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Atlas Picks
TODAY · THU 8 OCT
- 2.00PMThe Gold Rush (1925)+ Silent w/ live organCastro Theatre · 95' · dir. Charlie ChaplinThe Little Tramp heads to the Klondike in search of gold and finds hardship, romance, and an unforgettable dancing-rolls dinner.›
- 2.30PMPonyo (2008)+ MatineeGrand Lake Theatre · 101' · dir. Hayao MiyazakiA goldfish princess longs to become human after befriending a five-year-old boy on the Japanese coast.›
- 4.30PMWhite Nights (1957)Rialto Cinemas Elmwood · 107' · dir. Luchino ViscontiA lonely young man and a woman waiting for a vanished lover meet on the misty canals of a wintry town over four nights.›
- 6.00PMCléo from 5 to 7 (1962)4-Star Theatre · 90' · dir. Agnès VardaIn near real time, a Parisian singer wanders the city awaiting a medical result that could change everything.›
- 6.00PMStalker (1979)+ 4K restorationPacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) · 162' · dir. Andrei TarkovskyA guide leads a writer and a scientist into the Zone, a forbidden landscape where a room is said to grant one's deepest wish.›
- 6.00PMLeo & the End of Times (2026)+ Q&A with the directorStudio Aurora · dir. Rodolfo MasedariLeo's got ten hours to clean eight apartments or lose his gig.›
- 6.00PMThe Odyssey (2026)New Parkway Theater · 173' · dir. Christopher NolanOdysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.›
- 6.00PMUnzipped (1995)+ 4K RestorationRoxie Theater · 73' · dir. Douglas KeeveIsaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.›
- 6.30PMFire Within (1963)+ Filmmaker Q&ANew Parkway Theater · 108' · dir. Louis MalleDepressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.›
- 7.00PMChungking Express (1994)Roxie Theater · 102' · dir. Wong Kar-waiTwo lovesick Hong Kong cops drift through neon-lit longing in a pair of loosely connected, restless romances.›
- 7.00PMPlaytime (1967)Landmark Shattuck Cinemas · 124' · dir. Jacques TatiMonsieur Hulot bumbles through a gleaming, absurd modern Paris of glass and steel in a nearly wordless comic symphony.›
- 7.00PMThe History of Concrete (2026)Grand Lake Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 7.00PMSpookFest 2026 (2026)+ Doors open 6:30 PM, costume contest 6:50 PMRoxie Theater›
- 7.20PMYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026)+ East Bay ExclusiveGrand Lake Theatre · 112' · dir. Bassam TariqLatif, a devoutly religious hitman, struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him – and the beliefs threatening to unravel within.›
- 7.30PMVertigo (1958)Vogue Theatre · 128' · dir. Alfred HitchcockA retired detective with a fear of heights becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman he's hired to follow through San Francisco.›
- 7.30PMSuspiria (1977)Vogue Theatre · 99' · dir. Dario ArgentoAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.›
- 7.30PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.30PMDigger (2026)Grand Lake Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.40PMPrimetime (2026)Grand Lake Theatre · 110' · dir. Lance OppenheimIn 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.›
- 7.45PMMemorex+ Rexsexex y Más · Zoé PresentsRoxie Theater · 50'SMASH TV presents MEMOREX Memorex is the advertising industry's collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV's critically acclaimed "Skinemax", Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter. Sourced from over forty hours of 80s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes, Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It's a re-contextualization of ads - cultural detritus, the lowest of the low - into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful.›
- 8.00PMGoodfellas (1990)New Parkway Theater · 145' · dir. Martin ScorseseThe rise and fall of Henry Hill across three decades in the mob, from wide-eyed kid to paranoid, coked-out informant.›
- 8.00PMEdie Arnold Is a Loser (2026)Balboa Theatre · 73' · dir. Kade AtwoodTimid dork Edie accidentally takes the spotlight when she starts a punk band with her fellow “turds”, becoming an icon to the rest of the losers at her all-girls Catholic school while managing to piss off the hot girls, the nuns, and the horniest altar boy you’ve ever seen.›
- 9.00PMThe Shining (1980)New Parkway Theater · 144' · dir. Stanley KubrickJack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.›
- 9.30PMBuddy Sing-Along Version+ Sing-Along VersionNew Parkway Theater · 96'A sing-along version of the horror-comedy movie Buddy (2026) with a follow-along bouncing ball over lyrics and and selected dialog on screen.›
