We’re excited to share a year of films with you for our 2026-2027 season!
We meet on Fridays at the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way, a short walk from Castro St Muni station) start with refreshments at 6:30 and the film presentation begins at 7pm unless otherwise noted.
AUGUST 2026
AUG 14 RANDALL MUSEUM
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
To start off the 34th year of Art & Film, we’re kicking the season off with our 2026 Student Film Festival! Don't miss out on the premier of exciting new short films by students of our award-winning Film Workshop and Summer Film Intensive!
SEPTEMBER
SEPT 4 RANDALL MUSEUM
Alfonso Cúaron ROMA (2018)
Roma tells the story of Cleo, a live-in housekeeper, and the upper class family she works for in 1970’s Mexico City. Loosely based on the director's own upbringing in the Colonia Roma neighborhood, this film is a personal and heartfelt narrative you won't want to miss.
SEPT 11 RANDALL MUSEUM
Jeunet & Caro THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995)
From the directors of Delicatessen and Amelie, this tale of a mad scientist who kidnaps young children in order to absorb their dreams is remembered for its uncanny visual power. It’s got cyclops, cloning, a carnival, and one very determined girl. You’ll love it!
SEP 18 RANDALL MUSEUM
Akira Kurosawa IKIRU (1952)
What can a person accomplish in life? A clerk who has accepted the drudgery of the bureaucracy, has a revelation, and sets out to affect change on the world around him before he dies. Possibly Kurosawa’s most beautifully heartfelt films.
SEPT 25 RANDALL MUSEUM
Coen Brothers O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU (2000)
A razor-sharp comedy that updates Homer’s The Odyssey to the Depression-era American South. Driven by a legendary bluegrass soundtrack, the film follows three chain-gang escapees who stumble into a series of surreal misadventures in search of a route home. Overflowing with southern gothic charm and hilarious performances, it’s a joyous, visually iconic musical journey.
OCTOBER
OCT 2 RANDALL MUSEUM
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010)
In the lush jungles of Thailand, an ailing man spends his last days in the loving presence of his late wife’s ghost and his long-lost son. This hauntingly beautiful vision dissolves the boundaries between life, death, and nature into a hypnotic trance you won't forget.
OCT 9 RANDALL MUSEUM
Alfred Hitchcock REAR WINDOW (1954)
Confined to his apartment with a broken leg, a photojournalist passes the time spying on his neighbors until he suspects one of them has committed murder. What begins as idle curiosity rapidly escalates into a nerve-shredding game of cat and mouse. Hitchcock’s thriller turns the audience into helpless accomplices in the dark thrill of voyeurism.
OCT 16 RANDALL MUSEUM
Kahlil Joseph
BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS (2025)
An expansion of Kahlil Joseph’s groundbreaking installation art, BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions is a kinetic, hyper-stylized collage of news, archive footage, and pop culture. Equal parts trenchant social commentary and radical media intervention, it reclaims the broadcast format to present a vital, non-linear portrait of Black culture and contemporary life.
OCT 23 RANDALL MUSEUM
Werner Herzog AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)
In the 1560’s, a ruthless and insane conquistador leads a Spanish expedition deep into the Amazon in search of the “City of Gold”. Filled with astounding images and a great performance by the unhinged Klaus Kinski, this is one of the jewels of art-house cinema.
NOTE: Contains graphic violence
OCT 30 RANDALL MUSEUM
Charles Laughton NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
This year for our Halloween film we bring you a ruthless serial killer disguised as a preacher who terrorizes two young children across the rural South in a desperate hunt for a hidden fortune. Uniquely dreamlike and chilling, it stands as one of the most visually arresting thrillers in cinema history.
NOVEMBER
NOV 6 RANDALL MUSEUM
Tomas Alfredson LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)
One of the subtlest, most haunting coming-of-age films. A lonely, bullied boy finds a friend when a peculiar girl moves in next door, but things get complicated when people start to turn up dead and drained of all their blood…
NOV 13 RANDALL MUSEUM
Alain Resnais HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959)
Alain Resnais’s groundbreaking masterpiece unfolds over a single, intense night in post-war Hiroshima, as a French actress and a Japanese architect have a love affair. As their physical connection collides with the scars of World War II, their brief encounter becomes an exploration of memory and trauma. Hypnotic and emotionally raw, it forever changed the language of modern cinema.
NOV 20 RANDALL MUSEUM
Billy Wilder SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
When two struggling jazz musicians witness a mob hit, they put on wigs and high heels to hide out in an all-female band bound for Florida. What unfolds is a riotously funny farce fueled by irresistible performances from Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. Billy Wilder’s masterpiece remains the gold standard of American comedy.
