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Monday, the Roxie presents last week's feature, two films by Sophie Letourneur, and you can also still catch Eno (different every day!) and a 35mm screening of Longlegs (both continuing during the week); Beverly Hills Cop and Blood Simple (both repeating Tuesday and Wednesday) are at the Drafthouse New Mission, Kiki's Delivery Service and Nights of Cabiria at the Lark, Bill Cunningham New York is at the Balboa, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (repeats Wendesday) at the Presidio, and Ellie Vanderlip presents new work alongside a live, improvised score at the 4 Star. Tuesday, Things (1989) is at the Drafthouse, Inception at the Balboa, The Bridge on the River Kwai (repeats Thursday) at the Presidio, a matinee of The Bad and the Beautiful at the Orinda, the Mission's VHS archivists, Basement, present a mystery horror movie at the 4 Star, the Jewish Film Festival moves east to the Piedmont theater for encore screenings all week long, and at the Roxie, you've got another entry in the scandalous Wild, Weird, Wicked: Films From Before the Code series with Island of Lost Souls, plus Secretary, co-hosted by author Ingrid Rojas Contreras and ZYZZYVA Editor Oscar Villalon, introduced by author R. O. Kwon. Wednesday, Ozploitation classic Long Weekend is at the Drafthouse, BAMPFA's Hiroshi Shimizu series continues with A Hero of Tokyo (on 35mm), The Vourdalak is at the Roxie, Breathless at the Balboa, Strait-Jacket (repeats Thursday) at the Vogue, V for Vendetta at the New Parkway, and our featured screening this week, Raising Arizona, is at the 4 Star with author Zach Schonfeld in person to talk about his new book on Nic Cage. Thursday, this month's staff pick at the Roxie is Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard (on 35mm), A Fistful of Dollars is at BAMPFA, the Drunken Film Fest folks present Crumb at the Balboa, The Princess Diaries (repeats Saturday) at the 4 Star, and the first double feature of the week in the Stanford's Minnelli series is Kismet and The Cobweb (repeating Friday). Friday, Something Different continues BAMPFA's Věra Chytilová series, Blade Runner: The Final Cut is at the Balboa, A Clockwork Orange (repeating all weekend) at the Lark, Lifeforce at the Landmark Opera Plaza, and the Roxie has a doc-heavy weekend with the "speculative" Palestinian documentary Lyd, Taiwanese doc Invisible Nation with director Vanessa Hope and producer Ted Hope in person, and Afghani doc Hollywoodgate, plus the kick-off for a Powell & Pressburger miniseries with a new doc about the revered British filmmakers (repeating through the weekend) and a screening of the classic The Red Shoes. Saturday, The Wind Rises and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are at BAMPFA, the Rialtos Cerrito and Elmwood have free matinees of Bon Voyage Charlie Brown, Sorry to Bother You is at the Balboa, the 4 Star's Popcorn Palace show this week is Nausicaa (repeats Sunday), Harold Lloyd's Girl Shy is at the Niles Essanay Silent FIlm Museum, the second double feature of the week in the Stanford's Minnelli series is The Band Wagon and Brigadoon (repeating Sunday), and actor Rauridh Mollica is in person at the Landmark Opera Plaza for a Q&A after Sebastian. Sunday, Metropolis is at the Balboa, Shimizu's Notes of an Itinerant Performer and Kiss Me Deadly are at BAMPFA, Harold and Maude and a free screening of Selena (en español) are at the Roxie, the 4 Star has a Dennis Hopper double with The Last Movie and Blue Velvet, and if you missed them at the Roxie, the director and producer of Invisible Nation are at the Smith Rafael. |
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