The 25th Annual City Shorts Student Film Festival, presented by City College of San Francisco’s Cinema Department, offers a program of recent, outstanding student work organized by faculty and students, prescreened by a Student Jury and programmed by an Industry Jury. Please join us in celebrating 25 years of our student filmmakers and their work!

Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Barbara Kopple’s American Dream unflinchingly details the explosive 1985–86 labor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota, a city ripped apart in the tumult. Fed up with dangerous plant conditions and drastic wage cuts, Austin’s Local P-9 went against the advice of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and, with the help of labor activist Ray Rogers’s campaign to damage the meatpacking giant’s public reputation, conducted a nearly yearlong walkout. But as the strike dragged on, some workers found themselves desperate to make ends meet and ready to cross the picket line, dividing a community already betrayed by a once progressive company and roiled by blockades, riots, and the intervention of the National Guard. Following up her landmark documentary Harlan County USA with another engrossing report from the trenches of working-class America, Kopple poignantly captures the human and political costs of one of the most significant setbacks to organized labor amid the unchecked corporatism of the Reaganomics era.

For nearly 50 years, the Bay Area filmmaker and curator Craig Baldwin has been an inspiring figure in contemporary media arts. His acerbic, densely-packed found footage films have traveled the globe, encouraging scores of nascent collage-essayists, culture jammers, and mockumentarians to action. […] Ever seeking to revise and hybridize existing modes and genres, and invent and name new ones, Baldwin’s filmmaking amalgamates cinephilic literacy and voraciousness, a sharp understanding of political and cultural history, and a sly critical polemics. His films are further energized by an encyclopedic knowledge of his own sprawling collection of cast-off educational films and B-grade features and a perverse proclivity for sourcing surreally sublime moments from industrial film effluvia. Informed by left politics, cult cinemas, agit-prop activism, structural film, the Situationists, the Yippies, Arte Povera, media archeology, compilation documentary, and other found footage forms, Baldwin’s praxis is bound by a dual commitment to materiality and aesthetics on the one hand, and disruptive action and fervent, antagonal rhetoric on the other; all the while articulating a contrarian (and at times utopian) sense of apocalyptic historiography. (Craig Baldwin: Avant Savant by Brett Kashmere and Steve Polta, published 2023 in Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live!) Resonating with Craig Baldwin: Ephemera Unearthed!—on view at the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive through May 29—Cinematheque, the Roxie and the SFAI Legacy Foundation welcome King of Found Footage Craig Baldwin to present a personal guided tour through fifty years of radical filmmaking, from the mid-’70s/mid-Market San Francisco cinema-scape Stolen Movie (1976) to the recent 3-D short Communique for the Cube (2023) and points in between. More than just a movie show, this evening’s overview will present highlights of the maestro’s oeuvre replete with personal reminisces and war stories with Baldwin in conversation with long-time collaborator Bill Daniel and filmmaker Lynne Sachs. SCREENING: Stolen Movie (1976, excerpt); Wild Gunman (1978) RocketKitKongoKit (1986, excerpt); Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1991, excerpt); ¡O No Coronado! (1992) Sonic Outlaws (1995, excerpt); Spectres of the Spectrum (1999, excerpt); Mock Up On Mu (2008, excerpt); Bulletin (2015); Communique for the Cube (2023)

Two cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000.

In a fantastical future, humans and mermaids share a troubled coexistence. Stephan, an anxious employee at a shipbuilding company, has big ideas to save the sea. But his life explodes into ecstatic chaos when bubbly mermaid princess Chao proposes marriage out of the blue. Between shopping sprees, giant robots, and actual fireworks, the unlikely pair flounder through their new romance and unlock their true feelings. Crafted over 7 years by the acclaimed STUDIO4°C and veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, ChaO is an inventive and genre-defying delight bursting with color and character. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, ChaO’s singular narrative is an ode to boundless love.

Given the United States' improvised, unilateral & unprovoked invasion of Iran, and it's attempt to drag NATO into the quagmire, NOW seems as good a time as any to revisit Taghi Amirani and Walter Murch's COUP 53. Ten years in the making, COUP 53 tells the story of the 1953 the Anglo-American coup d’état that overthrew Iran’s government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. The CIA/MI6 covert action was called Operation Ajax. It was all about Iran’s oil and who gets to control and benefit from it. BP was at the heart of this story. Shot in seven countries, featuring participants and first-hand witnesses, and unearthing never seen before archive material, COUP 53 is a politically explosive and cinematically innovative documentary that lifts the lid on secrets buried for over sixty-six years.

