Balboa Theater

09/06/2026

A beautiful day on Balboa Street

09/05/2026

Tonight and Monday!!!! CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON plays in 3D on 35mm film!!

09/04/2026

AKIRA 4k rerelease comes to the Balboa Theater!! Experience the masterpiece of hand drawn animation back on the silver screen!!

09/03/2026

Leos Carax’s explosive treatise on the power of film HOLY MOTORS plays tonight at the Balboa!!!

09/02/2026

CinemaSFBay is proud to partner with San Francisco Cinematheque on CROSSROADS 2026!

Program 6 — “in the distance, quietly” screens 2:30pm Sunday, Sept 6 Gray Area , San Francisco

“Tomorrows Tomorrows Tomorrows. The stones speak. CROSSROADS day 2 begins with oblique visions of lost cities, forgotten and rediscovered, singing their songs across atmospheres. Memorials to unsung saints and survivors. Cryptic missives to future generations.”

Featuring work by: Alexander (Sasha) Barancheyev , Kevin T Allen Matt Whitman , Jorge Caballero Ramos , Camilo Restrepo, Friedl vom Gröller, kevin jerome everson , Claudrena N. Harold, and Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu

Info & tickets: sfcinematheque.org/screening/crossroads-2026-program-6/

Image: 09/05/1982 (2025) by Jorge Caballero Ramos & Camilo Restrepo

Info & tickets: sfcinematheque.org/screening/crossroads-2026-program-6/

Image: 09/05/1982 (2025) by Jorge Caballero Ramos & Camilo Restrepo

09/01/2026

This Labor Day!

08/29/2026

Some of the fine films coming to the Balboa this September!!!
1. JACOB’S LADDER plays on the 1st
2. Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS plays on the 2nd
3. Leos Carax’s unhinged HOLY MOTORS plays on the 3rd
4. AKIRA 4k rerelease opens on the 4th
5. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON plays on 3d 35mm film on the 4th and 7th
6. FRANKENSTEIN plays on the 5th, with a live score by Sleepbomb
7. San Francisco classic BASIC INSTINCT plays on the 6th
8. ANIMONDAY presents COCOON on the 7th.
9. ANATOMY OF A FALL plays on the 8th
10. Warped VHS presents EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC on vhs on the 8th
11. The documentary about the making of Exorcist 2, BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL plays on the 9th
12. Odyssey Film Institute presents THE MUMMY on 35mm film on the 10th

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

RIP to a true icon, and a face that is never a stranger on the screens of the Balboa Theater. In honor of the late great Tim Curry we’ve added an additional showing of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, with live performance by Rocky Horror SF • B***y Caste , this Saturday.

08/26/2026

For lovers of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) & PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) Camp Balboa presents the 1985 Japanese cult classic THE LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS. Beginning as a concept album for a non-existent movie, film student Makoto Tezuka was only 22 when he joined forces with musician Haruo Chicada to make this musical comedy odyssey a reality. 🌟🌌💫🌠✨

Q***r & sparkly & chrome & bizarre, this film follows two rival musicians who become a pop duo under a shady music mogul, exploring gender expression & predatory industry & monsters & aliens &…. Yeah just come watch it. September 15th at 7:30 pm!!! 🪐🎶🎸