Sexual encounters, chocolate, a roman holiday, a dark horse, a dark Knight, and a few Knights who say “ni”. What do all these things and people have in common? They’re all featured in new films opening this week in San Francisco theatres. To see the full list of films, trailers, and where they’re playing, follow the jump
30 Beats (4-Star Theatre)
A summer heat wave and a series of sexual encounters connect a group of New Yorkers.
A Burning Hot Summer (SF Film Society Cinema)
The once-happy marriage between brooding painter Frederic and his movie-star wife Angele hits the rocks when another couple joins them on a Roman holiday.
Dark Horse (Embarcadero Center Cinema)
Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.
The Dark Knight Rises (Balboa Theatre/Sundance Kabuki/AMC Van Ness/AMC Metreon/Marina Theatre/Cinearts @ Empire)
Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Lumiere Theatre)
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.
Romantic Anonymous (Roxie Theatre)
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired.
Trishna (Embarcadero Center Cinema)
The story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.
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Never saw the trailer for Monty Python’s Holy Grail before