Monday, the Rialto Elmwood offers another chance to catch Amazon worker labor organization doc Union with producer Samantha Curley in person for a Q&A, Berlin & Beyond's Autumn Showcase has The Glory of Life and Two to One at the Roxie, A Woman Under the Influence, In a Lonely Place, and The Godfather Part II are at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, and An Affair to Remember and Toy Story 2 are at the Lark.
Tuesday, New Wave with director Elizabeth Ai in person for a Q&A with W. Kamau Bell, Being John Malkovich (on 35mm) and Rewind presents The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) with a drag show and raffle prizes are at the Roxie, Chinatown and Toolbox Murders (2004) (on 35mm) are at the Drafthouse, Coming to America is at the Balboa, Blake Edwards' San Francisco-set Experiment in Terror at the 4 Star, and the New Parkway's Doc Night presents journalism doc Stripped for Parts.
Wednesday, this week's Weird Wednesday pick at the Drafthouse is Brian de Palma's Raising Cain (on 35mm), Scott Stark comes to BAMPFA to present some of his short films as part of the Alternative Visions series, SFFILM presents Hard Truths at the Roxie, with Marianne Jean-Baptiste expected to join for a post-screening Q&A, and the Roxie also opens Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird, 16Millimurder presents Dementia 13 (on 16mm) at the Balboa, Mulholland Drive kicks off Love is Not Enough, a weekend-long David Lynch mini-series at the 4 Star, Fahrenheit 9/11 is at the New Parkway, and The Fifth Element is at the Presidio.
Thursday, MOViES FOR MANiACS presents Lars von Trier's Björk-starring Dancer in the Dark (on 35mm) at the Balboa, S/HE IS STILL HER/E: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary opens at the Roxie with director David Charles Rodrigues and Genesse and Caresse P-Orridge in person opening night, Lost Highway (repeats Saturday) is at the 4 Star, the New Parkway screens the complete Over the Garden Wall, the Rialto Elmwood screens Omar and Cedric for one night, SF Cinematheque presents works by Narcisa Hirsch at The Lab, and Shapeshifters Cinema presents Luminous Alchemy Revisited (all on 16mm), including work by Nathaniel Dorsky, Jerome Hiler, Stan Brakhage, Deborah Stratman & Gary Beydler.
Friday, Shapeshifters Cinema continue their Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues series with Process & Transformation, Ashik Kerib wraps up BAMPFA's Sergei Parajanov Centennial, Cannes Grand Prix-winner All We Imagine as Light opens at the Smith Rafael and the Roxie, who also have Life is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza and, if you missed it at Drafthouse, Anora (on 35mm) for the weekend as well as Eroll Morris in person for the night to present his latest documentary, Separated, plus Goodfellas is at the Balboa, Eraserhead (repeats Sunday) at the 4 Star, the Stanford has $5 screenings of The Wizard of Oz (on 35mm) all this weekend and next, and the 10th annual (and final-ish?) Camera Obscura Festival lands in Petaluma for the weekend, with the full program announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Saturday, BAMPFA has Iranian rediscovery The Stranger and the Fog and Jia's Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, Raging Bull and Mean Streets (both repeating Sunday) are at the Balboa, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at the 4 Star, and the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum has their monthly comedy shorts night.
Sunday, Seven Samurai is at BAMPFA and Monsters, Inc. and Four Weddings and a Funeral are at the Lark.
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