Monday, the Drunken Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival both continue through the weekend, One Battle After Another continues in 70mm at the Grand Lake and Drafthouse New Mission (NM) and in 70mm IMAX at the Metreon, the Roxie has a staff pick of Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life, a reprise of The Devil and Daniel Johnston (on 35mm), and Perfect Blue (continues all week), while down south Perfect Blue is at the Drafthouses Valley Fair (VF) and Mountain View (MV) and Goldeneye (through Wednesday) is at the Drafthouse MV, Scream floats around all three Drafthouses all week long, Sam Fuller's The Naked Kiss is at the Balboa, a Robert Redford memorial series kicks off at the Lark with The Natural, and the Orinda's monthly selection of obscurities continues with Finding Your Feet.
Tuesday, the Roxie welcomes Raoul Peck for a Q&A after his new film, Orwell: 2+2=5 (which otherwise opens Friday), gets a jump on Gialloween with The Possessed (La donna del lago), and continues their Wild, Weird, Wicked: Films from Before the Code series with Michael Curtiz's two-color Technicolor Doctor X, the directors of Māori doc Mauri are at the Grand Lake, Bride of Re-Animator is at the Drafthouse NM, and Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place is at the Balboa.
Wednesday, take a queer trip to Shinjuku circa Funeral Parade of Roses with Michio Okabe's Crazy Love at BAMPFA, John Frankenheimer's Seconds is at the Drafthouse NM, the Electronic Frontier Foundation presents 1984 at the Roxie, who also have another showing of Possession (repeats Sunday), The Company of Wolves is at the Balboa, Carrie (repeats Thursday) is at the Vogue, Matewan is at the 4 Star, and Barefoot in the Park is at the Lark.
Thursday, the Roxie kicks off a new series, Noche Oscura: Mexican Gothic Terror Tales, with Hasta el viento tiene miedo (Even the Wind is Afraid), High and Low is at the Balboa, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula is at the New Parkway, Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (with a live orchestra) is at the Lark, and the Rialtos Ceritto and Elmwood have free matinees of North by Northwest.
Friday, Litquake hosts Jeff Chang, author of Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America, alongside a screening of Fist of Fury at the 4 Star, Lifeforce The International Cut and The Craft begin a weekend tour of the Drafthouses, the 3rd i SF International South Asian Film Festival takes over the Roxie for the weekend, La Haine is at the Drafthouse VF, Fright Night is at the Balboa, House is at the New Parkway, Night of the Living Dead (1968, repeats Saturday) is at the Lark, Craig Baldwin and 99 Hooker present some archival oddities in Incredibly Strange Music + Britney Buddha at Shapeshifters, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum's talkie Fridays presents White Zombie (on 16mm), and Proxy presents Every Little Thing on the outdoor screen at Patricia's Green.
Saturday, the Niles screens F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (on 16mm), Alain Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake and The Ring are at the New Parkway, A Matter of Life and Death is at the Drafthouse MV, Sullivan's Travels is at the Drafthouse NM (and at MV on Sunday), Killer of Sheep is at the Drafthouse NM (and at VF Sunday), Onibaba is at the Balboa, Monsters Inc. is at the 4 Star, and Other Cinema's expanded cinema night Optronica returns to ATA.
Sunday, Litquake brings Paul Meyers to the 4 Star to present his recent book, John Candy: A Life in Comedy, alongside a screening of Uncle Buck, last week's Mikio Naruse matinee, Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro, rescheduled after technical issues, is at BAMPFA, the Roxie has a 35th Anniversary screening of Battle Royale and the IRL Movie Club presents My Omaha (also at the New Parkway), Orson Welles's F for Fake is at the Balboa, and the Niles's monthly matinee of Laurel & Hardy shorts gets spooky.
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