The Wicker Man ~ 7:30 PM
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Doors open at 6:30pm, films start at 7pm. We’ll be featuring some amazing local surf films from our community from Perry Gershkow, Float by Adam Warmington, Surf Girls Trailer, and premiering a brand new surf film featuring Diane Finez, one of City Surf Project’s own alumni surf instructors.
Many of the directors and stars of the films will be joining us for an exclusive Q&A session during the evening.
Tickets on sale now, one week only at $20! Get them while you can. 100% of proceeds will go directly towards supporting City Surf Project and our work to get more Bay Area youth out of their classrooms and into the natural world to learn the magic and power of surfing.
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
Showtimes:
Friday 3, May
Saturday 4, May
Sunday 5, May
Monday 6, May
Tuesday 7, May
Wednesday 8, May
Thursday 9, May
In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war.
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere…
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
It’s a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O’Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of “dirty” money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses. Harker's friend, Dr. Van Helsing, then embarks on a hunt for the predatory villain when he targets Harker's loved ones.
Documentary about an aspiring filmmaker's attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing the low-budget horror film he abandoned years before.
A man loses his home and suffers life-threatening burns from a fire deliberately set by commercial real estate developers vying for his property. One year later, a shopping mall opens on the land, and a series of murders begins.
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.
While attending a medical conference in Paris, American physician Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna née Conway, and their adolescent son Hank McKenna decide to take a side trip to among other places Marrekesh, French Morocco. With a knife plunged into his back, Frenchman Louis Bernard, who the family met earlier in their bus ride into Marrakesh and who is now masquerading as an Arab, approaches Ben, cryptically whispering into Ben's ears that there will be an attempted assassination in London of a statesman, this news whispered just before Bernard dies. Ben is reluctant to provide any information of this news to the authorities because concurrently Hank is kidnapped by British couple, Edward and Lucy Drayton, who also befriended the McKennas in Marrakesh and who probably have taken Hank out of the country back to England. Whoever the unknown people the Draytons are working for have threatened to kill Hank if Ben divulges any information ...
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.
Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much travelled Uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from Uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies' club, as well as the bank President where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved Uncle Charlie.
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Professor Michael Armstrong is heading to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend a physics conference accompanied by his assistant and fiancée Sarah Sherman. Once arrived however, Michael informs her that he may be staying for awhile and she should return home. She follows him and realizes he's actually heading to East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain. She follows him there and is shocked when he announces that he's defecting to the East after the U.S. government cancelled his research project. In fact, Michael is there to obtain information from a renowned East German scientist. Once the information is obtained, he and Sarah now have to make their way back to the West.
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother. Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre. Because Psycho was filmed with tact, grace, and art, Hitchcock didn't just create modern horror, he validated it.
Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York City trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Frye, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.
There is a dead well-dressed man in a meadow clearing in the hills above a small Vermont town. Captain Albert Wiles, who stumbles across the body and finds by the man's identification that his name is Harry Worp, believes he accidentally shot Harry dead while he was hunting rabbits. Captain Wiles wants to hide the body as he feels it is an easier way to deal with the situation than tell the authorities. While Captain Wiles is in the adjacent forest, he sees other people stumble across Harry, most of whom don't seem to know him or care or notice that he's dead. One person who does see Captain Wiles there is spinster Ivy Gravely, who vows to keep the Captain's secret about Harry. Captain Wiles also Secretly sees a young single mother, Jennifer Rogers, who is the one person who does seem to know Harry and seems happy that he's dead. Later, another person who stumbles across both Harry and Captain Wiles is struggling artist Sam Marlowe, to who Captain Wiles tells the entire story of what ...
Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother Lydia and younger sister Cathy. Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack. Soon, birds in the hundreds and thousands are attacking anyone they find out of doors. There is no explanation as to why this might be happening, and as the birds continue their vicious attacks, survival becomes the priority.
From Executive Producers LeBron James and Maverick Carter, Danny Lee’s “Who is Stan Smith?'' highlights Smith’s tennis accomplishments, but also covers his humanitarian feats off the tennis court: Smith’s relationship with Arthur Ashe heavily inspired his anti-racist activism, while touching upon his relationship with Black player, Mark Mathabane, whom Smith helped escape from apartheid in South Africa. More than the namesake of one of the world’s most iconic sneakers, Stan Smith has lived a champion’s life on and off the tennis court. Chronicling his rise from collegiate superstar to World No.1 and beyond, Smith blazed new paths for athletes, both as a humanitarian and fashion icon. Complete with intimate first-person accounts and dynamic archival materials, “Who Is Stan Smith?” is a powerful and inspiring portrait of the man behind the shoe that became a movement.
