Monday, Berlin & Beyond 2025 wraps up its East Bay run at the Rialto Elmwood, Enter the Void is at the Balboa, Tetsuo the Iron Man is at the New Parkway, Democracy Noir is at the Grand Lake, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and V for Vendetta are at the Grand Lake, Hacking at Leaves with director Johannes Grenzfurthner in person is at the Internet Archive, Inland Empire and Mulholland Dr. at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, and Videodrome (repeats Wednesday) and Lost Highway are at the Roxie.
Tuesday, Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film and In the Mood for Love are a the New Parkway, Wild at Heart and the next entry in 40 Years of Queer, with Jenni Olson in person to present The Royal Road and 575 Castro St., are at the Roxie, It Follows is at the Drafthouse, and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl is at the Balboa
Wednesday, SF Cinematheque presents French eco-activist documentary Direct Action with co-director Ben Fuller in person at The Lab, Brewster McCloud (on 35mm) and The Elephant Man (repeats Thursday) are at the Drafthouse, Jenni Olson presents The Royal Road and 575 Castro St. at BAMPFA, the Odyssey Film Institute presents Unforgiven (on 35mm) at the Balboa, The Conversation (repeats Thursday) is at the Vogue, Blood Simple at the 4 Star, and at the Roxie, Model kicks off THIS IS AMERICA: Frederick Wiseman, a seven-film series of new restorations selected from the legendary documentarian's 50+ year career, co-curated by the Roxie and Wiseman Podcast host Arlin Golden, who spoke to Brian Darr about the series for our feature this week.
Thursday, Secret Mall Apartment opens at the Drafthouse, a new restoration of Hideaki Anno's Love & Pop (repeats through the weekend) and Blue Velvet are at the Roxie, Poem of the Sea continues BAMPFA's Ukrainian Cinema: Poetry and Resistance series, Night Moves (1975) is at the Balboa, The French Connection at the 4 Star, and the Stanford's first double feature of the week is Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy and Ernst Lubitsch's Broken Lullaby (both on 35mm, repeating Friday).
Friday, Columbia Gaza protest doc The Encampments, with director Michael T. Workman in person for an already at-rush showing on Friday, and Alain Guiraudie's new film, Misericordia, both open at the Roxie, BAMPFA hosts local filmmakers for the free BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival, Dune (1984) is at the Drafrthouse, To Live and Die in L.A. at the Balboa, and The Elephant Man at the Presidio.
Saturday, CiNEOLA returns with Serenata de protesta, a new selection short films focusing on the migrant workers, jornaleros and campesinos, with several of the filmmakers in person at the Roxie, where Being Maria and a new restoration of Princess Mononoke also open, Nayola continues BAMPFA's 2025 African Film Festival and Poison (on 35mm) continues their Todd Haynes series, Re-Animator is at the Balboa, Labyrinth (repeats Sunday) is at the 4 Star, The Fire Brigade at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (on 16mm, with live musical accompaniment as always), the Smith Rafael hosts the International Ocean Film Festival, the Rialtos Cerrito and Elmwood have free matiness of Kubo & the Two Strings, the Stanford has a Lubitsch double of Heaven Can Wait and Cluny Brown (both on 35mm, repeating Sunday), and Other Cinema presents Media Archeology1: Sound & Vision at Artists' Television Access.
Sunday, the Ukrianian At Great Cost and Senegalese Xalé are at BAMPFA, Smiley Face is at the Drafthouse, Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film and Wiseman's first feature, Titicut Follies, are at the Roxie, Doctor Zhivago is at the Balboa, I Know Catherine, The Log Lady at the 4 Star, and Secret Mall Apartment and Legend are at the New Parkway.
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