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Roxie Theater San Francisco's iconic nonprofit cinema. Moving pictures since 1911. An arthouse in 1976. Nonprofit since 2008.
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The Roxie brings you the best/coolest/weirdest/rarest/most thought-provoking movies of the past, present and future!

10/21/2026

Apparently, inviting a film crew into your life is having a moment.

Sian Clifford (Fleabag) gives a larger-than-life performance in LADY, an absurdly hilarious mockumentary about a narcissistic aristocrat who convinces a struggling filmmaker to document her every move. But as her sense of self begins to unravel, she quite literally starts to disappear.

LADY opens Friday!
Tickets on the Roxie website and link in bio.

And yes, the other one is coming to the Roxie in November. 👀

“I choose film and video as a medium to make the invisible visible. Anyone can be left out of history. I am compelled to...
10/19/2026

“I choose film and video as a medium to make the invisible visible. Anyone can be left out of history. I am compelled to reveal and celebrate marginalized peoples whose stories have not been told.” — Barbara Hammer

A pioneer of le***an experimental cinema, Barbara Hammer used film to explore sexuality, identity, and histories too often left untold.

ARTHOUSE50: A BARBARA HAMMER TRIBUTE brings together four of her groundbreaking works, originally shot on 16mm and presented digitally:

SISTERS! (1973)
SUPERDYKE (1975)
SYNC TOUCH (1981)
AUDIENCE (1982)

With a special introduction by San Francisco-based curator Tanya Zimbardo.

Presented courtesy of the Estate of Barbara Hammer and Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20 at 6:00PM
Tickets on the Roxie website, in bio.

10/16/2026

In 1990, MTV broke the rules of television with BUZZ, a wildly inventive mix of music, art, politics, and underground culture.

Just 13 episodes, and nothing quite like it.

THIS IS BUZZ revisits this audacious experiment in television, with director Mark Pellington in person for a Q&A!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

Tickets on Roxie's website

10/16/2026

An all-time great film on filmmaking.”

Paula González-Nasser’s THE SCOUT, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, draws on the director’s own experience as a location scout for a beautifully observed, often hilarious portrait of the unsung work behind filmmaking and New York City itself.

“Fantastic... a fascinating discovery... often deeply, witheringly funny.” — Chase Hutchinson, The Playlist

NOW PLAYING!
Tickets at roxie.com

Why isn’t Barbara Dane a household name? Join us this Sunday for a celebration of her life and legacy, with a film scree...
10/15/2026

Why isn’t Barbara Dane a household name? Join us this Sunday for a celebration of her life and legacy, with a film screening at the Roxie followed by a Q&A and live music with Miko Marks at !

Mentored by Pete Seeger, championed by Louis Armstrong, admired by Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, Barbara Dane was a fearless singer and activist who chose conscience over fame, and earned a four-inch FBI file along the way.

Maureen Gosling's THE 9 LIVES OF BARBARA DANE celebrates a remarkable artist who moved between folk, blues, and jazz, using music as a force for social change.

Presented as part of the WOMEN’S REBEL VOICES FILM + MUSIC TOUR.

3:15 PM | THE ROXIE
Screening of THE 9 LIVES OF BARBARA DANE

6:00 PM | THE CHAPEL
Q&A with director Maureen Gosling, producer Jed Riffe, and musician Miko Marks

6:45 PM | THE CHAPEL
Live music set with Miko Marks!

Tickets on the Roxie's website.

For WAJDA AT 100, we’re diving into the range and restless energy of a filmmaker who never stopped reinventing himself, ...
10/15/2026

For WAJDA AT 100, we’re diving into the range and restless energy of a filmmaker who never stopped reinventing himself, whose work and political engagement played a decisive role in bringing Polish film to international audiences.

Screenings of Andrzej Wajda’s films in the USA in 2026 are part of the ‘Wajda 100 Tour – North America’ project, organized by DI Factory with the financial support of the Polish Film Institute.