- 9.45PMThe Thing (1982)+ Late nightAlamo Drafthouse New Mission · 109' · dir. John CarpenterAn Antarctic research crew is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the form of anyone it kills — and paranoia sets in.›
FRI 9 OCT
- 2.00PMSpirited Away (2001)+ Family matineeBalboa Theatre · 125' · dir. Hayao MiyazakiA young girl wanders into a spirit world and must work in a bathhouse for the gods to rescue her parents and find her way home.›
- 4.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 4.30PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 6.00PMHa-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026)Roxie Theater · 122' · dir. Josef Kubota WladykaHaru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.›
- 6.20PMNAZA (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 77' · dir. Yuval AbrahamIn secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.›
- 6.30PMIn the Mood for Love (2000)Rialto Cinemas Cerrito · 98' · dir. Wong Kar-waiTwo neighbors in 1960s Hong Kong, each suspecting their spouse of an affair, form an aching, restrained bond of their own.›
- 7.00PM2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Castro Theatre · 149' · dir. Stanley KubrickFrom the dawn of man to a mission toward Jupiter, humanity confronts a mysterious monolith and the sentient computer HAL 9000.›
- 7.00PMFloating Features: Top Gun (2022)+ Floating FeaturesRoxie Theater · 131' · dir. Joseph KosinskiAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.›
- 7.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 7.30PM3rd i 2026: Avie Luthra+ Opening Night, Q&A with directorRoxie Theater›
- 7.30PMThe History of Concrete (2026)+ W/ Pre-Recorded Q&A With John WilsonBalboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 7.30PMThe Faculty (1998)+ Presented by Odyssey Film InstituteBalboa Theatre · 104' · dir. Robert RodriguezWhen creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.›
- 8.00PMMulholland Drive (2001)Roxie Theater · 147' · dir. David LynchAn aspiring actress and an amnesiac woman chase a fractured mystery through a dreamlike, disintegrating Los Angeles.›
- 8.00PMThe Night of the Hunter (1955)Piedmont Theatre · 92' · dir. Charles LaughtonA murderous preacher with LOVE and HATE tattooed on his knuckles stalks two children who know where a fortune is hidden.›
- 8.20PMNever After Dark (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 104' · dir. Dave BoyleA traveling psychic who helps lost souls cross over encounters a powerful entity at a remote house. While investigating its origins, she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly threat from an unexpected source.›
- 8.35PMChronovisor (2026)Roxie Theater · 99' · dir. Kevin WalkerA French academic is seduced into a world of untold histories in her scholarly quest to uncover the mystery of a history-capturing camera-like machine created by clandestine Benedictine monks. An academic-noir, armchair mystery in the lineage of Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco.›
SAT 10 OCT
- 1.00PMSand City (2025)+ 3rd i 2026Roxie Theater · 99' · dir. Mahde HasanEmma and Hasan don’t know each other, but they have much in common. Most importantly, they are both sand thieves. Emma steals it for kitty litter, Hasan for making homemade glass. One day, their lives are disrupted by the discovery of a severed finger, and they learn that the human psyche can shatter as easily as glass…›
- 1.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 2.00PMNAZA (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 77' · dir. Yuval AbrahamIn secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.›
- 3.00PMPonyo (2008)New Parkway Theater · 101' · dir. Hayao MiyazakiA goldfish princess longs to become human after befriending a five-year-old boy on the Japanese coast.›
- 3.00PM3rd i 2026: TechnoCats+ 3rd i 2026Roxie Theater›
- 3.05PMTraces of Home (2026)Roxie Theater · 93' · dir. Colette GhunimDelving into the past and not shying away from the dug-up pain, a young filmmaker speaks to her Mexican mother and Palestinian father about their trying journeys into the United States. In a society with rhetoric increasingly vilifying Mexicans and Palestinians, the filmmaker picks up her camera in a bid to address the grief at the center of the generational trauma that has underscored her relationship with her family. A meditation of loss and grief relieved, ultimately, through reconciliation.›
- 4.00PMNAZA (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 77' · dir. Yuval AbrahamIn secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.›