DECEMBER
DEC 4 RANDALL MUSEUM
Jane Campion BRIGHT STAR (2009)
Bright Star paints a luminous portrait of the real-life romance between poet John Keats and the headstrong seamstress Fanny Brawne. This film captures a connection defined by both unspoken devotion and tragic heartbreak. It is a visually sublime film that transforms romantic longing into pure cinematic poetry.
DEC 11 RANDALL MUSEUM
Christian Petzold PHOENIX (2014)
Set in the smoldering ruins of post-WWII Berlin, Phoenix is a hypnotic noir about trauma, identity, and betrayal. After surviving a concentration camp and undergoing reconstructive facial surgery, a singer searches for her husband, only for him to fail to recognize her and recruit her to impersonate his "late" wife for an inheritance.
DEC 18 RANDALL MUSEUM
Tim Burton PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)
When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on a series of increasingly surreal encounters. A simple plot synopsis does not do this film justice. This film is an endlessly inventive and joyful work of genius.
JANUARY
JAN 15 RANDALL MUSEUM
Abbas Kiarostami WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE? (1987)
When a schoolboy accidentally takes his classmate’s notebook home, he is forced out on a desperate journey to return it before morning, knowing his friend will be expelled if he fails. Navigating a world of oblivious adults and winding village paths, his simple trek becomes a tense, yet beautiful reflection on childhood.
JAN 22 RANDALL MUSEUM
Sylvain Chomet THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2003)
A wildly imaginative, visually dazzling animated masterpiece fueled by slapstick humor, swing-era jazz, and virtually no dialogue. When a dedicated grandmother embarks on a surreal rescue mission across the Atlantic to save her kidnapped grandson, she joins forces with an eccentric trio of aging vaudeville singers.
JAN 29 RANDALL MUSEUM
Christophe Honoré LOVE SONGS (2009)
Four young Parisians tangled up in love who try to sing their way out. This is a musical done right, full of charm and fun, but at its core shockingly insightful about love and loss. Come for a unique and playful romp through Paris. NOTE: sex, nudity and French people singing
FEBRUARY
FEB 5 RANDALL MUSEUM
Ingmar Bergman THE SILENCE (1963)
Stranded in a bleak, unfamiliar hotel during a suffocating heatwave, two estranged sisters and a young boy face emotional coldness, existential dread and psychological alienation. Stark and uncompromising, it stands as one of cinema’s most visceral explorations of isolation and emotional paralysis.
FEB 12 RANDALL MUSEUM
Mike Leigh SECRETS AND LIES (1996)
A young woman seeks out her birth mother and is shocked by what she finds. The rich and realistic scenes come from months of character building improvisation between actor and director. You won’t forget this powerfully moving and funny film.
FEB 19 RANDALL MUSEUM
Kasi Lemmons EVE’S BAYOU (1997)
Set in the muggy, moss-draped Louisiana bayou of the 1960s, Eve’s Bayou is a haunting, lushly shot southern gothic drama about the slipperiness of memory and truth. Seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl who uncovers a web of secrets surrounding her charismatic father, the film weaves family history, Creole mysticism, and adult betrayals into a rich, emotional tapestry.
FEB 26 RANDALL MUSEUM
Pedro Almodóvar ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999)
A grieving mother returns to her past and finds refuge among a group of women who teach her to love again. Full of theatrical flair, warm humor, and raw tenderness, the film celebrates the family we choose.
MARCH
MAR 5 RANDALL MUSEUM
Peter Weir FEARLESS (1993)
MAR 12 RANDALL MUSEUM
Lucrecia Martel LA CIENAGA (2001)
Over one sticky, storm-threatened summer at a crumbling rural estate, two extended families unravel over alcohol-soaked afternoons, simmering class tensions, and casual neglect. Rich with sensory detail, it’s a masterclass in mood that announced Martel as a radical, brilliant new voice in world cinema.
MAR 19 RANDALL MUSEUM
J. Lee Thompson ICE COLD IN ALEX (1958)
An exhausted British army officer leads a small group in an ambulance across hundreds of miles of scorching North African desert to escape the Nazi advance. Facing landmines, treacherous sand dunes, and the constant threat of enemy patrols, their grueling trek is fueled by a single, desperate dream. A gripping survival thriller with a great payoff.
MAR 26 RANDALL MUSEUM
Tsai Ming-Liang GOODBYE DRAGON INN (2003)
A transcendent love letter to the dying art of cinema. As King Hu’s classic 1967 wuxia film, Dragon Inn, echoes across the near-empty auditorium, lonely projectionists, wandering patrons, and quiet ghosts drift through the shadows. This slow-cinema masterwork transforms the simple act of moviegoing into a sacred, hypnotic eulogy.