Friday, March 5 - Thursday, March 11
Showtimes: Fri - Sun: 6, 8 & 10 plus Sat & Sun mats at 2 & 4.
Showtimes: Mon - Thurs: 7 & 9:30 plus Wed mats at 2 & 4.

If you’re square enough to need the exact meaning behind the phrase "Kick out the jams, motherfucker" explained to you, then you’re now in luck. MC5: A True Testimonial sets the record straight on that and every other aspect of the radical late ‘60s/early ‘70s Detroit band. The film is mainly comprised of recent and archival interview footage with the band, still photos, taped phone conversations... and even some FBI surveillance footage. As with most rockumentaries, the film follows the band chronologically through their inception, their high times and their eventual demise. What makes the MC5’s story so worth telling, though, is their links to manager John Sinclair and his extreme leftist White Panther party, whose credo of dope, guns and fucking in the streets was just as menacing as the band’s absolutely mind-bending proto-punk high decibel musical assault. The fire bombings, the heavy police harassment, the riots (Detroit and Chicago) and the blow-up of a CIA office are all detailed here with footage making it all too startlingly clear. But what’ll really have MC5 fans losing their minds is the extensive use of amazing live footage of the band. The highlight of the film is undoubtedly the black and white/synch-sound live footage of the classic "Looking At You," which is shown complete and uninterrupted without any voice-overs or cuts of any kind. This powerful sequence leaves one with the sense this is the closest thing most of us will ever get to seeing them live. Running time: 119 mins.
Showtimes: Friday - Sunday: Nightly at 6:00, 8:00 & 10:00 with additional Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00 & 4:00.
Showtimes Monday - Thursday: Nightly at 7:00 and 9:30 pm with additional Wednesday matinees at 2 & 4:30 pm.

"MC5: A True Testimonial'' is the kind of "Behind the Music" rockumentary that VH1 would never show....A surprising amount of vintage footage -- sources ranging from television appearances to home movies and even including some FBI surveillance film -- bring those heady days vividly back to life". -- SF Chronicle

Friday, March 12 - Thursday, March 18

Balseros
Nightly at 7:00 plus additional Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at (2:00).
and
MC5
Nightly at 9:30 plus additional Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at (4:30).
............Separate Admission..........

In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans, and their families, beginning a few days before their risky venture of setting out to sea in homemade rafts to reach the coast of the United States. One of the balseros (rafters) was on a raft that was not seaworthy and had to return to Havana. The others made it far enough to be picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken to the North American naval base at Guantanamo, where the film crew caught up with them, and recorded their many months of confinement. Their families in Cuba had no news of them. When the balseros were finally allowed to go to the United States, the film crew went with them to a string of cities that included Miami; the Bronx; York, Pennsylvania; Grand Isle, Nebraska; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and a host of other places to which the lives of these immigrants carried them. Seven years later, the film crew visits them again, to discover what their destiny has been in the United States. Theirs is a true story about some of the authentic survivors of our times, the human adventure of people who are shipwrecked between two worlds. Official Site. Directed by Carles Bosch & Josep Maria Domènech. In Spanish & English with English subtitles. 35mm. 2002. Spain. Runningtime: 120min. Show times:Nightly at 7:00 plus additional Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at (2:00).

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If you’re square enough to need the exact meaning behind the phrase "Kick out the jams, motherfucker" explained to you, then you’re now in luck. MC5: A True Testimonial sets the record straight on that and every other aspect of the radical late ‘60s/early ‘70s Detroit band. The film is mainly comprised of recent and archival interview footage with the band, still photos, taped phone conversations... and even some FBI surveillance footage. As with most rockumentaries, the film follows the band chronologically through their inception, their high times and their eventual demise. What makes the MC5’s story so worth telling, though, is their links to manager John Sinclair and his extreme leftist White Panther party, whose credo of dope, guns and fucking in the streets was just as menacing as the band’s absolutely mind-bending proto-punk high decibel musical assault. The fire bombings, the heavy police harassment, the riots (Detroit and Chicago) and the blow-up of a CIA office are all detailed here with footage making it all too startlingly clear. But what’ll really have MC5 fans losing their minds is the extensive use of amazing live footage of the band. The highlight of the film is undoubtedly the black and white/synch-sound live footage of the classic "Looking At You," which is shown complete and uninterrupted without any voice-overs or cuts of any kind. This powerful sequence leaves one with the sense this is the closest thing most of us will ever get to seeing them live. Running time: 119 mins.
Showtimes: Nightly at 9:30 plus additional Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at (4:30).

"MC5: A True Testimonial'' is the kind of "Behind the Music" rockumentary that VH1 would never show....A surprising amount of vintage footage -- sources ranging from television appearances to home movies and even including some FBI surveillance film -- bring those heady days vividly back to life". -- SF Chronicle

Extended Engagement!
Friday, March 19 - Thursday, April 1

"e pick! Achingly funny!" -- SF Gate

Fasten your seatbelts. You’re about to embark on an epic investigation of the long and glorious history of human stupidity. Setting out on an exhaustive search for its origins and true meaning, director Albert Nerenberg heads towards culture’s lowest common denominator. He careens at warp speed through sound bites from television news, reality TV shows, Internet sites and popular films, then on to institutions of higher learning obsessed with the study of intelligence. After a tour through the worlds of fundamentalist religion and politics, he finally arrives at – surprise! – George W. Bush, the president of the world’s only superpower and the most heavily armed nation on earth. What starts out as an entertaining romp through mass culture soon becomes ominous as cultural critics, authors, academics, entertainers, and people on the street reveal the economics and politics behind the dumbing down of contemporary culture. Hilarious, smart and very scary. Watch The Trailer. For more info, stumble into www.trailervision.com. Running Time: 72 mins. Show times: Nightly at 6:15, 8:00 & 9:45. Additional Wed, Sat & Sun matinees at 2:00 & 4:30.

"Fans of Michael Moore's movies will love Stupidity" -- SF Chronicle

"The fastest-selling ticket at Toronto's Hot Docs festival this weekend is for a documentary called Stupidity"
-- Toronto Globe & Mail

“(Four out of 4 Stars!) Probes the sweet mystery of Stupidity... why intelligent people do boneheaded things.”
-- Eye Weekly

“(Four out of 4 Stars!) Less documentary than “amuseamentary”.. a blitz of titillating images—crazy stunts, streakers, gross out gags, monster trucks, Dubya gafes - intercut with sound bytes by everyone from Rick Mercer to Noam Chomsky”. -- Macleans

“A fresh idea of stupidity as a force not a failing.”
- Toronto Globe and Mail

“Both funny and scary, attacks stupidity full on with humor” – Now

“A mind blowing film with changes the way you think about thinking”
– CKLN

“A documentary with a supercharged rhythm and contagious humor”
– Le Devoir

“Stupidity while also jarring also proves hysterical”. – The Gazette

“A smart documentary about Stupidity” – Hour

“One astute piece of filmmaking” - Calgary Sun

“Stupidity the movie brilliantly, defines our modern age.”
- Calgary Herald