Akira, 1988 ‘アキラ’ Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo NEO-TOKYO IS ABOUT TO E.X.P.L.O.D.E. A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop. Presented in Japanese w/ English subtitles

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel's death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's conflicted relationship.

An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

A new documentary offering an intimate look at the life and career of Emmy and Tony Award–winning performer Bea Arthur. The film is built around a never‑before‑seen interview with Arthur, paired with new conversations from colleagues and friends who worked alongside her throughout her remarkable career. From her early days at The New School, to her groundbreaking work in off‑Broadway, Broadway, cabaret, and television, the documentary traces Arthur’s evolution into one of entertainment’s most distinctive voices. Audiences will revisit her iconic roles as Maude and Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls, her Tony‑winning turn as Vera Charles in Mame, and her decades‑long advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. The film reveals the Bea Arthur few ever saw: sharp, compassionate, fiercely intelligent, and deeply committed to the causes she championed.

Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this documentary chronicles the career of director John Boorman and the tumultuous production of his film Exorcist II: The Heretic, exploring its critical and commercial failure, how it changed the industry, and the importance of risk-taking in art.

San and Mayu attend an all-girls school on a warm and tranquil island. When war reaches their shores, they are ordered to help nurse the wounded in a military hospital hidden away in a cave. Amidst escalating death and brutality, the friends struggle to find solace in their fragile lives. Based on the manga by Machiko Kyo, cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood is the debut feature from Yukimitsu Ina and animation studio SASAYURI, founded by former Studio Ghibli animator Hitomi Tateno. The project brings together legendary veteran animators like Akihiko Yamashita and Shinji Otsuka, known for their work on PRINCESS MONONOKE and THE BOY AND THE HERON, with a new, young generation of animating talent. Featuring a stirring score from kensuke ushio (A Silent Voice, Chainsaw Man), the film is a devastating yet beautiful plea for peace. As a bonus for theatrical screenings, fans of the legendary composer kensuke ushio will be able to enjoy a special behind-the-scenes look at his process composing the score.

35 MilliMurder Presents: Creature From the Black Lagoon on 35mm Film! A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into. He finally manages to sell his painting to a wealthy female admirer, but he's paid by check. Low on cash, he spends the evening wandering from club to club, looking for a beautiful girl he had met earlier, so he'll have a place to spend the night. Downtown 81 not only captures one of the most interesting and lively artists of the twentieth century as he is poised for fame, but it is a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture, with the emergence of new wave music, new painting, hip hop and graffiti.

A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.

In a dark movie theater filled with people watching a film. A man is sleeping on a bed with a sleeping dog next to another empty twin bed with the same sheets. He gets up and looks out the window and we see he is the man who's name is Mr. Oscar.

Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house on Haunted Hill for a "haunted House" party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.

In the suburbs of Rome, translator Vittoria breaks her engagement with her boyfriend, writer Riccardo, after a troubled night. Vittoria goes downtown to meet her mother, who is addicted to the stock market, and she meets materialist broker Piero on a day the stock-market crashes. Piero and Vittoria begin a monosyllabic relationship.

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.

LIVE MUSIC: Izaak Opatz Joe Kaplow 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $18 DOOR

Gallery 3630 Presents ~ McQueen... A personal look at the extraordinary life, career and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, McQueen is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.

Rewind Wednesday takes you back to 2004 to relive the masterpiece that is Mean Girls (on VHS!) Please note this will get you into Mean Girls only, for full access to Lindsay Lohan Fest, please purchase an all day pass for only $5 more! Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Local musician Marc Capelle performs various pieces of classic Twin Peaks music live at the Balboa.

Ignited by what may be the most hilariously disastrous meet-cute in cinema history, Kwak Jae-Yong’s MY SASSY GIRL reinvented the romcom with wild aplomb. An unassuming young man’s whole world is turned upside down when a beautiful and ferocious female force of nature takes his life by storm. Their ensuing tumultuous relationship both scales the heights of blockbuster movie fantasies and descends the poignant depths of heartache in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love. Based on a South Korean netizen’s blog of reportedly true stories about his girlfriend, the film proved a massive sleeper hit and one of the most influential Asian films of the 21st century. A must-see contemporary classic, MY SASSY GIRL is an “unabashed crowd-pleaser that mixes genres with the audacious abandon that makes Korean cinema so much fun” (Film at Lincoln Center).

