Cinema Club Silicon Valley enriches film culture in the Bay Area through its monthly screening series and more.
Cinema Club offers 10 events per season, usually the 3rd Sunday of the month, with a hiatus in Aug & Dec. Films are always shown in advance of their release, & filmmakers frequently participate in Q&As, whether in person or via webcam on the big screen. Since 1996, Cinema Club Silicon Valley has enriched film culture in the Bay Area through its monthly screening series and more
12/03/2021
Ok, so it's not just me.
/Film spoke with several Oscar-winning sound designers, editors, and mixers to learn why it has become tougher to understand what characters are saying.
Skaggs was one of three co-founders who opened the Camera One theater in 1975, which blossomed into a 21-screen chain
10/10/2020
3Below Theaters launches rooftop movie series in downtown San Jose, meeting guidelines by spacing out seats and being outdoors.
07/09/2020
A critic’s guide to the year in film if you held the Oscars next month
02/23/2020
Short Film Session 3.20.2020
🎬 San José, CA! Join us for a free half-day event on the art of short filmmaking with Festival senior programmer Mike Plante and guests on March 20th at the Hammer Theatre Center. RSVP to the Short Film Session: San José —presented by the Knight Foundation— and secure your spot.
01/25/2020
Something's brewing. Recent Keanu Reeves sighting in Alameda. And recent Patrick Dempsey sighting in Morgan Hill.
Filming will take place between February 5 and March 1.
11/23/2019
Our screening last week marked the end of our 2019 season. Special thanks to the members who remain with us and to the new faces this year we now consider friends. Our fearless leaders Alejandro and Sara are hard at work to make the upcoming 2020 season the best yet. See you next year! 🤗
11/17/2019
Thank you club members for participating in the Q+A session via phone with Filmmaker Lucía Garibaldi after screening her film The Sharks yesterday. Here is what she had to say talking to you all.
"New, funny questions arose. It was clear there was a reflection behind it. It was a conversation, not something as binary as questions on one side and answers on the other side." - Lucía Garibaldi
11/16/2019
Today we screened The Sharks (Los Tiburones). An intimate Uruguayan drama about the awkwardness coming of age phase for a teenager in a quiet beach town with rumored sharks in the horizon. Hope you enjoyed it and please participate in the forum discussion on your website. Link in bio. Would love to hear from you!
11/16/2019
These lights are as bright as our club members. Thank you to all for coming to our November screening to enjoy a film together. 💡🎞😎
10/26/2019
Cinema Club Member Spotlight
"The Silicon Valley Cinema Club is always a mystery! We don't know what movie we'll see or even what genre.We gather at a movie theater and anxiously await the first info on the screen trying to guess what it will be about. We see mostly independent movies that have not been released in the theaters.Afterwards we often have Q & A with someone involved with the making of the film.That truly enhances the movie experience,along with joining other fun people for a totally new experience every time!"
- Joan Meyer
10/20/2019
“The Silicon Valley Cinema Club is really special. The thoughtful comments and questions asked about Light From Light were everything you hope for when you share a film with an audience.” - Filmmaker Paul Harrill.
Thank you to all the members who attended and participated in the Q & A session with Director Paul Harrill via phone call after the screening of his film Light From Light.
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“The opportunity to see thought-provoking movies made for grown-ups in a theater filled with like-minded film lovers.” — Sal Pizarro, San Jose Mercury News
Cinema Club is a speakeasy, but for movies.
Hundreds of film lovers meet one Sunday per month to see a members-only screening of a film they can’t see anywhere else.
Cinema Club is a secret.
The titles selected for our events are never announced in advance, so every experience is a surprise.
Cinema Club is a conversation.
Most of our screenings are followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and talent, while others feature a rich discussion moderated by our energetic emcees and knowledgeable curators. Members like to continue these vital conversations in the lobby or over coffee at nearby eateries.
Cinema Club is a year-round film festival.
For the past 22 years, we have offered 10 events per year with a hiatus in August and December. Our first event in 2019 is January 20th.
Cinema Club is a lifeline for film culture of all kinds.
With our breakout 2018 season, we have powered through such spin-offs as a podcast and major public screenings (DARK MONEY and THE LAST MOVIE), while our upcoming season will boast books signings by film culture luminaries and more.
