3:10
to Yuma Wednesday,
August 15, 2007
California
Film Institute - Member Screening
With special guests: Actor Peter Fonda and Director James
Mangold
Rescue
Dawn Tuesday,
June 26, 2007
California Film Institute
- Member Screening
With special
guests: Members
of Dieter Dengler's family, including Martin Dengler (his brother)
and Alexander Dengler (his
son) & Irene
Lam-Dengler (Dieter Dengler's wife)
Evening Monday, June 18 Special Advance Screening
With Special Guest
Director Lajos Koltai & Screenwriter Michael Cunningham
Hollywoodland
Sunday, August 13, 2006
In Person: Adrien Brody & Director Allen Coulter
Dogwalker
Saturday, August 12, 2006
In Person: Star Diane Gaidry and Writer/Director Jacques Thelemaque
Little
Miss Sunshine
Monday, July 17, 2006 Annual Directors Circle Event
Sponsored by Tamalpais Bank
In Person: Directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
The
Illusionist
Sunday, July 30, 2006
In Person: Director Neil Burger
The
Art of Ray Harryhausen
Saturday, April 8, 2006
In Person: Ray Harryhausen and visual effects supervisors:
Craig Barron and Phil Tippett,
historian/producer Arnold Kunert
Tibet:
A Buddhist Trilogy
Sunday, April 9, 2006 In Person: Director Graham
Coleman,
Director of the International Buddhist Film Festival, Gaetano
Maida
24
Hours on Craigslist Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Director Michael Ferris Gibson
andProducer Kent Redwine at a screening of 24 Hours on
Craigslist.
The
New World Saturday, January 7 2006
Actor Q'orianka Kilcher at the Member Preview Screening of
The New World.
Good
Night, and Good Luck Saturday, December 10, 2005
Actors Frank Langella and David Strathairn at a Member Preview
Screening of Good Night, and Good Luck.
An
Academy Salute to Jack Cardiff Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff at a special Academy
Salute and screening of A Matter of Life and Death.
Paul
Reiser -The Thing About My Folks Tuesday, September 6, 2005
In Person: Director Paul Reiser Paul Reiser brought his charming new film
to the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center on Tuesday,
September 6, to the delight of a packed house of California
Film Institute members.
Director
Fernando Meirelles and actress Rachel Weisz Friday, August 12, 2005
Director Fernando Meirelles and actress Rachel
Weisz delighted the audience at a special screening
of The Constant Gardener at the Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center on Friday, August 12.
Carroll
Ballard - Never Cry Wolf Sunday, July 17, 2005
"It amazes me to see a theatre full of people," director Carroll
Ballard told a sold-out crowd at the Christopher
Smith Rafael Center on Sunday, July 17 at a screening of his
film Never Cry Wolf, part of July's Unleashed:
Classic Cult and Canine Flicks series.
Eric
Zala, Chris Strompolos and Jayson Lamb Thursday, July 14, 2005
John Morrison, Outreach and Education Manager for the California
Film Institute welcomed directors Eric Zala, Chris
Strompolos and Jayson Lamb onstage
at the Christopher Smith Rafael Center before a special screening
of their film, Raiders of the Lost Ark – The Adaptation,
on Thursday, July 14.
Martin
Rosen
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
"There was a huge difference between the original screenplay
and the adaptation," director Martin Rosen
told the audience after a screening of his 1982 animated classic,
The Plague Dogs.
Nature's
Warrior
Monday, June 6, 2005
In Person: Stefan Jarl
Acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Stefan Jarl joined
Director of Programming Richard Peterson onstage following
a sold-out screening of Nature's Warrior and Land
of the Sami on Thursday, June 6 at the Christopher B.
Smith Rafael Film Center. "I feel very honored to be invited
to this beautiful cinema."
King
of the Corner
Thursday, June 9, 2005
In Person: Peter Riegert
Actor-director Peter Riegert charmed a full
house with his wit and humor at a Director's Circle screening
of his directorial debut film King of the Corner
Thursday night (July 9) at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael
Film Center. He joined Director of Programming Richard
Peterson to discuss his experiences as first-time
director and to "answer or avoid" questions from the audience.
