Monday, the Roxie has a benefit screening of Where Olive Trees Weep with 100% of ticket sales donated to the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance as well as one more screening of Sabbath Queen, Alamo Drafthouse New Mission has Death Becomes Her and your last few chances at The Brutalist on 70mm, Hungarian political doc Democracy Noir is at the New Parkway, the anime Metropolis and Todd Browning's Freaks (on 16mm) are at the Balboa, and the Lark screens Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's King: A Film Record...From Montgomery to Memphis and The Wizard of Oz.
Tuesday, Shapeshifters Cinema presents Roger Beebe's Films for One to Eight Projectors with Beebe in person, The Last Boyscout (on VHS) is at the Balboa, Basement presents Monster Squad (on VHS) at the 4 Star, and The Devil's Rain and The Sacrifice (repeats Wednesday) at Drafthouse.
Wednesday, VHYes (with the director, producer, and DP in person for a Q&A) and Chan Is Missing are at Drafthouse, the Marcello Mastroianni Centennary continues with La dolce vita at BAMPFA, Speed Racer (on 35mm) and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors are at the Roxie, where Vermiglio continues, Beatlejuice (on 16mm[!?]) is at the Balboa, La Strada (repeats Thursday) at the Vogue, and 9 to 5 at the 4 Star.
Thursday, SF Cinematheque presents three films in All Over Coffee, Leila Weefur's Westerns series continues with Buck and the Preacher at BAMPFA, Eraserhead, The Colors Within (repeats through the weekend), and Werner Herzog's latest doc, Theater Of Thought, are at the Roxie, Bram Stoker's Dracula is at the Balboa, the 4 Star's Paul Schrader series continues with Hardcore, and the Stanford's Frank Capra calendar continues with Flight and Dirigible (repeating Friday, on 35mm).
Friday, this year's Noir City festival starts at the Grand Lake—with double features every night and two on Saturday all through next week, including lots of rare 35mm screenings this year—beginning with The Narrow Margin and Hell's Half Acre (both on 35mm), BAMPFA's G. W. Pabst series continues with Diary of a Lost Girl (with live piano accompaniment), Every Little Thing opens at the Roxie, and, having been once again postponed due to bats, the Smith Rafael's For Your Consideration series of the international Oscar shortlist will hopefully actually kick off this time, The Florida Project is at the Balboa, a Schrader double of First Reformed and The Card Counter at the 4 Star, and Dinner in America is at the Lark.
Saturday, The Searchers is at BAMPFA, the expanded The Brian Jonsetown Massacre doc DIG! XX (repeats Sunday) is at the Roxie, Lino Brocka's Bona at the Drafthouse, the Smith Rafael hosts director Oleg Harencar and film subject Ron Holland for a screening of yacht doc The Voyage of Discovery, Fallen Angels is at the Balboa, the 4 Star's Popcorn Palace feature this week is The Boy and the Heron, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum has their monthly comedy shorts night, featuring Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Laurel & Hardy, the Stanford's weekend Capra double feature is It Happened One Night and You Can't Take It With You, and today's Noir City program at the Grand Lake is a double double, of Kiss of Death and The Sleeping City (on 35mm) followed by Out of the Past (on 35mm) and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing.
Sunday, To Kill a Mockingbird is at Drafthouse, La notte and The Wages of Fear at BAMPFA, Shrek at the New Parkway, The Night of the Hunter at the Balboa, the 4 Star has a benefit screening for LA fire relief of unlabeled "found" YouTube footage compilation film img 0000 with the filmmaker in person for a Q&A, Manhattan and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are at the Lark, Noir City presents Tension and Alias Nick Beal (both on 35mm) at the Grand Lake, and at the Roxie, Canyon Cinema presents Straight from the Haight, a selection of experimental shorts from the fall of 1966 followed by a discussion of the city's mid-60s microcinema scene with Steve Seid.
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