SEEN AT THE RAFAEL 2010

CFI SPOTLIGHT ON AMY ADAMS

Amy Adams & David O. Russell
15 December, 2010

A CENTURY AGO: THE FILMS OF 1910

11 November, 2010
Randy Haberkamp from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and pianist Michael Mortilla joined us for a very special evening of films from the year 1910. Photos © Anne-Marie Stark

STRAIGHT TO HELL RETURNS WITH ALEX COX

1 November, 2010
Legendary indie filmmaker Alex Cox presented and discussed his newly revised version of Straight to HellStraight to Hell Returns. Photos © Anne-Marie Stark

JERRY HARRISON PRESENTS STRANGER THAN PARADISE

23 September, 2010
World-renowned musician, Jerry Harrison presented as part of the Films of My Life series, the classic Jim Jarmusch film Stranger Than Paradise. Photos © Penni Gladstone

WAITING FOR SUPERMAN

7 September, 2010
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) joined us for very special CFI Members’ screening of his latest, critically acclaimed film Waiting for Superman. Photos © Tommy Lau

EMMA’S TIME MACHINE

1 August, 2010
Ben Burtt award-winning writer, director, film editor, sound designer and recording mixer, and his charming daughter, Emma, were our special guests for the premiere of this enchanting film which traces the history of Marin County. Photos © Linda Wilkie

ALLOY ORCHESTRA PERFORM HITCHCOCK’S BLACKMAIL

19 July, 2010
Alloy Orchestra, whom Roger Ebert declared “the best in the world at accompanying silent films,” offered a live performance of their original score for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller Blackmail with a 35mm archive print from the British Film Institute. Photos © Penni Gladstone

EVERY WAR HAS TWO LOSERS

30 June, 2010
Director Haydn Reiss with Alice Walker and Norman Solomon here at the Rafael for a special discussion of this documentary featuring poet and pacifist William Stafford. Photos © Linda Wilkie

TOUCHING HOME WORLD PREMIERE & GALA

29 April, 2010
Touching Home premiered at the Rafael with Academy Award-nominated Ed Harris and filmmakers Noah and Logan Miller, who joined us in celebrating their acclaimed film Touching Home, released by CFI Releasing. Photos © Linda Wilkie

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

15 April, 2010
Actor Frank Ferrante, acclaimed by the New York Times as “the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx’s material” came out to discuss a special 35mm screening of the Marx Brothers classic A Night at the Opera. Photos © Penni Gladstone

LIVE!

21 March, 2010
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag joined us for a rare screening of his fiction film, Live!, a scathing satire of reality game shows and modern media culture. Photos © Taylor Scott

CHILDREN OF THE AMAZON

10 March, 2010
Director Denise Zmekhol joined us for a screening of her wonderful film Children of the Amazon. Photos © Brad Fox

THE CINEMA OF JAN TROELL

27 February, 2010
We welcomed Swedish director Jan Troell, one of the world’s greatest filmmakers, to the Bay Area for a residency and screenings of films rarely shown in this country. Photos © Tommy Lau

FRED WILLARD WITH THE SF SKETCHFEST

31 January, 2010
Legendary funny man Fred Willard joined us for a very special afternoon with the SF Sketchfest and a screening of the hilarious Waiting for Guffman. Photos © Tommy Lau

ANIMAL CRACKERS

24 January, 2010
We joined with SF Sketchfest to present the Marx Brothers’ classic Animal Crackers with guest Bill Marx (Harpo’s son) and Dick Cavett. Photos © Tommy Lau