A rarely seen film by the director of the Czech cult classic Marketa Lazarová; El Santo, the silver-masked wrestling hero in his most gonzo adventure with our hero battling a murderous mob of escaped lepers in a small town, resulting in a Western-cum-horror-cum-action picture, but with a twist; an intimate look at teenage girls in the first film directed by a woman in Sri Lanka; the realities of gay love in 1997s Guinea; stones rain, curses come true, and goats are not to be trusted in an era of great poverty and no little superstition in pre-Famine Ireland; and an unlikely duo of a wanderer on the run and reluctant monk, facing danger at every turn in a 1980s Thai actioner with thrilling fight scenes.
These restored and rarely seen films from the 1960s-1990s are just part of Re:Vision playing at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater September 24-27, 2026. Many are being screened at cinemas, museums and festivals around the world.
Going further back to the first half of the last century: A silent pre-pre-code or a proto-screwball comedy with skimpy costumes, gender play, and sexual innuendo; the Pre-code tale of a female-only school where men are forbidden but a star pupil discovers she is pregnant; and noir thriller on the trail of a serial killer on the streets of Copenhagen, targeting women named Sonja with surprise twists to solve the case. Continue reading
