scenef_whats_playing
What's playing in California and Hawaii
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Ranked list of films playing California and Hawaii theaters in a given window (tonight, tomorrow, the weekend, or a date), with optional genre and format filters. When the window covers tonight, opens with Notable tonight — scarcity facts with evidence (measured seat counts, final nights, lone prints, posted discounts, live elements); lead with those when asked what to see. Each entry carries year, runtime, genres, a one-line hook, venue count, showtime_count, the next showtime, and the film's SceneF url. The full per-showtime rows are in "detailed", or from scenef_search_showtimes scoped to one film or theatre. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| region | string | no | Which regional board to read, e.g. "sf", "oahu", "sacramento". Omitted means the default board — it is never inferred from where you are. Call scenef_now for the full list; an unknown region is an error, not a fallback. |
| when | string | no | When to look: "tonight" (default), "tomorrow", "weekend" (Fri/Sat/Sun of the current week), or a YYYY-MM-DD date. |
| genres | array | no | Genre filters, e.g. ["horror", "comedy"]. |
| formats | array | no | Format/tag filters, e.g. ["35mm", "70mm", "qa", "live-score"]. |
| max_results | integer | no | Max films to return (default 12, cap 25). |
| response_format | string | no | Output size. "concise" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary — on list-shaped tools each film carries showtime_count and next_showtime, but NOT the full showtimes array. "detailed" adds the per-showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Concise measures ~10KB where detailed measures ~69KB, so ask for detailed when you need the rows and scenef_search_showtimes when you need them for one film or theatre. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"region": {
"description": "Which regional board to read, e.g. \"sf\", \"oahu\", \"sacramento\". Omitted means the default board — it is never inferred from where you are. Call scenef_now for the full list; an unknown region is an error, not a fallback.",
"type": "string"
},
"when": {
"description": "When to look: \"tonight\" (default), \"tomorrow\", \"weekend\" (Fri/Sat/Sun of the current week), or a YYYY-MM-DD date.",
"type": "string"
},
"genres": {
"description": "Genre filters, e.g. [\"horror\", \"comedy\"].",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"formats": {
"description": "Format/tag filters, e.g. [\"35mm\", \"70mm\", \"qa\", \"live-score\"].",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"max_results": {
"description": "Max films to return (default 12, cap 25).",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25
},
"response_format": {
"description": "Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary — on list-shaped tools each film carries showtime_count and next_showtime, but NOT the full showtimes array. \"detailed\" adds the per-showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Concise measures ~10KB where detailed measures ~69KB, so ask for detailed when you need the rows and scenef_search_showtimes when you need them for one film or theatre.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"concise",
"detailed"
]
}
}
}