Roxie Cinema
3117 16th Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94103
3117 16th Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94103
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During the late 60’s and early 70’s - the Roxie had a turn as an “adult theatre” as shown in this quick clip from their youtube page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkYU6wlriU
Roxie Cinema appered(outside and inside) in an episode of Mytnbusters(season 10), Laws of Attraction(Money talks section).
San Francisco’s longest-running movie theater — the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States is thriving. Very good article here from the SF Chronicle’s movie reviewer Mick LaSalle:
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One way to keep a 108 year old theater continuously open is to think outside the box for new avenues of income and ways to stay afloat. This was in today’s SFChronicle:
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I don’t know what’s worse the supermarket receipt type tickets or the red generic “admit one” type.
Exterior photographs from July 2015.
The great old Roxie Theatre, been to this movie house several times and took my kids there to. A venue to watch S.F. IndyFest, independent and shorts films. It was used by the Film Arts Foundation (FAF) back in the day (fused with another film group), had one of my films I produced and Michael Hankinson directed “Heart of the Warriors” showcased at this theatre. It’s small and old but it has a lot of spirit and history to go with it. The little theater that’s been around since 1909 and gone through some incredible adventures and now surviving off independent film and a Comedy Club. The Roxie- http://roxie.com/events/toc.cfm
Seats 238, apparently – http://roxie.com/info/rental.cfm
I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.
According to the official page, the seating capacity for the main auditorium is 238.
Here is a 1970 photo that is being sold on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/o26hsm
Here is a nice picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/earthworm/631691460/
The exterior of the Roxie has just been repainted, possibly for the first time in 30 years. It looks very nice now.
This is an amazing little cinema with (what looks like) the worlds smallest projection booth… God forbid another earthquake.
They manage to find the most unusual films never heard of before; I went to the Roxie to see “The Art of Masterbation” and was completey amaaaaaaaaazed at what we (the audience roaring with laughter)were shown. I swear I blushed in the darkness!
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The Roxie is looking to acquire new seats.
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And another photo here:–
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As of 12/27/05 the Roxie Cinema has been sold to New College of California for assumption of debts of $200,000. New College will operate it as part of their media department, showcasing student films in addition to the regular Roxie fare of independent, foreign, and unusual films. Bill Banning, former Roxie owner, will continue to book shows, and it appears that Roxie Releasing will also go to New College.
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Another photo from the same source:
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From the SF Public Library:
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I caught Robert Gardner’s Forest of Bliss here on July 21, 1986.
Gee that’s what we need, the Tax office seizing and presumably running a cinema…..or trying to, which would be beyond even them. Then they would learn about distributors! and the IRS could investigate them instead…..oh, haha. But of course they would have to sell the cinema or lease it which means the cycle could start all over again…… The Roxie management might be better off handing it all over to the IRS with a note left on the manager’s office saying “OK smarty pants YOU run it”.
Once again, this theater is in danger of closing, according to today’s SF Chronicle. The theater operator owes $140,000 between the IRS($115,000) and back rent to the landlord($25,000). The article was implying that the IRS may wind up seizing the theater.
The Roxie does show a lot of independent film festivals as well as good documentaries and other gems.
They should move some of the Castro bookings here now that the tide seems to be changing there.