NR
The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave.
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In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it's too late?
Rfor bloody violent content and language.
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
PG-13for violent content, macabre and bloody images, strong language, some suggestive material and brief drug use.
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Rfor language and some sexual references.
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
PG
Cereal Cinema is the New Parkway's Saturday morning offering of family-friendly fun, accompanied by an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. We'll have classic cartoons from decades past on the screen, none announced until the actual show, but all of a PG or G equivalency.
R
The Movie is set on Mars in 2071, 49 years after Earth was mostly abandoned after a catastrophe. Humanity has settled on other planets and moons in the solar system. The film's protagonists are legalized bounty hunters who travel together on the spaceship Bebop.
Rfor intense sequences of strong violence, and for strong language
To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
Lover Of Men examines the intimate life of America's most consequential president, Abraham Lincoln. As told by preeminent Lincoln scholars and never before seen photographs and letters, the film details Lincoln's romantic relationships with men. Lover Of Men widens its lens into the history of human sexual fluidity and focuses on the profound differences between sexual mores of the nineteenth century and those we hold today. The film fills in an important missing piece of American history and challenges the audience to consider why we have such a limited view of human sexuality. Lover Of Men is not only an exploration of gender roles and sexual identity but also examines American intolerance.
Five women enveloped in opulence at the turn of the millennium welcome us into their sanctuaries. Drunken Film Fest Oakland fan favorite Ryan McGlade (Buddymovie ‘22 Best US Narrative, Knickknacks ‘20, Bennifer ‘18) is joined by artist and filmmaker Molly Wurwand in their joint feature debut.
Si Pudiera Quedarme "Si Pudiera Quedarme / If I Could Stay" is a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of two undocumented Latinx mothers, Jeanette and Ingrid, who courageously enter local churches to evade deportation and protect their families. Over five years, they must face the constant threat of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids while fighting for their legal status and inspiring allies in the predominantly white faith communities. Through an intimate and raw lens, the film showcases the unwavering strength, love, and sacrifice of these mothers, who risk everything to keep their families together in the country they call home. "Si Pudiera Quedarme / If I Could Stay" is a call to action and a powerful reminder that providing Sanctuary is not just an act of charity, but a crucial act of social justice. "jardines" Set in a one of the few LGBTQ+ shelters in Tijuana, jardines is an intimate portrait of the life experiences and trajectories unique to displaced queer folks as they flee violence and persecution in their home countries. Crafted with a lush, poetic and joyous eye the film introduces us to people from allover the world as they contemplate the uncertainty of a future in the United States at a time when asylum legislation and LGBTQ+ rights are under legal duress. It is in this limbo, amid the shelter's walls, that we share a moment in time with its residents. Strangers become friends and family, as they begin to share deep moments of joy and grief, sorrow and hope.
Rfor strong/bloody violent content, sexual material, drug use and language.
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Investigative reporter Julie Reynolds, Denver Post editorialist Chuck Plunkett and a handful of others, backed by the NewsGuild Union, go toe-to-toe with the faceless Alden Global Capital in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism across America. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service and the lifeblood of our democracy?
The Berkeley Film Foundation presents a program of shorts by and about formerly incarcerated filmmakers, with a post program Q&A. FINDING MA directed by Thanh Tran (14 minutes) After 20 years apart, a Vietnamese American family shattered by foster care and prison systems reunites to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento. FRIENDLY SIGNS directed by Rahsaan “New York” Thomas (22 minutes) Incarcerated man, who grew up with a deaf older brother, seeks to make San Quentin State Prison a safe and inclusive space for “his brother’s community” by start a sign language class. THE BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS directed by Antwan “Banks” Williams. (30 minutes) Paroled from the notorious San Quentin State Prison in 2019, Antwan and Eric embark on mission that challenges societal norms and redefines the power of second chances. Their destination? An elite private school nestled in the heart of Marin, California. JUDGING JURIES directed by Abby Ginzberg – 24 minutes Judging Juries reveals the barriers to jury service which deprive defendants in criminal cases of juries which represent a cross-section of the community. While there are many issues contributing to the lack of diversity in the jury pool, juror pay is at the top of the list. In California, jurors receive $15 per day for jury duty. In Mississippi, they receive $5 per day and in New York state they receive $40 per day. Clearly, this payment schedule needs to be revised, particularly if jury duty requires the possibility of missed weeks of work without compensation. An innovative program in San Francisco called Be the Jury, which pays jurors $100 per day, has discovered that many more working people and people of color are able to serve as a result of this increase in compensation.
R
A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.
R
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.
Rfor violence/gore
It is many thousand years in the future. Vampires once ruled the night but have seen their numbers reduced by fearless bounty hunters. One such hunter is D, the halfbreed son of a human mother and vampire father. When a girl from a rich family is taken from her home by the vampire Meier Link, her father contracts both D and the Markus brothers (a rival group of hunters) to race to retrieve her. As the heroes fight their way through Meier's hired guards, they begin to suspect that the girl may have gone with him willingly.
Now in its tenth year, the Weird Film Fest rounds up short horror, sci-fi, fantasy & just plain weird films from around the world. Pre-apocalypse, post-apocalypse, now-apocalypse - we’ve seen it all, from Argentine zombie bikers, Slovak werewolves and revenant Mississippi clowns to the mayhem of a Kaiju defying a Homeowner's Association. Come prepared for a trivia contest with prizes!
Rbloody violent content, some sexual material and language.
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.