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After being closed for seven months, the Marin County theater has completed a transition to California Film Institute ownership.

Between 2019 and 2022, 5.3% of American cinemas closed. The rate is shocking, but as large as it could have been without federal support.

Between 2019 and 2022, 5.3% of American cinemas closed. The rate is shocking, but as large as it could have been without federal support.

David Lewis May 5, 2021Updated: May 9, 2021, 1:18 am The Smith Rafael Film Center will be hosting this year’s in-person, indoors DocLands Documentary Film Festival. Photo: Smith Rafael Film Center For 14 months, Bay Area film festivals have made do during the COVID-19 pandemic with streaming, drive-in showings and virtual Q&As with filmmakers and stars. To be sure, outdoor screenings offer their own charms and festival streaming is here to stay. But some still clamor for the intimacy, community and power that only a theatrical festival experience can provide. Well, the wait app...

G. Allen Johnson April 28, 2021Updated: April 28, 2021, 4:42 pm Children watch “Toy Story 2” at the Balboa Theater, where guests are treated on the weekends to a jazz show and movie at their parklet. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle On a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, the sounds of live jazz wafted up and down Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond District as a small crowd sipped beer, munched on popcorn and moved with the rhythm. During the final set from Danny Brown and the Noise All-Stars in front of the closed entrance to the Balboa Theater, Emily Bridwell and h...