Space Cowboy

Wednesday, May 6 6:30pm

A pioneer of skydiving cinematography, Joe Jennings looks back on a lifetime of creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to pull off his most ambitious stunt yet, turning a dreamlike vision into reality…MORE INFO

Project Hail Mary

Starts Friday, May 8

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone…MORE INFO

Suffs

Join NorCal Public Media and Rialto Cinemas for this free screening of the sensational Broadway musical SUFFS!

Tuesday, May 12 7pm

Created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, this musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffragist movement and the remarkable friendships, heartbreak, and action that brought women together—or, in some cases, tore them apart. Premiering nationwide on PBS’ Great Performances in May, you can see it LIVE at Rialto Cinemas locations, presented by your Bay Area PBS station, KRCB-NorCal Public Media…MORE INFO

POWER TO THE PEOPLE: JOHN AND YOKO LIVE IN NYC

Wednesday, May 13 7pm

Representing the only full-length concerts John Lennon, with Yoko Ono, performed after leaving The Beatles, Power To The People: John & Yoko Live in NYC is a multiscreen concert film of two massive Madison Square Garden live shows. This is a film restoration twenty years in the making, with every frame physically and digitally cleaned by hand…MORE INFO

Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light

Thursday, May 14 1pm

Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light is a feature documentary film exploring the life and art of the most important American woman artist of the 20th century. Known as the “Mother of American Modernism,” O’Keeffe exploded on the New York art scene in the 1920s with her paintings of flowers, bones, and the beauty of nature…MORE INFO

Among Neighbors

Sunday, May 17   10:30am

Q&A with filmmaker Yoav Potash to follow film!

Using hand-drawn animation to bring the past to life, “Among Neighbors” investigates the story of a small, rural town where the longstanding peace between Jewish and Polish neighbors was shattered by World War II. The film focuses on the only living Holocaust survivor from the town, and an aging eyewitness who saw Jews murdered there — six months after the Nazis were defeated…MORE INFO

American Agitators

Wednesday, May 20 6:30pm

AMERICAN AGITATORS captures the remarkable story of organizing for social change in the U.S. through the work Fred Ross Sr. and many others such as iconic organizers Dolores Huerta and Fred Ross Jr. as well as current ones, all of whom have devoted their lives to the pursuit of justice and equality. For over 50 years Ross led a groundbreaking organizing approach that improved the lives of thousands and reverberates in organizing strategies today…MORE INFO

I Love Boosters

Starts Friday, May 22

A crew of professional shoplifters known as The Velvet Gang take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven…MORE INFO

Tuner

Starts Friday, May 22

Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz, encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie, with whom he forges an unexpected connection…MORE INFO

Land With No Rider

Wednesday, May 27 7pm

Q&A with Director Tamar Lando to follow screening!

The last cowboys of New Mexico eke out a fragile survival in a shrinking world of isolation, memories and rugged beauty as an epic drought devastates the American West…MORE INFO

Pressure

Starts Friday, May 29

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether…MORE INFO