One of the most immersive and rarefied experiences in the history of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape

How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by Obayashi via mattes, animation, and collage effects. Equally absurd and nightmarish, House might have been beamed to Earth from some other planet. Never before available on home video in the United States, it’s one of the most exciting cult discoveries in years.

The San Francisco theatrical premiere of WHEN WE WERE BULLIES plus GLUE First show: November 19 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE w/ Eleanor Coppola November 22 only Transmissions: TIME AND TIDE (35mm) November 22 only DOWN, IN FRONT: Films by Alfonso Alvarez November 23 only THE FRENCH DISPATCH First show: November 24 THE HUMANS First show: November 24 CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING November 25 only PANS LABYRINTH (35mm) November 26 only MULHOLLAND DRIVE (35mm) w/ Rebekah Del Rio First show: November 27 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD November 29 only CMON CMON First show: December 03 HAPPY TOGETHER December 07 only GORILLAZ: Song Machine Live from Kong December 08 only YOUR NAME December 09 only DRIVE MY CAR First show: December 10 THE COMEDY CLUB December 11 only AFROFUTURISTIK First show: December 14 THE VELVET UNDERGROUNDOctober 15 - November 22TitaneNovember 12 - November 25NIGHT RAIDERSNovember 12 - November 19House (Hausu) in 35mmNovember 16 - November 24AMIA Archival Screening Night RoadshowNovember 1825TH Annual Arab Film FestivalNovember 19 - November 22BOILING POINTNovember 19 - November 25PAPER GLUENovember 19 - November 25LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE w/ Eleanor CoppolaNovember 22Transmissions: TIME AND TIDE (35mm)November 22DOWN, IN FRONT: Films by Alfonso AlvarezNovember 23THE FRENCH DISPATCHNovember 24 - December 03THE HUMANSNovember 24 - December 03CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVINGNovember 25PANS LABYRINTH (35mm)November 26MULHOLLAND DRIVE (35mm) w/ Rebekah Del RioNovember 27 - November 29THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLDNovember 29CMON CMONDecember 03 - December 10HAPPY TOGETHERDecember 07GORILLAZ: Song Machine Live from KongDecember 08YOUR NAMEDecember 09DRIVE MY CARDecember 10 - December 17THE COMEDY CLUBDecember 11AFROFUTURISTIKDecember 14 - December 19