Hanging By A Wire

Tuesday, October 13 6:30pm

Q&A with Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi to follow screening!

A routine school commute turns terrifying when a cable car’s wire snaps, leaving eight passengers — including six schoolboys — dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills. With no margin for error and a cable that could fail at any moment, an unlikely alliance of rescuers must improvise under intense public scrutiny, racing against an invisible clock before disaster strikes live on television…MORE INFO

You Can See Everything

Advance shows Thursday, October 15!

Thirty-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…MORE INFO

The Devils

Advance shows Thursday, October 15!

Ken Russell’s 1971 The Devils remains one of cinema’s most transgressive and incendiary provocations, a feverish account of the Loudun possessions witchcraft trial in 17th-century France. Oliver Reed stars as Urbain Grandier, a wildly charismatic libertine priest who defies Cardinal Richelieu’s consolidation of power…MORE INFO

KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE

Tuesday, October 20 6:30pm

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie is inspired by Rushdie’s memoir “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.” The film explores Rushdie’s recovery in the broadest sense. Through Rushdie’s wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ personal footage, which has never been seen by the public, the doc follows the writer during his physical recovery as well as the recovery of his spirit and hope for the future…MORE INFO

Fjord

Starts Friday, October 23

From two⁠-⁠time Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, a Norwegian woman and her devout Romanian husband relocate with their five children to a remote, close⁠-⁠knit, coastal town. Their teenage children form a fast bond with a neighboring family as unease begins to simmer around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgment that blurs the line between concern and prejudice…MORE INFO

Wicker

Starts Friday, October 23

An audacious comedic fable about sex, marriage, and the absurdities of social convention, WICKER tells the wholly original love story of an ostracized fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions a husband to be made by the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage)…MORE INFO

ONE IN A MILLION

Saturday, October 24 11:00am

Q&A with Directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes and Film Subject Israa to follow film!

Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience…MORE INFO

Rocky Horror Picture Show

with Transylvanian Temptations Live Shadowcast!

Saturday, October 24 11:30pm

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…MORE INFO

The Art of Adventure

Tuesday, October 27 6:30pm

In 1957, world renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster embarked on a global expedition in a Land Rover they called “The Grizzly Torque” – a journey that ignited a deep love of our planet – and set in motion a powerful story of environmental activism…MORE INFO

Berkeley Film Foundation presents

Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold

Wednesday, October 28   6:00pm

Q&A with director Abby Ginzberg and Rabbi David Cooper to follow film!

Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold, an award-winning film by local Bay Area filmmaker Abby Ginzberg, delves into the remarkable life and enduring legacy of Henrietta Szold, one of the most influential, yet under-recognized, American Jewish women in history. A visionary leader with an extraordinary blend of logistical brilliance and hands-on dedication, Henrietta played a pivotal role in shaping Palestine’s healthcare system while providing refuge and healing to thousands of young Holocaust survivors…MORE INFO

The Great Experiment

Thursday, October 29 8:30pm

What happens when neighbors become strangers, when shared spaces become contested ground and when the very idea of a common future stops feeling possible? THE GREAT EXPERIMENT considers the results of what George Washington once called “our last great experiment” in democracy…MORE INFO

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Advance Screening and Q&A with filmmakers!
Saturday, October 31 5pm!

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. For four hours, this extraordinary group – many of whom had not seen each other in fifty years – reminisced, critiqued, argued, laughed and drank while wrestling with their place in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape…MORE INFO

The Last Dive

Coming in November!

The film follows Terry Kennedy, whose life was transformed by an extraordinary friendship with Willy, a 22-foot manta ray who would slap his wings against Kennedy’s sailboat to signal their next dive. Now in his 80s, Kennedy journeys to a remote island in search of Willy — and the chance to say goodbye…MORE INFO

Miss Representation: Rise Up

Wednesday, November 4 6:30pm

Conversation to follow the film with special guests!

Over a decade after Miss Representation exposed the media’s contribution to the under-representation of women in leadership, MISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP dives deep into the cultural backlash against women’s agency and power…MORE INFO

Wild Horse Nine

Early Access Screening Friday, October 30!

Starts Thursday, November 5

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways…MORE INFO

Club Kid

Starts Friday, November 13

For Peter Green (Jordan Firstman), a promoter and purveyor of… shall we say… stimulating party favours in the queer New York club scene, the party never stops. Each revelry blurs into the next, with restraint and responsibility perpetually foisted upon others, especially his fed-up business partner Sophie (Cara Delevingne) But on the precipice of losing another decade to the rhythm of the night, reality bites in the form of his surprise parentage to 10-year-old Arlo (Reggie Absolom), the result of a half-remembered hookup…MORE INFO

Paper Tiger

Starts Friday, November 20

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafia, family bonds begin to fray with life-altering consequences…MORE INFO

Ink

Starts Friday, December 11

An explosive cinematic rollercoaster about a group of visionaries and misfits who had an idea for a new kind of news — one that would give the people what they want and would change the face of the world we live in today. Based on the Tony Award-winning play of the same name…MORE INFO

Elsinore

Coming in December!

The deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph. Facing his own mortality with unflinching honesty, wit, and grace, Charleson delivers a courageous performance that becomes a source of healing and inspiration for those around him…MORE INFO