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Monday 19, May

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts*

TBCfor strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.

Monday 19, May

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

PG

Monday 19, May

Tuesday 20, May

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts*

TBCfor strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.

Tuesday 20, May

Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

Tuesday 20, May

Wednesday 21, May

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts*

TBCfor strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.

Wednesday 21, May

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

PG

Wednesday 21, May

Thursday 22, May

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts*

TBCfor strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.

Thursday 22, May

the Island of Dr Moreau

the Island of Dr Moreau

PG-13

Thursday 22, May

Friday 23, May

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

PGfor some violence and tension

Friday 23, May

Rear Window

Rear Window

PG

Friday 23, May

Comedy At The Balboa

Comedy At The Balboa

PG-13

Friday 23, May

Saturday 24, May

Suspicion

Suspicion

PG

Saturday 24, May

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

PG

Saturday 24, May

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

PG

Saturday 24, May

Gorillaz: Demon Days 20th Anniversary Party

Gorillaz: Demon Days 20th Anniversary Party

PG-13

Saturday 24, May

Sunday 25, May

Marnie

Marnie

PG

Sunday 25, May

Rope

Rope

Sunday 25, May

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

PGsome action violence, mild suggestive material and smoking

Sunday 25, May

Monday 26, May

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

PG

Monday 26, May

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

PG

Monday 26, May

Vertigo

Vertigo

PG

Monday 26, May

Tuesday 27, May

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka

PG-13

Tuesday 27, May

Wednesday 28, May

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

PG

Wednesday 28, May

Thursday 29, May

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

R

Thursday 29, May

Friday 30, May

Superbad

Superbad

Rpervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens.

Friday 30, May

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

PG-13for sexual humor, language and comic violence

Friday 30, May

Saturday 31, May

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

R

Saturday 31, May

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

R

Saturday 31, May

Sunday 1, June

American Psycho

American Psycho

Rstrong violence, sexuality, drug use and language.

Sunday 1, June

Monday 2, June

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Rfor sexuality and language.

Monday 2, June

Tuesday 3, June

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

Tuesday 3, June

Wednesday 4, June

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

Wednesday 4, June

Thursday 5, June

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Thursday 5, June

Friday 6, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Friday 6, June

Kamikaze Hearts

Kamikaze Hearts

NR

Friday 6, June

Saturday 7, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented

Rfor strong crude sexual content, violence, language and drug use.

The Room

The Room

R

Saturday 7, June

Sunday 8, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Ex Machina

Ex Machina

RRated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence

Monday 9, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Monday 9, June

Celine and Julie Go Boating

Celine and Julie Go Boating

Monday 9, June

Tuesday 10, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Tuesday 10, June

The Doors

The Doors

R

Tuesday 10, June

Wednesday 11, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Wednesday 11, June

Super Shangri-La Show

Super Shangri-La Show

Wednesday 11, June

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

Wednesday 11, June

Thursday 12, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Thursday 12, June

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

PG

Thursday 12, June

Friday 13, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

R

Friday 13, June

Saturday 14, June

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

R

American Psycho

American Psycho

Rstrong violence, sexuality, drug use and language.

A wealthy New York investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Sunday 1, June

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

PG-13for sexual humor, language and comic violence

Hotshot television anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) welcomes upstart reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) into the male-dominated world of 1970s broadcast news -- that is, until the talented female journalist begins to outshine Burgundy on air. Soon he grows jealous, begins a bitter feud with Veronica and eventually makes a vulgar slip on live TV that ruins his career. However, when an outrageous story breaks at the San Diego Zoo, Ron may get a chance to redeem himself.

Friday 30, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Wednesday 11, June

Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented

Rfor strong crude sexual content, violence, language and drug use.

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Celine and Julie Go Boating

Celine and Julie Go Boating

Céline and Julie Go Boating, 1974 ‘Céline et Julie vont en bateau’ Directed by Jacques Rivette A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.

Monday 9, June

Comedy At The Balboa

Comedy At The Balboa

PG-13

Live comedy show

Friday 23, May

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

PG

In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for their marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theater. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned.

Saturday 24, May

Ex Machina

Ex Machina

RRated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence

A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

PG

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.

Thursday 12, June

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

PG

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Monday 19, May

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

R

Watch Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th. Why not? Friday the 13th, 1980 Directed by Sean S. Cunningham THEY WERE WARNED…THEY ARE DOOMED…AND ON FRIDAY THE 13TH, NOTHING WILL SAVE THEM. Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning.

Gorillaz: Demon Days 20th Anniversary Party

Gorillaz: Demon Days 20th Anniversary Party

PG-13

This year the virtual band Gorillaz, the brilliant, decades long collaboration between musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, celebrates the 20th anniversary of their sonic masterpiece Demon Days. By 2005, Gorillaz was already famous for its combination of catchy tracks and lovable virtual bandmates (brought to life through Hewlett’s incredible artwork). But Demon Day’s masterful genre mixing combined with its melancholic themes of early-aughts alienation have guaranteed its place in the canon of totemic albums from the 21st century, and a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. To celebrate, the Balboa Theatre will be hosting a night to commemorate the band and their incredible album. On May 24th (the 20th anniversary of Demon Days release in the United States), we’ll be running a pop-up in our lobby with local art on sale inspired by Gorillaz followed by a screening of the band’s 2005 performance of the album. Come early to buy fun Gorillaz-inspired art, win trivia prizes, and watch live drag performances inspired by the group, before jamming out with an audience of fans to the songs of a truly timeless classic!

