Monday, Ghost (1990) is at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, Odyssey Film Institute brings Blue Velvet (on 35mm) to the Balboa for one ore night, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Little Women (1933) are at the Lark.
Tuesday, Lost in Translation (on 35mm) is at the Roxie, as are the director and cast of Universal Language (which also opens at the Drafthouse and Smith Rafael this week), The Learning Tree is at the Balboa, and the Drafthouse has Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess, The Wedding Singer (repeats Wednesday), and an advance 35mm screening of Osgood Perkins' new film, The Monkey.
Wednesday, I Am Ishi: The Performance Art Film, about the last known member of the Yahi people, is at BAMPFA , Sorry to Bother You is at the Drafthouse, Blue Valentine at the Roxie, and Down By Law at the Balboa.
Thursday, Something Special (a.k.a. Willy/Milly) on 35mm) continues Jenni Olson's Masc II program at BAMPFA, Ghost World is at the Balboa, Robert Altman's Short Cuts (repeats Sunday) at the 4 Star, and the Stanford kicks off a new calendar, Lubitsch, Mamoulian, von Sternberg: Three Great Directors, with Rouben Mamoulian's foundational movie musical, Love Me Tonight, and Josef von Sternberg at his most deliriously begauzed with The Scarlet Empress (both on 35mm, repeating daily through Sunday).
Friday, a MOViES FOR MANIACS double feature of Pump Up the Volume and Trick or Treat (on 35mm) is at the Balboa, Odyssey Film Institute presents The Little Shop of Horrors (on 16mm) at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, The Social Network is at the Drafthouse, Kameradschaft continues BAMPFA's G. W. Pabst series and, our feature this week, Dark Eyes continues their Marcello Mastroianni centennary series, and the Grand Lake's David Lynch tribute continues with Inland Empire and Mulholland Drive (repeating Saturday).
Saturday, The Fantastic Mr. Fox (repeats Sunday) is at the Lark, the Niles has its monthly comedy shorts night, Cry-Baby is at the Drafthouse, a family matinee of Winged Migration is at BAMPFA, where The Power of the Dog also continues Leila Weefur's Landscapes of Myth: Westerns After The Searchers series in the evening, the Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest screens recent films all weekend at the Vogue, and the Roxie screens Singing for Justice, about San Francisco folk singer and activist Faith Petric, followed by a Q&A with Petric's granddauther and the directors and a live sing along, as well as the next entry in 40 Years of Queer, Athur Bressan Jr's ground-breaking AIDS drama, Buddies (1985).
Sunday, The Battle for Laikipia, about the battle between Indigenous nomads and wealthy ranchers in Kenya, G. W. Pabst's Brigitte Helm-starring L’Atlantide, and Muchachas de uniforme, a 1950s Mexican remake of Mädchen in Uniform, are all at BAMPFA, the Grand Lake screens Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is at the Balboa, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) at the Lark, and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors and Daisies are at the Roxie.
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