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Free movies in the park…and at the Top of the Mark
August 3rd, 2012
This time of year is high season for free public movie screenings in the Bay Area, with terrific al fresco films series running as late as October in venues including:
- Union Square, every Thursday this month (Citizen Kane on the 30th is the highlight)
- Dolores Park, the second Thursday of August, September, and October (The Cove, Chinatown, Adaptation)
- Washington Square, Saturday, September 29 (Midnight in Paris)
- Jack London Square in Oakland, Sunday, Thursdays through September 20 (Highlights are hometown story Moneyball on August 9, and The Devil Wears Prada on closing night)
Dislocation: It’s about LA’s Chinatown, and it’ll play in Dolores Park
But the most seductive screenings of all are indoors, at The Top of the Mark in the Mark Hopkin’s Hotel. The swanky 19th floor lounge, with its 360 degree views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the city’s twinkling lights is a famed lovers’ rendezvous. And on Tuesday nights at 7:30 through September 4, its a movie lovers’ rendezvous, too. Sure, the cocktails are pricey, but when you can linger over your drink through the length of a classic film, movie night at the Mark becomes one of the most affordable luxuries in town. Here’s the rest of the summer’s schedule:
- August 7, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Really? Bizarre choice.)
- August 14, Sunset Boulevard
- August 21, Casablanca
- August 28, Rear Window
- September 4, The Wizard of Oz
Film Night in the Park video, after the jump
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