MARCH / APRIL 2018 SCHEDULE ABOUT OUR THEATER The Roxie is your community nonprofit arthouse theater and the oldest continually-run cinema in the country! Our staff brings you the best / coolest / weirdest / most thought- provoking movies of the past, present and future. Whether in our historic 234-seat Big Roxie theater or our intimate 47-seat Little Roxie screening room, we showcase distinctive cinematic experiences that allow people to meet and connect through the power of film. $12 | BIG ROXIE $11 | LITTLE ROXIE $9 | MATINEE $8 | SENIOR $8 | FAN MEMBERS FREE! | PATRON MEMBERS AND ABOVE A Fantastic Woman Oscar Nominated: Best Foreign Film SAN FRANCISCO SHOWTIMES/TICKETS CONCESSIONS Visit www.roxie.com for showtimes, details Delicious organic popcorn, local beer Abbas Kiarostami’s 24 Frames Purple Rain on upcoming events and added titles. selection, Salt & Straw ice cream, and more! Q&A with producer Ahmad Kiarostami Celebrating Prince in 35mm VOLUNTEER JOIN MEMBERSHIP DONATE /roxietheater @roxie_theater @roxietheater www.roxie.com/volunteer www.roxie.com/membership www.roxie.com/support 3117 16TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94103 (415)-863-1087 WWW.ROXIE.COM PRODUCED BY WWW.TM-DESIGNS.CO.UK | PRINTED BY A BRIGHT PRINTING COMPANY MARCH / APRIL 3/29 4/1 RoxCine MARCH 3/2 - 3/8 3/2 - 3/8 Starts 3/3 Starts 3/3 The Outhouse - The Film: RoxCine 1985 – 1997 3/30 - 4/1 La Soledad In the ‘80s, punk history was made in Legend of the Mountain Capturing the life of real people amidst the middle of a Kansas cornfield. A the Venezuelan crisis, this film follows a haven for bands other venues feared: New 4K restoration of the complete director’s cut! Time and space young father who begins a search for a Mary and 2018 Oscar® Nominated Fugazi, Melvins, H. 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This gorgeous non-narrative ablazin’ in his return to the Roxie, serving experiment speaks directly to what You will want to put on a ski mask and challenge authority after you see up 12 ferocious films from Pre-Code to made him such a cinematic master. 3/17 how Russia’s all-girl punk rock band “Pussy Riot” grew from disaffected the 60s that explore the dark side of the 4/26 4/26 Q&A with producer and son Ahmad youth to a major P.A.C. in Evgeny Mitta’s new doc. American Dream… Staff Pick Kiarostami. 16mm 3/23 - 3/29 3/24 - 3/25 3/27 3/28 4/27 - 5/3 Nippon Nights Staff Pick Instrument Surrealism in Animation Noah’s Pick! This beguiling and Surrealism jumps out of the gallery and The Judge mesmerizing music doc uses 11 years onto the screen in this crazed collection Religious courts in the Middle East traditionally ban women from of footage shot by filmmaker Jem of animation from 1908 thru the ‘50’s! 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