouser roles as young servant boys in shorts: problematic page gap
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My phone’s Apple Heath is converting steps to miles as if I were a hundred feet tall: problematic gauge app
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Join us for a tribute screening honoring the late Ken Jacobs — visionary, provocateur, and master of the moving image.
Tuesday, December 2
7:30pm at Gray Area
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/re...
SCREENING: Window (1964), Mountaineer Spinning (2004), and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969)
Tuesday, December 2
7:30pm at Gray Area
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/re...
SCREENING: Window (1964), Mountaineer Spinning (2004), and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969)
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Join us for a tribute screening honoring the late Ken Jacobs — visionary, provocateur, and master of the moving image.
Tuesday, December 2
7:30pm at Gray Area
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/re...
SCREENING: Window (1964), Mountaineer Spinning (2004), and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969)
Tuesday, December 2
7:30pm at Gray Area
www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/re...
SCREENING: Window (1964), Mountaineer Spinning (2004), and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969)
Sadly learning this too late for me to put on one of his movies for the centennial… so I’ll link to my review of one of his greatest films after rewatching it this summer: boxd.it/aRWB8fu
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Sadly learning this too late for me to put on one of his movies for the centennial… so I’ll link to my review of one of his greatest films after rewatching it this summer: boxd.it/aRWB8fu
Altman masterpiece coming up in 2 minutes!
Here is just a sample of the TCM programming across the past four days (with the last one being tonight...still time to set your DVRs). I mean...hot dang.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Altman masterpiece coming up in 2 minutes!
I’ve seen all of these feature films, nearly all of them theatrically, so my ranking is:
Playtime
Woman Under the Influence
The Smiling Lieutenant
One Hour With You
The Love Parade
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Cloud
3:10 to Yuma
Monte Carlo
Network
Playtime
Woman Under the Influence
The Smiling Lieutenant
One Hour With You
The Love Parade
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Cloud
3:10 to Yuma
Monte Carlo
Network
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’ve seen all of these feature films, nearly all of them theatrically, so my ranking is:
Playtime
Woman Under the Influence
The Smiling Lieutenant
One Hour With You
The Love Parade
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Cloud
3:10 to Yuma
Monte Carlo
Network
Playtime
Woman Under the Influence
The Smiling Lieutenant
One Hour With You
The Love Parade
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Cloud
3:10 to Yuma
Monte Carlo
Network
Very tempted to drive down from Maine for this- a famous noir I’ve somehow never seen! We’ll see if I can get it together in the next hour or so…
One last promo! Bostonians, come see me on 11/16 at @thecoolidge.bsky.social doing a seminar on the great heist noir ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters and me!
coolidge.org/package/semi...
coolidge.org/package/semi...
Seminar: Odds Against Tomorrow
coolidge.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very tempted to drive down from Maine for this- a famous noir I’ve somehow never seen! We’ll see if I can get it together in the next hour or so…
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Tonight at ATA, Other Cinema brings you Avant to Live, with experimental films by Tommy Becker, Kelly Sears, Jake Parker Scott, and many more!
Other Cinema: AVANT TO LIVE
BECKER + SCOTT + NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORKS A polymorphous program that honors radical expression and innovative film-form, this evening of New Experimental Works promises a fresh bouquet of more than …
www.atasite.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tonight at ATA, Other Cinema brings you Avant to Live, with experimental films by Tommy Becker, Kelly Sears, Jake Parker Scott, and many more!
Also screening in 16mm tonight at Portland, Maine’s @kinonikmaine.bsky.social
THE SET-UP (1949) — 3:30 pm ET — 1h 12m
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias; directed by Robert Wise
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
#TCM #TCMParty
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias; directed by Robert Wise
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
#TCM #TCMParty
The Set-Up (1949)
www.tcm.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Also screening in 16mm tonight at Portland, Maine’s @kinonikmaine.bsky.social
Wish I could be in SF for this!!!
Big stuff happening next month. Not one but two Caroliner shows.
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wish I could be in SF for this!!!
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Join host @eddiemuller.bsky.social on Wed, Dec 17, at Oakland's historic Grand Lake Theatre for #NoirCityXmas We're presenting "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes", based on the novel by master of suspense Cornell Woolrich. Tix: bit.ly/4oDzTOq
@tcmfans.bsky.social #filmnoir #noiralley #noirvember
@tcmfans.bsky.social #filmnoir #noiralley #noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Join host @eddiemuller.bsky.social on Wed, Dec 17, at Oakland's historic Grand Lake Theatre for #NoirCityXmas We're presenting "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes", based on the novel by master of suspense Cornell Woolrich. Tix: bit.ly/4oDzTOq
@tcmfans.bsky.social #filmnoir #noiralley #noirvember
@tcmfans.bsky.social #filmnoir #noiralley #noirvember
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Huge thanks to @sfgate.com and Timothy Karoff for shining a light on San Francisco Cinematheque and the urgent challenges facing small arts organizations like ours.
Read the full article & help us meet our goal of $50,000 and keep Cinematheque alive!
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Read the full article & help us meet our goal of $50,000 and keep Cinematheque alive!
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
64-year-old San Francisco film institution in financial jeopardy
As federal funding dries up, the nonprofit may lay off its two-person staff.
www.sfgate.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Huge thanks to @sfgate.com and Timothy Karoff for shining a light on San Francisco Cinematheque and the urgent challenges facing small arts organizations like ours.
Read the full article & help us meet our goal of $50,000 and keep Cinematheque alive!
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Read the full article & help us meet our goal of $50,000 and keep Cinematheque alive!
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
For those in San Francisco who want to experience silent film with live music this weekend without traveling to Orinda…
✨ Bay Area Premiere!
Once considered lost, GARRAS DE ORO (The Dawn of Justice, 1927) roars back to life on the big screen — this Saturday, November 15 at 1 PM at the Roxie Theater.
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Once considered lost, GARRAS DE ORO (The Dawn of Justice, 1927) roars back to life on the big screen — this Saturday, November 15 at 1 PM at the Roxie Theater.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For those in San Francisco who want to experience silent film with live music this weekend without traveling to Orinda…
If I were near Berkeley tonight I’d go to @bampfa.bsky.social for its screening of a completely different set of Gunvor Nelson films than what I caught in Cambridge, Mass last weekend. Wrote a bit on my favorite, which screens in Berkeley on the second Nelson program Sunday. boxd.it/bH9ICV
A review of Fog Pumas (1967)
Though I’m definitely jealous of the Bay Area folk who get to see this (along with a slew of rarities) in 16mm this Sunday, I must admit I wasn’t sure if this was a digital or film projection until I ...
boxd.it
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If I were near Berkeley tonight I’d go to @bampfa.bsky.social for its screening of a completely different set of Gunvor Nelson films than what I caught in Cambridge, Mass last weekend. Wrote a bit on my favorite, which screens in Berkeley on the second Nelson program Sunday. boxd.it/bH9ICV
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Also, how much will tickets have to be (to cover the venue rental/chair set-up costs)?
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Also, how much will tickets have to be (to cover the venue rental/chair set-up costs)?
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Has anybody seen the seats yet? Has anybody asked about the seats yet? www.kqed.org/arts/1398367...
Castro Theatre Announces Initial Film Schedule for 2026 | KQED
The first post-renovation film festivals and special screenings at the theatre.
www.kqed.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Has anybody seen the seats yet? Has anybody asked about the seats yet? www.kqed.org/arts/1398367...