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Sunday 14, September

The Fly

The Fly

R

Sunday 14, September

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

PG

Sunday 14, September

Western Neighborhoods presents: Surf City

Western Neighborhoods presents: Surf City

Sunday 14, September

Wednesday 17, September

COMEDY: 49th SF Comedy Competition Finals

COMEDY: 49th SF Comedy Competition Finals

Wednesday 17, September

Thursday 18, September

The Half of It (plus Q&A with Director Alice Wu)

The Half of It (plus Q&A with Director Alice Wu)

PG-13for brief language and teen drinking.

Thursday 18, September

Friday 19, September

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco & mui zyu

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco & mui zyu

Friday 19, September

Saturday 20, September

My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

PG

Saturday 20, September

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

PG

Saturday 20, September

NIGHT FLIGHT: Tunnel Vision & more (with Q&A)

NIGHT FLIGHT: Tunnel Vision & more (with Q&A)

Saturday 20, September

Sunday 21, September

My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

PG

Sunday 21, September

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

PG

Sunday 21, September

Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse: Virgin Beasts

Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse: Virgin Beasts

Sunday 21, September

Friday 26, September

COMEDY: Spike Einbinder & Honey Pluton

COMEDY: Spike Einbinder & Honey Pluton

Friday 26, September

Saturday 27, September

In the Soup

In the Soup

Rfor language

Saturday 27, September

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

NR

Saturday 27, September

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro, Philthy Dronez & more

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro, Philthy Dronez & more

Saturday 27, September

Sunday 28, September

In the Soup

In the Soup

Rfor language

Sunday 28, September

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier & more

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier & more

Sunday 28, September

Wednesday 1, October

LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod

LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod

Wednesday 1, October

Friday 3, October

Finding Lucinda (Screening & Live Performance)

Finding Lucinda (Screening & Live Performance)

Friday 3, October

Monday 6, October

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT

Monday 6, October

Sunday 12, October

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez

Sunday 12, October

Sunday 2, November

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz, Prog Frog & more

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz, Prog Frog & more

Sunday 2, November

Thursday 6, November

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslee

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslee

Thursday 6, November

Friday 14, November

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake

Friday 14, November

Thursday 20, November

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati & more

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati & more

Thursday 20, November

COMEDY: 49th SF Comedy Competition Finals

COMEDY: 49th SF Comedy Competition Finals

The San Francisco Comedy Competition is one of the most prestigious comedy events in North America, launching the careers of notable comedians such as Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams, and Ellen DeGeneres. It’s an outrageously funny evening, where you will see the comedy stars of tomorrow competing for their chance at fame and fortune. Hundreds of comedians audition each year to compete, but only 32 are chosen. Performers will be announced September 13 at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa. 7:30 PM Doors 8:00 PM Show

Wednesday 17, September

COMEDY: Spike Einbinder & Honey Pluton

COMEDY: Spike Einbinder & Honey Pluton

Spike Einbinder and Honey Pluton hit the west coast from NYC to split an hour of stand up comedy! Expect transsexual musing, tales of lore and hilarity ensuing. 7:30 PM Doors 8:00 PM Show $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

Friday 26, September

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

PG

In this musical comedy, Valerie (Geena Davis) is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted (Charles Rocket), when she finds that a trio of aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans) have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.

Sunday 14, September

Finding Lucinda (Screening & Live Performance)

Finding Lucinda (Screening & Live Performance)