Saturday 24, May

Kamikaze Hearts

Kamikaze Hearts

NR

Alternately distressing, instructive, contestable, and fascinating, Juliet Bashore’s quasi-documentary plunge into the 1980s porn industry takes an unsparing look at issues of misogyny, drug abuse, and exploitation via the story of two women—the naive newcomer Tigr and her partner, the magnetic, imperious porn veteran Sharon Mitchell — caught in a toxic romance. By turns mesmerizing and unsettling, Kamikaze Hearts is both a fascinating record of pre-gentrification San Francisco’s X-rated underground and an intense, searing love story. The film offers a disturbing glimpse of the modification of bodies, feelings, and lives.

Friday 6, June

Marnie

Marnie

PG

Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her, and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.

Sunday 25, May

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

PG

Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore.

Saturday 24, May

Rear Window

Rear Window

PG

Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

Friday 23, May

Rope

Rope

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Sunday 25, May

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

PG

Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much travelled Uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from Uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies' club, as well as the bank President where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved Uncle Charlie.

Monday 26, May

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

"The Ukrainian film 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors' won almost every award in sight on the 1964 film festival circuit... [It] has the kind of heedless energy you glimpse in some of the early work of Martin Scorsese, pounding camerawork so filled with itself it can hardly contain the story. For anyone who’s interested in the Ukrainian culture and customs of perhaps a century ago, 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors' is a treasure, a repository of costumes, masks, superstitions and beliefs, courtship customs and the sufferings of short lives with too much work in them." - rogerebert.com Ivan (Ivan Mikolaichuk) is madly in love with his childhood sweetheart, Marichka (Larisa Kadochnikova). The two, who are also neighbors, have formed an inseparable bond over the years, despite the rift that divides their families: her father murdered his father. Ivan intends to marry his beloved, but is forced to leave town in order to earn a suitable dowry. Once he departs, he endures a series of hurdles and tragedies that complicates the impending union -- only to return to further tragedy. 100% of proceeds from this screening will benefit Razom, https://razomforukraine.org/. The screening will be preceded by a brief history of the film's production and its relevance to the current day, presented by Edmond Soun (co-producer of Media Meltdown at the Balboa).

Thursday 5, June

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

PG

With no money and nowhere to hide, two down on their luck jazz musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) masquerade as members of an all-girl band, leading to a number of romantic complications when one falls for the band’s lead singer played by Marilyn Monroe in one of her most iconic performances.

Wednesday 28, May

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

R

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Saturday 31, May

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

PGfor some violence and tension

Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple: Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants gone. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand, but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the "bargain" and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused to divorce him. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.

Friday 23, May

Super Shangri-La Show

Super Shangri-La Show

Presenting Strange Movies at the haunted & historic Balboa Theatre!

Wednesday 11, June

Superbad

Superbad

Rpervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens.

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Friday 30, May

Suspicion

Suspicion

PG

Johnnie Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets shy Lina McLaidlaw on a train while trying to travel in a first class car with a third class ticket. He begins to court Lina, and before long, they are married. It is only after the honeymoon that she discovers his true character, and she starts to become suspicious when Johnnie's friend and business partner, Beaky, is mysteriously killed.

Saturday 24, May

The Doors

The Doors

R

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Tuesday 10, June

the Island of Dr Moreau

the Island of Dr Moreau

PG-13

After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.

Thursday 22, May

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

PG

While attending a medical conference in Paris, American physician Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna née Conway, and their adolescent son Hank McKenna decide to take a side trip to among other places Marrekesh, French Morocco. With a knife plunged into his back, Frenchman Louis Bernard, who the family met earlier in their bus ride into Marrakesh and who is now masquerading as an Arab, approaches Ben, cryptically whispering into Ben's ears that there will be an attempted assassination in London of a statesman, this news whispered just before Bernard dies. Ben is reluctant to provide any information of this news to the authorities because concurrently Hank is kidnapped by British couple, Edward and Lucy Drayton, who also befriended the McKennas in Marrakesh and who probably have taken Hank out of the country back to England. Whoever the unknown people the Draytons are working for have threatened to kill Hank if Ben divulges any information ...

Monday 26, May

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

PG-13for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout.

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME. The story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor. With: Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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!

Saturday 31, May

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 7, June

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home... where they're plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills...

Tuesday 3, June

Wednesday 4, June

Show Future Dates
The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka

PG-13

A look at the life and survival of Tamara De Lempicka, the renowned painter, through her powerful paintings. A glimpse of her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States and her revival in the current art market.

Tuesday 27, May

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

R

In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.

Thursday 29, May

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts*

TBCfor strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.

In “Thunderbolts*” Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?

Monday 19, May

Tuesday 20, May

Wednesday 21, May

Thursday 22, May

Show Future Dates
Time Bandits

Time Bandits

PG

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

Wednesday 21, May

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

PGsome action violence, mild suggestive material and smoking

American expatriate John Robie, living in high style on the Riviera, is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copycat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on the list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. The Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down the décolletage of a French roulette player.

Sunday 25, May

Vertigo

Vertigo

PG

Vertigo, 1958 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock ALFRED HITCHCOCK ENGULFS YOU IN A WHIRLPOOL OF TERROR AND TENSION! A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Monday 26, May

Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies unfolds in an unknown era in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus—complete with an enormous stuffed whale and a shadowy, demagogue-like figure known as the Prince—arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens, which builds inexorably toward violence and destruction.

Tuesday 20, May

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Rfor sexuality and language.

Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977, days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park. The black community suspect the National Front, but the police pull Chris in as a suspect. This beautifully crafted period piece, a bold and stylish debut feature from Isaac Julien, paints a convincing picture of late-'70s London. The city is a carefully mapped out social landscape, open to all but offering safety to none, as we are taken to a Dalston barber, east London council estates festooned with Union Jacks, West End offices, soul clubs and city parks.

Monday 2, June