Cuba After Castro delivers the definitive portrait of Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba’s first leader born after the Revolution. Through this unprecedented in-depth interview we see a vision of revolutionary Cuba suppressed in the west: a nation of collective values and defiance in the face of constant threats from the United States. The film chronicles Diaz-Canel’s formation as an unexpected successor to the Castros — an unassuming organizer molded by the revolutionary process. Confronting a perfect storm of intensified U.S. sanctions, a media war, a devastating pandemic, and historic domestic protests. Díaz-Canel reflects on navigating these existential crises for the nation he has come to lead.

Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love, a girl already promised to someone else.

Across the globe millions of puppy breeders and rescue shelters supply dogs responsibly, but there is also a sinister world of abuse and exploitation. 'Dogspiracy' follows British vet, author and animal welfare campaigner Marc Abraham as he investigates the US puppy mill pipeline, canine fertility clinics and puppy smuggling. 'Dogspiracy' aims to empower the public into knowing how to do the right thing, despite the disappointment from our politicians.

Lesbians didn’t always get to see themselves on screen, but between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they built visibility and transformed the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, Jenni Olson, and film critic B. Ruby Rich, among many others, share moving — and often hilarious — stories from their lives to discuss how they've expressed queer identity through film.

The combustible chemistry between a Polish florist and a British tourist in this charming postcard of sapphic synchronicity.

With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time.

A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don't, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese epic historical drama film, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi. Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera (Jing-Ju) Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles (Dan-Jue) while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords (Sheng-Jue). Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou, who fails to fully reciprocate his affections and marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle. Hailed as a “cultural achievement” (The New York Times) and widely considered one of the most important motion pictures ever made, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE is a “gorgeous, intoxicating epic” (Los Angeles Times) that is both “visually spectacular” and “sumptuous in every respect” (Time Out). Spanning 50 years from the early 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Chen Kaige's passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing country while revealing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story. Based on the bestselling novel by Lillian Lee, it was selected as one of the “100 Best Films in Global History” by TIME Magazine, was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and remains the only Chinese-language film to ever win the Palme d’Or. This film is the latest restored uncut 4K version (20 minutes longer than its original Miramax theatrical release). 程蝶衣（张国荣 饰）和段小楼（张丰毅 饰）从小在京剧学校接受严苛的训练长大，师傅们经常以体罚的方式来灌输纪律性，使学生掌握这门古老艺术所需的复杂身段与唱腔技巧。随着两人逐渐成长，他们形成了互补的才华：眉清目秀、气质纤细的蝶衣主要扮演旦角，而小楼则饰演阳刚的武将角色。 对蝶衣而言，舞台上的身份逐渐走入现实，他爱上了小楼；然而小楼并未完全回应这份感情，反而娶了名妓菊仙（巩俐 饰），由此形成了一段充满危险与嫉妒的情感三角关系。而这段复杂的关系，在近代中国的时代洪流之下，必然地逐渐把三人撕扯破碎，并拖至深渊… 《霸王别姬》改编自李碧华同名小说，由陈凯歌执导，张国荣、巩俐、张丰毅主演的电影。本片获得第46届法国戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，成为第一部也是迄今唯一获得此奖项的华语电影。亦被视为有史以来最伟大的华文电影之一。此外，该片还荣获美国金球奖最佳外语片，以及第66届奥斯卡最佳外语片奖提名，并于2005年被美国《时代》周刊评为“百大不朽电影”之一。2006年，《首映》杂志将巩俐饰演的“菊仙”列为“有史以来最伟大表演100位”第89名。 片源为2023年为纪念本片上映30周年，而重新修复的 4K 无删减版本，比早先上院线版多出约 20 分钟。 Award获奖情况 1993 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or and FIPRESCI Prize 1993 法国戛纳电影节｜金棕榈奖、费比西奖 1994金球奖｜最佳外语片 1994 Golden Globe Award Best Foreign Language Film 1994英国电影学院奖｜最佳外语片 1994 British Academy Film Awards Best Film not in the English Language 1994洛杉矶影评人协会奖｜最佳外语片 1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film 1994奥斯卡金像奖｜最佳外语片，最佳摄影奖 提名 1994 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography Nomination

The story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage heiress Patty Hearst, which set off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history. February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.