A Night of Music, Movies, and Meaning: Finding Lucinda Screening & Live Performance Featuring a cinematic experience about a journey to uncover the early life and creative spark of Lucinda Williams with live music by Lake Charlatans with ISMAY, special guests Steve Earle, Chuck Prophet, Olivia Wolf, Elizabeth Lubin and more. Music lovers and Lucinda Williams fans are invited to an inspiring evening that blends live performance, documentary screening, and conversation as Finding Lucinda comes to San Francisco on Friday, October 3. Presented as an official Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Out of the Park show, this show benefiting Sweet Relief and the Bay Area Musicians Fund celebrates the early life, creative spark, and lasting influence of the legendary singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. Finding Lucinda follows singer-songwriter ISMAY (Avery Hellman) on a transformative road trip through the American South, exploring the early life and enduring legacy of three-time GRAMMY-winning artist Lucinda Williams. Along the way, the film features never-before-seen footage, rare recordings, and interviews with Charlie Sexton, Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, and Lucinda herself. Directed by Joel Fendelman (Man on Fire) and featuring cinematography by Rose Bush (Colette), the film is a soulful meditation on music, identity, and what it means to forge your own creative path. Part memoir, part music history, and part spiritual road trip, Finding Lucinda is ultimately a story about self-discovery, artistic bravery, and learning how to move forward — even when you’re unsure where the road will lead. (FindingLucindaFilm.com) Presented by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Out of the Park. A portion of every ticket will go to benefit Sweet Relief, Bay Area Musicians Fund. Q&A with ISMAY to follow the film. DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC at 8:00 PM

Friday 3, October

In the Soup

In the Soup

Rfor language

New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown flophouse he calls home.

Saturday 27, September

Sunday 28, September

Show Future Dates
LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod

LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod

LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $12 ADV / $15 DOOR

Wednesday 1, October

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake

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

Friday 14, November

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro, Philthy Dronez & more

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro, Philthy Dronez & more

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro Philthy Dronez Tropisphere plus DJ Puto Escobar Presented by Nada Sound & Tunnel Records 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

Saturday 27, September

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco & mui zyu

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco & mui zyu

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco mui zyu 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $18 Presented by (((folkYEAH!)))

Friday 19, September

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz, Prog Frog & more

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz, Prog Frog & more

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz Prog Frog Loco Tranquilo Dinner Date presented by PSYCHED! RADIO as part of PSYCHED! FEST 2025 7:00 PM Doors 7:30 PM Music $18 ADV / $22 DOOR

Sunday 2, November

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslee

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslee

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale Guy Blakeslee Presented by (((folkYEAH!))) 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20

Thursday 6, November

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez (Presented by Cinechamber) 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20

Sunday 12, October

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati & more

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati & more

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

Thursday 20, November

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier & more

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier & more

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier Local support to be announced 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $18 ADV / $21 DOOR

Sunday 28, September

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT Local Support TBA 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

Monday 6, October

Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse: Virgin Beasts

Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse: Virgin Beasts

VIRGIN BEASTS (1991) An Animated, Agit-Prop, Sci-Fi, Underground Comic, Saturnalia, Punk Opera! Artist Toby Zoates, the film's producer, director, writer, animator, actor, musician, art director, editor and First Aid nurse, described the film as "Beauty Meets the Beast at the Masque of the Red Death on a Quest for the Holy Grail to Win Brand Rights for Gray Males = The Last Wishes of a Dickhead Arms Dealer on His Deathbed = A Journey into the Male Unconscious (using animation transformation juice.)" Exploring themes of the patriarchy and colonization, the film flows between live action and animated sequences, suffusing everything with both queer leftist politics and late-night 90s animated wackiness as we explore a DIY glam-punk post-apocalyptic Sydney. 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!

Sunday 21, September

My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

PG

Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

Saturday 20, September

Sunday 21, September

Show Future Dates
NIGHT FLIGHT: Tunnel Vision & more (with Q&A)

NIGHT FLIGHT: Tunnel Vision & more (with Q&A)

Night Flight comes to the 4 Star with a special premieres of the 4K restoration of ‘70s cult comedy Tunnel Vision and an exclusive Night Flight Supercut! TUNNEL VISION “Tunnel Vision” is a riotous satire of TV, packed with outrageous sketches and biting humor that mercilessly skewers the absurdities of TV culture. It’s the year ‘1985’ and the proprietors of new television channel called ‘TunnelVision’, which is notably free of censorship are under a government investigation led by a Senator who wishes to shut down the network due to its widespread negative effects on the population. During the hearing, the committee examines a typical day or programming which includes shows, programs, commercials, news, and much more, and what they discover will surely crack you up in this outrageous and irreverent spoof of 1970’s movies and television. Featuring Chevy Chase, Al Franken, Lorraine Newman, and more. NIGHT FLIGHT SUPERCUT Night Flight compiles a “Best Of” medley of classic segments and iconic moments curated from the Night Flight Plus library. Q&A with Night Flight creator and Tunnel Vision executive producer, Stuart S. Shapiro to follow the screening.