On July 27, 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans. The concert was part of the famed Magic Tour, which was the last time the band toured with lead singer Freddie Mercury. Now, this original concert film has been beautifully rescanned and remastered in 4K alongside a dynamic new audio mix, featuring many of Queen's favorite tracks—"Bohemian Rhapsody,” "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "I Want To Break Free” and "We Are The Champions." With three years to go before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this was the first Western rock concert performed in a stadium behind the then Iron Curtain. It was of such significance to the Hungarian authorities and film industry that a group of the country’s top film cameramen and technicians were brought together to film it for posterity.

Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord's mistress, who has recently displeased the ruler. Reluctantly, father and son take in the woman, and, to the family’s surprise, the young couple fall in love. But the lord soon reverses his decision and demands the mistress’s return. Against all expectations, Isaburo and his son refuse, risking the destruction of their entire family. Director Masaki Kobayashi's Samurai Rebellion is the gripping story of a peaceful man who finally decides to take a stand against injustice.

Sleepbomb is a San Francisco-based cinematic psychedelic post-rock band focused on full, original scores for genre films including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu and Metropolis, George Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead and the epic swords & snakes of John Milius’ 1982 Conan the Barbarian. Frankenstein is a brand new Sleepbomb score, full of their signature psychedelic doom and gloom set to the iconic Boris Karloff performance as The Monster! Be there! Musically, Sleepbomb ranges from heavy doom riffs to dreamy shoegaze, dark soundscapes punctuated with shimmering guitar and ethereal organ. Originally stylistically close to a chaotic version of Throbbing Gristle vs Black Sabbath, Sleepbomb has been exploring experimental sounds and forms throughout their career, guided by the band’s love of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Coil, Neurosis, Sunn 0))), Ulver and Swans, among others. Settling on a drone influenced style of psychedelic post-rock as the overarching theme while exploring other genres as appropriate for each film’s particular style, Sleepbomb’s goal is to re-contextualize the experience of these well known films.

During a three day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Seattle, 1983. Taking their camera to the streets of what was supposedly America’s most livable city, filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of those society had left behind: homeless and runaway teenagers living on the city’s margins. Born from a Life magazine exposé by Mark and McCall, Streetwise follows an unforgettable group of at-risk children—including iron-willed fourteen-year-old Tiny, who would become the project’s most haunting and enduring face, along with the pugnacious yet resourceful Rat and the affable drifter DeWayne—who, driven from their broken homes, survive by hustling, panhandling, and dumpster diving. Granted remarkable access to their world, the filmmakers craft a devastatingly frank, nonjudgmental portrait of lost youth growing up far too soon in a world that has failed them.

Presenting Strange Movies at the haunted & historic Balboa Theatre!

Visionary director Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) presents a new kind of horror remake in TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. Bursting with imagination and surreal wit, their latest genre-bending wonder affirms there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure. After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director (Hannah Einbinder) is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress (Gillian Anderson), the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, delirium — under threat from the spear-wielding Little Death. Winner of the Queer Palm, this transformative Cannes favorite leads its protagonists to true fulfillment, encouraging us to ask how we can reach our own.

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving. Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film The Last Picture Show, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry. The Last Picture Shows is not only a timely portrait of an industry in crisis, one facing the headwinds of consolidation, streaming, and the diminishing theatrical experience, but it also reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.

The Mummy, 1999 Directed by Stephen Sommers THE LEGEND YOU KNOW. THE ADVENTURE YOU HAVE YET TO IMAGINE. Dashing legionnaire Rick O’Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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!

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!

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarries and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. That's right - vampire. But he doesn't have fangs - that's just in the movies. And he doesn't...

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.

