Subject: Gary Meyer

• Telluride Film Festival: Day One (8/29)

  September 3, 2008

• No More Popcorn: Another Big Theater Chain Pulls Out of Chronicle Movie Listings -- And Bay Area Indy Cinemas Threaten to Follow, En Masse

  It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses. How many lines was that? How much do we owe the Chronicle?For those who eschew hand-held digital devices, the San Francisco Chronicle used to be your best bet when you needed to figure out what films were playing where thanks to the paper's comprehensive movie listings page. Unfortunately, as is the case with most aspects of the Chron (and, to be fair, nearly every big

  February 25, 2009

• Phone Noir

  Movies shot on cellphones. Downloadable features. In its 50th year, the S.F. International Film Festival looks to the future of filmmaking and film-watching.

  April 25, 2007

• Film Orgy

  An abundance of the best international cinema at the 2006 Telluride and Toronto film festivals

  October 4, 2006

• Coming soon: The New Roxie

  What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater? We hope it has a happy ending.

  January 11, 2006

• Holiday Gift Guide

  November 23, 2005

• Sin and Dumplings

  November 9, 2005

• Capturing the Falcon

  April 13, 2005

• Monsturd of the Ballot Box

  September 8, 2004

• Best Neighborhood Movie Theater

  May 19, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of Wednesday, February 18, 2004

  February 18, 2004

• Grand Illusion

  February 20, 2002

• Best Neighborhood Movie House

  May 23, 2001

• Reel World

  Loss Prevention; East Bay documentary filmmakers; Balboa Theatre

  March 7, 2001

• Reel World

  April 15, 1998

• Reel World

  February 19, 1997

• Behind the Scenes

  November 6, 1996

• Reel World

  October 23, 1996

• Bake a Cake, Score Free Admission to 'Julie & Julia' at the Balboa

  A2ZMpls/FlickrQueen of Sheba cake from Julia's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.'​Julia Child would have turned 97 on August 15th (when she died in 2004, she'd almost made it to 92). To honor the occasion, the Balboa Theatre (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) is hosting a Birthday Cake Bake-Off and Taste-a-Thon this Saturday. "Julia had many Bay Area connections," Balboa owner Gary Meyer told us. "She went to high school at the Branson School in Marin County, and she started the American Inst

  August 13, 2009

• Julia's Birthday Draws an Eclectic Crowd of Bakers to the Balboa

  Balboa Theater The array of cakes included clafoutis and banana bread.​The promise of a free ticket to Julie & Julia in exchange for a cake in honor of what would have been Julia Child's 97th birthday drew about thirty bakers to the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) Saturday. Many more showed up to buy a ticket, sample the bakers' wares, and attend the screenings with like-minded enthusiasts. The bakers were an eclectic bunch, bringing sheet cakes, bundts, cupcakes, and, st

  August 17, 2009

• Julia's Birthday is Over, But You Can Still Bring a Cake to the Balboa

  Balboa TheaterEverybody likes birthday cake, right?​Due to ever-popular popular demand, the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa at 38th Ave.) is hosting a return engagement of its Julia cake-off. On August 15, which would have been Julia Child's 97th birthday, the Balboa offered free admission to Julie & Julia for anyone who brought a home-baked birthday cake. More than 30 bakers obliged, with offerings ranging from a peach-blueberry clafoutis to an unusual green tomato cake. Balboa owner Gary M

  September 3, 2009