Francis Ford Coppola

Michelle Pfeiffer and onetime Bond hopeful Rupert Friend star in Chéri, Stephen Frears' adaptation of two novels by Colette.

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With Frameline receding into the rearview and the Jewish Film Festival (July 23-Aug. 10) fast approaching, summer remains a busy time for Bay Area cinephiles. As always, here's a list of some of the finest films currently in rotation at a San Francisco indie theater near you.

1. Jules and Jim
Where: Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight St., 415-668-3994
When: July 5-6

Yannick Renier (far left), Laetitia Casta and Yann Trégouët star in Born in '68.

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Frameline 33, San Francisco's International LGBT Film Festival, remains in full swing through Sunday, giving Bay Area moviegoers three more days to check out this year's featured selections before the closing-night bash at the Terra Gallery. Elsewhere, a pair of second-run favorites arrives at the Red Vic, while Tetro and Food, Inc. play on at the Embarcadero. As always, here's a list of some of the finest films currently in rotation at an indie theater near you.

Vincent Gallo plays the tortured hero of Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro, which opens Friday at the Embarcadero.

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Working from his first original script since 1974’s The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola enjoys something of a creative reawakening with Tetro, his sprawling epic about fathers, sons and the deceptions that bind and divide them. After the middling disappointment of 2007’s Youth Without Youth, which found the director, now 70, grappling with notions of immortality in the context of a fatally flawed narrative, his latest represents a remarkable return, fired by Citizen Kane-size ambition.

Honoree Francis Ford Coppola and SF Film Society Director Graham Leggat

Photos by Catherine Bigelow

A blaze of flashbulbs lit up the St. Francis ballroom at the 52nd SF Film Society Awards Gala where high-wattage Hollywooders turned gala patrons into paparazzi.

The bad news? The ensuing rush to swarm honoree Robert Redford required hotel security to form a phalanx around the still-sexy septuagenarian star so he could safely return to his hotel room. Really, folks: we just don’t do that in EssEff.

Apparently all celebs aren't following Ashton Kutcher's cue. "I'm not on Twitter. I like to spend a bit more time digesting," Robert Redford said Thursday at the 52nd annual San Francisco International Film Festival's Awards Night in the Westin St. Francis. Redford was the recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award, which goes to an actor who "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity," while fellow Bay Area resident Francis Ford Coppola was present and honored, as well, for receiving the Founder’s Directing Award.

NBC Executive Director Kristie Fairchild and NBC founder Francis Ford Coppola

Photos by Catherine Bigelow

The spirit of Abbondanza filled hearts (and tummies) Sunday in the auditorium of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in North Beach at the North Beach Citizens dinner.

Now in its eighth year, the down-home event raises funds for this neighborhood homeless organization founded by film director Francis Ford Coppola.