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor’s own first love.
TOMMY WISEAU LIVE IN PERSON!
With THE ROOM and BIG SHARK, The Final Directors Cut Premier EXCLUSIVE!
Friday and Saturday And Sunday May 31st And June 1st And 2nd
Big Shark at 7:00pm
Doors At 6:00pm For Meet And Greet
Friday And Saturday May 31st And June 1st
The Room at 11:00pm
Doors Open At 10:00 For Meet And Greet.
Tickets are $20
SEPARATE ADMISSION FOR EACH SHOW!
PLEASE NOTE!
Lobby Doors Will Open an hour prior to each show for Merchandise Sales And Meet And Greet!
Big Shark
Directed by: Tommy Wiseau
Screenplay by: Tommy Wiseau
Three firefighters: Georgie, Patrick, and Tim must save New Orleans from a gigantic shark. Can New Orleans survive? The Final Directors Cut Premiere EXCLUSIVE!!!
and
is an electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal, and lies, starring "The Disaster Artist" himself, writer/director Tommy Wiseau. He plays a successful banker with a great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his best friend Mark (Greg Sestero) and future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle). As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?" A cult sensation, since 2003 now in its NEW San Francisco home The Balboa Theatre.
So Grab Your Spoons, Red Dress, And Best Friends! Come Join The Party, It’s A Riot!
With Your Host Michael Blythe, And A Full Audience Q And A with Tommy Wiseau!
THE ROOM Plays The Balboa, The First Saturday Of Every Month!
The Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street
San Francisco, Ca 94121
* - Tommy requests that you purchase some of his merchandise before posing for photographs [he'll have the usual DVDs, Blu-Rays, Posters, Shirts, Belts, Doggies... you name it, he's selling it!]
** - Same applies for photo opps as it does for signatures, pick up some merch to put a smile on Tommy's face for your photo.
TOMMY WISEAU LIVE IN PERSON!
With THE ROOM and BIG SHARK, The Final Directors Cut Premier EXCLUSIVE!
Friday and Saturday And Sunday May 31st And June 1st And 2nd
Big Shark at 7:00pm
Doors At 6:00pm For Meet And Greet
Friday And Saturday May 31st And June 1st
The Room at 11:00pm
Doors Open At 10:00 For Meet And Greet.
Tickets are $20
SEPARATE ADMISSION FOR EACH SHOW!
PLEASE NOTE!
Lobby Doors Will Open an hour prior to each show for Merchandise Sales And Meet And Greet!
Directed by: Tommy Wiseau
Screenplay by: Tommy Wiseau
Three firefighters: Georgie, Patrick, and Tim must save New Orleans from a gigantic shark. Can New Orleans survive? The Final Directors Cut Premiere EXCLUSIVE!!!
and
THE ROOM
is an electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal, and lies, starring "The Disaster Artist" himself, writer/director Tommy Wiseau. He plays a successful banker with a great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his best friend Mark (Greg Sestero) and future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle). As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?" A cult sensation, since 2003 now in its NEW San Francisco home The Balboa Theatre.
So Grab Your Spoons, Red Dress, And Best Friends! Come Join The Party, It’s A Riot!
With Your Host Michael Blythe, And A Full Audience Q And A with Tommy Wiseau!
THE ROOM Plays The Balboa, The First Saturday Of Every Month!
The Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street
San Francisco, Ca 94121
* - Tommy requests that you purchase some of his merchandise before posing for photographs [he'll have the usual DVDs, Blu-Rays, Posters, Shirts, Belts, Doggies... you name it, he's selling it!]
** - Same applies for photo opps as it does for signatures, pick up some merch to put a smile on Tommy's face for your photo.
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O'Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky."
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW PLAYS THE LAST SAT OF EVERY MONTH!
Live shadowcast performance by The Bawdy Caste!