John Muller, a petty and arrogant crook, devises a plot to rob an illegal gambling joint and when the caper becomes badly botched, he goes on the lam, frantically trying to evade the gangsters he tried to burn. While in hiding he discovers he bears a strong and strange resemblance to a noted psychiatrist and, through a murderous plan, Muller assumes his identity. A dangerous romantic interlude accompanies this scheme, and the brilliant ironic twist at the end will leave you speechless. A sadly underseen film noir classic. Starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, John Qualen, Leslie Brooks. Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs. Photographed by John Alton. Directed by Steve Sekely. In B&W. 83 mins. 1948.

Director Mikhail Kalatozov’s delirious masterpiece unfolds in four stunning vignettes that paint a portrait of pre-revolutionary Cuba—its culture and the people who call the island home. Shot soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis, this wildly offbeat celebration of Communist iconography mixes Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality. Newly restored, “I Am Cuba” has never looked or sounded better.

When Orsolya oversees the eviction of a local elderly man in Cluj, Transylvania, the unintended consequences come to shatter her and her understanding of her place in society. Spiraling into an existential crisis, she traverses the city, meeting with various people in her life — her husband, an old friend, her former student, a priest — to consider and reconcile her place in an increasingly maddening modern world in award-winning filmmaker Radu Jude’s latest furious and hysterical moral parable.

When legendary bandit “Pocky” Zhang violently crosses paths with the con man Tang, Tang offers an intriguing proposition: he can help Zhang become the county governor of Goose Town and make more money in a month than a year of train robberies. But neither realizes that Goose Town is already under the iron rule of Master Huang (Hong Kong action legend Chow Yun Fat), a ruthless and wealthy crime lord. So Zhang and Huang begin a hyper-violent and hilarious series of escalating mind games in this masterfully vicious, pitch-black action-comedy, China’s highest-grossing film of all time.

Linda Perry is one of the most recognizable artists of the past 30 years. The hat, tattoos and her hit single What’s Up? with 4 Non Blondes made her an icon. In the decades since that song topped the charts, Linda has reinvented herself as a songwriter and producer, penning hits for artists like Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera and Pink. This film offers an intimate look at a vulnerable and courageous woman who dreams big, yet still struggles with the past and present, with fear, identity and family, as she grapples with the same big question we all do: Who am I?

Part of our ongoing series Wild, Weird Wicked: Films from Before the Code! A small-time criminal (Edward G. Robinson, in one of his best-known roles) moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

Four best friends are graduating from the University of the Philippines Diliman, their paths diverging in significant, if inevitable ways. Joey (Lorna Tolentino) bounces from lover to lover, couch to couch. Kathy (Gina Alajar), a mediocre singer, is intent on making it at all costs. Sylvia (Sandy Andolong) separates from her husband, while he sets up house with another man. Maritess (Anna Marin) gets married and sees her life reduced to the role of mother and housewife. Over the course of three years, the life of four friends intersects at the vanguard of wider societal changes. Unhurried, rich with character development, and unlike any ensemble in international cinema, Moral, the midpoint film in Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s landmark feminist trilogy, is often considered one of the best Filipino films ever made. Miraculously restored from near-unsalvageable elements in 2017, it remains an essential film for its bold structure and epic portrait of womanhood in the time of Martial Law. From anti-Marcos resistance to American culture creeping to new values being put in practice, Moral is a novelistic examination of an evolving Philippines society heading into the 80s with updated definitions.

Merging elements from ‘Dracula’s Daughter’ (1936) with André Breton’s surrealist novel ‘Nadja'(1928), and fusing shimmering black-and-white 35mm with hallucinatory Pixelvision video, Michael Almereyda’s (‘Tesla,’ ‘Experimenter,’ ‘Hamlet’) acclaimed cult film centers on New York-based vampire Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) as she draws close to her twin brother Edgar (Jared Harris) following their father’s death at the hands of Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda). Edgar’s private nurse (Suzy Amis), Van Helsing’s nephew Jim (Martin Donovan), and Jim’s wife (Galaxy Craze) are entangled in the story as the vampire killer pursues ‘the fiend’ from Manhattan to Transylvania.

No One Cares About Crazy People is a powerful and deeply human documentary that confronts one of the most urgent yet overlooked crises of our time: the reality of living with severe mental illness in America. Director Gail Freedman delivers a film that is both intimate and expansive, weaving together personal experience, expert insight, and systemic critique to create a gripping and emotionally resonant cinematic journey.

