Repertory

New 70th Anniversary 4K DCP Restoration — One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa’s landmark SEVEN SAMURAI tells the story of a 16th century village whose desperate inhabitants hire eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment with delicate human emotions and relentless action — resulting in a rich, evocative and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Miloš Forman’s exquisite tale of the 18th century rivalry between journeyman court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and boisterous young upstart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). 40th Anniversary – New 4K Restoration courtesy of the Saul Zaentz Co. and Academy Film Archive.

Elliot Page plays feminist avenger Hayley Stark, a teenage vigilante who plots an operational revenge on the sexual predator (Patrick Wilson) she meets in an internet chat room. Screening in 35mm

Robert Altman’s dreamlike masterpiece about the relationship between a naive Southern waif (Sissy Spacek) and a would-be sophisticate (the brilliant Shelley Duvall) careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.

In appreciation of the torturous work the recently departed Shelley Duvall put into inhabiting the iconic terrified matriarch, we're excited to revisit the Overlook Hotel — the intersection of the minds of Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King. With a suspenseful score by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind and additional pieces by masterful modernists Krzysztof Penderecki, Béla Bartók, and György Ligeti.

Superbly crafted, wickedly fun and woefully underseen, this 2016 thriller stars the late Anton Yelchin as the singer of a touring punk band who must square off against a skinhead club owner, played by Patrick Stewart, after witnessing a murder at his club. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier (BLUE RUIN).

A hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos and a demonic housecat. Nothing can prepare you for the feline freakout that follows. See also: CatVideoFest 2024 (Fri-Thu, Aug 2-8). Screening in 35mm

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Brooke, who says: "One of the greatest examples of essential feminist cinema that you’ve probably never heard of! Influenced by her documentarian roots, Weill’s depiction of young women navigating life in ‘70s New York City is everything I love about independent filmmaking. Truly a touchstone of American feminist cinema, I only wish I could’ve had access to this film as a budding female filmmaker.”

An all-out feel-good musical production set on the bustling streets of 1960’s Baltimore celebrating the beautiful diversity of bodies — big and small, black and white, masculine and feminine, and everything spectacularly in between.

Shot over the course of three years on all seven continents, this wildly popular at-the-time documentary from French actor/filmmaker Jacques Perrin takes the observational doc a step further with remarkable ingenuity as the camera takes flight with several species of birds on their annual migrations. Screening in 35mm

Wealthy San Francisco socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues potential boyfriend Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) to a small Northern California town where she finds that it’s winged mayhem for the complacent townsfolk of Bodega Bay.

The classic rock star myth, gussied up in vinyl and velvet, sexified with the mesh of R&B and New Wave, with parental issues straight out of Greek tragedy, and above all, the music of His Royal Badness at the top of his game. New 4K Restoration

Poignant and timeless, THE COLOR PURPLE unfurls 40 years of Celie’s life — an unforgettable portrait of how love, friendship and hope will always vanquish grief, abuse and loneliness.

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life. But he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity.

Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? It’s all a roll of the dice in this riotously wicked adaptation of the classic whodunit board game. RIP Martin Mull…

Disney’s animated classic is the romantic tale of Lady, a lovingly pampered cocker spaniel, and Tramp, a freewheeling mutt with a heart of gold.

A “behind-the-scenes look” into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners, this hilarious mockumentary from director Christopher Guest and co-writer Eugene Levy really gives the dog its bone. Screening in 35mm

This new 4K version of the acclaimed 2006 live concert film captures a blistering two-hour performance from My Morning Jacket’s Nov 2005 two-night stand at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. OKONOKOS encapsulates the band at a peak moment in their career.

In BURDEN OF DREAMS, famed documentarian Les Blank captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film FITZCARRALDO (Sun-Mon, Aug 25-26), in which an entrepreneur endeavors to push a steamship over a mountain to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. New 4K Restoration

When siblings Judy and Peter stumble upon a century old magical board game, a single dice roll frees Alan (Robin WIlliams) who’s been trapped inside the game and unleashes a whirlwind of jungle themed obstacles that can only be reversed by finishing the game.

As chronicled with bravado in Les Blank’s making-of documentary BURDEN OF DREAMS (Fri-Mon, Aug 23-26), Werner Herzog’s backbreaking epic fictionalizes the true-life mission of a South American rubber baron (Klaus Kinski, with gusto) to establish an opera house in the Peruvian jungle — which can only be accomplished by hauling a gigantic river boat over a mountain.

A group of scientists are dispatched to investigate the world's first theme park with actual live dinosaurs. Genetic manipulation, chaos theory, and family tensions are explored, and the state of visual effects in the movies was changed forever.

In the last seven days of her life, Laura Palmer, besieged by a transuniversal conflict reaching back into infinity, must face her own immovable destiny amongst the myriad of secrets in the town of Twin Peaks.

San Fernando Valley, 1977. Teenage busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who transforms him into adult-film sensation Dirk Diggler. Brought into a supportive circle of friends, Dirk fulfills all his ambitions—but a toxic combination of drugs and egotism threatens to take him back down. Screening in 35mm

A teenage girl with an overbearing father and a dark secret which threatens to sublimate her own identity is investigated in her rural hometown — and a lost piece of jewelry might be the key to unwinding her intertwined persona in this big screen follow-up to a beloved TV series.

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

GODZILLA is the roaring granddaddy of all movie monsters. This rampaging radioactive reptile — the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears — became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning almost 30 sequels.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Ter