The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic

Agent Cooper finds a great cup of coffee and the world's worst cup of coffee on the same day; Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson are freed from custody; Doctor Hayward delivers Laura Palmer's autopsy report. Agent Cooper shows the sheriff's department an uncommon deductive technique; Benjamin and Jerry Horne visit One-Eyed Jacks; Donna and James make a commitment; Leo holds Bobby at gunpoint.

Audrey confesses to Cooper that she was the one who left him the note about One Eyed Jack's; Cooper informs Truman that, despite his insistence that the dream is a code for solving the crime, he cannot recall the killer's identity from it. Cooper questions Dr Jacoby, and he points to Leo Johnson as the suspected killer; Cooper's superior, Gordon Cole, calls in to share Albert's findings; the One-Armed Man is pursued by Hawk; Josie Packard observes Ben Horne and Catherine Martell.

Cooper, Truman, Hawk, and Dr Hayward venture into the woods and have tea with the Log Lady and discover a crime scene in the woods. Audrey Horne takes a job at her father's department store to look further. Audrey manages to get a job at the perfume counter alongside Laura and soon discovers that it is a front for recruiting for One Eyed Jacks; Sheriff Truman is informed of Josie's suspicions; Dr Jacoby receives a call from the late Laura Palmer. Audrey takes a job at One Eyed Jack's, but is trapped when her father arrives; Cooper gets Jacques Renault to confess the details of Laura Palmer's final night in the cabin; Deputy Andy saves Truman's life and manages to apprehend Renault.

After being shot by an unseen assailant, a wounded Cooper has a vision of a giant who tells him three clues to help with the investigation. In the morning, Albert Rosenfield arrives back in town to investigate the shooting.

Cooper faces his deepest fears as he hunts for Windom Earle, who has kidnapped Annie; Dr. Hayward scuffles with Ben Horne; Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience at the Twin Peaks Savings & Loan; Cooper tries to bargain with Earle.

James and Donna reaffirm their love after he saves her and Maddy from Harold Smith's angry attack, but are forced to leave Laura's secret diary behind. Elsewhere, Cooper informs Ben of his rescue of Audrey from One-Eyed Jacks. At the Great Northern, Cooper and the One-Armed Man scrutinise the hotel guests; Hawk discovers the body of Harold Smith, leaving behind a cryptic note and a destroyed diary; Leo mentions new shoes to Bobby.

With Ben Horne in jail for Laura Palmer's murder, Jerry tries to arrange a defence for him. Cooper doubts Ben's guilt, but Truman thinks otherwise. With the discovery of Maddy Ferguson's dead body, Cooper and Truman, aided by Albert Rosenfeld, push their investigation into full-drive. Catherine, disguised once again as Mr Tojamura, visits Ben in jail.

25 years after the murder of Laura Palmer, Deputy Sheriff Hawk investigates the disappearance of FBI agent Dale Cooper again. In South Dakota, a horrendous murder appears to be associated with the events in Twin Peaks. The Investigation take a weird turn, Cooper has new encounters in the Lodge, Hawk searches for the answers in the Woods, Mr.C strikes again, there is a strong update on the Glassbox Murders story, Shelly and her friends spot James at the Roadhouse.

25 years after the murder of Laura Palmer, Deputy Sheriff Hawk investigates the disappearance of FBI agent Dale Cooper again. In South Dakota, a horrendous murder appears to be associated with the events in Twin Peaks. The Investigation take a weird turn, Cooper has new encounters in the Lodge, Hawk searches for the answers in the Woods, Mr.C strikes again, there is a strong update on the Glassbox Murders story, Shelly and her friends spot James at the Roadhouse. 5 MINUTE INTERMISSION Cooper's Doppelgänger faces a life-or-death situation. In 1945, the Trinity atomic bomb test in White Sands, New Mexico leads to horrifying unexpected consequences. In 1956, a creepy woodsman covered in scorched engine oil invades a radio station.

Cooper's Doppelgänger faces a life-or-death situation. In 1945, the Trinity atomic bomb test in White Sands, New Mexico leads to horrifying unexpected consequences. In 1956, a creepy woodsman covered in scorched engine oil invades a radio station.