BTP: Interview with Brett Ryan Bonowicz (Odyssey Film Institute)
Release Date: 04/14/2025
BTP: November w/ Gallery 3630
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Balboa Theatre Podcast sits down with Gallery 3630 about the November 2025 calendar and focusing on the programming of Gallery 3630 with the screening of documentary Martin Margiela In His Own Words (November 24th, Monday at 7:30pm). The specifics of creating community of coming to the art through artists of fashion, photography, and turning the lobby as moving routating art gallery and screening experience. The movies of November focusing on gathering together for the holidays watching your favorite movies with friends and family. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: ...
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BTP: Season of Samhain w/ Ghost Fest (Kai of Super Shangri-La) & Horror on Film (Brett of Odyssey Film Institute)
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This month at the Balboa Theatre, in celebration of Samhain aka Halloween season, a calendar full of spooky, bloody, and classic horror movies. A two day GHOST FEST event (October 18th and 19th) hosted by Kai Wada Roath of Super Shangri-La Show. Ghost Fest includes 13 Ghosts (1960), Carnival of Souls (1962), The Haunting (1968), House (1977), Ghostbusters (1984), The Amityville Horror (1979) and San Francisco Ghost Society's Balboa Investigation (2016). Several horror movies this month are presented on 35mm (The Exorcist & Scream) and 16mm (Night of the Living Dead) from Odyssey Film...
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BTP: Heaven's Gate w/ Kyle Styles plus Witches, Devils, and Drivers
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This month at the Balboa Theater, a whole month of polarizing controversial feature films from around the world including a sitdown in one of the theaters with managee Kyle Griffth and his series called Kyle Styles. For the pick of the month is the epic mesermizing time gather of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate. A film that shoulbe to be seen on the big screen and had the reputation of destroying a major movie studio and an era of filmmaking. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: Instagram: @balboatheater @warpedVHS Music for this episode from Rise and Wake Sounds via Youtube.
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BTP: August Calendar, Ava Lynch’s Programming Pick, and Road Trip Movies
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Balboa Theatre Podcast rides into August 2025 calendar with special guest Ava Lynch talking about her month's pick of DiDi (2024), bringing SF Bay Area community together in art, music and film with organizing the event on August 5th involving local vendors, food, and guest speakers at the Balboa. Main calendar events include several screenings on 35mm (The Departed, Tilt/Joysticks, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2, Creepshow) 16mm (Triple Bergman: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, and Persona) and VHS (Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes) via Warped VHS. The 20th anniversary of...
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BTP: Midsommar Cinema Fireworks, FREAKY TALES w/ Sedrick Cabrera & SEE more HOFFMAN
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Balboa Theatre Podcast is back for July "midsommar" cinema fireworks with 31 days of movies to see in San Francisco. Screenings from Coffy on 16mm (7/16), Cabin Fever on VHS (7/26) and Demons on 35mm (7/30)! Freaky Tales actor Sedrick Cabrera join us for incite into being an up and coming SF Bay Area actor, working with Pedro Pascal and Wionna Ryder, and the growing East Bay Cinematic Universe (EBCU). Godzilla Fest (7/18-7/20). SEE more HOFFMAN (7/21-7/22), 4 feature films highlighting the late and great actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: Instagram:...
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BTP: Summertime, Pride, and Wyatt's Programming Picks
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Summertime is almost here at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco. A whole month full of classic rep rewinds on 16mm, 35mm, VHS, and in living color. A whole week filled with Pride, Queer themed based films from My Own Private Idaho, Bottoms, Pedro Almadovar's Law of Desire, I Saw The TV Glow, Paris is Burning and many more from Wyatt and their coming by to talk about the programming picks for the month of June. A whole plate of summer themed horror with Texas Chainsaw Massacre on 16mm and the OG Friday the 13th on 35mm. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: Instagram:...
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BTP: Val, Ninjas, Hitchcock
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A 3 piece episode of Balboa Theatre Podcast---1. Val Kilmer tribute with Batman Forever on 35mm, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and The Island of Dr. Moreau on VHS---2. Interview time of a Super Secret Ninja Double Feature with Kai of Super Shangri-LA (the Balboa's longest running speciality program)---3. A deep dive into Hitchcock Fest May 23rd-26th. Episode is a fast, furious, and raw format. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: Instagram: @balboatheater @warpedVHS
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BTP: Surf's up May 2025 Calendar
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The sun and waves and youth rebellion and those Thunderbolts* with The Surfer come to the Balboa Theatre, this month of May. At least once a week we got 16mm or 35mm print running or even both. A new segement phone call from projectionist Harry's Hot Takes. A focus on the youth in revolt cinema this month. Sprinkles of up coming events focusing on Val Kilmer tribute, Hitchcock fest, Samurai Sunday, Gallery 3630, Warped VHS, and Super Shangri-La's Super Secret Ninja Double Feature later this month. So grab a board come hit the cinema waves with us in San Francisco's Richmond District. ...
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BTP: Interview with Brett Ryan Bonowicz (Odyssey Film Institute)
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This month for our interview film conversation at the Balboa Theatre Podcast with film programmer Brett Ryan Bonowicz, the Founder of the Odyssey Film Institute and Theater Manager of the Niles Film Museum. We talk with Brett about his 35mm collection for the month of April 2025 selections from Unforgiven (tribute to Gene Hackman), Ocean's 11 (a love for Steven Soderbergh movies), Blue Velvet (continuing monthly screening on 35mm at Balboa in honor of David Lynch), and ending the month off with From Dusk till Dawn (a true 35mm bloody classic audience banger in collabration with 35...
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April 2025 Calendar & Highlights
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Balboa Theatre April 2025 Calendar is packed with a retrospective movie a day and special programming events all throughout the month. Spring is crime time with many crime style time movies from the past including 35mm print screenings of Unforgiven, Ocean's 11, Blue Velet, and From Dusk till Dawn from the Odyssey Fillm Institute. 16mm screening of Gimme Shelter from See It on 16mm. A tribute month to Gene Hackmen, Jack Nicholson's birthday movie, Samurai Saturdays, Troma special event, 420 screening of Inherent Vice, and many many more. Showtimes and events at Balboa Theatre: ...
info_outlineThis month for our interview film conversation at the Balboa Theatre Podcast with film programmer Brett Ryan Bonowicz, the Founder of the Odyssey Film Institute and Theater Manager of the Niles Film Museum. We talk with Brett about his 35mm collection for the month of April 2025 selections from Unforgiven (tribute to Gene Hackman), Ocean's 11 (a love for Steven Soderbergh movies), Blue Velvet (continuing monthly screening on 35mm at Balboa in honor of David Lynch), and ending the month off with From Dusk till Dawn (a true 35mm bloody classic audience banger in collabration with 35 Millimurder).
Also an in-depth talk about how seeing a film print in a dark theater as a time machine taking us back to the year that movie first came out and transporting the audience into a different world. IB Technicolor. Benji and Brett's love of Quiz Show from 1994. Brett's search for a 35mm print of Soderbergh's Solaris from 2002. The dream to show a 35mm print of Tim Burton's Ed Wood from 1994, if Disney would give the permission rights. Film print hunting stories. Teaching 16mm film projection classes and much much more.
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Music for this episode from
HALB ††† with the song †his is a †rick