Matías Bombal’s Hollywood

Matías Bombal’s Hollywood "Matías Bombal’s Hollywood" presents movie reviews of new films currently playing or coming soon

Noted California showman, broadcaster and former movie palace manager Matías Bombal is known for his love of cinema from its beginning to the arrival of wide-screen films. This gives him a most interesting perspective on reviewing the current releases coming soon or now at a theatre near you.

THIS SUNDAY:See BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1925)- Orinda Theatre BenefitA fundraiser for the Orinda TheatreThe 100th...
12/16/2025

THIS SUNDAY:
See BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1925)- Orinda Theatre Benefit
A fundraiser for the Orinda Theatre
The 100th anniversary presentation of the epic silent screen masterpiece, BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST
Fred Niblo's epic of the silent screen stars Ramón Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, Betty Bronson, May McAvoy and Carmel Meyers. The screen epic, with its famous sea battle and stunning chariot race offers 2 hours and 24 min. of thrills... the most expensive silent film ever made. Matías Bombal will introduce the picture and act as master of ceremonies. $15.00 all seats. Presented in the Orinda's original 1941 auditorium on the BIG screen.
Tickets are available for $15.00, at the box-office and at this link:
https://www.orindamovies.com/events/56680-ben-hur-a-tale-of-the-christ/
We are presenting the 1987 Kevin Brownlow-David Gill Photoplay Restoration with tinted and two-color Technicolor sequences with a recorded orchestral score in stereophonic sound composed by Carl Davis.
The Orinda Theatre is nestled in the hills 15 miles east of San Francisco along Hwy 24. just east of the Caldecott Tunnel
Steps from the Orinda BART Station (Yellow Line)
Street parking. There is also a parking garage on the same block, $6.00 an hour (24/7). 3 hour validation possible, but a "Smart" phone is required as validation link is sent via text message after registering your telephone number and license plate on a tablet in the theatre.
Projection format: Digital, screened by a qualified projectionist from Local 107 of the IATSE.

2 Orinda Theatre Square #101, Orinda, CA 94563.
Image: MGM still 200-706 Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur dives his chariot to victory.
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Happy heavenly birthday to witty Sir Noël Peirce Coward December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973Playwright, songwriter, movie ...
12/16/2025

Happy heavenly birthday to witty
Sir Noël Peirce Coward
December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973
Playwright, songwriter, movie star and fabulous bon-vivant.
Singular.

The two BEN-HUR's. Ramón Novarro from the 1925 M-G-M version and Charlton Heston from M-G-M's 1959 remake at the premier...
12/15/2025

The two BEN-HUR's. Ramón Novarro from the 1925 M-G-M version and Charlton Heston from M-G-M's 1959 remake at the premiere of the '59 version at the Lowe's State Theatre in New York City.
Both films are coming to the Orinda Theatre. The 1959 version will play as part of the new Matías Bombal’s Hollywood Wide Screen Roadshow Series on Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 11 a.m. We invite you to celebrate the 1925's BEN-HUR's 100th anniversary at the Orinda Theatre as a fundraiser for the theatre, THIS Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 11 a.m. Here is the facebook event link:
BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1925)- Orinda Theatre Benefit
Tickets are available for $15.00, at the box-office and at this link:
https://www.orindamovies.com/events/56680-ben-hur-a-tale-of-the-christ/
We are presenting the 1987 Kevin Brownlow-David Gill Photoplay Restoration with tinted and two-color Technicolor sequences with a recorded orchestral score in stereophonic sound composed by Carl Davis.
The Orinda Theatre is nestled in the hills 15 miles east of San Francisco along Hwy 24. just east of the Caldecott Tunnel
Steps from the Orinda BART Station (Yellow Line)
Street parking. There is also a parking garage on the same block, $6.00 an hour (24/7). 3 hour validation possible, but a "Smart" phone is required as validation link is sent via text message after registering your telephone number and license plate on a tablet in the theatre.
Projection format: Digital, screened by a qualified projectionist from Local 107 of the IATSE.

2 Orinda Theatre Square #101, Orinda, CA 94563.
Image: Photograph from the personal collection of Ramón Novarro
Matias Bombal Collection.

Matias Bombal, voting member of the Critics Choice Awards, is standing by for STERLING EVER DAMN SUNDAY on a network coa...
12/15/2025

Matias Bombal, voting member of the Critics Choice Awards, is standing by for STERLING EVER DAMN SUNDAY on a network coast to coast hook up of several major 50,000 watt stations, including KFBK News Radio in Northern California, to talk to Walter Sterling about a Japanese Anime movie opening this weekend, SCARLET. Tune in at 7:35 p.m. Pacific/ 10:35 p.m. Eastern.
EveryDamnSunday

Don't miss the anniversary of the Orinda Theatre December 27th at 11 a.m. The original on-screen program re-created, 84...
12/14/2025

Don't miss the anniversary of the Orinda Theatre December 27th at 11 a.m. The original on-screen program re-created, 84 years later to the day; with shorts subjects- Cartoon, Information Please, Speaking of Animals: At The County Fair, prevues of coming attractions and TEXAS, the first picture shown.
TEXAS (1941)- Orinda Theatre 84th Anniversary Matinee
Tickets:
$13.00 Adults/ $11.00 Seniors 65 or better, Children 12 and under.
Available at the box-office or:
https://www.orindamovies.com/events/57410-84th-anniversary-show-texas/
Projection format: DCP, screened by a qualified projectionist from Local 107 of the IATSE.
2 Orinda Theatre Square #101, Orinda, CA 94563.
Steps from the Orinda BART Station (Yellow Line).
Street parking. There is also a parking garage on the same block, $6.00 an hour (24/7). 3 hour validation possible, but a "Smart" phone is required as validation link is sent via text message after registering your telephone number and license plate on a tablet in the theatre.

It's the time of year to think of gifts, and Norma Desmond lavishes them on Joe Gillis in SUNSET BOULEVARD; give yoursel...
12/14/2025

It's the time of year to think of gifts, and Norma Desmond lavishes them on Joe Gillis in SUNSET BOULEVARD; give yourself the gift of seeing Paramount Pictures' stunning restoration of SUNSET BOULVARD at the Orinda Theatre this month!
The next Matías Bombal’s Hollywood Orinda Classic Movie Matinee will be Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD shown in celebration of its 75th anniversary in a stunning new 4K restoration. Gloria Swanson as singular Norma Desmond, Erich von Stroheim, William Holden and the dead monkey upstairs...
SUNSET BOULEVARD- 75th Anniversary- Orinda Classic Movie Matinee
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 1 p.m. at the Orinda Theatre
Presented with selected short subjects; news reel, cartoon and more!
Projection format: DCP, screened by a qualified projectionist from Local 107 of the IATSE.
Hours of entertainment for just $10.00 for all seats.
2 Orinda Theatre Square #101, Orinda, CA 94563.
Steps from the Orinda BART Station (Yellow Line)
Street parking. There is also a parking garage on the same block, $6.00 an hour (24/7). 3 hour validation possible, but a "Smart" phone is required as validation link is sent via text message after registering your telephone number and license plate on a tablet in the theatre.
$10.00 Tickets at the door or www.orindamovies.com
Image: Gloria Swanson and William Holden in SUNSET BOULEVARD.
Matias Bombal Collection.

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