- 4.00PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 4.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 5.15PMThe Great Shamsuddin Family (2025)+ 3rd i 2026Roxie Theater · 97' · dir. Anusha RizviSet over one day in Delhi, Bani, a writer, is racing against a career-defining 12-hour deadline. Mothers, aunts, cousins and former romantic interests descend on her apartment, each bringing their own emergencies and Bani has to navigate interfaith complexities, generational conflicts and family expectations as she faces a dilemma, which could alter her life trajectory forever.›
- 5.15PMFilipiñana (2026)+ Director in personRoxie Theater · 101' · dir. Rafael ManuelWhile working at an elite country club outside Manila, a 17-year-old Ilocana worker uncovers the violent truths of her workplace, her country, and her own past after attempting to return a lost golf club to the club's president.›
- 5.30PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 6.00PMStalker (1979)Roxie Theater · 162' · dir. Andrei TarkovskyA guide leads a writer and a scientist into the Zone, a forbidden landscape where a room is said to grant one's deepest wish.›
- 6.00PMNever After Dark (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 104' · dir. Dave BoyleA traveling psychic who helps lost souls cross over encounters a powerful entity at a remote house. While investigating its origins, she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly threat from an unexpected source.›
- 7.00PMParis, Texas (1984)Vogue Theatre · 145' · dir. Wim WendersA man walks out of the desert after years missing and slowly reconnects with his young son and the family he abandoned.›
- 7.00PMQueen Budapest (2012)Balboa Theatre · 96' · dir. János ZsombolyaiOn 27 July 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans. The concert was part of the famed Magic Tour, which was the last time the band toured with lead singer Freddie Mercury.›
- 7.30PMHa-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026)Roxie Theater · 122' · dir. Josef Kubota WladykaHaru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.›
- 7.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 7.45PMLali (2026)+ 3rd i 2026Roxie Theater · 116' · dir. Sarmad Sultan KhoosatBound by love and haunted by fate, Zeba and Sajawal spiral through feelings of desire, superstition and fear in Lali, a darkly comic tale where the living share a restless world with the ghosts.›
- 8.00PMGoodfellas (1990)Castro Theatre · 145' · dir. Martin ScorseseThe rise and fall of Henry Hill across three decades in the mob, from wide-eyed kid to paranoid, coked-out informant.›
- 8.30PMThe History of Concrete (2026)+ W/ Pre-Recorded Q&A With John WilsonBalboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 9.30PMClue (1985)+ Co-hosted by The Bawdy CasteBalboa Theatre · 94' · dir. Jonathan LynnClue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.›
SUN 11 OCT
- 8.00AM9 to 5 (1980)+ Tribute to Dolly Parton with drag performance by Peaches ChristCastro Theatre · 110' · dir. Colin HigginsThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.›
- 12.15PM3rd i 2026: Eternal Trees, Eternal Mountains+ Q&A with directorsRoxie Theater›
- 12.30PMWho Moves America (2026)+ Q&A with Emil McDonaldRoxie Theater · 87' · dir. Yael BridgeAcross America, UPS workers come together to demand better working conditions as they go about criss-crossing the world, delivering packages and connecting lives.›
- 1.00PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 2.00PMGhost School (2026)+ 3rd i 2026Roxie Theater · dir. Seemab GuulTen-year-old Rabia wants to know why her school has suddenly closed. Rumours are rife in the village and the authorities are no help. Courageously setting out to find the truth, Rabia navigates rural superstitions, local corruption and a wall of silence.›
- 2.30PMNAZA (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 77' · dir. Yuval AbrahamIn secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.›
- 3.00PMRiver of Life LGBTQ+ (2023)+ Q&A with director and castRoxie Theater · 80' · dir. Grace WalcottThis documentary film follows a 10-week drama therapy workshop, with 13 multigenerational queer participants, coming together to unpack internalized queerphobia and the evolution of the LGBTQ+ community.›
- 4.00PMThe Loyal Man (2019)+ Q&A with Lawrence Valin, short film HOMEBODYRoxie Theater · 37' · dir. Lawrence ValinAathi is a quiet henchman for a tough boss of the Paris Tamil mafia. When he meets Minnale, a young immigrant with nowhere to go, he begins to question his loyalty.›