Acclaimed Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia Martel (ZAMA, THE HEADLESS WOMAN) takes a sweeping approach to this tragic true story, triangulating the murder trial of three men, the lives of activist Chocobar and his fellow Chuchagasta people, and the centuries-old, colonialist legacy of land and property theft across Latin America.

In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. Palestine's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.

When Pee-wee Herman's idyllic world is destroyed by the theft of his fire-engine red bicycle, the pre-pubescent adult sets out on a manic cross-country odyssey to recover his most valued possession. Director Tim Burton makes his feature-film debut with this comic masterpiece.

A tightly-wound film noir crime thriller featuring some of John Alton’s most thrilling images. Newly escaped convict Joe Sullivan desperately wants to reconnect with the sadistic crime boss he took the prison rap for—as well as the bundle of cash he has waiting for him. The plan becomes complicated when two women, each with their own design on Joe, enter the picture. Alton manages to give the film a wonderfully florid look, with actions and emotions racing wildly out of control. Love and bullets rarely mix well, as this stunning film so aptly proves. Starring Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Burr, John Ireland. Screenplay by Leopold Atlas and John C. Higgins. Photographed by John Alton. Directed by Anthony Mann. In B&W. 79 mins. 1948.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s follow-up to his international breakthrough Cure (1997), SERPENT’S PATH is a dark gangland thriller with philosophical overtones. Obsessed with avenging his young daughter’s murder, yakuza subordinate Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa) recruits Nijima (Sho Aikawa), a brilliant yet strangely detached math teacher, to help carry out a scheme to kidnap and torture the man allegedly responsible. But the plan goes awry when their target, Otsuki (Yurei Yanagi), fingers another mobster as the mastermind behind Miyashita’s tragedy. As the two partners ascend the yakuza chain of command in search of the true culprit, Miyashita and Nijima follow the cold, calculating logic of revenge, descending into a moral abyss from which they may never surface. Featuring Kurosawa’s patented long takes and his claustrophobic arrangement of space, SERPENT’S PATH is one of the legendary director’s most chilling investigations into the endless cycle of violence and the evil that lodges in every heart. Kurosawa would go on to remake the story in 2024, but the original remains as shocking and timeless as ever. Playing with CHIME (2024), Kurosawa’s 45-minute featurette about a culinary teacher who becomes consumed with a sense of dread when strange things begin happening to his students.

A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.

Showgirls of Pakistan follows mujra dancers Afreen Khan, Uzma Khan, and Reema Jaan as they defy censorship, predatory managers, and social stigma in pursuit of stardom. The documentary recasts the centuries-old mujra tradition, originally performed by appointed dancers in the courts of the Mughal Empire, as a stage for moral contest. Using the dancers’ own social-media videos and intimate vérité alongside archival footage from decades of Pakistani film and television, Showgirls weaves together their personal journeys with the larger story of the country’s performing arts and screen culture. Showgirls of Pakistan unfolds as an arresting and singular portrait of women who perform, endure, and dream in the spotlight.

Amy Goodman takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth. Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny, Steal This Story, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

Screening and Conversation with Director Steven Jenkins Musical Performance by Special Guests Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio—all different from the 2024 presentation. Selections include early acoustic versions of “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Girl from the North Country;” an intense rendition of “Isis” from the Rolling Thunder Revue, with Dylan in face paint; a delicate performance of “Simple Twist of Fate” featuring Scarlet Rivera on violin; The Band backing a swaggering run-through of “Baby Let Me Follow You Down;” a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “Vigilante Man” with Ry Cooder and Van Dyke Parks; a glimpse into the Archive’s film restoration project with never-before-seen footage of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 1966; and many more treasures. Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins will present the films and engage in a post-screening discussion and audience Q&A, followed by a brief performance featuring XXXXX XXXXX. For tickets and complete program information, please visit https://roxie.com/ This program is generously supported by XXXXX XXXXX. The Bob Dylan Center opened in Tulsa, OK in May 2022 as the permanent home of the Bob Dylan Archive. The mission of the Center is to inspire and celebrate fearless creativity by exploring the music and artistry of the Nobel Prize–winning singer-songwriter as a catalyst for personal expression and cultural change.

A kaleidoscopic portrait of the visionary jazz musician, composer, and poet known as Sun Ra and the musical, historical, and philosophical currents that shaped him.

