FEBRUARY 10, 2025 — THE WEEK IN THE BAY

Meek's Cutoff
February 10th 2025

Monday, Repulsion (on 16mm) is at the Balboa, Anomalisa (repeats Wednesday) at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, In the Mood for Love continues through Sunday and SF IndieFest through Thursday at the Roxie, the Mostly British Film Festival presents A Room with a View and continues through Thursday at the Vogue, Watership Down is at the Lark, and the Grand Lake screens Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Lost Highway.

Tuesday, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Jordan Peele's Us are at the Drafthouse, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (repeats Sunday) is at the Roxie, True Romance (on VHS) at the Balboa, My Bloody Valentine (on VHS) at the 4 Star, Above the Rim and Grand Theft Hamlet are at the New Parkway, and the Grand Lake screens Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive (both repeating Wednesday).

Wednesday, the Super Shangri-La Show returns to the Balboa with a love potion double feature of The Chaser and Black Magic, Luther: Never Too Much is at the Balboa, Macario screens with a live performance by David Hidalgo of Los Lobos at the 4 Star, the Grand Lake Theater has a night of Hoops & Hip-Hop, and the Smith Rafael presents Memoir of a Snail  with filmmaker Adam Elliot in person.

Thursday, SF Cinematheque presents Your Life is Like a Candle Burning: Two Films by Barbara Sternberg at the Lab, The Threepenny Opera continues BAMPFA's G. W. Pabst series, Bridesmaids is at Drafthouse, Blue Valentine at the Roxie, Blue Velvet at the New Parkway, the Smith Rafael presents Fool's Paradise (Lost?) with filmaker Alexandra Lexton in person, the Stanford's Frank Capra series wraps up with a double feature of Arsenic and Old Lace and It's a Wonderful Life (both on 35mm, repeating through Sunday), and Odyssey Film Institute presents Jerry Maguire (on 35mm) at the Balboa.

Friday, No Other Land opens at the Roxie and the Smith Rafael, our feature this week, Summer Vacation 1999, is at BAMPFA, Harold & Maude (on 16mm, repeats Saturday) is at the Balboa, But I'm a Cheerleader..., When Harry Met Sally, Casablanca, In the Mood For Love, Moonlight, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are at the New Parkway, and Before Sunset is at the Lark.

Saturday, Lost in Translation (on 35mm) is at the Roxie, The Nutty Professor (1996) at Drafthouse, Marco Bellocchio's Marcello Mastroianni-starring Henry IV and Kelly Reichardt's Meek’s Cutoff (on a stunning, unmissable 35mm print) are at BAMPFA,  the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum presents Valentino for Valentines with Blood & Sand, The Goonies and The Lost Boys (both repeating Sunday) are at the 4 Star, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (repeats Sunday) is at the Lark.

Sunday, at the Roxie, the Bay Area Chinese Culture Salon presents Alan Zhang's This Woman and Jenni Olson and Frameline kick off their new series, 40 Years of Queer, with a brand new restoration of Arthur Bressan Jr.'s Daddy Dearest, Straight Outta Comption and Blue Velvet (on 35mm) are at the Balboa, Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse presents Sex Trek is at the 4 Star, George Cukor's Little Women at the Lark, and last and definitely most, Béla Tarr's legendary, 7+ hour Sátántangó (on 35mm) is at BAMPFA.