Saturday 20, September

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

NR

Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?

Saturday 27, September

The Fly

The Fly

R

The Fly, 1986 Directed by David Cronenberg BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID. When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

Sunday 14, September

The Half of It (plus Q&A with Director Alice Wu)

The Half of It (plus Q&A with Director Alice Wu)

PG-13for brief language and teen drinking.

A shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-A student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places. Co-presented by Frameline Pop-up Shop by On Waverly Special pricing for High School Students (with ID)

Thursday 18, September

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

PG

A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).

Saturday 20, September

Sunday 21, September

Show Future Dates
Western Neighborhoods presents: Surf City

Western Neighborhoods presents: Surf City

Western Neighborhoods Project presents: SURF CITY Join Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP) for Surf City, an evening that offers a window into San Francisco’s unique relationship with the sea, at the 4 Star Theater on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:00 pm as part of the Ocean Beach Surf Film Festival. As a coastal community, we’re indelibly shaped by the presence of the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The city’s “Outside Lands” located near Ocean Beach, around Lands End and along the shores of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area have a particularly strong bond with the water. And nobody knows these tides better than members of our legendary surf and swim communities. We’ll explore exactly what this relationship means to us all by screening short films made by local filmmakers Gaby Scott and Steve Peletz. Gaby Scott is a San Francisco-based filmmaker and editor whose work focuses on the cyclical interactions people have with their shifting landscapes and the philosophies that drive them. She exquisitely captures what it takes to surf big waves at Ocean Beach, highlighting the women who navigate local riptides with courage and grace in A Certain Personality. She also takes us inside one of the most storied clubhouses in San Francisco history, The Dolphin Club–introducing audiences to three inimitable coldwater swimmers, including the first woman to win the Golden Gate Swim, in The Dolphins. Steve Peletz is a research diver, photographer, and filmmaker with a passion for exploring underwater worlds where he finds himself immersed in kelp forests, coral reefs, caves, or shipwrecks, often filming curious marine biologists, sharks, whales, sea lions, dolphins, or huge schools of fish as they hunt, play, or just swim by. In Lands End, he drops us into the Pacific Ocean with swimmers who face wintry 51-degree waters and sometimes pounding surf. Here in their salty backyard at China Beach, the locals discover something healing about swimming through the maze of rocks and untamed waters. Both Peletz and Scott bring us into the water, giving us a rare aquatic viewpoint that captures the power, the tranquility, and therapeutic magic of San Francisco’s seascape. This connection is brought closer into view with a curated presentation of photographs by Rob Brodman and Sachi Cunningham who both capture the Pacific Ocean with an intimate honesty, one that shows us the magnetism of the water and the people who are in regular communion with it. Accompanying this lineup will be an introduction by WNP’s Executive Director Nicole Meldahl that connects the west side’s past to the vibrant present beautifully captured by Surf City’s featured artists. Following the screening, we’ll enjoy a Q&A with our featured creatives. We’ll also have merchandise and prints for sale, as well as a raffle thanks to donations from Rob Brodman and The Great Highway Gallery. You won’t want to miss this evening that brings us all closer to the ocean than ever before. The main program starts at 7:30 pm but doors open at 7:00 pm, giving you time to mingle, peruse the goods at Tunnel Records, and purchase tasty treats (like the best popcorn in the city) from the concession stand. Tickets are $25 for General Admission, $20 for Seniors and Children, and $15 for WNP and Dolphin Club members. Every ticket purchased helps us keep the lights on and the history happening at our friendly community history nonprofit. Proceeds also support the 4 Star Theater and CinemaSF, San Francisco’s newest nonprofit! Thank you for being with us, History Friends.

Sunday 14, September