John
Korty - Oscar and Emmy Winner (Who Are the DeBolts?)
"I have to thank Herb Caen," was one of director
John Korty's opening comments following a
special screening of Who Are the DeBolts? on Sunday
May 8th at the Smith Rafael Film Center. He first
became aware of the DeBolt family after reading about them
in Herb Caen's column in the S.F. Chronicle
newspaper. He contacted Dorothy DeBolt and
asked if he could make a documentary film about their family
of 19 children.
Olympian
Mary McConneloug
“Watching the film brought it all back - the physical
pain, the trails, the experiences and all the emotions."
Fairfax mountain biking Olympian Mary McConneloug
told an enthusiastic audience after the Rafael screening
Off Road to Athens.
Don
McGlynn
Director Don McGlynn was joined by Bonnie
Raitt for the West Coast premiere of Spider John Koerner:
Been Here...Done That on March 31.
IndieWIRE:
Eugen Hernandez IndieWIRE Editor-in-Chief Eugene
Hernandez stopped by the Rafael on April 2 for
a discussion about the state of independent film distribution
followed by a private reception to kick off this year’s
Undiscovered Gems film series.
Oscar
Night®
America 2005
From the red carpet to the potted palms, this year’s Oscar
Night®
America celebration on February 27th at the Christopher
B. Smith Rafael Film Center was a feast for the senses.
See
more event photos here.
Mark Gordon—Director - Her Majesty
Filmmaker: Mark Gordon
"I am very happy to bring this movie back to the Bay Area
where it all began," director Mark Gordon
told an enthusiastic audience for Her
Majesty at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
on Saturday, February 25. See
more event photos here.
Wild
Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Filmmakers: Mark Bittner, Judy Irving and Big
Bird “I’m not really a parrot person,” Mark Bittner
told an enthusiastic, sold-out audience at the Smith Rafael
Film Center at the Feb. 16 opening of Wild Parrots of Telegraph
Hill. Read more about Assistant Programmer Jennifer
Schmidt’s interview with Judy Irving, Mark Bittner
and Big Bird here. See
more event photos here.
Returning
Home Filmmakers: Andy Abrams Wilson and Anna
Halpren
On February 9, the Christopher Smith Rafael Center welcomed
renowned Marin dancer and choreographer Anna Halpren
and filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson
for a special one-night screening of Returning Home.
See
more event photos here.
Ride
the High Country Author Jim Kitses
“The journey is so rich and expressive,” SFSU Professor
of Film Jim Kitses told audiences after a screening
of Ride the High Country by Sam Peckinpah
on Feb. 3. See
more event photos here
Ray
Harryhausen: The Early Years Filmmakers: Ray Harryhausen, Phil Tippett
and Arnold Kunert
“Some people were born to sing, some people were born to dance,
I was born to animate,” stop-motion animation pioneer Ray
Harryhausen explained as he celebrated the new release
of his DVD set, Ray Harryhausen: the Early Years on Jan.
29. See
more event photos here
MARIA
FULL OF GRACE Catalina Sandino Moreno, who gave an astonishing
performance in the title role of "Maria Full of Grace" stopped
by the Rafael for a private member screening and Q&A with Executive
Director, Mark Fishkin on January 12. "The movie
was so personal for me. I understand Maria," Catalina told the
audience. Read
more here.
Travellers
& Magicians Filmmakers:
Sonam Lhamo and Alan Kozlowski
"I never imagined myself in a movie," leading actor Sonam
Lhamo told a sold-out audience at the American theatrical
premiere of Travellers & Magicians last Friday at the Rafael.
Click
here to read more about Richard Peterson's
interview with Sonam Lhamo and cinematographer
Alan Kozlowski.
John
Korty - Oscar and Emmy Winner (Who Are the DeBolts?) 
Mark Gordon—Director - Her Majesty 
Wild
Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Returning
Home
Ride
the High Country
Ray
Harryhausen: The Early Years