- 4.00PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 4.30PMNever After Dark (2026)+ New People CinemaRoxie Theater · 104' · dir. Dave BoyleA traveling psychic who helps lost souls cross over encounters a powerful entity at a remote house. While investigating its origins, she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly threat from an unexpected source.›
- 4.30PMThe History of Concrete (2026)+ W/ Pre-Recorded Q&A With John WilsonBalboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 5.00PMAll That Heaven Allows (1955)Balboa Theatre · 89' · dir. Douglas SirkTwo different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.›
- 5.30PMHa-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026)Roxie Theater · 122' · dir. Josef Kubota WladykaHaru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.›
- 6.00PMTenor: My Name Is Pati (2026)+ Q&A with Pene Pati and filmmakerRoxie Theater · 103' · dir. Rebecca TansleyThis music-packed documentary tells the story of Pene Pati and his brother Amitai Pati, and their against-the-odds journey from Samoa to platinum-selling success in the trio Sol3 Mio and on to the world’s greatest opera stages. Bursting with humour, heart and soaring performances, the film reveals the resilience born of adversity, the richness of family and culture, and the rewards that come from following an unlikely dream.›
- 7.00PMVertigo (1958)Grand Lake Theatre · 128' · dir. Alfred HitchcockA retired detective with a fear of heights becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman he's hired to follow through San Francisco.›
- 7.00PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 7.00PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.30PMClue (1985)+ Co-hosted by the Bawdy CasteBalboa Theatre · 94' · dir. Jonathan LynnClue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.›
- 9.00PMChungking Express (1994)Rialto Cinemas Elmwood · 102' · dir. Wong Kar-waiTwo lovesick Hong Kong cops drift through neon-lit longing in a pair of loosely connected, restless romances.›
MON 12 OCT
- 4.00PMThe Gold Rush (1925)Balboa Theatre · 95' · dir. Charlie ChaplinThe Little Tramp heads to the Klondike in search of gold and finds hardship, romance, and an unforgettable dancing-rolls dinner.›
- 5.00PMThe History of Concrete (2026)Balboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 6.00PMAtonement (2007)+ Screening and ConversationSmith Rafael Film Center · 123' · dir. Joe WrightA young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.›
- 7.00PM2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) · 149' · dir. Stanley KubrickFrom the dawn of man to a mission toward Jupiter, humanity confronts a mysterious monolith and the sentient computer HAL 9000.›
- 7.00PMNational Theatre Live: The Misanthrope (2026)Vogue Theatre · 105' · dir. Indhu RubasinghamAlice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues avoid her, and the more her personal relationships begin to fracture. As she challenges fashionable ideas and lends her voice to causes others are afraid to touch, she faces intense criticism and backlash. Alice will soon learn the price she must pay as an artist and as a woman for daring to speak her mind. Award-winner Sandra Oh is the Misanthrope in Martin Crimp's cutting new version of Molière's dark comedy, directed by National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham.›
- 7.00PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.30PMBea Arthur: The Documentary (2026)+ Director Dan Watt in PersonBalboa Theatre · 113' · dir. Dan WattAn intimate portrait of the actress celebrated for "Maude," "The Golden Girls" and "Mame." Built around a previously unseen interview conducted by producer and director Dan Watt, the film traces Arthur’s path from The New School and New York theatre to Broadway and television. Through Arthur’s own reflections and interviews with colleagues and close friends, the documentary looks beyond the tall, hilariously brassy public persona to reveal a woman who was also sensitive, vulnerable, compassionate and deeply committed to the people and causes she valued.›
TUE 13 OCT
- 5.00PMThe History of Concrete (2026)Balboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 6.30PMPlaytime (1967)Opera Plaza Cinema · 124' · dir. Jacques TatiMonsieur Hulot bumbles through a gleaming, absurd modern Paris of glass and steel in a nearly wordless comic symphony.›
- 7.00PMThe Work in Progress (2026)+ Screening and ConversationSmith Rafael Film Center · dir. Ian CheneyFollows Americans engaging in face-to-face conversations about cultural, political, economic, and generational divisions across seven states.›
