Four Star Theater

San Francisco


Before John Woo, Ang Lee and Wong Kar-wai hit multiplex marquees, they brought down the house in the Four Star’s postage-stamp-sized screening rooms. Running since 1964, this international neighborhood cinema still shows Jackie Chan action flicks alongside international film-festival favorites – see website for showtimes and tickets.


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