rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The 4 Star Theater in San Francisco.Courtesy of Ryan McCandless/4 Star TheaterAs Bay Area cinephiles eagerly await the release of Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour-long historical epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” one of San Francisco’s oldest movie theaters is preparing to launch a unique retrospective of the storied filmmaker’s career that delves far deeper than his well-known classics like “Goodfellas” and “Casino.” The series, dubbed “Scorsese: More than a Gangster,” is set to take over the 4 Star Theater in the Richmond District throughout the month of September. Ryan McCandless, a programmer at the 4 Star who has spent the past four months developing it, said the selection of films aims to highlight areas of Scorsese’s career that “go beyond a traditional lens,” from religious dramas (“The Last Temptation of Christ”) to concert films (“Rolling Thunder Revue”), dark comedies (“After Hours”), and psychological thrillers (“Shutter Island”). The program is sponsored by Amoeba Records.“There’s a real value and a wonder of experiencing older cinema, whether it’s a bigger film or something no one has seen before,” McCandless said. “Scorsese allows us to do both, and I hope this is just the start of many long-running retrospectives at the 4 Star that can be themed and cater toward so many different corners of the Bay Area film community.”AdvertisementArticle continues below this adThe series happens to coincide with the Bay Area expansion of Screen Slate, a popular online guide for film criticism and repertory moviegoing based in New York City. What started out as a DIY project founded in editor-in-chief Jon Dieringer’s apartment in 2011 became a word-of-mouth phenomenon spotlighting independent and underground screenings and helping to connect the city to its film culture. “It’s exciting,” said Dieringer, who has a special interest in experimental film and video art and said he was drawn to the Bay Area for its rich history with organizations like Canyon Cinema and Artists’ Television Access. “And it feels like a nice bicoastal fit because Scorsese is such a quintessential New York filmmaker and cinephile himself. On the East Coast, Screen Slate has worked to create a strong community that strengthens the bonds between cinemas and audiences here, and we’re hoping it can have that effect in the Bay Area, too.” Screen Slate’s Omar Rodriguez is scheduled to present the first double feature at the 4 Star on Saturday, Sept. 2: the Monterey-set romantic comedy “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” whose star Ellen Burstyn won an Oscar for best actress in a leading role, and “Taxi Driver,” written by Paul Schrader and starring Robert De Niro. The gritty exploration of an insomniac living on the fringes of society was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994 and is widely considered one of the most influential films ever made.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adA poster for the “More Than a Gangster” series on display at the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco.Courtesy of Ryan McCandless/4 Star TheaterThe following weekend, Screen Slate’s Stephen Fisk is scheduled to present Scorsese’s love letter to classic Hollywood musicals, the De Niro and Liza Minnelli-starring nightclub romance “New York, New York,” and the Bronx-set boxing drama “Raging Bull,” based on middleweight champion Jake LaMotta’s 1970 memoir of the same name. “Raging Bull” won the Academy Award for best editing, as well as the Academy Award for best actor for De Niro.Rodriguez and Fisk previously co-ran SF Bay Film, the Bay Area’s own version of Screen Slate tracking screenings throughout the region. The duo got in touch with Dieringer during the pandemic and discussed the idea of joining forces; SF Bay Film will now fold into Screen Slate’s website and plans to roll out a weekly San Francisco newsletter of need-to-know-about film events and essays, which you can sign up for here. AdvertisementArticle continues below this ad“Any film lover in the Bay Area knows we’ve had some major losses,” Fisk said, noting cuts in programming at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and SFMOMA, as well as the struggle over the Castro Theatre. “It feels very important to highlight the scene and the entire region. The bridges aren’t that long, but people forget they can cross them and they’re an option for things that are happening. We’re hoping to knit the scene together.”American director Martin Scorsese on the set of his movie “The Age of Innocence,” based on the novel by Edith Wharton.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty ImagesLater in the month, audiences can expect double features of “The King of Comedy” and “After Hours” presented by San Francisco Chronicle film writer G. Allen Johnson and Peter Wong of Broke-Ass Stuart and Beyond Chron. On Monday, Sept. 18, a special screening showcasing a series of avant-garde shorts restored in collaboration with Scorsese’s long-running nonprofit, the Film Foundation, is set to be presented by San Francisco Cinematheque with an introduction from National Film Preservation Foundation executive director Jeff Lambert. And that Friday, Sept. 22, this writer will be representing SFGATE for an evening of Hitchcock-influenced neo-noir with 2010’s “Shutter Island,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, and 1991’s “Cape Fear,” starring De Niro, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis. I hope you join me.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adScheduled to round out the series at the end of the month is “Hugo,” presented by SF Silent Film Festival artistic director Anita Monga and preceded by shorts from French illusionist Georges Méliès (best known for “A Trip to the Moon”) with live music from Marc Capelle. It dovetails perfectly into the final film of the retrospective, 2019’s “Rolling Thunder Revue,” which traces both real and fictional stories about Bob Dylan’s tour in the fall of 1975. The film is set to also be accompanied by a live score and presented by 48 Hills and Chronicle columnist Pam Grady. Movie stills from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+Movie stills from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+“I think that even beyond his films, Scorsese has become this really incredible spokesperson for cinema,” McCandless said. “So much of his work now is tied to the importance of theaters, and I hope our audiences recognize that. It has the ability for this magic you can’t get at home.” Scorsese’s latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” based on the 2017 novel by journalist David Grann focusing on a series of murders in the Osage tribe investigated by the FBI in 1920s Oklahoma, is scheduled to be released in theaters, including the 4 Star’s sister theater the Balboa, on Oct. 20.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adTickets are $15 for a single movie and $20 for double features. For more information, visit the 4 Star’s website.
SF celebrates Martin Scorsese ahead of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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