cinema

Shapeshifters Cinema: Avant-Garde on the Edge of Town

Housed in adjoining Victorians, The Shapeshifter’s trifecta—cinema, brewery, and cafe, occupies a stretch of 5th St…I have to admire the building surviving the one-two punch of urban renewal and imminent domain that razed countless other neighboring structures.

In the Mood for Movies and Lumpia

Cozy Cinema: Movie Night 7th West Oakland Feb. 8, 2024 A movie night in Oakland with films by auteurs inspired by filmmakers I love — Godard, Varda, Ozu, Tarkovsky—and Filipino