Robert at Riviera 

Missed Robert Zemeckis at the Granada earlier this month when the Montecito moviemaker made it down the mountain to intro Romancing the Stone and launch the four-film retrospective as part of the Home Movies Centennial celebration? No worries. Zemeckis will also be on hand for a pre-screening chat at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre prior to a 4K restoration rerun of Romancing on August 24, this weekend’s After Hours late-night screenings at the remarkably restored and refurbished theater. 

Also, coming to After Hours through next month: 4K restorations of Speed on its 40th anniversary on August 30-31, The Who’s Tommy,49 years after in its initial release on September 6-7; Kubrick’s still chilling 1972 film A Clockwork Orange Sep tember 13-14) the series’ title film in Scorsese’s black comedy After Hours on September 20-21, and Tarantino’s astonishing Pulp Fiction (a relative baby at only 30 years old) on September 27-28. Current releases headed to the Riviera in repertory include fiction films Between the Temples, Close Your Eyes, and His Three Daughters, plus docs Sugarcane and Merchant Ivory, with the latter accompanied by screenings of Merchant-Ivory masterpieces Howard’s End and A Room with a View. Visit www.sbiff.org.