"A film of dazzling visual power and genuine poignancy" --Glenn Kenny,
See Bolivia's Oscar entry, the Sundance prize-winner UTAMA, starting 12/30: bit.ly/UtamaRoxie
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Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS was neither the first nor the last adaptation of Stanisław Lem's novel, but it's the one that gave us images like these.
Come celebrate its 50th anniversary with us December 18 and 20: bit.ly/SolarisRoxie
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With seven special selections showing off what the form really can do, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour stops over at your Roxie on January 6!
bit.ly/SundanceShorts
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My latest story for is about accessibility in movie theaters, not just to the physical space but to the movies themselves.
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One of the best trans films you’ve likely never heard of, the landmark 1983 doc DRESSED IN BLUE explores the lives & loves of six transgender women in Madrid in the years after Spain’s transition to democracy. January 3, co-presented by : bit.ly/DressedBlueRox
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A richly woven tapestry of turn-of-the-century Taipei life, Edward Yang's
YI YI is here for us on December 25 and 29: bit.ly/YiYiRoxie
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Join us for glittering restorations of two of the supremely excellent films by the late great French director Alan Resnais: LA GUERRE EST FINIE, on January 12, and LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD, on January 14. bit.ly/2ZU87XG has all the details and your tickets!
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Directed by Oscar®-winner Laura Poitras, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED chronicles artist/activist Nan Goldin's personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
12/23 bit.ly/BeautyBlood
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Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS has been called the (rather critical) Russian reply to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
See for yourself. Assuming you even are yourself. But can you even assume that? Can someone else?
December 18 and 20: bit.ly/SolarisRoxie
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1/28: a Bong Joon-ho Double Feature: the Oscar-lauded class-war satire PARASITE + the breakthrough gonzo police procedural MEMORIES OF MURDER, co-presented by with new limited-edition screen prints!
See both for $17 or either for $14: bit.ly/Bong2
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So nice to hear from folks letting us know Tarsem Singh's visually stunning 2006 fantasy THE FALL is among their all-time faves!
We've added more showtimes -- 12/22 + 23 + 27 -- all on #35mm! Join us? bit.ly/TheFallRoxie
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How many showings of John Waters' POLYESTER in Odorama do you think you can handle?
Good, because we're gonna keep adding more. December 17, 21, and 28: bit.ly/PolyesterOdora
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Two #SFLegacyBiz have collaborated for the holidays! Join Red and White Fleet and for a holiday showing of Elf! Saturday, Dec. 17th at 6pm. Get your tix at redandwhite.com.
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Join us December 11 for Christine Choy's Oscar-nominated documentary WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?
Christine Choy in conversation with Gina Basso after the film: bit.ly/RoxVincentChin
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Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "wise, delicate, and impeccably performed...with such a kind and probing eye that we all see our lives reflected," Taiwanese auteur Edward Yang’s YI YI is a gift that keeps on giving. December 25 and 29: bit.ly/YiYiRoxie
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"No movie that I’ve seen this year has moved me as deeply, made me feel as optimistic about cinema or engaged me with such intellectual vigor as EO." -- Manohla Dargis, NYT
Jerzy Skolimowski's much beloved Cannes prize-winner opens tonight! bit.ly/EORoxie
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“The anchor of this gorgeously photographed, impeccably acted triumph is Blanchett, and she is both mesmerizing and galvanizing.” —Randy Myers, Mercury News
Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Field’s prickly and commanding character study TÁR, now showing! bit.ly/RoxieTAR
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For this 1981 classic, John Waters pioneered an advance in cinema technology so putrid, so repulsive, and so downright stinky it overwhelmed the nation in stench.
Get yourself a whiff of POLYESTER, starring Divine, in unmistakable Odorama, 12/17 + 28: bit.ly/PolyesterOdora
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From the folks who brought you “Surrealism in Animation” comes an outstanding new show! ANIMATION CELEBRATION Part 5 brings together several rarely seen cartoons from the golden era of the 1930s through the '50s, on vivid #16mm film!
First show Jan 1: bit.ly/Animation5
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DRESSED IN BLUE "broke the ice on a culturally taboo topic that would later make possible the films of Pedro Almodóvar and other Spanish directors,” said The Hollywood Times.
