SF saves a cinema landmark

Local alternative school New College will save the Roxie Theater -- a small neighborhood cinema where films have been shown since 1909.

This is fantastic -- a piece of real SF history, and not just hokey Gold Rush stuff or history of straight society, but real bohemian history -- the Roxie has hosted tons of independent film, has been the spot where many foreign films played in the U.S. for the first time, and has hosted many live appearances by filmmakers such as Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog.