WNP Film Club is a film series at the 4 Star Theater brought to you by Western Neighborhoods Project, your friendly community history nonprofit, in partnership with Bay Area Movies. Join us in celebrating movies filmed on location in San Francisco, with an emphasis on the west side. Each screening will feature an introduction by WNP’s resident film buffs, John Martini and Chelsea Sellin, who will share some background about the film and its featured locations, including historical images from the OpenSFHistory photo archive. Optional Extra Credit: stick around after the movie to chat with John and Chelsea and indulge your inner film nerd.

On Wednesday, February 19, we’ll all be enjoying 1979’s Time After Time. Sometimes, a plot summary just sells itself: Jack the Ripper (David Warner) steals H.G. Wells’s time machine to travel to late 70s San Francisco and continue his reign of terror. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) pursues him and somehow also finds time to romance a bank teller (Mary Steenburgen). Who needs historic or scientific accuracy when you’ve got groovy special effects to illustrate the space time continuum?! The film features a generous array of San Francisco exteriors and interiors. Join us for this fun genre-mashup through our city, frozen in time.

The program begins at 7:00pm. Tickets sales support both WNP and the 4 Star Theater!