Showtimes:
Saturday 27, April
Saturday 25, May
Saturday 29, June
rü productions proudly presents an exclusive red carpet and art installation event for director Antony Berrios's captivating documentary, "Sonic Dreams." Embark on a journey into the creative mind of artist Brian Cooper as he unveils the mesmerizing synergy between his music and painting in this groundbreaking film. Through intimate access to his artistic process, viewers will gain a unique perspective on how Cooper seamlessly blends these two expressive mediums, weaving a symphony of colors and melodies that transcend conventional boundaries.
Join us for an opening reception and meet-and-greet in the lobby before the screening, where you can mingle with the Director and Brian Cooper, from 7:00pm to 7:45pm.
Following the screening, indulge in a stimulating Q&A session hosted by award-winning artist and best-selling author Paul Madonna. With seven books to his name, including the Emit Hopper Mystery Series, Paul brings his wealth of experience to the discussion, offering unique insights into the world of art and creativity.
In addition to the screening, immerse yourself in live performances by Brian Cooper's Earth Like Planets and the band The Other Dante. Led by singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Dante White Aliano, The Other Dante promises an electrifying musical experience, drawing from Aliano's diverse musical background and previous projects.
Finally, join us for an after-party at Music City to continue the celebration into the night from 11:00pm to 1:00am
Note: If you’re coming from out of town, please book your hotel stay with our partner W Hotel for a seamless experience.
Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Taking place in Hong Kong of 1962, a melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other.
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, CA. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Following the dumping of gallons of toxic waste in the river, a giant mutated squid-like creature appears and begins attacking the populace. Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is snatched up by the creature; with his family to assist him, he sets off to find her.
IT’S GOOD KNOWIN’ HE’S OUT THERE. THE DUDE. TAKIN’ ‘ER EASY FOR ALL US SINNERS.
Join us for everybody's favorite slacker movie with Live Shadow Casting from SF's own BAWDY CASTE, and we will even have White Russians!!! From the Academy Award®-winning Coen Brothers comes The Big Lebowski - the hilariously quirky comedy-thriller about bowling, avant-garde art, nihilistic Austrians, and a guy named… The Dude. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life… heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, in a case of mistaken identity, a couple of thugs break into his place and steal his rug (you gotta understand, that rug really tied the room together). Now, The Dude must embark on a quest with his crazy friends to make things right and get that rug back! Starring Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, John Goodman, John Turturro and Steve Buscemi, The Big Lebowski has become a cultural phenomenon.
Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.
Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn’t fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady’s cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.
Showtimes:
Thursday 18, April
Friday 19, April
Saturday 20, April
Sunday 21, April
Monday 22, April
Tuesday 23, April
Wednesday 24, April
Thursday 25, April
Friday 26, April
Sunday 28, April
Monday 29, April
Tuesday 30, April
Wednesday 1, May
Thursday 2, May
First up… The Uncanny (1977)
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
& then… The Black Cat (1971)
Townspeople of a small English village begin to die in a series of horrible accidents, and a Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate a mysterious local medium who records conversations with the dead.
A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating civil war that has engulfed the entire nation.
Showtimes:
Thursday 11, April
Friday 12, April
Saturday 13, April
Sunday 14, April
Monday 15, April
Tuesday 16, April
Wednesday 17, April
Thursday 18, April
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Tommy Wiseau’s THE ROOM!
THE ROOM is an electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal, and lies, starring "The Disaster Artist" himself, writer/director Tommy Wiseau. He plays a successful banker with a great respect for—and dedication to the people in his life, especially his best friend Mark (Greg Sestero) and future wife Lisa (Juliette Danielle). As the film depicts friendships and relationships in the lives of its five major characters, it raises life's real and most-asked question: "Can you really trust anyone?"
A Cult Sensation Since 2003! So Grab Your Spoons, Red Dress, And Best Friends! Come Join The Party, It’s A Riot! Prizes And More Before The Film With Your Host Michael Blythe!
THE ROOM Plays at The Balboa, The First Saturday Of Every Month!
Kaleb is a young adult who lives on petty jobs. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a poisonous spider in a bazaar and returns it to his flat. It only takes a moment for it to escape and reproduce, turning the place into a dreadful web trap. At the same time, the police lock down the building where the residents are ambushed. The only option for Kaleb and his mates is to find the way out, to survive.
Tickets can only be purchased through Eventbrite!
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who’s swimming in his building’s pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school’s gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.