Monday, Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder is at the Balboa, Eraserhead is at the New Parkway, and Snowpiercer and Titane at the Drafthouse New Mission.
Tuesday, You're Next is at the Drafthouse and King of New York (on VHS) at the Balboa.
Wednesday, at BAMPFA, Rick Prelinger presents a selection from across the many years of Lost Landscapes programs as part of the annual Les Blank Lecture, the Odyssey Film Institute presents Platoon (on 35mm) at the Balboa, SF-set 70s comedy Foul Play (repeats Thursday) is at the Vogue, and director Sandi Dubowski returns once again to present Sabbath Queen at the Smith Rafael.
Thursday, the Stanford's Three Great Directors series continues with a double feature of Ernst Lubitsch's Bluebeard's Eighth Wife and Rouben Mamoulian's The Song of Songs (both on 35mm, repeats Friday), the Roxie kicks off its David Lynch tribute series with a pairing of doc The Art Life and Eraserhead (on 35mm), BAMPFA's annual African Film Festival begins with A Tooth for a Tooth, Days of Being Wild is at the Balboa, Night of the Living Dead with a live score by Sleepbomb is at the 4 Star, the Rialtos Cerrito and Elmwood have free matinees of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Shapeshifters and the Exploratorium team up for After Dark: Play of Light.
Friday, the Roxie's Lynch tribute continues with Wild at Heart (preceded by a drag show) and Lost Highway (repeats Saturday), BAMPFA's Mai Zetterling series continues with the actor-turned-director's 1964 feature debut, Loving Couples, Dark Entries records presents The Silence of the Lambs alongside a release party for their new 12" of Q Lazzarus's "Goodbye Horses", Adventureland is at the Balboa, Eraserhead at the Drafthouse, and Italian dramedy There's Still Tomorrow opens at the Smith Rafael.
Saturday, the Stanford has a Josef von Sternberg double feature of the mainstay masterpiece The Shanghai Express and the extremely rare The Shanghai Gesture (both on 35mm, repeats Sunday), the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum screens Tod Browning's Lon Chaney-starring Where East is East (on 16mm, with live accompaniment), Todd Haynes settles in for the weekend to open BAMPFA's near-complete retrospective, Far from Safe, with the first of two double features, Safe and Velvet Goldmine, local filmmaker Roddy Picante's Vibeland premieres at the Balboa, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr. (on 35mm, repeats Sunday) are at the Roxie, Blue Velvet is at the Drafthouse, Shrek and RoboCop are at the 4 Star, Best in Show is at the New Parkway, and Winnie the Pooh (2011, repeats Sunday) and Paris, Texas are at the Lark.
Sunday, Haynes' in-person weekend continues with the kaliedoscopic Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There as well as our feature this week, Far From Heaven, Dune (on 35mm) and Inland Empire are at the Roxie, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is at the Drafthouse, the Niles has its monthly Laurel & Hardy/Our Gang talkie matinee, Two-Lane Blacktop is at the Balboa, the 4 Star has an Ornette Coleman tribute night with live music alongside a screening of Naked Lunch, and Gary Snyder doc O Mother Gaia has its world premiere at the Smith Rafael with director Colin Still and others in person.
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