Monday, the 100th anniversary of SF-set newspaper drama The Last Edition is at the Roxie, alongside Molar (with filmmaker Q&A) and Ikiru, PT Anderson's One Battle After Another continues on 70mm at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission (NM) and the Grand Lake and on 70mm IMAX at the Metreon, Charlie Chaplin's newly restored The Gold Rush at the Rialto Elmwood (though hurry—it's at noon), Re-Animator is at the Drafthouse NM and Drafthouse Mountain View (MV), and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Dubbed) in 4K is at the Drafthouse Valley Fair (VF).
Tuesday, a matinee of The African Queen is at the Orinda, A Room with a View (1985), Four Flies on Grey Velvet, and The Student Nurses are at the Drafthouse NM, The September Issue is at the Balboa, homelessness doc No Place to Grow Old, the last screening of Happyend, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are at the Roxie, and The People Under the Stairs is at the New Parkway.
Wednesday, MOViES FOR MANiACS presents a double feature of a new restoration of Angel (1984) and Wacko (on 35mm) at the Balboa, J. Hoberman is in person for his new book, Everything is Now, for this week's already at-rush entry in Alternative Visions at BAMPFA, The Lovers On The Bridge and The Matrix (on 35mm) wrap, Chain Reactions (repeating Thursdsay) continues, and Suspiria (1977, repeats Thursday) opens at the Roxie, Re-Animator is at the Drafthouse NM, where this week's Weird Wednesday pick is a made-for-TV surprise, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (repeats Thursday) is at the Vogue.
Thursday, the Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off in the North Bay (and commandeers BAMPFA for the weekend), local skate film Ripped in Half screens and Don Hertzfeldt’s Animation Mixtape and Linda Linda Linda continue at the Roxie, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Flowers of Shanghai is at BAMPFA, and The Mummy is at the New Parkway.
Friday, the Stanford kicks off its new season of Classic Westerns with a weekend of silent films, starting with a William S. Hart and Tom Mix double feature of Tumbleweeds and Riders of the Purple Sage with Dennis James on the Wurlitzer, if you missed J. Hoberman at BAMPFA, he and Everything is Now make move to Gray Area for another appearance and screening, this time featuring Jack Smith's first film and Ron Rice romping around North Beach with Taylor Mead (both on 16mm), Sydney Pollack's Redford- and Streisand-starring The Way We Were is at the Balboa, Possession (repeats Saturday) and Perfect Blue (continues through the weekend are at the Roxie, Perfect Blue (through Sunday) is at the Drafthouses VF and MV), What We Do in the Shadows is at the New Parkway, Proxy presents Nickel Boys at the outdoor Hayes Valley screen on Patricia's Green, and the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum's Friday Talkie is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, on 16mm).
Saturday, the Stanford pairs Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930, repeating Sunday, featuring John Wayne's first leading role) with The Covered Wagon, The Devil and Daniel Johnston (on 35mm, with director in person) and Steal This Story, Please! (with film subject and directors in person) are at the Roxie, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is at the Drafthouses VF and MV, Sneakers is at the Balboa, the Niles screens Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill Jr. and other Keaton shorts (on 35mm), and Zeinabu irene Davis's Compensation and Practical Magic are at the New Parkway.
Sunday, BAMPFA jumps back to the late 1930s to continue their Mikio Naruse series with Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (on 35mm), the Stanford repairs The Big Trail with John Ford's The Iron Horse, Marc Maron doc Are We Good? and Assembly (with filmmakers Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons in person) are at the Roxie, GoldenEye and Mike Nichols' Closer are at all three Drafthouses, Cool Hand Luke is at the Balboa, and a Skate Witches film night is at the 4 Star.
