Balboa Theatre

San Francisco


First stop Cannes; next stop Balboa and 37th, where film-fest favorites split the bill with Bogart noir classics, family-friendly Saturday-morning matinees and B-movie marathons with in-person director commentary. This 1926 movie palace is run by the nonprofit San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation, which keeps tickets affordable and programming exciting.


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