Jewish Film Festival

Bad Shabbos

Tuesday, May 13   1 & 7pm

When David and his fiance Meg gather for his family’s traditional Shabbat dinner on New York’s Upper West Side, things spiral faster than you can say “hamotzi” when an accidental death (or…murder?) derails the evening entirely. With Meg’s devoutly Catholic parents due any moment to meet David’s very Jewish family, soon Shabbat becomes a comedy of biblical proportions….MORE INFO

Angst

Thusday, May 15 5:30pm

Q& A To Follow with NAMI Youth Advisors

Angst: Building Resilience is a film-based program designed to raise awareness around anxiety. The goal of Angst is to remove the stigma and open up the conversation around anxiety, helping people understand and manage their symptoms, and when to reach out for help. Most importantly, it shows people that they are not alone and that anxiety is 100% treatable….MORE INFO

BJÖRK: CORNUCOPIA

Wednesday, May 7 7pm
Thursday, May 15 7pm

This unique cinematic experience immerses viewers in Björk’s spectacular stage production, featuring a setlist spanning her iconic early works to the visionary Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2023). The production showcases bespoke instruments, including a magnetic harp, a circular flute, an aluphone, and a reverb chamber…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Blue Velvet (1986)

Saturday, May 17 5:45pm
Sunday, May 18 8:25pm
Wednesday, May 21 12:45pm
Thursday, May 22 3:00pm

College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with detective’s daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the mystery. They believe beautiful lounge singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) may be connected with the case, and Beaumont finds himself becoming drawn into her dark, twisted world, where he encounters sexually depraved psychopath Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper)…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Dune (1984)

Sunday, May 18 5:30pm
Monday, May 19 1:00pm

The long-awaited film version of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction epic, Dune, explodes on the screen with dazzling special effects, unforgettable images, and powerful performances. The saga of intergalactic warrior Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan) and his messianic rise to leadership features an all-star cast, including Jose Ferrer, Max Von Sydow, Oscar® winner Linda Hunt and rock legend, Sting. This monumental Dino DeLaurentiis presentation is directed by David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Eraserhead), with photography by Academy Award® winner Freddie Francis, music by Grammy® winner Toto, and incredible monster creation by E.T.’s Carlo Rambaldi. Visit an unbelievable world beyond time and space and experience the ultimate adventure that goes beyond the imagination…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

The Elephant Man (1980)

Friday, May 16 5:50pm
Saturday, May 17 12:10pm
Tuesday, May 20 8:10pm
Thursday, May 22 5:45pm

Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the “Elephant Man.” Treves brings Merrick into his home, discovering that his rough exterior hides a refined soul, and that Merrick can teach the stodgy British upper class of the time a lesson about dignity. Merrick becomes the toast of London and charms a caring actress (Anne Bancroft) before his death at 27…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Eraserhead (1977)

Sunday, May 18 12:00pm
Tuesday, May 20 3:30pm

Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling with Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) left her pregnant, he marries the expectant mother and has her move in with him. Things take a decidedly strange turn when the couple’s baby turns out to be a bizarre lizard-like creature that won’t stop wailing. Other characters, including a disfigured lady who lives inside a radiator, inhabit the building and add to Henry’s troubles…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Inland Empire (2006)

Sunday, May 18 2:00pm
Tuesday, May 20 12:00pm

Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) gets a warning not to make any romantic overtures — especially since the characters they play are having an affair. Both actors learn that the project is a remake of an unfinished film in which the stars were murdered…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Lost Highway (1997)

Friday, May 16 3:00pm
Thursday, May 22 12:10pm

From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette)…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Friday, May 16 8:25pm
Monday, May 19 8:00pm
Wednesday, May 21 3:30pm

A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of Rita’s true identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

The Short Films of David Lynch

Friday, May 16 1:30pm
Monday, May 19 3:50pm
Wednesday, May 21 6:30pm

Delve deeper into the labyrinthine psyche of surrealist nightmare-weaver David Lynch with these unsettling, hallucinatory shorts that reflect the origins and evolution of his singular style. These films are replete with the sinister, uncanny imagery that could have emerged only from an artist so deeply in tune with his subconscious. Shorts program includes: The Alphabet, The Grandmother, The Amputee, Premonitions Following an Evil Deed and Six Men Getting Sick…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

Saturday, May 17 2:50pm
Monday, May 19 5:15pm
Wednesday, May 21 8:00pm

In the folksy town of Deerfield, Wash., FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the similarly cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Lara Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate…MORE INFO

Rialto Cinemas presents David Lynch Retrospective

Wild at Heart (1990)

Saturday, May 17 8:25pm
Tuesday, May 20 5:30pm
Thursday, May 22 8:20pm

After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern). Lula’s mother, Marietta (Diane Ladd), desperate to keep them apart, hires a hit man to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe), an old buddy who’s also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet…MORE INFO

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Starts Friday, May 23

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning…MORE INFO

Lilo & Stitch

Starts Friday, May 23

“Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family…MORE INFO

Friendship

Starts Friday, May 23

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives…MORE INFO

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Starts Friday, May 30

Agathe is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, while she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writers block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…MORE INFO

Karate Kid Legends

Starts Friday, May 30

Karate Kid: Legends, unites the iconic martial arts masters of one of the most beloved film franchises of all time to tell a completely new story full of action and heart. When kung fu prodigy Li Fong relocates to New York City with his mother to attend a prestigious new school, he finds solace in a new friendship with a classmate and her father. But his newfound peace is short-lived after he attracts unwanted attention from a formidable local karate champion…MORE INFO

Caught By The Tides

Coming Soon!