- 7.00PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.30PMLonglegs (2024)Balboa Theatre · 101' · dir. Osgood PerkinsFBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.›
- 9.00PMIn the Mood for Love (2000)4-Star Theatre · 98' · dir. Wong Kar-waiTwo neighbors in 1960s Hong Kong, each suspecting their spouse of an affair, form an aching, restrained bond of their own.›
WED 14 OCT
- 4.00PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 5.00PMThe History of Concrete (2026)Balboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 7.00PMDigger (2026)Balboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 7.30PMEvent Horizon (1997)Balboa Theatre · 96' · dir. Paul W. S. AndersonIn 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.›
- 9.30PMThe Thing (1982)New Parkway Theater · 109' · dir. John CarpenterAn Antarctic research crew is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the form of anyone it kills — and paranoia sets in.›
THU 15 OCT
- 4.30PMVerity (2026)Vogue Theatre · 114' · dir. Michael ShowalterLowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.›
- 4.30PMThe History of Concrete (2026)+ Final ShowBalboa Theatre · 101' · dir. John WilsonAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.›
- 4.30PMDigger (2026)+ Final ShowBalboa Theatre · 129' · dir. Alejandro G. IñárrituThe most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.›
- 6.00PMCléo from 5 to 7 (1962)+ Varda retrospectivePacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) · 90' · dir. Agnès VardaIn near real time, a Parisian singer wanders the city awaiting a medical result that could change everything.›
- 7.00PMCarter Country+ Screening and ConversationSmith Rafael Film Center›
- 7.00PMYou Can See Everything (2026)Balboa Theatre · 174' · dir. Nathan FielderThirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.›
- 7.30PMSome Like It Hot (1959)Vogue Theatre · 123' · dir. Billy WilderIn Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.›
- 7.30PMBlood and Black Lace (1964)+ Presented by Gallery 3630Balboa Theatre · 88' · dir. Mario BavaIsabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.›
FRI 16 OCT
- 2.00PMSpirited Away (2001)Grand Lake Theatre · 125' · dir. Hayao MiyazakiA young girl wanders into a spirit world and must work in a bathhouse for the gods to rescue her parents and find her way home.›
- 7.00PMYou Can See Everything (2026)Balboa Theatre · 174' · dir. Nathan FielderThirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.›
- 7.30PMGummo (1997)Balboa Theatre · 89' · dir. Harmony KorineTeenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.›
SAT 17 OCT
- 11.30AMEl Vampiro (1957)+ as part of International Vampire Film FestBalboa Theatre · 95' · dir. Fernando MéndezA pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.›
- 1.15PMLet the Right One In (2008)+ as part of International Vampire Film FestBalboa Theatre · 115' · dir. Tomas AlfredsonWhen Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.›
- 3.15PMYou Can See Everything (2026)Balboa Theatre · 174' · dir. Nathan FielderThirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.›
- 3.30PMA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)+ as part of International Vampire Film FestBalboa Theatre · 101' · dir. Ana Lily AmirpourIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.›
- 5.30PMThe Vourdalak (2023)+ as part of International Vampire Film FestBalboa Theatre · 91' · dir. Adrien BeauThe Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile forest while working as an emissary for the King of France.›
- 7.00PMWhite Nights (1957)Landmark Shattuck Cinemas · 107' · dir. Luchino ViscontiA lonely young man and a woman waiting for a vanished lover meet on the misty canals of a wintry town over four nights.›
- 7.00PMYou Can See Everything (2026)Balboa Theatre · 174' · dir. Nathan FielderThirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.›
- 7.15PMHorror of Dracula (2010)+ as part of International Vampire Film FestBalboa Theatre · 4' · dir. Dalibor BarićPsychedelic realms where voyeuristic psychic vampirism and cropped images of consumerist dissociation create a haunting alternate reality.›
SUN 18 OCT
TUE 20 OCT
- 4.30PMThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)+ Dolby 3-DVogue Theatre · 76' · dir. Henry SelickTired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.›
- 7.30PMThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)+ Dolby 3-DVogue Theatre · 76' · dir. Henry SelickTired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.›