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  An Army of Women (2024)

  If you were a regular Chronicle reader in the late 2010s and early 2020s, then you already know about the city’s shameful rape kit backlog and the subsequent class action lawsuit filed by 15 rape survivors against the city, county, and criminal justice system. What director Julie Lunde Lillesæter and her team do so effectively is distill that yearslong process into a 84-minute documentary with an intimate lens on the survivors and lawyers at the heart of the case. Following Saturday’s screening will be a panel conversation with three of the plaintiffs and the head of APD’s Sex Crimes and Domestic Violence units. – Kimberley Jones

  May 8 & 10-11

  AFS Cinema

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  Hereditary (2018)

  Ari Aster’s directorial debut set off a reinvigoration of arthouse horror and catapulted A24 to fame as the most relevant production company of the last decade. It also gave me an entirely sleepless night upon first viewing. Toni Collette’s performance as both a terrifying and deeply sympathetic grieving mother steals the show, but Milly Shapiro and Alex Wolff as her creepy children anchor the real horror of this family drama-turned-supernatural nightmare. The sharp, cacophonous saxophone score will linger in your ear, and one chilling scene will have you checking the corners of your ceiling long after the film ends. A true modern horror classic, it deserves to be seen in the theatre for the collective shock it elicits from first-time viewers. – Lina Fisher Read a full review of Hereditary.

  May 9-14

  Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane

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  Union (2023)

  In an absurd way, the fact that this worker-focused doc came out the same year (2024) as another Marky Mark slopfest with the near-exact same title (Union vs. The Union) shows just how dire our entertainment landscape is. However, as presented by everyone’s favorite anti-capitalist bookshop MonkeyWrench, the Stephen Maing and Brett Story-led feature follows the fascinating journey of Staten Island Amazon workers as they take steps to unionize their warehouse. Every member of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) proves braver than Wahlberg even in his wildest 9/11 fantasies, as they’re facing the Bezos-created beast for real. HFC’s Sunday screening also includes a post-movie Q&A with Union’s producers. – James Scott

  Sun., May 11

  Hyperreal Film Club