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Friday 31, October

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Friday 31, October

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

R

Friday 31, October

Saturday 1, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Saturday 1, November

KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters

PGfor action/violence, scary images, thematic elements, some suggestive material and brief language.

Saturday 1, November

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Rfor animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language

Saturday 1, November

Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess

Saturday 1, November

The Room

The Room

R

Saturday 1, November

Sunday 2, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess

Sunday 2, November

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Rfor animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language

Sunday 2, November

KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters

PGfor action/violence, scary images, thematic elements, some suggestive material and brief language.

Sunday 2, November

Monday 3, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Monday 3, November

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Rfor animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language

Monday 3, November

Tuesday 4, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Tuesday 4, November

Super Shangri-La Show

Super Shangri-La Show

Tuesday 4, November

Wednesday 5, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Wednesday 5, November

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

Wednesday 5, November

Thursday 6, November

Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Thursday 6, November

Control

Control

R

Thursday 6, November

Friday 7, November

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language

Friday 7, November

Monday 10, November

Three Colors: Red

Three Colors: Red

R

Monday 10, November

Tuesday 11, November

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Rfor language

Tuesday 11, November

Wednesday 12, November

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

R

Wednesday 12, November

Thursday 13, November

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

R

Thursday 13, November

Friday 14, November

They Live

They Live

R

Friday 14, November

Monday 17, November

Running On Empty

Running On Empty

PG-13

Monday 17, November

Tuesday 18, November

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

R

Tuesday 18, November

Wednesday 19, November

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

Wednesday 19, November

Thursday 20, November

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

Thursday 20, November

Friday 21, November

Con Air

Con Air

Rfor strong violence and language

Friday 21, November

Monday 24, November

Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

TBC

Monday 24, November

Saturday 29, November

Comedy At The Balboa

Comedy At The Balboa

PG-13

Saturday 29, November

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

R

Saturday 29, November

Wednesday 3, December

Hundreds of Beavers

Hundreds of Beavers

Wednesday 3, December

Friday 5, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Friday 5, December

Saturday 6, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Saturday 6, December

Sunday 7, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Monday 8, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Monday 8, December

Tuesday 9, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Tuesday 9, December

Wednesday 10, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Wednesday 10, December

Thursday 11, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

Thursday 11, December

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

Angel's Egg (Re-release)

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Wednesday 19, November

Thursday 20, November

Show Future Dates
Bugonia

Bugonia

R

Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Friday 31, October

Saturday 1, November

Monday 3, November

Tuesday 4, November

Wednesday 5, November

Thursday 6, November

Show Future Dates
Comedy At The Balboa

Comedy At The Balboa

PG-13

Live comedy show

Saturday 29, November

Con Air

Con Air

Rfor strong violence and language

Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Friday 21, November

Control

Control

R

Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band’s first American tour in 1980.

Thursday 6, November

Hundreds of Beavers

Hundreds of Beavers

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

Wednesday 3, December

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution -Shibuya Incident x The

TBC

A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, steps into the chaos. But lying in wait are curse users and spirits scheming to seal him away. In the aftermath, ten colonies across Japan are transformed into dens of curses in a plan orchestrated by Noritoshi Kamo, the most wicked sorcerer in history. As the deadly Culling Game starts, Special Grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu is assigned to carry out Yuji’s execution for his perceived crimes.

Friday 5, December

Saturday 6, December

Monday 8, December

Tuesday 9, December

Wednesday 10, December

Thursday 11, December

Show Future Dates
KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters

PGfor action/violence, scary images, thematic elements, some suggestive material and brief language.

A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balances their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as bad-ass demon hunters, set against a colorful backdrop of fashion, food, style, and the most popular music movement of the current generation.

Saturday 1, November

Sunday 2, November

Show Future Dates
Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess

Introverted space princess Saira is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. Along the way, a problematic spaceship and a runaway gay-pop idol join her hazardous encounters with blade-wielding maniacs, dick turrets, and the scariest thing of all: her own self-doubt.