KANAL (4K Restoration) — A claustrophobic wartime nightmare, and the first film ever made about the Warsaw Uprising.
Wed 10/21 at 6:20 PM

EVERYTHING FOR SALE — A scathing portrait of the film industry, this film-within-a-film mirrors real tragedy as a homage to beloved actor Zbigniew Cybulski.
Sun 11/8 at 3:10 PM

HUNTING FLIES + ROLY POLY — Sharp comedy, science-fiction, satire, and cultural critique collide in this double feature.
Sun 11/15 at 3:00 PM

ASHES AND DIAMONDS (4K Restoration) — On the last day of World War II in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland.
Sun 11/29 at 3:30 PM

MAN OF MARBLE (4K Restoration) — Reflects Director Andrzej Wajda’s emerging hostility to the Stalinist cultural establishment and its oppressive restrictions on artistic expression.
Sun 12/13 @ 1:00 PM - | 1746 Post St., Japantown

THE PROMISED LAND — A feverish, visually striking portrait of capitalism in overdrive, where success comes at a brutal human cost.
Sat 12/19 @ 3:30 PM - | 1746 Post St., Japantown

Tickets available at our website, link in bio

AMY GOODMAN IS BACK IN PERSON! And so is STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! Returning for ONE NIGHT ONLY at NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in ...
10/15/2026

AMY GOODMAN IS BACK IN PERSON! And so is STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! Returning for ONE NIGHT ONLY at NEW PEOPLE CINEMA in Japantown, with Amy Goodman and director Tia Lessin in person for a post-screening Q&A!

Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.

Urgent, provocative, and unexpectedly funny, the film is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, asking: What happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 · 6:00 PM
NEW PEOPLE CINEMA · 1746 Post Street, Japantown

🎟 Tickets at roxie . com

THIS WEEK AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA! Japanese horror, cyberpunk anime, and urgent new documentaries take over our screen in J...
10/13/2026

THIS WEEK AT NEW PEOPLE CINEMA!

Japanese horror, cyberpunk anime, and urgent new documentaries take over our screen in Japantown!

JIGOKU (New 4K Restoration) — A shocking, visually spectacular descent into hell from Japanese horror master Nobuo Nakagawa.
Fri 10/16 at 6:15 PM & Sun 10/18 at 3 PM

HAUSU — Nobuhiko Obayashi’s delirious, candy-colored haunted-house nightmare. A cult classic that must be seen on the big screen!
Fri 10/16 at 8:30 PM

GHOST IN THE SHELL: 30TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTER — Added screening! Mamoru Oshii’s groundbreaking cyberpunk anime returns in 4K.
Thu 10/22 at 8 PM

FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE — A timely documentary about the political takeover of higher education, followed by a Q&A with director Patrick Bresnan, moderated by filmmaker Jesse Moss.
Sat 10/17 at 3 PM

NAZA — A gripping new documentary from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, exposing the machinery behind Israel’s war in Gaza through conversations with those inside the system.
Sat 10/17 & Sun 10/18 at 1 PM, and Thu 10/22 at 6 PM

| 1746 Post St., Japantown

Tickets at The Roxie website / link in bio!

Between Watergate and the Reagan ’80s, presidential politics had a brief flash of conscience.CARTER COUNTRY tells the st...
10/13/2026

Between Watergate and the Reagan ’80s, presidential politics had a brief flash of conscience.

CARTER COUNTRY tells the story of a Georgia community whose collective efforts helped propel Jimmy Carter all the way to the White House.

Join us for this documentary about grassroots organizing, community, and an unlikely road to the presidency.

Sunday, October 18 at 12:30 PM
Presented by the California Carter Initiative, with special guests in attendance.

Tickets on The Roxie website

“When you go on a journey with David Lynch it’s a trip you’ve never been on before — and may never want to take again — ...
10/12/2026

“When you go on a journey with David Lynch it’s a trip you’ve never been on before — and may never want to take again — but it’s unforgettable.” — Barry Gifford

It all started with two words. David Lynch came across the phrase “lost highway” in Barry Gifford’s novel Night People and knew he wanted to make something out of it. The two joined forces to write one of cinema’s most hypnotic and unsettling neo-noirs.

Starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and Robert Blake, LOST HIGHWAY (1997) takes us down a road of fractured identities, obsession, murder, and mystery.

Saturday, October 17 & 20 at The Roxie, as part of BARRY GIFFORD: WILD LIVES, LOST HIGHWAYS, celebrating the longtime Bay Area writer’s 80th birthday on October 18.

As Gifford himself put it: “Time to fasten your seat belt.”

Photo #2: Barry Gifford, Patricia Arquette, and David Lynch at the Sundance Film Festival.

The celebration continues on Sunday, October 18 (Gifford’s 80th birthday) with ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO, playing alongside MY LAST MARTINI, a short film based on his story and starring Twin Peaks favorite Wendy Robie.

Tickets at link in bio / Roxie website.

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