Grounding ‘Vertigo’

1958 film sheds light on San Francisco at BAM/PFA showing

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In honor of this famous collaboration between Hitchcock and the Bay Area, the Pacific Film Archive conducted a special screening of the psychological pulse-pounder with a rarely seen, IB tech print that would have been one of the originals seen in multiplexes across the nation when it first premiered. Read More…

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Hitchcock on display at the Pacific Film Archive

Imagine the following scenario: A woman goes to take a shower in her room at an isolated roadside motel. Nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that something fishy always seems to happen at those kinds of establishments — especially if there’s a young, naked, single woman involved. Sure Read More…

This Week in Arts

Our lead writers bring you the latest and greatest in Bay Area arts and culture this week. Literature A relaxing, unstructured way to unwind after the first week of classes, the 11th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest will take place Labor Day Weekend in Golden Gate Park. More than 150 local Read More…