This winter, the 4-Star offers up a block of holiday specials to match the festive season! You’re in for a delightful run of heart-warming favorites that’ll be fun for the whole family.

Having lived a life in selfishness, a young prince is cursed by a mysterious enchantress to having the appearance of a monstrous beast. His only hope is to learn to love a young woman and earn her love in return in order to redeem himself. Years later, his chance shows itself when a young maiden named Belle offers to take her ill father's place as his prisoner. With help from the castle's enchanted staff, Belle learns to appreciate her captor and immediately falls in love with him. Back in the village however, an unscrupulous hunter has his own plans for Belle.

Die Hard, 1988 Directed by John McTiernan 40 STORIES. TWELVE TERRORISTS. ONE COP. NYPD cop John McClane’s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004 Directed by Michel Gondry YOU CAN ERASE SOMEONE FROM YOUR MIND. GETTING THEM OUT OF YOUR HEART IS ANOTHER STORY. Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Get festive this Dec 28th with four short films, 2 NEW episodes of The Delivery Series, and a Live band performance all at the 4 Star Theater! We at Film By Friends are building a community dedicated to supporting Bay Area creatives and purveyors of the arts to foster authentic connection and people-first productions in San Francisco. Come by and make a friend! DOORS at 7:00PM | FILMS at 7:30 PM | LIVE MUSIC to follow the FILMS

Home Alone, 1990 Directed by Chris Columbus A FAMILY COMEDY WITHOUT THE FAMILY. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.

HE PUTS THE MEAN IN GREEN. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

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

LIVE MUSIC: Field Medic (with support from beaming) 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $22 ADV / $25 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!

Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien star in this heartwarming tale of the emotional trauma the colorful members of an early 20th century St. Louis family experience when they learn their father has been transferred--and they will have to move to New York.

The ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

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

Defying his parents, Hsiao Kang drops out of the local crammer to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls in with Ah Tze, a pretty hood and their relationships is a confused mixture of hero-worship and rivalry that soon leads to trouble.

The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992 Directed by Brian Henson A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.

Soon after the death of his father, a distraught young man (Gael García Bernal) begins a job as a graphic designer, but has little chance to create. His intense dreams begin to overtake his waking life and he becomes increasingly caught up in flights of fancy. His hyperactive imagination then begins to interfere with his courtship of a pretty neighbor (Charlotte Gainsbourg).

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