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OPENING NIGHT, DIRECTOR AVA DUVERNAY IN PERSON14th2026 · dir. Ava DuVernaySFFILM (year-round)6.30PM

OPENING NIGHT, DIRECTOR AVA DUVERNAY IN PERSON

Revolves around the equal protection and citizenship-focused 14th amendment, which was ratified in 1868 in the turbulent era of Reconstruction and has been a contentious part of the American body politic ever since.

14th

2026 / AVA DUVERNAY / 100 MIN

THU 5 NOV / 6.30PMSFFILM (year-round)

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11.00AMClub Kid (2026)+ SFFILM presentsCastro Theatre · 126' · dir. Jordan FirstmanA hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.›
2.00PMThe Gold Rush (1925)+ Silent w/ live organCastro Theatre · 95' · dir. Charlie ChaplinThe Little Tramp heads to the Klondike in search of gold and finds hardship, romance, and an unforgettable dancing-rolls dinner.›
2.30PMPonyo (2008)+ MatineeGrand Lake Theatre · 101' · dir. Hayao MiyazakiA goldfish princess longs to become human after befriending a five-year-old boy on the Japanese coast.›
4.30PMWhite Nights (1957)Rialto Cinemas Elmwood · 107' · dir. Luchino ViscontiA lonely young man and a woman waiting for a vanished lover meet on the misty canals of a wintry town over four nights.›
6.00PMCléo from 5 to 7 (1962)4-Star Theatre · 90' · dir. Agnès VardaIn near real time, a Parisian singer wanders the city awaiting a medical result that could change everything.›
6.00PMStalker (1979)+ 4K restorationPacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) · 162' · dir. Andrei TarkovskyA guide leads a writer and a scientist into the Zone, a forbidden landscape where a room is said to grant one's deepest wish.›
6.00PMNAZA (2026)Balboa Theatre · 77' · dir. Yuval AbrahamFilmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.›
7.00PMChungking Express (1994)Roxie Theater · 102' · dir. Wong Kar-waiTwo lovesick Hong Kong cops drift through neon-lit longing in a pair of loosely connected, restless romances.›
7.00PMPlaytime (1967)Landmark Shattuck Cinemas · 124' · dir. Jacques TatiMonsieur Hulot bumbles through a gleaming, absurd modern Paris of glass and steel in a nearly wordless comic symphony.›
7.00PMClub Kid (2026)SFFILM (year-round) · 126' · dir. Jordan FirstmanA hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.›
7.00PMYou Can See Everything (2026)Balboa Theatre · 174' · dir. Nathan FielderThirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.›
7.30PMVertigo (1958)Vogue Theatre · 128' · dir. Alfred HitchcockA retired detective with a fear of heights becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman he's hired to follow through San Francisco.›
8.00PMGoodfellas (1990)New Parkway Theater · 145' · dir. Martin ScorseseThe rise and fall of Henry Hill across three decades in the mob, from wide-eyed kid to paranoid, coked-out informant.›
8.00PMKen Russell's The Devils (1971)Balboa Theatre · 112' · dir. Ken RussellIn 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of sexually depraved Sister Jeanne's accusations of witchcraft, which corrupt officials of church and state are all too happy to exploit.›
9.45PMThe Thing (1982)+ Late nightAlamo Drafthouse New Mission · 109' · dir. John CarpenterAn Antarctic research crew is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the form of anyone it kills — and paranoia sets in.›

TUE 3 NOV

WED 4 NOV

THU 5 NOV

FRI 6 NOV

SAT 7 NOV

SUN 8 NOV

9.30PMThe Thing (1982)New Parkway Theater · 109' · dir. John CarpenterAn Antarctic research crew is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the form of anyone it kills — and paranoia sets in.›

MON 9 NOV

6.00PMCléo from 5 to 7 (1962)+ Varda retrospectivePacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) · 90' · dir. Agnès VardaIn near real time, a Parisian singer wanders the city awaiting a medical result that could change everything.›

TUE 10 NOV

WED 11 NOV

7.00PMWhite Nights (1957)Landmark Shattuck Cinemas · 107' · dir. Luchino ViscontiA lonely young man and a woman waiting for a vanished lover meet on the misty canals of a wintry town over four nights.›

THU 12 NOV

8.00PMMulholland Drive (2001)Rialto Cinemas Cerrito · 147' · dir. David LynchAn aspiring actress and an amnesiac woman chase a fractured mystery through a dreamlike, disintegrating Los Angeles.›