Weekend Classics

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.