Sept. 25
Event
Joe Eszterhas
For over 25 years, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has given out prizes for cinematic lowlights. There have been a myriad of “winners,” from Ronald Reagan to Bruce the rubber shark from the Jaws movies. However, there is only one person whose contribution to the world of horrible movies has been so immense that the foundation saw fit to name an award after him: Joe Eszterhas. Eszterhas is the man responsible for Flashdance, Basic Instinct, and Showgirls. This is not to disparage Eszterhas’s work – there is a certain Zen to his writing that, while easy to mock, is nearly impossible to duplicate. He’ll be at the Book Passage promoting The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God. (Aaron Sankin)
7 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera
Free
(415) 927-0960
www.bookpassage.com
www.joeeszterhas.com
Visual Art/Film
“Sarkis: Alive and After”
Andreï Tarkovsky’s Stalker is one of cinema’s wildest alien touchstones. In the major new exhibition “Sarkis: Alive and After,” it becomes even more of a marker. Within one of the show’s four major elements, the Armenian-born, Paris-based Sarkis collaborates with viewers to restructure Tarkovsky’s 1979 movie in reverse and meet it halfway. Other parts of Sarkis’s show include an installation of 40 of his own films, a series of stills and texts, and a neon work in progress. An additional program showcases work by Jean-Luc Godard and others. (Johnny Ray Huston)
Through Dec. 9
Walter and McBean Galleries
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut, SF
Free
1-800-345-SFAI
www.sfai.edu