Monday, the Stanford Theater celebrates its 100th annivesrary with four days of silents, starting with their original, June 9, 1925 opening night film as part of a Reginald Denny double feature, I'll Show You the Town and That's My Daddy (both on 35mm, as always at the Stanford) with live Wurlitzer accompaniment by Dennis James and Reginald Denny's granddaughter as special guest (as her grandfather was 100 years ago), Bride of Chucky is at Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, His Motorbike, Her Island continues at the Roxie, where this month's Staff Pick is The Fast and the Furious (with live drag), and Celine and Julie Go Boating is at the Balboa.
Tuesday, Skin, Inscribed: Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed Films is at Shapeshifters Cinema, at the Roxie, Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger returns, Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (repeating Saturday) continues Wild, Weird, Wicked: Films From Before the Code, and Rewind presents Bound (with live drag), Unfriended: Dark Web is at the Drafthouse, the Stanford centenary continues with Reginald Denny in Rolling Home and Harold Lloyd's The Freshman, with Lloyd's granddaughter in attendance and Dennis James returning on the Wurlitzer, and Odyssey Film Institute presents The Doors (on 35mm) at the Balboa.
Wednesday, the Super Shangri-La show presenting a British robot invasion double feature and Blue Velvet (on 35mm) are at the Balboa, the Stanford centenary brings more Denny in Skinner's Dress Suit and Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr. with live Wurlitzer accompaniment, Nobuhiko Obayashi's School in the Crosshairs is at the Drafthouse, at the Roxie, Jeannette director Maris Curran is in person and Tekkonkinkreet (repeats Saturday) continues the ongoing Page to Frame: Animated Adaptations Abound series, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (repeats Thursday) is at the Vogue, and Casablanca is at the 4 Star.
Thursday, at the Roxie, an all-timer of all-timers, Welfare wraps up the Frederick Wiseman series and Lady Vengeance (on 35mm) returns, plus a free screening of Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate ), the CCA Wattis Institute has an opening night party for Viaje a la luna, an exhibition inspired by the only film script written by Federico García Lorca, The 400 Blows (on 35mm) with Laura Truffaut in person is at BAMPFA, the Stanford centenary continues with Harrold Lloyd's Speedy and Allan Dwan's Gloria Swanson-starring Stage Struck , Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo is at the Balboa, So I Married An Axe Murderer is at the 4 Star, rainforest doc We Are Guardians with the directors and subject in person is at the Smith Rafael, and the Rialtos Cerrito and Elmwood have free matinees of Do the Right Thing.
Friday, BAMPFA begins their Robert Altman centenary series with The Long Goodbye (on 35mm, with intro and discussion by David Thomson), the Roxie has I Know Catherine, The Log Lady (repeats Saturday), School in the Crosshairs, We Are Guardians and company (repeats Sunday without in-person attendees), and the next in the new Almost Midnight movie series, John Waters' Desperate Living, the Stanford centenary wraps up with King Vidor's The Crowd with live Wurlitzer accompaniment, the Smith Rafael kicks off a weekend of Pride programming with Outerlands with the director in person, Friday the 13th (on 16mm, repeats Saturday) is at the Balboa, John Waters' A Dirty Shame (repeats Saturday) is at the Vogue, SF Cinematheque and The New Farm present a screening of Cathy Lee Crane's Crossing Columbus to celebrate her new installation, Drawing the Line, with Crane and others in person, and the Odyssey Film Institute presents 1999: A Trailer Odyssey at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.
Saturday, BAMPFA's series on noir beyond the city continues with Shadow of a Doubt (with David Thomson intro-ing and discussing again), Ran and a new restoration of Claud LeLouch's A Man and a Woman (repeats Sunday) are at the Roxie, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is at the New Parkway, The Greatest Showman and Big Fish (both repeating Sunday) are at the 4 Star, the Smith Rafael's Pride weekend continues with The Nature of Invisible Things with the director in person and Dreamers, the Niles has John Ford's Three Bad Men, the Stanford kicks off their usual Summer Hitchcock series with Rebecca and Suspicion (on 35mm, repeating Sunday), and Back Door Cinema presents Blood for Dracula at the Orinda.
Sunday, our feature this week, Films by Bruce Conner: Program 1, and Altman's career-making smash hit, M*A*S*H, are at BAMPFA, The Neverending Story (on 35mm) and Another Barrio, with directors, producers, and actors in person, are at the Roxie, JCVD is at the Balboa, Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse presents Kinji Fukusaku's Black Rose Mansion at the 4 Star, the Smith Rafael continues its Pride programming with Four Mothers followed by Frances Reid and S Topiary presenting their films, In the Best Interests of Children and Lesbian Custody, and Electronic Cafe International (1989-2000): Virtual Collaboration and Telepresence Before the Web is at Gray Area.
