Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94117
1727 Haight Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94117
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This eclectic independent theater was founded in 1980 by a group of cinema aficionados inside a red Victorian hotel (hence, its name) on Haight and Belvedere Streets. At that original site, it became known for using old couches as part of the seating, and for offering mostly homemade snack fare. However, conflicts with the owner forced them to eventually seek a new location.
The Red Vic moved to its current location in 1991, converting a former restaurant into a larger auditorium that now offered video, 16mm and 35mm dolby capability. Yet it still offers signature couches (newly-made, as the old ones had to be discarded), and organic homemade treats in its snack bar.
Still run by collective members and volunteers, the Red Vic was one of the foremost venues of independent and offbeat cinema in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was closed on July 25, 2011.
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Here is a recent close-up of the Red Vic Movie House.
This is a more recent photo of the Red Vic.
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The Red Vic Movie House celebrates 29 glorious eclectic independent years this year!
I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.
KTVU-2 news last night ran an article about the attendence at the Castro theater suffering due to the decline of available “revival film product”. They mentioned that the Red Vic has been struggling as well and has had to cut back in printing film schedules.
The Red Vic has plans to close with a final screening of Harold and Maude on July 25. If you are in the area, try to get to the theater this month or next for one last time!
The Red Vic is in fact closed. Please adjust status to reflect accordingly.
According to the publication SFist, there is a proposal to turn the former Red Vic into “a food-centric incubator space where budding entrepreneurs and retailers can get their sea legs before moving on to their own commercial kitchens or storefronts”. Story here: http://sfist.com/2011/10/25/red_vic_movie_house_could_become_fo.php