Comments about Castro Theatre in San Francisco, CA

hdtv267 on December 8, 2011 at 6:10 pm

Kudos for them for stepping up on not only their FB page, but also on the tweety box and addressing these rumours and putting them to rest.

I’d like to apologize for any distress caused by my running off with the aforementioned Internet rumours.

stevenj on December 7, 2011 at 6:54 pm

I met Keith Arnold, the Castro’s new programmer and general manager, by chance in front of the theater just an hour ago. He tells me the internet rumor that the theater will not be showing film after Dec 31 was spread by a disgruntled former employee and is totally false. This has also been confirmed on The Castro’s Facebook page.

Cinerama on December 7, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Hi Chuck,

I would love to see those pictures of the Hartford, CT Cinerama/Colonial theatre that you have.

Thanks!

Roland

http://cineramahistory.com

Chuck1231 on December 7, 2011 at 10:05 am

link

hdtv267 on April 10, 2011 at 6:47 pm

The Castro has been closed on Mondays and sometimes on Tuesdays for quite a while. This is hardly news
Granted the Castro’s bread and butter’s been the revival business ( as is the Red Vic) however, the Castro from time to time does first run fare and special events to help pay the bills.

I do appreciate that they gave the venue’s some publicity and also some of the tastiest pizza on Castro Street.

Here’s the story here about it…
http://www.ktvu.com/video/27378425/index.html

In May and June, The Castro will be saluting the late great Elizabeth Taylor with 11 of her greatest roles. Then in June, the 70mm festival including “Tron” and “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” in June.

scottfavareille on March 31, 2011 at 12:45 pm

KTVU-2 news last night reported that the Castro Theater will now be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays starting in April. This is due to the decline of available product to play in the theater (“revival film product) and a drop in attendence. The report did state that the Castro is still "in the black”. The same report also mentioned that the Red Vic Theater is having similar problems.

hdtv267 on March 2, 2011 at 9:19 am

Here’s an amazing collection of the various titles that have played at the Castro

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johndereszewski on November 17, 2010 at 8:27 pm

Last week, my wife and I visited this neighborhood and passed by the Castro. While it was closed at the time, we really enjoyed viewing the terrific facade – and the tiles in the outer lobby were wonderful. This is something that you really have to view in the flesh.

gd14lawn on November 4, 2010 at 2:41 pm

Will, That is a great picture of the beautiful interior. Thanks!

darquil on April 25, 2010 at 2:31 am

I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.

kencmcintyre on April 17, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Here is the ticket booth taken in 2009:
http://tinyurl.com/y7hoeww

davepring on March 19, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Thats a great photo from the 40s…the Castro is my favourite theatre on the West Coast…but its a long way from Brighton U.K :)

kencmcintyre on March 19, 2010 at 1:38 pm

This is a larger version of the photo at the top of the page:
http://tinyurl.com/y8z5oa9

btkrefft on March 4, 2010 at 10:16 am

Thanks Chuck, you too.

btkrefft on March 2, 2010 at 4:42 pm

A couple of photos I took of the Castro Theatre on Feb 28th can be seen here:

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hdtv267 on January 10, 2010 at 11:17 am

Fans of the Castro Theatre can follow this cathedral of cinema

on Facebook

View link

and on Twitter

https://twitter.com/Castro_Theatre

lostmemory on September 25, 2009 at 7:47 pm

A nice September 2009 photo is here.

lostmemory on September 16, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Here is a recent shot of the Castro at night.

CSWalczak on July 23, 2009 at 12:43 am

It was nice to see on the Castro website that they have returned somewhat to the kind of programming that was typical of the 1980s; the screens even look like their brochures of that period.

lostmemory on July 13, 2009 at 3:46 pm

This is a July 2009 photo.

jackeboy on July 9, 2009 at 7:35 pm

I went to the Castro this week to see a double feature of Goodbye Mr.Chips, and Wuthering Heights. About halfway through Wuthering Heights, some people in the audience began laughing at the film in a mocking way.While waiting for the second feature, I formulated the following theory. At some point the people who were laughing had made an emotional connection with the film, but regarded themselves as too tragically hip to have that happen. So as a defense mechanism they mock.This happens fairly often at the Castro. It is especially bad during the annual Film Noir festival. You almost feel people are going to the movies to make fun of them. Comments anyone?

lostmemory on June 22, 2009 at 9:32 pm

Here is a nice 2009 photo of the Castro at night and this is a 2009 shot of the interior.

lostmemory on April 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm

1947 Photo

1981 Photo

1986 Photo

kpdennis on April 25, 2009 at 4:52 pm

The Castro in 1997:
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kencmcintyre on April 13, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Here is a 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cwf5do