This weekend, the 4-Star offers up a festively programmed block of autumnal cartoons to go with the season! You’re in for a program of fall specials that cover everything from timeless holiday staples to newer curiosities that’ll be fun for the whole family. And as with every Popcorn Palace show, seating is totally free.

Basement VHS Presents... A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

MOViES FOR MANiACS is proud to present the Bay Area Premiere of Louise Weard's latest mind-melting Castration chapter. Easily one of the most exciting and audacious films of 2025, The Best of Both Worlds is "a labyrinthine post-modern epic about gender." Circle (Alex Walton), who is trying to leave a trans separatist cult in New York, taps into the transgressive audacity of John Cassavetes and the multi-faceted satire of John Waters and Lina Wertmüller. This equally hilarious and disturbing deconstruction of modern times is truly the new wave of 2020s Independent cinema. Written and Directed by Louise Weard, the cast of: Ivy Wolk (Anora), Lea Rose Sebastianis (The All Golden), Hesse Deni (Brain Death), Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow), Alexandra McVicker (The Serpent’s Skin), Betsey Brown (Actors), Theda Hammel (Stress Positions), and Peter Vack (www.RachelOrmont.com), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos. Music by Ravine Angel, DOOR EATER, Uboa, Nedezuga, and Alex Walton. Hosted by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, co-presented by Frameline and is screening as part of the "Get Off the Internet" Film Festival, which showcases radical cinema, unavailable to stream online. (This is a stand alone chapter in Weard's CASTRATiON Anthology, meaning you do not need to have seen Anthology I.) NOTE: Hot Dogs and Tofu Pups will be on hand for audience members who take the leap at conquering this cinematic Mount Everest. Running Time: 300 minutes (w/ a built-in intermission). Unrated with extreme mature content. No one under the age of 18 permitted.

Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Frozen, 2013 Directed by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee ONLY THE ACT OF TRUE LOVE WILL THAW A FROZEN HEART. Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She’s accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

Filmmaker Emily Wyland reunites with estranged mother for documentary. When mother disappears, Emily and cinematographer Danny pursue clues to her whereabouts amidst traces of her past addictions.

A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20 ADV / $22 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati Local Support TBA 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $14 ADV / $17 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Soft Circuit (Album Release Show) UFO Baby The Pranks Liquid Light Show from Lights Out and Ether Wave 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $14 ADV / $18 DOOR

THE WIZARD OF THE EMERALD CITY (1994) (plus a supercut of THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ) This December, step into a magical land populated by witches, sentient big cats, strapping metallic woodsmen, and derpy scarecrows… Yes, it’s Oz! But no, we’re not watching “Wicked: For Good” (or for evil for that matter). We are, however, capitalizing on the pop culture sensation to show some of our favorite freaky forays to the Emerald City! So whether you're wiggin’ out for Wicked or would stab your ears out with the heel of a ruby slipper if you hear Defying Gravity one more time, this night is for you! The Movie Madhouse main feature this month is the 1994 Russian television film “The Wizard of the Emerald City”! Rather than using the original book as inspiration, this film is an adaptation of a 1939 Russian retelling of The Wizard of Oz story and the differences are WILD! But it does an amazing job capturing the dark, bleak, surreal, and slightly silly world of post-Soviet Russia. Haven’t heard of this flick before? Well guess what? We’re featuring the first-ever English-language translation of the film, being headed up by our very own Kafka X! And we wanted to throw in one extra treat for all you Oz oddballs so we’ll also be watching a supercut of the 1969 movie “The Wonderful Land of Oz”! This film, in its entirety, is painfully slow, which is wild given the fact that it centers on radical feminist insurrectionists and forced sex changes in the land of Oz, but don’t worry! We’ll show you all of that meat without any of the fat! So click your heels together three times and click that ticket link for one short day in the Emerald City with Movie Madhouse! MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE Gender jesters Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games, underground cinema, and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! In a world dominated by AI, CGI, mega streaming platforms, and cinematic universes, Media Meltdown celebrates the amateur, the low-budget, the handmade, the experimental, and the weird! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!

LIVE MUSIC: Fred Frith Coffin Prick Mark Robinson 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20 ADV / $23 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Mae Powell (Music Video Premiere) Medscool (Music Video Premiere) For Your Pleasure 7:00 PM Doors 7:30 PM Music $14 ADV / $18 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Tomo Nakayama (Celebrating 'Ocean') Yea-ming & the Rumours Goh Nakamura 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $18 DOOR

1st Annual Snowboard Movie Showcase (& Donut Shoppe x Tunnel Records Release) Hosted by Pep Love and Guest Team Rider with Hiero and other Special Guest performances plus DJ Scientific and the Jack Erin Brown Band Featuring the following films: Buster 2, Rome Swarm, Rome Japan Project, Beyond Medals - Cease and Desist First 100 guests on-site receive a free raffle ticket! DOORS at 6:30 PM | FILMS at 7:00 PM | MUSIC to follow the Films

After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home cause confusion.