January 3, co-presented by Frameline. Details/tickets: bit.ly/DressedBlueRox
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Still in disbelief that they gave him a Staff Pick, Rick is ever so curious what you will make of THE FALL, an entirely CGI-free, hyper-real visual feast filled with Dali-like dreamscapes shot over 17 years in 24 countries.
On #35mm, 12/22 only: bit.ly/TheFallRoxie
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky's slow-burn sci-fi masterpiece SOLARIS, 12/18: bit.ly/SolarisRoxie
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“Every bit as powerful in front of the camera as she is behind it” says Indiewire of Christine Choy’s presence in Sundance-winner THE EXILES, about her own work with the leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Choy in person 12/9+10! bit.ly/TheExilesRoxie
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"Asked to describe herself, she says 'Fuck you. You describe me.'"
“Articulate Emotion: Documentaries by Christine Choy,” will have the veteran filmmaker herself present for each screening at the starting Fri/9 #ScreenGrabs
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EO director Jerzy Skolimowski is "an auteur completely off the chain, devising a spectacular new language for showing a non-human way of seeing on screen," says Film Stage.
Starts Friday! bit.ly/EORoxie
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In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, they face a dilemma: Resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself. Sundance prize-winner UTAMA opens 12/30: bit.ly/UtamaRoxie
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A landmark of documentary filmmaking, of Asian American cinema, and of justice unserved, Christine Choy's 1987 Oscar nominee WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN? screens here on December 11, with Christine Choy joining us for a discussion after the show: bit.ly/RoxVincentChin
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We’re pleased to co-present Antonio Giménez-Rico’s trailblazing 1983 documentary DRESSED IN BLUE at the Roxie next month on Wednesday, January 3 at 8pm. Discover this long-lost trans classic, newly restored by .
tinyurl.com/DressedinBlueR
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Next Wednesday in San Francisco, come check out Charles Willeford’s The Woman Chaser. 35 mm print with the “punch”… if you dare!
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Your fantasy getaway with the Griswolds becomes reality this Saturday with Floating Features' Cinema on the Bay presentation of CHRISTMAS VACATION: bit.ly/FloatingFeatur
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Tonight's your last chance to catch this one on the Big Roxie screen!
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Visionary filmmaker Amanda Kramer pegs the hetero hellscape of the 1950s in a witty, syncopated riff that plays like a high camp emission from your wildest dreams – bathed in silk, sweat, and bisexual lighting!
PLEASE BABY PLEASE starts December 2: bit.ly/PlsBaby
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THE EXILES explores fearless Oscar-nominated documentary-maker Christine Choy's reconnection with the leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
Opens 12/9 with in person Q&As: bit.ly/ExilesChristin
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A love story, a war story, Martin McDonagh’s soulful tragicomedy THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN stars Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan. Opening December 9: bit.ly/BansheesRoxie
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Our friends at - our local, family-owned, community-oriented screen printer, had a devastating fire overnight on Friday. Please, if you can, help them out!
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“THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR” – Amy Taubin,
EO, Jerzy Skolimowski’s Cannes-winning surreal odyssey of the eponymous winsome gray donkey, starts Friday, December 9! bit.ly/EORoxie
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Visionary director Tarsem Singh's jaw-dropping, globe-trotting, and truly spectacular fable THE FALL is Rick's Staff Pick, a feast for the senses and maybe even for the soul.
December 22, on #35mm: bit.ly/TheFallRox
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Delicious? Deadly? Why not both?
On December 3, it's time for LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE.
bit.ly/LumpiaVengeance
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If you can't relax your triangle of sadness, well, whose triangle of sadness can you relax?
December 11: bit.ly/TriangleSadRox
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We strive to welcome everyone to our filmic feast with warmth and fellow feeling. If you like what we're serving, consider donating to the Forever Roxie campaign. As a thank you, we have new, limited-edition gifts for you! Please do make a donation today.
bit.ly/3B14ezM
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This Saturday...POUR DON CARLOS! With live music by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble
3pm at the Castro Theatre
silentfilm.org/event/pour-don
Presented in association with and
#ADoS2022
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