A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world. "A horror camp classic."—Decider

**Staff Picks 2026!** Beautiful young housewife Severine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Severine pays a visit and eventually begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life. Winner—Golden Lion at Venice In French w/English subtitles

Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words and emotions as they wrestle with the impact of a tainted and shared past. "Full of fears, daring us to face them."—NYTimes Critic's Pick "A vulnerable work about one’s past colliding with one’s present."—RogerEbert.com

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it. Winner—First Feature Award at Locarno Winner—Best Canadian Discovery at TIFF "A tender but devastating work that exists in the netherworld between documentary and fiction"—NYMag "An exquisite debut feature."—NYTimes Critic's Pick In English and Hungarian with English subtitles

Sparks fly when Violet (Jennifer Tilly) sets eyes on Corky (Gina Gershon) in an elevator. Violet is the girlfriend of a violent gangster, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), while Corky is fresh out of prison and doing renovations on the apartment next door. As the two women launch into a passionate love affair, they assemble an intricate plan for Violet to escape from Caesar, with two million dollars of the mob's money —but the important part is to make it out alive. "Pure cinema, spread over several genres"—Roger Ebert

*Q&A w/writer/director/actor Katarina Zhu after following showtime on Wednesday, 6/10 at 7pm.* A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father. "Refreshingly concerned with the way people who’ve lived their entire lives online have to navigate the differences between those two worlds...Zhu spins these plates with remarkable openness and vulnerability."—RogerEbert.com "Bunnylovr remains subtle throughout, using its protagonist as a stand-in for urban alienation and internet-age loneliness writ large...Zhu creates a world that feels empathetic and lived-in."—IndieWire

High school senior Megan is an all-American girl who loves cheerleading and dates a football player. Her suburban existence is turned upside-down when her family suspects her to be a lesbian. They send her to a ‘rehabilitation camp’ where she comes to question her own sexuality for the first time. "Sharp and exhilarating."—Village Voice "Has endured among the LGBT community due its fervent rejection of heteronormativity and its celebration of queerness at each stage of production—in the storyline, the aesthetic, the cast and the crew."—Little White Lies

**Q&A with writer/director Ben McKenzie following showtime on Wednesday, 6/3 at 6:40pm.** With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time. "Lively, knife-sharp, impeccably researched and reported...McKenzie cuts through reams of misinformation and conducts unshowy but confrontational interviews with finance players who are famous and powerful."—Variety

A crew of professional shoplifters takes aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community service. "There is simply no one making movies like Boots Riley...a wildly original film."—The Playlist "Boots Riley’s candy-colored indictment of capitalism is as sharp as it is deranged."—IGN "Hard to imagine a more original movie, or a more unfiltered vision from the mind of its maker."—S.F Chronicle

In Is God Is, two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that will push them to extraordinary lengths. The film is Aleshea Harris’ directorial debut and is based on Harris’ adaptation of her award-winning play of the same name. "A powerhouse film debut...Is God Is is epic to its core...subtle and bold.—NYTimes Critic's Pick "Both wildly entertaining and viciously upsetting, this remarkable debut boldly reaps what others have sown."—Variety

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance. "A singular, hypnotic, and formally unbound psychodrama."—IndieWire Critic's Pick

A love story in the city of dreams . . . Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project. David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium, a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other. Winner—Best Director at Cannes "Thrilling and ludicrous. The movie feels entirely instinctual. The rest is silencio."—Village Vocie "A bone fide masterpiece. An erotic, deeply unsettling, darkly comic journey through the subconscious city of night."—Empire

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Blah blah blah blah blah. Winner—Audience Award at SXSW Winner—People's Choice Award at TIFF "It’s movies like these that prove that cinema still has the capacity to surprise, even in criminally goofy comedies like this."—RogerEbert.com "Part guerrilla prank saga, part heartwarming friendship story, and part riff on Back to the Future, the result is an incredibly fine-tuned mishmash of styles and ideas that keeps evolving in surprising ways."—IGN

Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) arrives in Las Vegas with only a suitcase and a dream of becoming a top showgirl. She quickly befriends Molly (Gina Ravera), who works at the high-profile Stardust Hotel, and lands a job at a seedy strip club. A chance meeting with Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust's marquee dancer, and her powerful boyfriend, Zack (Kyle MacLachlan), brings Nomi one step closer to realizing her dream. But, as she ascends to the top, Nomi begins to wonder if it's all worth it. "Showgirls is funny, stupid, dirty, and filled with cinematic clichés; in other words, perfect."—John Waters "Audaciously experimental satire-but-not-satire, and also one of the most astringent, least compromised critiques of the Dream Factory ever unleashed on audiences."—Slant

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing, conservative parents. "The Birdcage is a scream...serves up pure pleasure from beginning to end."—Variety

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. "Led by immaculate performances, it’s one of the most delightfully nerve-wracking rabbit holes you’re likely to tumble down this year."—IGN "It’s Zendaya’s movie. Her layered performance holds back then lets go as Emma’s full complexity is gradually revealed. If you can’t get onboard with Emma, then you’re the problem—which partly is Borgli’s intention."—S.F Chronicle "I save the zero star designation for movies that I think have no redeeming value whatsoever or are morally repugnant. “The Drama” meets both criteria."—Boston Globe

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions. "A movie that tries to ravish your senses so thoroughly you may not notice its sleights of hand"—NYTimes Critic's Pick "Voluptuously beautiful, frankly sexual, occasionally perverse and horrifically violent."—RogerEbert.com "A beautifully filmed, wonderfully challenging, multi-layered tale of trickery upon trickery, short con upon long con, deception upon deception"—Chicago Sun-Times In Korean, Japanese w/English subtitles

Another Homo Movie by Gregg Araki... More teen angst in 15 random celluloid fragments. Music by Ministry, This Mortal Coil, Unrest, Babyland, The Wolfgang Press, His Name is Alive, Coil. In his fourth and best feature, Totally F***ed Up, provocative and talented independent filmmaker Gregg Araki delves into the troubled world of gay teenagers. "Araki's fractured, corrosive portrait of a group of gay comrades...[told with] daring, outrage and inventiveness."—NYTimes "A rag-tag story of fag-and-dyke teen underground…a kind of cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick."—Gregg Araki

Danny Boyle's explosive film tracks the misadventures of young men in Edinburgh trying to find their way out of joblessness, aimless relationships and drug addiction. Some are successful, while others hopelessly are not. Based on Irvine Walsh's novel, Trainspotting melds grit with poetry, resulting in a film of harsh truths and stunning grace. "A series of roaring, provocative, outrageous highs"—Chicago Reader "Supercharged with sulphurous humour and brutal recklessness"—The Guardian "Extraordinary"—S.F. Chronicle