Saturday 1, November

Sunday 2, November

Show Future Dates
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

R

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.

Wednesday 12, November

Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

TBC

An intimate profile of Martin Margiela, one of the most revolutionary and influential fashion designers of his time. From Jean Paul Gaultier's assistant to creative director at Hermes to leading his own brand, Margiela never showed his face publicly but reinvented fashion with his radical style for over 20 years, through 41 provocative collections. For the first time, the "Banksy of fashion" reveals his drawings, notes and personal items, giving us an exclusive peek to his vision and career. The film features interviews with, among others, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carine Roitfeld, Trend Forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, Fashion Critic Cathy Horyn and Fashion Historian Olivier Saillard. The score has been composed by the Belgian rock band dEUS.

Monday 24, November

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Rfor animated sequences of violence and nudity, and for brief language

Perfect Blue, 1997 ‘パーフェクトブルー’ Directed by Satoshi Kon In Japanese w/ English Subtitles THE COLOR OF ILLUSION IS PERFECT BLUE. A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

Saturday 1, November

Sunday 2, November

Monday 3, November

Show Future Dates
Running On Empty

Running On Empty

PG-13

Ex-radicals Judd Hirsch (TV’s Taxi) and Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Christine Lahti (Swing Shift and TV's Chicago Hope) have raised their family in hiding, constantly moving and changing aliases to flee facing charges from an inadvertent crime they committed as war protestors 15 years earlier. As their eldest son (Phoenix) comes of age, he is torn between running with his beloved fugitive parents, or developing his musical talents and pursuing his own life, which includes new girlfriend (Martha Plimpton, The Goonies). Nominated for two Oscars and four Golden Globe Awards, including “Best Picture,” “Best Actress” and “Best Director,” Siskel & Ebert call Running On Empty "...one of Lumet's best films...one of the best movies of the year...the acting in this film is wonderful."

Monday 17, November

Super Shangri-La Show

Super Shangri-La Show

Presenting Strange Movies at the haunted & historic Balboa Theatre!

Tuesday 4, November

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it.

Wednesday 5, November

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

R

At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

Tuesday 18, November

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

R

A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.

Thursday 13, November

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language

The second entry in the young adult futuristic thriller franchise which sees the return of Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss and Josh Hutcherson’s Peeta. After surviving the last Hunger Games, the pair have inspired a rebellion within the districts. However, Katniss and Peeta find themselves forced back into the deadly free-for-all tournament for the ‘Quarter Quell’, the 75th Hunger Games that brings back 24 victors from previous years. Directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend).

Friday 7, November

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

R

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O'Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky." Doors open: 11:00 Pre-Show: 11:30 Movie Starts: Midnight!

Friday 31, October

Saturday 29, November

Show Future Dates
The Room

The Room

R

Tommy Wiseau’s THE ROOM! THE ROOM is an electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal, and lies, starring "The Disaster Artist" himself, writer/director Tommy Wiseau. He plays a successful banker with a great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his best friend Mark (Greg Sestero) and future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle). As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?" A cult sensation, since 2003 now in its NEW San Francisco home The Balboa Theatre! So Grab Your Spoons, Red Dress, And Best Friends! Come Join The Party, It’s A Riot! With Your Host Michael Blythe! THE ROOM Plays The Balboa the First Saturday Of Every Month!

Saturday 1, November

They Live

They Live

R

Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

Friday 14, November

Three Colors: Red

Three Colors: Red

R

Krzysztof Kieślowski closes his Three Colors trilogy in grand fashion, with an incandescent meditation on fate and chance, starring Irène Jacob as a sweet-souled yet somber runway model in Geneva whose life dramatically intersects with that of a bitter retired judge, played by Jean‑Louis Trintignant. Meanwhile, just down the street, a seemingly unrelated story of jealousy and betrayal unfolds. Red is an intimate look at forged connections and a splendid final statement from a remarkable filmmaker at the height of his powers.

Monday 10, November

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Rfor language

An unattractive seventh grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.

Tuesday 11, November