Truly one of the most unusual films in the entire film noir canon, it tells the story of a beautiful young widow who becomes the victim of a cruel plot, one seemingly hatched by a mysterious fortune teller tied to a group of criminals. A curious wave of romance and danger envelops this strange and beautiful film, giving Alton ample opportunities to incorporate the exotic supernatural qualities it has with just the proper amount of atmospheric splendor. Starring Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis. Screenplay by Crane Wilbur and Muriel Roy Boulton. Photographed by John Alton. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. In B&W. 78 mins. 1948.

Without a doubt among the most hard-edged film noir thrillers of the 50s, it continues to thrill and fascinate audiences with its uneasy mix of wanton sexuality and brutal violence. An obsessed cop will stop at nothing to bring down a vicious crime lord, even if it means sacrificing the lives of those who mean the most to him. Here, Alton delivers some of his most potent imagery, creating a pervasive atmosphere of mounting dread. Starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker. Screenplay by Philip Yordan. Photographed by John Alton. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. In B&W. 87 mins. 1955.

To maximize economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses-instead embarking on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.

A bourgeois middle-aged dentist named Veronica (MARIA ONETTO) drives alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. Immediately she becomes disoriented, unmoored from her identity and reality, like a sleepwalker who’s actually awake. As the week go on, she becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone: a young boy whose body is found in a roadside canal. Veronica tries to piece together what happened while her husband systematically erases her tracks. A chilling parable about a woman in shock, Lucrecia Martel’s third feature explores the intricacies of class and the role of women in a male-dominated society.

Mamoru Oshii’s (GHOST IN THE SHELL) first live-action feature is a delirious fusion of science fiction, film noir, and political satire. Returning to Tokyo years after a failed rebellion by his elite Kerberos police unit, Kōichi Todome finds a city warped beyond recognition: a paranoid surveillance state where noodle stands are illegal, loyalties shift like shadows, and reality itself seems to fray. Bleak, absurd, and hallucinatory, THE RED SPECTACLES launches Oshii’s legendary Kerberos Saga with a heady mix of dystopian intrigue and surreal black comedy.

Photopraphed in sterling, sensuous black-and-white, Francois Ozon's new take on Albert Camus's classic novel of existentialist ennui is a landmark of adaptation, simultaneously faithful to the text and dedicated to discovering fresh perspectives in the margins. Meursault works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. Meursault finds his routine upended by the sudden death of his mother. As Meursault gets swept up in a cycle of escalating reprisals among his neighbors, tensions come to a head with a fateful encounter on the beach.

Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, enjoys free flights courtesy of his best friend and roommate, Bruce, who works for an airline. However, when Beatrice, a more successful filmmaker, enters the picture and starts dating Bruce, Simon risks flying too close to the sun.

TRAINS is a found-footage documentary composed entirely of archival materials, creating a collective portrait of people in 20th-century Europe—capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies. A train compartment is a space where people are temporarily removed from their everyday lives. For a few hours or days, they form a fleeting community, their experiences unfolding according to a timetable. A train journey can be beautiful and magical, but also deeply dramatic—sometimes filled with hope for change, and at other times marked by a stark absence of it. Throughout history, similar scenes repeat themselves in railway carriages: soldiers departing for war and returning wounded—or not at all—followed by waves of civilians, evacuees, prisoners of war, and the aftermath of conflict. Eventually, these moments give way once again to ordinary travel, until the cycle repeats. TRAINS is an artistic exploration that expands the language of cinema while rebuilding the emotional connection between the viewer and archival reality.

Rewind Presents ~ The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 w/ Drag by Mary Vice Join us for the epic conclusion of the Twilight Saga. You know it, you love it, you won’t want to miss it! After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. Join us for a happy hour at Dalva at 8pm… show your ticket for a discounted drink! Arrive on time for a chance to win a raffle prize!

Born in a warehouse hidden behind a hand-painted sign for a "Children’s Retirement Home", UGLY BABY is what happens when you stop trying to curate childhood and start honoring its unfiltered, psychedelic madness. UGLY BABY is a high-octane variety show written by, starring, and fueled by young maniacs who attend Rock Band Land, treated with the technical reverence of a professional production. There will be an intermission and a Q&A with the makers of Ugly Baby after the showing.

Under the Volcano follows the final day in the life of self-destructive British consul Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney, in an Oscar-nominated tour de force) on the eve of World War II. Withering from alcoholism, Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife (Jacqueline Bisset) but only further alienating himself. John Huston's ambitious tackling of Malcolm Lowry's towering “unadaptable” novel gave the incomparable Finney one of his grandest roles and was the legendary The Treasure of the Sierra Madre director's triumphant return to filmmaking in Mexico.