The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social transformation, Jia Zhangke has taken his boldest approach to narrative yet with his marvelous Caught by the Tides. Assembled from footage shot over a span of 23 years—a beguiling mix of fiction and documentary, featuring a cascade of images taken from previous movies, unused scenes, and newly shot dramatic sequences…MORE INFO

25 Cats From Qatar

Tuesday, June 3 4 & 7pm

Q&A with director Mye Hoang to follow 7pm screening!

The nation of Qatar has a street cat population equal to the entire human population of the entire country – and growing fast. Disease is rampant, and local adoption is rare. 25 Cats from Qatar follows one mission – led by a network of multinational underground animal rescuers in Doha…MORE INFO

The Phoenician Scheme

Starts Friday, June 6

Wealthy businessman, Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins…MORE INFO

Maya and the Wave

Wednesday, May 28   7pm

MAYA and the WAVE, a feature length documentary, tells the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. She nearly drowns – and is ridiculed by the male big wave surfers who dominate the sport. Three spine surgeries and five years later, she surfs the biggest wave a woman has ever surfed…MORE INFO

Every Little Thing

Thursday, May 29 1 & 7pm

Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. This heart-expanding Sundance hit introduces audiences to Terry’s diminutive patients through breathtaking slow-motion photography and emotional storytelling. Over the course of director Sally Aitken’s moving documentary, we become deeply invested in baby hummingbirds like Cactus and Wasabi, celebrating their tiny victories and lamenting their tragedies…MORE INFO

Jewish Film Festival

All God’s Children

Tuesday, June 10   1 & 7pm

In an unprecedented attempt to heal centuries of racism and antisemitism, and combat the rising racial and ethnic tension in their Brooklyn communities, activist Rabbi Rachel Timoner teams up with Baptist Reverend Robert Waterman to unite their congregations. As their faith is put to the test, both congregations struggle to not let their differences drive them apart…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

Z

Wednesday, June 11 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

This Academy Award winner—loosely based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis—stars Yves Montand as a prominent politician and doctor whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials; Jean-Louis Trintignant is the tenacious magistrate who’s determined not to let them get away with it…MORE INFO

Underground Orange

Presented by OUTwatch and Rialto Cinemas

Thursday, June 12 1 & 7pm

Underground Orange is a queer dramedy about a California backpacker who becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap the US Ambassador to Argentina…MORE INFO

Materialists

Starts Friday, June 13

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex…MORE INFO

How To Train Your Dragon

Starts Friday, June 13

For more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation’s epic animated film trilogy about the friendship between a young man and his dragon has moved, inspired and delighted audiences worldwide. Now, a new live-action adaptation of the blockbuster HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON franchise will transport audiences for the first time into a new cinematic experience and a bold, thrilling new chapter in the beloved story of Viking Hiccup and his Night Fury dragon, Toothless…MORE INFO

Elio

Starts Friday, June 20

For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking…MORE INFO

28 Years Later

Starts Friday, June 20

Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new story set in the world created by 28 Days Later. It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected…MORE INFO

Dinner & A Movie

Next Dinner June 22: Les Blank Collection

Prior to each screening, 40 guests will enjoy a delicious meal, prepared by James Beard Award winner Michele Anna Jordan and Rialto Cinemas’ kitchen team…

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F1

Starts Friday, June 27

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes, owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

To Have and Have not

Wednesday, July 2 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

In Vichy France, fishing boat captain Harry avoids getting involved in politics, refusing to smuggle French Resistance fighters into Martinique. But when a Resistance client is shot before he can pay, Harry agrees to help hotel owner Gerard smuggle two fighters to the island. Harry is further swayed by Slim, a wandering American girl, and when the police take his friend Eddie hostage, he is forced to fight for the Resistance…MORE INFO

Jewish Film Festival

UnBroken

Tuesday, July 8   1 & 7pm

Q & A with director Beth Lane to follow 7pm show!

UnBroken chronicles the seven Weber siblings who evaded certain capture and death, and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz. After being hidden in a laundry hut by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in wartorn Germany…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

The Conformist

Wednesday, August 20 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

Marcello Clerici (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a member of the secret police in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. He and his new bride, Giulia (Stefania Sandrelli), travel to Paris for their honeymoon, where Marcello also plans to assassinate his former college professor Luca Quadri (Enzo Tarascio), an outspoken anti-Fascist living in exile…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

Human Flow

Wednesday, September 3 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

Leviathan

Wednesday, October 1 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family…MORE INFO

The Indivisible Sonoma County Film Series presented by Rialto Cinemas

One Nation, One King

Wednesday, November 5 1 & 7pm

Panel discussion to follow 7pm screening!

The intertwining fates of the historical figures, the men and the women of the 1789 French revolution, as they meet at the newly established Assemblée Nationale….MORE INFO

Jewish Film Festival

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & the Art of Survival

Tuesday, October 14   1 & 7pm

“The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & the Art of Survival” is a visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market. Tamara de Lempicka was the preeminent Art Deco painter…MORE INFO