SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend
Damn! So many great movies to see this weekend, none of which are playing at any big-ass metroplexes. It's truly the best of both worlds.
Of course, you've already heard all about The Aristrocrats, which, incidentally, "had the highest per screen average, for any film opening on more than one screen, of any other film this year after its opening in New York and Los Angeles." That's right, it's the new hotness, so get on it at a Landmark theatre near you.
We've also already gotten all up in your grill about the 9th Annual San Francisco Asian Film Festival, at the 4 Star and the Presidio. SFists Rita and Eve hope to be there this weekend, if you see us say hi!
The Balboa's Louis Malle Festival continues this weekend with a great line-up including Pretty Baby, The Lovers, and The Impossible Camera. For many of us, this is a great opportunity to see these classic films in the way they were intended, that is, on the big screen and not on a college campus.
Fests aside, there are a ton of great small films opening this weekend, like these:
The Red Vic hosts the San Francisco premiere of Funny Ha Ha, a story that "paints a portrait...that captures the aimless, stop and go rhythms of a young slacker's life. But the film's DIY style strikes a chord with anyone who first fell in love with indie storytelling via the work of John Cassavetes or Mike Leigh in the 70's and 80's."
The Roxie is screening 11:14, a Run Lola Run-evocative film starring Henry Thomas, Barbara Hershey, Patrick Swayze, Hilary Swank, Shawn Hatosy and Rachel Leigh Cook. Dang.
Oh, Junebug. We love this movie so much (thanks for turning us on to it, Chris!). You've probably heard about this movie already, because everyone is just going wild about the performance by Amy Adams, as a pregnant, innocent, and wise Southern gal in a movie that paints a deft portrait of less than privledged Southern life without ever, ever condescending. Go see it at the Embarcadero.
We started this column with the profane and we'll end it the same way, with our final recommendation being this week's Midnight Mass with Peaches Christ. This weekend's selection is the great Showgirls. It all happens tonight and tomorrow night at midnight at The Bridge.
How about you? This is usually where we'd make a joke about big budget films opening this weekend and ask if you're seeing any of them, but they all look so dismal we're not going to insult y'all like that, but you're welcome to insult yourselves in the comments!