Roxie Theater — Attraction in San Francisco

This place really did me dirty. A friend had a premier viewing of their movie two weeks ago Sat. Thinking ahead, I went to the theatre link & purchased 3 tix as I worked until 7 that day & in the event traffic was heavy over the Bridge into the city that night we would at least have tix in hand & able to see the movie premier in the event we were a litle late.Well Old Murphy came into play & of course it took us 2 hrs to get over the bridge&into the city. So finally after finding a place to park, we walk 6 blocks in high heels &get up to the ticket booth only to be told that they were sold out! My response: "That's fine we're part of that sold out number since I bought my tickets last wk." She says no we have no seats available! I said what do you mean? I purchased 3 seats/tix online last week through the link I have confirmation. Would you like to see it? Rudely, she says NO👹I don't need to see anything. We have no seats to sit in. Nothing is available at all. And you can't sit on the floor because that would be against fire code regulations. Thinking well.. I didn't ask that but whatever lady.I inquire, don't they sell the exact number of seats that are available in their Auditorium? don't they know the #of seats they have in their Auditorium & the #of seats sold? Her response to me was I don't know. Don't know? I'm like what the heck? I didn't realize that when you pre-purchase tickets for an actual event that was first come first serve, or that if the promoter or the producer or the director or the author had friends they got to go in for free &basically I don't get my money back, &better be thankful that I just got to pay my hard-earned money on those Elite people that I will never meet & don't know. She then continued on to inform me on how I could call the promoter ask about a refund but that she couldn't refund me. So I tell her basically I'm paying for three other people to watch the movie right now? She tells me that I could probably come back Thursday night . There will probably more than likely be seats available then . Lady if I wanted Thursday night I would have bought Thursday night I bought them for Saturday night and why would I even drive out here again and trust that my tickets would be good if we were sold out again even though I have tickets that I bought cuz I guess that's no insurance at all . So I tell her how were and I'm not able to do that and I live over 2 hours away from San Francisco this was something special for my daughter and my fiance and myself are supposed to be meeting friends and meeting the author . And their are now turned off and I can't tell them what his transpired they're probably going to be looking for us and wondering why we're not there as they know that I've already purchased our tickets which again apparently mean nothing just about them as I'm getting ready to walk away here comes one of the girls that works for the promoter she has nothing good to tell me either I try to explain it I bought tickets and somebody else is sitting in the tickets I paid for but yet she's probably Friends of the directors I don't know what to tell ya! Im thinking.."ya" ?😲😨 Yes please smack your gum somemore...what is this trashy staff and bs. So here's my review for that Roxie theater. That just wonderful historical building with retrofit earthquake warning paper Flyers posted all over the exterior of the establishment, as a warning to stay out of the building in the event of an earthquake. Nice! 😲There should also be a warning that pre purchased tickets are worthless and mean absolutely nothing other than you are flipping the bill for someone else to enjoy the movie or play that you had planned on enjoying your very own self. So 👎 down Roxie blah blah blah theater. Here's 💩💩to the promoting staff & the ticket booth attendant.Get new jobs"ya" all are horrible at customer service!So get off your cell phones & Quit Chomping on your gum like a darn 🐴long enough to process this review:💩👎💩👎 I do not recommend...

One of the best movie theaters and locations for 'film festivals events & celebrations' in San Francisco and beyond.

Supported by many arts grants from the city and foundations, it's possibly now the best non-profit theater, with just 2 remodeled, almost adjacent rooms (the Grand Roxie and the Little Roxie). Its strong coffees, tea, and popcorn add to the regular and excellent program, always interchanging great classics (including Kurosawa and Lynch's œuvres) AND brand new products (from USA as well as...Germany or Sweden! ). Well, national and international, so to speak!

The iconic cinematographic experiences are always affordable, and the proximity to the main bus/BART station at Mission and 16th Street is uniquely advantageous. You certainly can leave your car home, and use the quick & easy public transit system, as well as choose the rare diversity of neighborhood's American and international cuisines, where especially reasonable prices and choices are neither exorbitant to locals, to visitors, 'commuters,' nor incidental to the ... accidental tourists!

Also, the Roxie is probably the only place now in the whole nation (yes, nation!) which provides innovative monthly French noir séries, after just starting to offer some 4 years ago. Anyone who still appreciates the large silver screen experience and enjoyment - despite COVID - should feel blessed and so satisfied!

Vive le cinéma! So wunderbar! ;=)

Chí Pham, June...

I've been going since 1978 (when I saw Erasorhead) to see the eclectic mix of movies at the Roxie. It's pretty hard to know sometimes what you are in for when you walk through the doors. The movie will likely be an independant, so you won't know the actors or directors. here may be a short blurb, or none at all. The poster won't tell you much, and neither will the people at the box office. This is for aventerouse movie goers. You won't find stadium seating or a Super duper sound system. What you will find is :The Roxie experiance." It might be a full house, but it is very likely that you will be sharing the small room with three other people. You might get a great foreighn movie, or a quirky documentary about third tier pro-wrestlers, or a disabled Cuban transexual. You probably won't get the latest Hollywood movie. The (Newer) little Roxie next door shows videos. The later show gets soundtrack assistance from the nightclub next door. They seem to have split the consession stand in half, with popcorn at the Roxie and candy at the Little Roxie. This place has changed owners many times since I started visiting, without it's essential character ever changing. You ae pretty much either a Roxie kind of person or...